Vali Preda Heads to NCAA Championships for Three Events
March 14, 2007 | Swimming & Diving
March 14, 2007
University of Louisville swimmer Vali Preda will represent the University of Louisville at the NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships beginning tomorrow through Saturday at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn. The sophomore, who is a four time BIG EAST Champion, will swim the 100-breast, the 200-breast and the 200-IM for the Cardinals.
The 200-breast is Preda's best event where he is ranked 12th on the pre-meet Psych Sheet. He is ranked 24th in the 200-breast along with three other BIG EAST swimmers in that event. He is 35th in the 200-IM going into the meet. He swam just the 100-breast and 200-breast a year ago.
Preda will leave the NCAA Championships and head will travel to Melbourne, Australia, for the 2007 FINA World Championships where he will swim the 50-breast, the 100-breast and 200-breast representing his native Romania. He is also a member of Romania's medley relay teams.
U of L fans can watch the NCAA Championships live results from a link on www.gophersports.com or watch it on ESPN360.
2007 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving ChampionshipsMarch 15-17, 2007University Aquatic CenterMinneapolis, Minnesota
NCAA Championships official site: http://ncaasports.com/swimming/mens/schedules
Television:ESPN2 will air a 90-minute NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships show on March 20 at 1 p.m. central.
ESPN360 will air Friday and Saturday's finals sessions live on espn360.com complete with video and audio play-by-play.
Schedule of Events:Thursday, March 15Preliminaries (noon)200 freestyle relay500 freestyle200 individual medley50 freestyle400 medley relay
1:30 p.m.1-meter diving
Finals (7 p.m.)200 freestyle relay500 freestyle200 individual medley50 freestyle1-meter diving (finals)400 medley relay
Friday, March 16Preliminaries (noon)200 medley relay400 individual medley100 butterfly200 freestyle100 breaststroke100 backstroke
1:30 p.m3-meter diving
Finals (7 p.m.)200 medley relay400 individual medley100 butterfly200 freestyle100 breaststroke100 backstroke3-meter diving (finals)800 freestyle relay
Saturday, March 17Preliminaries (noon)200 backstroke100 freestyle200 breaststroke200 butterfly400 freestyle relay
1:30 p.m.platform diving
4:30 p.m.1650 freestyle (all but last heat of timed finals)
Finals (7 p.m.)1650 freestyle (last heat of timed finals)200 backstroke100 freestyle200 breaststroke200 butterflyplatform diving (finals)400 freestyle relay
