Psych Sheet | Participants by Team
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – ECU junior Gustavo Santos qualified for the 2019 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, as announced by the Men’s and Women’s Division I Swimming and Diving Committee Wednesday. The championships will be held March 27-30 at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. The University of Texas at Austin will serve as the host.
Santos, The American’s record-holder in the 100 butterfly, clocked 45.83 seconds at the Tar Heel Last Chance Meet on March 10 to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships. Santos swam the 100 fly in 45.86 seconds in the preliminary round of The American’s championships to best his conference record set in this event a year ago. He won his third-straight American title in the 100 fly after recording 46.01 seconds in the finals. Santos is seeded 29th in the NCAA Championships.
Santos also swam the second-fastest 50 freestyle in The American this season and was invited to compete in the national field in this event too. Santos was the conference’s runner-up in the 50 free this season after clocking a B-Cut time of 19.85 seconds. He is seeded at No. 49 in this event.
A total of 270 participants (235 swimmers and 35 divers) will compete in the championships. Swimmers qualified for the championships by meeting the established minimum time for the events in which they entered. Divers will be determined by performances achieved at the Zone Diving meets March 11-16.
ESPN3 will live stream finals sessions on Wednesday through Saturday. Preliminary sessions on Thursday through Saturday will be streamed live on www.texassports.com. Additionally, ESPNU will air a two-hour show at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, April 8.