Mary Washington Senior Alex Anderson and York Junior Kyle Walthall Qualify for NCAA Swimming Championships
Mary Washington senior Alex Anderson and York junior Kyle Walthall will represent the CAC in the 2015 NCAA Division III Swimming Championships, set for March 18-21 at the Conroe ISD Natatorium in Sheandoah, Texas.
Anderson, who earned National Swimmer of the Meet honors at last year's national championships, qualified for a trio of events - the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 butterfly. Anderson will go for a three-peat in the 400 IM after capturing gold each of the last two years, and will look to defend his title in the 200 butterfly. He also finished second in the 200 IM last season. Anderson enters the meet ranked first in the 400 IM (3:51.27) and second in the 200 butterfly (1:46.56).
Walthall returns to the national championships for the second straight year after claiming a pair of All-America finishes last year. He will once again compete in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events. Walthall ranks eighth in the 100 (55.42) and second in the 200 (1:59.82).
A total of 527 participants (479 swimmers and 48 divers) will compete in the championships.
Student-athletes qualified for the swimming portion of the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered.
The complete list of all swimmers competing in the championships is available at www.usaswimming.org/ncaa.
NCAA.com will stream all sessions Wednesday through Saturday of the championships.
Check back to cacsports.com as more information becomes available as the championship meet approaches.