INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Eyeing a top 10 finish for the second straight year, the No. 9 Auburn Tigers travel north to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 2024 Men's National Championships March 27-30.
Action begins inside the Indiana University Natatorium on Wednesday, March 27, with both the 800 free and 200 medley relays. Live coverage will be provided by ESPN Plus. Tape-delayed coverage of the men's championships will be on ESPNU at 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 2.
Head coach Ryan Wochomurka has his squad firing on all cylinders to start championship season. Auburn is coming off back-to-back runner-up finishes at the SEC Championships.
Last month on the Plains, the Tigers collected 1,104 points, including five bronze medals en route to the second-place finish.
Eleven Auburn student-athletes earned a bid to the NCAA Championships in 2024. Henry Bethel, Michael Bonson, Grant Davis, Ryan Husband, Sohib Khaled, Mason Mathias, Jacques Rathle, Danny Schmidt, Aidan Stoffle, Nate Stoffle and Logan Tirheimer each punched their ticket via their respective events. Kalle Makinen and Jon Vanzandt are accompanying the team as relay alternates.
For veterans Bonson, Rathle, Tirheimer and the Stoffle brothers, it will be a third trip to NCAAs. Bethe, Davis, Husband, Mathias and Schmidt will all make a second trip to the Championships. Sophomore Sohib Khaled will make his NCAA Championships debut.
Along with strong relays, Auburn brings a number of heavy hitters to Circle City. Mason Mathias owns the fifth-fastest 500 free time in the country and both Stoffle brothers have top 15 times in each of the backstroke events.
The full schedule of events is below:
FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Wednesday, March 27
5 p.m. CT – 200 MR, 800 FR
Thursday, March 28
9 a.m. CT – 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free (prelims)
5 p.m. CT – 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 200 FR (finals)
Friday, March 29
9 a.m. CT – 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back (prelims)
5 p.m. CT – 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 400 MR (finals)
Saturday, March 30
9 a.m. CT – 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly (prelims)
2:45 p.m. CT – 1650 heats
5 p.m. CT – 1650, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 FR (finals)
No. 9 Auburn ready for 2024 Men’s National Championships
