NCAA News Archive - 2003

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Mar 3, 2003 12:08:54 PM


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DIVISION I

Dates and site: The championships will be March 27-29 at Texas.

Field: The maximum number of participants allowed is 270. All qualifiers who have met the "A" time standard will be admitted in the meet; those who have met the "B" time standard will be considered until the event is filled. A total of 35 divers will be entered in the championships. No team is allowed more than 18 competitors.

2002 team champion: Texas.

Top team contenders: Stanford, Auburn, California, Michigan and Texas.

Top individual contenders: Randall Bal, Stanford; Brendan Hansen and Justin Dumais, Texas; Erik Vendt, Southern California; Mike Cavic, California.

DIVISION II

Dates and site: The championships will be March12-15 at the UND Hyslop Sports Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Field: The meet is open to all qualifiers who have met the NCAA's established minimum standard in an event. Entries are unlimited in number; however, no team is allowed more than 19 competitors.

2002 team champion: Cal State Bakersfield.

Top team contenders: Cal State Bakersfield, Tampa, Drury, North Dakota, Missouri-Rolla.

Top individual contenders: Andras Schonek, West Chester; Henrik Weible, Drury; Ben Michaelson, Southern Connecticut; Orel Oral, Indianapolis; Vlasta Burda, Cal State Bakersfield.

DIVISION III

Dates and site: The championships will be March 20-22 at Emory.

Field: The maximum number of participants allowed is 225. All qualifiers who have met the "A" time standard will be admitted in the meet; those who have met the "B" standard will be considered for the field. No team is allowed more than 18 competitors.

2002 team champion: Kenyon.

Top team contenders: Kenyon, Denison, Emory, Johns Hopkins.

Top individual contenders: Scott Armstrong, Johns Hopkins; Read Boon and Andrejs Duda, Kenyon; Andrew Kurtz, Kalamazoo.

The Kenyon Lords are looking for their 24th consecutive title, but Johns Hopkins (last year's runner-up) and the Blue Jays' distance swimmers could give them serious competition.


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