DETROIT -- Six swimmers and two divers from the Wayne State University men's swimming and diving squad will head to Evansville, Ind., next month for the 2026 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships on March 10-14 at the Deaconess Aquatic Center.
The six swimmers selected by the committee were:
Redshirt Sophomore Gabriel Arias (Bogota, Colombia / Liceo Juan Ramón Jiménez)
15th seed - 200 back - 1:44.99
23rd seed - 400 IM - 3:54.24
25th seed - 100 back - 48.45
26th seed - 200 IM - 1:47.99
Junior Khalil Ben Ajmia (Tunis, Tunisia / Lycée Pierre De Coubertin)
11th seed - 500 free - 4:23.43
14th seed -Â 1000 free - 9:10.82
30th seed - 1650 free - 15:53.20
Sophomore Olin Charnstrom (Oxford, Mich.)
10th seed - 100 back - 47.33
22nd seed - 200 free - 1:36.99
33rd seed - 500 free - 4:27.98
Sophomore William Debroux (Oro-Medonte, Ont. / ÉSC Nouvelle-Alliance)
4th seed - 1650 free - 15:18.27
11th seed - 1000 free - 9:10.20
Freshman Kadem Goksu Erdagli (Ankara, Turkey / Nazmi Arikan Science School)
18th seed - 1000 free - 9:12.28
20th seed - 500 free - 4:25.14
23rd seed - 1650 free - 15:31.65
32nd seed - 200 free - 1:38.14
Redshirt Junior Lorenzo Tassinari (Ravenna, Italy / Liceo Scientifico Oriani)
18th seed - 200 back - 1:45.14
20th seed - 100 back - 48.00
Some combination of those six will also compete in each of the five relays -- 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay.
In addition, juniorsÂ
Max Wasiniak (Huron, Ohio) and
John Martin (Brownstown, Mich. / Woodhaven) will compete on March 10th 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. A maximum of 18 divers will compete on each board (Wednesday - men's one-meter; and Friday - men's three-meter).
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