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9:30 a.m. Prelims / 5:30 p.m. Finals
Swimming & Diving
at Wolfpack Elite Invitational
Wednesday, March 24
Greensboro, N.C.
All Day
Duke University
vs
Day One at Men's NCAA Championships
Whelan, Harding Jr. Prepped for Men’s NCAA Championships
3/23/2021 3:30:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
DURHAM, N.C. – Junior Matthew Whelan and freshman Seamus Harding Jr. are prepped and ready to represent Duke at the 2021 NCAA Men's Swimming & Diving Championships, March 24-28, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.
The meet will run Wednesday-Saturday with preliminaries in the morning, followed by finals in the evening for swimming. Diving will take place in the afternoon between the morning and evening swimming sessions.
REPRESENTING DUKE
Whelan will compete in three events at the meet as he earned qualification in the 200 butterfly via his school-record time of 1:42.41 at the UNC Last Chance Meet. The Richmond, Va., native will also compete in two other events, earning a spot in the competition with 'B' Standard times throughout the season. He will swim in the 50 freestyle (19.96, a career best and eighth all-time at Duke) and 100 butterfly (47.07, a career best and fifth in program history).
Joining Whelan in competition is Harding Jr., who will represent Duke in platform diving. After battling injuries to begin his collegiate career, Harding Jr. competed in just two regular season meets before fixing his gaze on the postseason. At the conference meet, Harding Jr. placed sixth in platform diving. Two weeks later, the Hillsborough, N.J., native placed eighth in the same event at the NCAA Zone B Championships to earn NCAA qualification.
THE SCHEDULE
The four-day meet will run from Wednesday through Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Preliminaries begin each morning at 10 a.m. while the finals will start at 6 p.m. The full schedule of when Duke will compete is broken down below:
Thursday:
50 Freestyle Matthew Whelan
Friday:
100 Butterfly Matthew Whelan
Saturday:
Platform Diving Seamus Harding Jr.
200 Butterfly Matthew Whelan
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Both Whelan and Harding Jr. will be competing at the NCAA meet for the first time in their respective careers. Although new to the Championship, both competitors will be comforted in the Greensboro Aquatic Center as it hosts the ACC Championship meet each season.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live stats will be available on MeetMobile.
The NCAA meet will be streamed each morning and evening of competition. The links of the streams are below:
Wednesday – Finals
Thursday – Preliminaries – Finals
Friday – Preliminaries – Finals
Saturday – Preliminaries – Finals
FOLLOW ALONG
For more information on Duke swimming and diving, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeSwimDive". You can also find all-access coverage of all Duke athletic programs on SnapChat by searching for "dukeathletics".
#GoDuke
The meet will run Wednesday-Saturday with preliminaries in the morning, followed by finals in the evening for swimming. Diving will take place in the afternoon between the morning and evening swimming sessions.
REPRESENTING DUKE
Whelan will compete in three events at the meet as he earned qualification in the 200 butterfly via his school-record time of 1:42.41 at the UNC Last Chance Meet. The Richmond, Va., native will also compete in two other events, earning a spot in the competition with 'B' Standard times throughout the season. He will swim in the 50 freestyle (19.96, a career best and eighth all-time at Duke) and 100 butterfly (47.07, a career best and fifth in program history).
Joining Whelan in competition is Harding Jr., who will represent Duke in platform diving. After battling injuries to begin his collegiate career, Harding Jr. competed in just two regular season meets before fixing his gaze on the postseason. At the conference meet, Harding Jr. placed sixth in platform diving. Two weeks later, the Hillsborough, N.J., native placed eighth in the same event at the NCAA Zone B Championships to earn NCAA qualification.
THE SCHEDULE
The four-day meet will run from Wednesday through Saturday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Preliminaries begin each morning at 10 a.m. while the finals will start at 6 p.m. The full schedule of when Duke will compete is broken down below:
Thursday:
50 Freestyle Matthew Whelan
Friday:
100 Butterfly Matthew Whelan
Saturday:
Platform Diving Seamus Harding Jr.
200 Butterfly Matthew Whelan
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Both Whelan and Harding Jr. will be competing at the NCAA meet for the first time in their respective careers. Although new to the Championship, both competitors will be comforted in the Greensboro Aquatic Center as it hosts the ACC Championship meet each season.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live stats will be available on MeetMobile.
The NCAA meet will be streamed each morning and evening of competition. The links of the streams are below:
Wednesday – Finals
Thursday – Preliminaries – Finals
Friday – Preliminaries – Finals
Saturday – Preliminaries – Finals
FOLLOW ALONG
For more information on Duke swimming and diving, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeSwimDive". You can also find all-access coverage of all Duke athletic programs on SnapChat by searching for "dukeathletics".
#GoDuke
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