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NCAA release | Athletes by Institution | Pysch Sheet | Relays

INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Florida women's swimming team had 10 swimmers invited to compete at the 2019 NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, announced by the NCAA on Wednesday.

The four-day championships will be held at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on the campus of the University of Texas. The meet begins on Wednesday, March 20 and runs through Saturday, March 23.

Taylor Ault, Emma Ball, Leah Braswell, Hannah Burns, Sherridon Dressel, Savanna Faulconer, Kelly Fertel, Georgia Marris, Vanessa Pearl, and Mabel Zavaros all earned spots in the national championships with their season-best swims. The 10 swimmers will appear in at least 10 events.

Florida will take a copious amount of experience to the championships in Austin. Burns is set to make her fourth appearance at the NCAA Championships, which leads Florida. Ball, Dressel, Faulconer, and Fertel are set to appear in the championships for a third time. Ault will appear for a second time.

Braswell, Marris, Pearl, and Zavaros will be making their first appearances at the national championships.

The Gators also had five relays meet either qualifying or provisional standard times for the NCAA Championships. The 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, and the 800 Free Relay each posted qualifying times. The 200 and 400 Free Relays each earned a spot based on provisional times.

Tori Bindi, Kelsey Dambacher, and Bella Garofalo will be relay alternates for the championship meet.
 

Name	Event(s)	Time	Standard
Taylor Ault	500 Free; 1,650 Free	4:39.93; 16:00.52	B; B
Emma Ball	100 Back	52.17	B
Leah Braswell	500 Free; 1,650 Free	4:36.81; 15:53.54	B; B
Hannah Burns	200 IM; 400 IM	1:56.54; 4:06.24	B; B
Sherridon Dressel	100 Back; 200 Back	50.93; 1:53.01	A; B
Savanna Faulconer	400 IM	4:06.59	B
Kelly Fertel	200 IM; 400 IM	1:55.46; 4:06.21	B; B
Georgia Marris	100 Fly; 200 Free; 200 Fly	52.23; 1:45.00; 1:55.94	B; B; B
Vanessa Pearl	200 IM; 400 IM; 200 Breast	1:53.98; 4:03.56; 2:08.04	A; A; B
Mabel Zavaros	200 Back	1:53.10	B

 
Invited swimmers have the potential to add an event in which they have recorded an NCAA B Cut time.

After the conclusion of NCAA Zones, UF has the potential to add divers to the NCAA championship roster. Divers who qualify will be released after all five zones have completed competition.

From the coaches – Head Coach Jeff Poppell

• "We're very excited to be taking 10 individual qualifiers and three relay alternates to the Women's NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas. Furthermore, we are hopeful to be able to add a diver or two to this total following the Zone Diving meet which begins on Monday. The women are refocused coming off of a great SEC Championships and have been working hard to prepare for our season-ending competition in two weeks."

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