University of Minnesota Athletics
Women's NCAA Psych Sheet Announced
3/1/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
NCAA Announcement (with psych sheet)
Seven Minnesota women's swimmers have been invited individually to the NCAA Championships. The Golden Gophers also qualified all five of their relays for the March 15-18 meet. Divers will compete at the NCAA Zone Championships March 6-8 to qualify for the national meet in Indianapolis.
2015 national 200-yard breaststroke champion Kierra Smith headlines the Gophers' list of competitors, invited in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. She has the second-best seed time in the 200 after swimming one of the top five times in history (2:04.37) at the Big Ten Championships. Freshman and Big Ten 100 breaststroke runner-up Lindsey Horejsi will also compete in both events.
Big Ten Freshman of the Year Tevyn Waddell was selected to compete in the 100 backstroke, in which she set a school record and won the Big Ten title. Zoe Avestruz, who earned a Big Ten bronze medal in the 100 freestyle, was chosen for that race and the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
Brooke Zeiger was selected to swim the 500 freestyle, the 1,650 freestyle and 400 individual medley. She holds Minnesota's records in both the 400 IM (4:02.71) and 1,650 (15:44.00), and the Big Ten record in the 1,650.
Sisters Danielle Nack and Chantal Nack were both selected. Danielle will swim the 200 freeestyle and 200 butterfly in her third trip to the NCAA meet. Chantal will make her first trip to NCAAs for the 500 freestyle.
Kaia Grobe will travel to Indianapolis as a relay alternate. She specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly.
NCAA Selections and Seed Times
Zoe Avestruz
50 Free (22.17)
100 Free (48.33)
100 Back (52.49)
Lindsey Horejsi
100 Breast (58.90)
200 Breast (2:08.89)
Chantal Nack
500 Free (4:41.84)
Danielle Nack
200 Free (1:45.27)
200 Fly (1:56.46)
Kierra Smith
100 Breast (58.95)
200 Breast (2:04.37)
Tevyn Waddell
100 Back (51.96)
Brooke Zeiger
500 Free (4:39.55)
1,650 Free (15:44.00)
400 IM (4:02.71)
200 Free Relay (1:29.74)
400 Free Relay (3:15.91)
800 Free Relay (7:00.61)
200 Medley Relay (1:35.55)
400 Medley Relay (3:30.70)
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