Twelve Men's Swimmers Invited to NCAA Championships

Psych Sheet | Invited Swimmers by Team

INDIANAPOLIS -- Twelve Ivy League men's swimming and diving student-athletes have qualified for the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming & Diving Championships it was revealed today by the NCAA. The 2012 Championships will be held on on March 22-24 in Federal Way, Wash.

Brown sophomore Tommy Glenn qualified in the 100-fly (46.73) and the 200-fly (1:43.68) in swims that captured him Ivy League titles at last weekend's League Championship. Penn senior Brendan McHugh qualified in the 100-breast with a time of 53.04 at Kenyon College's Total Performance Invitational earlier this season.

Five swimmers from Harvard made the field, including the 400-free relay team of sophomores Oliver Lee and Chris Satterthwaite, as well as freshmen Griffin Schumacher and Zachary Walters. That quartet swam a 2:53.22 to win the event at the 2012 Ivy League Championship. Satterthwaite, who shared the 2012 Phil Moriarty Award as the High Point Swimmer of the Meet at the recent Ivy championships, also qualified in the 200-free (1:35.05). Crimson freshman Chuck Katis made it in the 100-breast (53.17), a time he posted en route to a second-place finish at the Ivy championships.

Princeton also had five swimmers qualify for the 2012 NCAA Championships, including the 200-medley relay team of senior Jonathan Christensen, junior Kaspar Raigla and freshmen Michael Strand and Harrison Wagner. That group captured the 2012 Ivy League title in the 200-medley in a meet, pool and League-record of 1:25.89 to punch its ticket to the NCAA Championship. Christensen, also a 2012 Phil Moriarty Award as the Swimmer of the Meet winner, qualified individually in the 100-breast (52:86) and the 200-breast (1:55.96). Tiger sophomore Paul Noelle, the third winner of the 2012 Phil Moriarty Award, rounds out the Ivy contingent, as his Ivy title swim in the 1,650-free (15:00.16) got him on the list of invitees.

A total of 235 swimmers will compete in the 2012 NCAA Championships. ESPN3.com will stream finals sessions on March 22-23.