Members of the LSU men’s swimming and diving team will travel to Iowa City, Iowa for the NCAA Championships at the Campus Recreation Wellness Center.
The Wellness Center is familiar territory for the Tigers, who participated in the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional March 9th through 11th.
Senior diver Daniel Helm and senior swimmer Frank Greeff were the only men to qualify for NCAAs at the Zone D Diving Regional along. The relay team of junior Alex Linge, along with sophomores Logan Rysemus and Silas Dejean, also qualified.
“From the relay perspective we just have to start out strong,” LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer said. “Frank’s best events are toward the end of the meet and I know he will build up to it. It’s a smaller group than last week but we have a good chance to score.”
Greeff will compete in the 100 and 200 fly after qualifying with times of 46.11 and 1:43.15, respectively. He holds the school record for the 200 fly and has the third-fastest time on the 100 fly.
Helm qualified for all three events at the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional and was one of the stars at SECs as he won silver on one-meter and platform.
“I know Daniel is excited and focused for his final NCAA’s,” LSU diving coach Doug Shaffer said. “He had a really successful SEC Championships and it was a reflection of his hard work and dedication he’s put into it. It’s now time to go out there and give it all he has.”
The Tigers attempt to match what the women did at NCAAs last week.The Lady Tigers set multiple new school records and personal best scores in their events with Cassie Weil and Madison Sthamann earning All-American honors.
The men’s team will try and build off its late season success, performances in the SEC Championships and the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional.
Preliminaries begin at 11 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, followed by finals that are set to start at 7 p.m. every night.
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