Pack Men to Begin NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Wednesday

Wednesday, March 22

Minneapolis, Minn.

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NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships

Pack Men to Begin NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Wednesday

3/21/2023 5:58:00 PM | Swimming

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Eighteen members of NC State's men's swimming and diving team are set to begin competition at the 2023 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, held Wednesday, March 22 through Saturday, March 25. The four-day meet will be held at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

	2023 NCAA MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Date	Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25, 2022
Times (all CST)	Wednesday: 6 p.m. Thursday: 10 a.m. prelims, 6 p.m. finals Friday: 10 a.m. prelims, 6 p.m. finals Saturday: 10 a.m. prelims, 6 p.m. finals
Event Schedule	Wednesday: 200 medley relay, 800 free relay Thursday: 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 1-meter, 200 free relay Friday: 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 3-meter, 400 medley relay Saturday: 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay
Streaming (ESPN+)	Broadcast begins at the start of each Prelims and Finals session Wednesday 200 Medley Relay Final \| Wednesday 800 Freestyle Relay Final Thursday Prelims \| Thursday Diving Prelims \| Thursday Finals Friday Prelims \| Friday Diving Prelims \| Friday Finals Saturday Prelims \| Saturday Afternoon Mile Heats \| Saturday Finals
Additional Info	Meet Homepage • Live Stats • Psych Sheet

MEET NOTEBOOK:

20 Pack men qualified for this year's NCAA Championships event, and all five of NC State's relays also posted times during the season that earned spots at the national meet. The 20 men mark the most that NC State has ever qualified for the national meet.

A full list of NC State's competing qualifiers can be found below:

Noah Bowers: 200 IM, 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly
Arsenio Bustos: 200 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 breaststroke
Renato Calderaro: 1-meter, 3-meter
David Curtiss: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Ross Dant: 500 freestyle, 1650 freestyle
Will Gallant: 500 freestyle, 1650 freestyle
Aiden Hayes: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
Noah Henderson: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle
Mason Hunter: 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Giovanni Izzo: 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke
Nyls Korstanje: 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle
Owen Lloyd: 500 freestyle, 400 IM, 1650 freestyle
Luke Miller: 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly
James Plage: 500 freestyle, 1650 freestyle
Bartosz Piszczorowicz: 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Drew Salls: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Kacper Stokowski: 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Hunter Tapp: 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke

NATIONAL SUCCESS UNDER HOLLOWAY:
Since Braden Holloway took over as head coach at the start of the 2011-12 season, the Wolfpack has enjoyed unparalleled success in the pool. During the 2010-11 campaign, NC State did not score at the NCAA Championships. Since then, NC State's men have finished a program-best No. 4 at the national meet in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022.

TOP MARKS:
NC State enters the meet with 15 individual swims seeded in the top 16 on the official psych sheet and all five relays seeded in the top eight in the nation.

NC State's deepest event with the highest seeds is the 100 butterfly, where four Pack men hold top-16 seeds. Aiden Hayes leads the way with a No. 6 seed, with Kacper Stokowski as No. 8, Nyls Korstanje in 9th, and Arsenio Bustos in 11th.

Additional top-eight seeds include No. 2 seeds Kacper Stokowski (100 backstroke) and Will Gallant (1650 freestyle), Arsenio Bustos as the No. 3 seed in the 200 individual medley, Luke Miller as the seventh seed in the 200 freestyle, and Aiden Hayes entering the 200 butterfly as the fifth seed.