Georgia Heads to Atlanta for NCAA Women’s Championships

Wednesday, March 16

Atlanta, Ga.

6 p.m.

University of Georgia

NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships

Georgia women's swimming and diving earned 14 invitations to the 2022 NCAA Championships.

Georgia Heads to Atlanta for NCAA Women’s Championships

March 15, 2022 | Swimming & Diving

NCAA Championships Central

ATLANTA – The University of Georgia women's swimming and diving team remains in-state this week for the 2022 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships, running Wednesday, March 16 through Saturday, March 19 at Georgia Tech's McAuley Aquatic Center.

Live coverage of the NCAA Championships will be available on ESPN3, with prelims starting at 10 a.m., followed by finals at 6 p.m. Live results will be available on the NCAA Championships Central page and to paid subscribers on the MeetMobile app.

Georgia carries 17 student-athletes into the competition, including 14 qualified swimmers, one qualified diver in sophomore Meghan Wenzel, and two relay alternates in juniors Jillian Barczyk and Millie Sansome. Georgia's 14 qualified swimmers are tied for the second-most in the country with Louisville, NC State, Stanford, and Virginia, while ranking behind Tennessee at 17. Additionally, all five Bulldog relays will compete in the meet.

Junior Zoie Hartman leads the Bulldogs with three invites, including the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, and 200 IM, with Hartman ranking fifth nationally in the IM and seventh in the 200. Last season, the Danville, California native earned All-America citations in all seven events at NCAA, including a runner-up finish in the 200 IM. Hartman will be joined in the breaststroke events by senior Danielle Della Torre (200 breaststroke) and freshman Angharad Evans (100 and 200 breaststroke)

Senior Dakota Luther earned Georgia's top individual placement with the No. 4 seed in the 200 butterfly, an event she finished third in last year. Luther will also compete in the 100 butterfly alongside fellow senior Callie Dickinson, who qualified for both butterfly events. Seniors Portia Brown (400 IM) and Gabi Fa'amausili (50 freestyle) will also return to NCAAs, with Fa'amausili earning her fifth career slot.

The Bulldogs will be well-represented in the 1,650 freestyle with freshman Abby McCulloh leading the pack with the No. 8 seed, followed by fellow freshman Rachel Stege and graduate Peyton Palsha. McCulloh and Stege will also compete in the 500 freestyle with another rookie in Duné Coetzee. In total, six freshman swimmers earned invitations, including Mia Abruzzo in the 400 IM and Eboni McCarty in the 50 freestyle. Sophomore Maxine Parker, a recipient of seven All-America citations last season, rounds out the field in the 50 and 200 freestyle.

At the diving well, Wenzel will compete in the 1-meter on Thursday afternoon. Wenzel finished seventh in the event at last week's Zone B Championships, also held in Atlanta. She also placed eighth in the event at the SEC Championships last month in Knoxville. She is the first Georgia diver to compete at the women's championships since McKensi Austin and Freida Lim in 2019.

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