DETROIT -- The Wayne State University swimming & diving teams are prepped and ready for the 2025 NCAA Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianpolis, Ind. This year's event will commence on Tuesday with the diving pre-qualifications as well as the men's and women's 800 free relay. A comprehensive list of the male and female Warriors that'll be in attendance to compete can be found below.
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (five swimmers, three divers, three relay alternates)
Redshirt Freshman Gabriel Arias (Bogota, Colombia / Liceo Juan Ramón Jiménez)
11th seed - 200 back (1:44.63)
22nd seed - 400 IM (3:54.31)
27th seed - 100 back (48.43)
45th seed - 200 IM (1:50.03)
Freshman Olin Charnstrom (Oxford, Mich.)
9th seed - 100 back (47.22)
23rd seed - 200 IM (1:47.71)
24th seed - 200 back (1:46.74)
28th seed - 200 free (1:37.48)
Freshman William Debroux (Oro-Medonte, Ont. / ÉSC Nouvelle-Alliance)
7th seed - 500 free (4:22.75)
8th seed - 1650 free (15:19.19
12th seed - 1000 free (9:08.35)
Graduate Student Trevor Jones (Farmington, Mich.)
15th seed - 400 IM (3:52.35)
21st seed - 1650 free (15:33.48)
23rd seed - 1000 free (9:16.34)
40th seed - 500 free (4:31.80)
Senior Clayton Kinnard (Dexter, Mich.)
16th seed - 400 IM (3:52.44)
19th seed - 200 IM (1:47.37)
19th seed - 100 breast (53.67)
22nd seed - 200 breast (1:59.25)
In addition, senior
Julio Osuna (Tijuana, Mexico / Instituto Mexico [Indianapolis]) along with sophomores
Max Wasiniak (Huron, Ohio) and
John Martin (Brownstown, Mich. / Woodhaven) will compete on March 11th in the NCAA Diving pre-qualifications. Each diver will do six dives on each board with the top eight on each board automatically qualifying for the Championships. Nineteen divers will compete on each board (Wednesday - men's one-meter; and Friday - men's three-meter).
Wayne State will also be competing in three of the five relays, the 800 Free Relay, the 400 medley relay and the 400 free relay. A combination of
Khalil Ben Ajmia (Tunis, Tunisia / Lycée Pierre De Coubertin),
Lorenzo Tassinari (Ravenna, Italy / Liceo Scientifico Oriani) and
Tomas Osorio (Medellín, Colombia / San Ignacio) will join the Warriors mentioned above for those races.
800 free relay - 6:34.83 (18th in D2)
Charnstrom, Jones, Debroux, Kinnard
400 medley relay - 3:12.84 (13th in D2)
Charnstrom, Kinnard, Tassinari, Osorio
400 free relay - 2:56.67 (13th in D2)
Osorio, Charnstrom, Jones, Kinnard
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (two swimmers, two divers, two relay alternates)
Graduate Student Barbara Munoz (Yumbo, Colombia / Comfandi Yumbo)
3rd seed - 200 fly (1:59.04)
8th seed - 1000 free (10:01.98)
12th seed - 1650 free (16:49.35)
15th seed - 400 IM (4:21.71)
Graduate Student Alli Vassilakos (Clarkston, Mich. [Carthage College])
6th seed - 1650 free (16:40.06)
10th seed - 1000 free (10:02.69)
28th seed - 500 free (4:57.70)
46th seed - 200 free (1:52.81)
In addition, sophomore
Wen Wadsworth-Curcuru (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Loy Norrix) and freshman
Alicia Viaches (East Lansing, Mich. / Haslett) will compete on March 11th in the NCAA Diving pre-qualifications. Each diver will do six dives on each board with the top eight on each board automatically qualifying for the Championships. Twenty-two divers will compete on each board (Thursday - women's three-meter; and Saturday - women's one-meter).
WSU will have two relay swimmers in junior
Elly Belmore (St. Clair Shores, Mich. / Lakeview) and freshman
Emily Hedley (Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom / Whitley Bay). Munoz, Hedley, Belmore, and Vassilakos will compete in the 800 free relay. The quartet's seed time of 7:27.61 is currently ranked 13th in the country.
FROM HEAD COACH SEAN PETERS
"At this point, we are here and ready to rise! It's time for us to do our best and not just try our best. It all starts with the diving pre-qualifying event, along with the men's and women's swimmers in the 800 free relay. It is going to be a great time and the Warriors just want to have fun!"
