UF Swimming & Diving to Appear on ESPN2 April 5 & 6 as Part of NCAA Championship Coverage
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Gainesville, Fla. – Fans of the University of Florida swimming and diving teams can watch replays of both the men's and women's swimming and diving team at the 2011 NCAA Championship meets this Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5 and 6. For the 11th consecutive season, the women's team placed in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships, finishing seventh, while the men finished in the top five for the fifth time in the past six years, taking fifth overall.
ESPN2 will air a 90-minute show of the 2011 women's NCAA Championships Tues., April 5, at 1:30 p.m. (ET), while the 90 minute men's NCAA Recap Show will air Wed., April 6, at 1:30 (ET) in the afternoon.
The No. 5 University of Florida men's swimming and diving team concluded the three-day 2011 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships on March 26 in fifth place with 291 points at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis, Minn. The top-five finish was the highest of any Southeastern Conference school at the meet, Florida's fifth top-five finish in the last six years and UF's eighth under head coach Gregg Troy. For the 12th consecutive season, the Orange and Blue finished in the top 10 nationally. Individually, 15 UF swimmers combined to bring back 19 All-America honors and two national championships (200-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay) to Gainesville.
The Gators captured their first NCAA title of the meet when senior Brett Fraser won his first national championship by leading wire-to-wire in the 200 free. The 2008 Olympian's personal-best time of 1:32.21 was the ninth-fastest 200 free time in short-course yard history, a pool record and the third-quickest mark all-time at Florida. The title was the fifth for Florida in the history of the event, and with the triumph by Fraser, the Gators became the only school in NCAA history to have a different swimmer win the national title in the 200 free in three consecutive years. Fraser joined his brother Shaune (2009) as just the second first brother combination (Seth and Martin Pepper of Arizona, 100 Fly, 1993 and 1996) in NCAA history to win a national championship in the same event. Fraser also joined 2010 and 2011 SEC Male Swimmer of the Year Conor Dwyer and All-Americans Sebastien Rousseau and Jeffrey Raymond in winning the school's seventh NCAA title in the 800-yard freestyle relay with the third-fastest time in school history (6:14.88).
Professional Pictures from the NCAA Men's Meet (courtesy of Walt Middleton) – Part 1
Professional Pictures from the NCAA Men's Meet (courtesy of Walt Middleton) – Part 2
Pictures from the NCAA Men's Meet (courtesy of UF communications)
For the 11th consecutive season, the No. 8 University of Florida women's swimming and diving team placed in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships, finishing seventh with 226 points March 17-19 at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. The UF women had 11 swimmers and one diver combine to earn 38 honors, led by junior Shara Stafford's seven All-American honors. This year's SEC Female Freshman of the Year, Elizabeth Beisel, brought home five All-America honors, including top-three finishes in the 400-yard IM and 400-yard backstroke.
