No. 7-ranked Cardinals To Send School Record 15 to NCAA Championships

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 7-ranked University of Louisville women's swimming and diving team will send a school record 15 swimmers to the 2022 Women's NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships March 16-19 in Atlanta, Georgia at Georgia Tech's McAuley Aquatic Center. The NCAA has released its official psych sheets (along with the invite line) for the championships today.

In total, there will be 322 participants at this year's championships, which will be made up of 281 swimmers and 41 divers. Divers will be determined following the Zones, which will be held March 7-9.

All five of the Cardinals' relay teams made the field with all of them ranked in the Top 20 in qualifying times, led by the sixth-ranked 200 Free Relay team. Distance specialist Liberty Williams showcases the deep Cardinal field with a No. 2 ranking in the 1650 and No. 9 in the 500 free. Other top 16 ranked swimmers include Abby Hay (12^th in 200 IM, and 15^th in the 200 fly), Gabi Albiero (10^th in the 50 free, 7^th in the 100 butterfly and 12th in the 100 free), Rye Ulett put up the 12^th fastest time in the 200 back amongst the qualifiers.

The UofL divers must qualify by coming out of their Zone Qualifiers. The Cardinal divers head to Ann Arbor to compete March 7-9. ACC Silver medalist in the platform, Else Praasterink will spearhead the Cards diving crew.

Qualified Cardinals
Albiero, Gabriela
Astashkina, Mariia
Farrington, Adeline
Friesen, Morgan
Hay, Abigail
Hetrick, Paige
Kraus, Alena
Openysheva, Arina
Regenauer, Christiana
Salcutan, Tatiana
Sumida, Maria
Ulett, Ryenne
Ulett, Tristen
Wheeler, Kaylee
Williams, Liberty
Relay Alternates
Hall, Madie
Nevmovenko, Polina

University of Louisville Athletics

No. 7-ranked Cardinals To Send School Record 15 to NCAA Championships

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