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Van Berkom Selected for NCAA Championships
3/1/2023 10:26:00 AM | Women's Swimming & Diving
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota junior Megan Van Berkom will represent the University of Minnesota at the 2023 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, March 15-18, in Knoxville, Tenn., it was announced Wednesday.
Van Berkom, who will be competing in her third straight NCAA Championships, is scheduled to take part in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly.
The Golden Gophers will also have the opportunity to add more participants at this year's NCAAs as Minnesota hosts the NCAA Zone Diving Championships next Tuesday through Thursday at Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
Van Berkom is ranked highest in the 400 IM where she currently boasts the sixth-fastest time in the country at 4:04.86. She achieved that when she won the silver medal at last month's Big Ten Championships. She has swum the event six times this year and posted an NCAA provisional time in each race. Van Berkom has won four of those six races and finished second in the other two.
The Chatham, Ill., native ranks 19th in the 200 IM this year with her time of 1:55.67. That was also recorded at this year's Big Tens, where she took home the bronze medal. Van Berkom, who has won four of her eight races in the event this year, owns the school record at 1:54.92, which she set at the 2022 Big Ten Championships.
Van Berkom owns the 24th-fastest time in the 200 fly this season. She set her mark of 1:55.14 at the Big Ten Championships where she claimed an additional bronze medal. Like with the 200 IM, Van Berkom also owns the school record in the 200 fly (1:53.89) and she set it at last year's Big Tens. She's won the event three times this year and posted 'B' cuts in six of eight races.
With Tennessee serving as the host of the NCAA Championships, prelims will start each day at 9 a.m. CT at Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center with the finals scheduled for 5 p.m. ESPN+ will have streaming coverage of each session, while ESPNU will also air a two-hour show at 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday, March 29.
Van Berkom, who will be competing in her third straight NCAA Championships, is scheduled to take part in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly.
The Golden Gophers will also have the opportunity to add more participants at this year's NCAAs as Minnesota hosts the NCAA Zone Diving Championships next Tuesday through Thursday at Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
Van Berkom is ranked highest in the 400 IM where she currently boasts the sixth-fastest time in the country at 4:04.86. She achieved that when she won the silver medal at last month's Big Ten Championships. She has swum the event six times this year and posted an NCAA provisional time in each race. Van Berkom has won four of those six races and finished second in the other two.
The Chatham, Ill., native ranks 19th in the 200 IM this year with her time of 1:55.67. That was also recorded at this year's Big Tens, where she took home the bronze medal. Van Berkom, who has won four of her eight races in the event this year, owns the school record at 1:54.92, which she set at the 2022 Big Ten Championships.
Van Berkom owns the 24th-fastest time in the 200 fly this season. She set her mark of 1:55.14 at the Big Ten Championships where she claimed an additional bronze medal. Like with the 200 IM, Van Berkom also owns the school record in the 200 fly (1:53.89) and she set it at last year's Big Tens. She's won the event three times this year and posted 'B' cuts in six of eight races.
With Tennessee serving as the host of the NCAA Championships, prelims will start each day at 9 a.m. CT at Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center with the finals scheduled for 5 p.m. ESPN+ will have streaming coverage of each session, while ESPNU will also air a two-hour show at 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday, March 29.
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