AUBURN, Ala. – Representing the final opportunity for Auburn student-athletes to claim qualifying times for the NCAA Championships, head coach Ryan Wochomurka and the Tigers are set to host the Last Chance Invite, Feb. 28 – March 1 inside James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
Prelims on Friday, Feb. 28 begin at 10 a.m. CT with finals slated for 5 p.m. CT. Saturday’s prelims are scheduled for 10 a.m. CT and finals are set for 3 p.m. CT. Live results for the entirety of the meet can be found on Meet Mobile.
Wochomurka and Co. are coming off the heels of the SEC Championships where the men finished eighth with 554.5 points and the women ninth at 524.5 points.
Two Orange and Blue records went down in Athens last week, though. Danny Schmidt delivered a 1:40.43 in the 200 fly to set the program’s best mark. Schmidt would also jump to No. 2 in the 200 free (1:31.80), the 200 IM (1:41.42) and the 400 IM (3:40.29).
The quartet of Lora Komoroczy, Anastasia Makarova, Lawson Ficken and Lexie Mulvihill set the school record in the 200 medley relay, combining for a 1:34.89.
Komoroczy, Elizaveta Klevanovich, Audrey Crawford and Morgan Carteaux would also etch their names in the Auburn record book. Komoroczy lowered her No. 2 time in the 100 back to 51.21 and jumped to No. 7 all-time in the 100 fly at 51.65. Crawford’s 2:09.30 in the 200 breast makes her the No. 5 fastest performer and Carteaux moved up to No. 6 in the 100 fly with a speedy 51.64.
John Fox and his diving crew will host the NCAA Zone B Championships March 9-12 on the Plains in the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
Both the Women’s and Men’s NCAA Championships will be held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, Washington. The women will compete March 19-22 while the men are slated for March 26-29.