Westmont, Ill. – Sun Devil Swimming is sending 10 student-athletes to race at USA Swimming’s Short Course World Championship trials slated to begin Wednesday, Oct. 28, through Oct. 31 at the FMC Natatorium.
Additionally, six Sun Devil alums are slated to compete to qualify for the World Short Course Championships set in Beijing, China, from December 1 to 6. Preliminary swims are set for 7 a.m. MST, and finals take place at 3 p.m. MST. Coverage can be seen on Peacock and USA Swimming Network
Who is competing this week?
- Current: Ilya Kharun, Quin Seider, Tolu Young. JT Ewing, Nick Simons, Oliver Munn, Miriam Sheehan, Julia Ullmann, Daniel Marinov, Mattia Mauri.
- Alum: Jonny Kulow, Adam Chaney, Grant House, Tiago Behar, Patrick Sammon, Andy Dobrzanski
Order of events
Wednesday
2 p.m. - Women’s 1500m free, Men’s 800m free
Thursday
Men’s 100m fly, women’s 50m back, men’s 200m back, women’s 200m breast, men’s 100m breast, women’s 400m free, 50m free, women’s 200m fly, men’s 400m free, 100m IM.
Friday
Men’s 400m IM, women’s 100m back, men’s 50m back, women’s 200m IM, men’s 1500m free final, women’s 200m free, men’s 100m free, women’s 50m fly, men’s 200m fly, women’s 100m breast, men’s 50m breast.
Saturday
Men’s 200m breast, women’s 50m breast, men’s 200m IM, women’s 400m IM, women’s 800m free final, men’s 50m fly, women’s 100m fly, men’s 100m back, women’s 200m back, men’s 200m free, women’s 100m free.
Senior Ilya Kharun will be racing his first meet as an official member of USA Swimming as he’ll try to earn qualification for the U.S. international team since changing his international designation. The two-time 200y fly national champion is slated to swim in the 50m free, 50m fly, 100m fly and the 200m fly.
This past Thursday, the Sun Devils competed against the SMU Mustangs in a short-course meters dual, preparing swimmers for world championship trials. ASU would defeat SMU in both duals. Senior Nick Simons swept both backstroke events, winning the 100m back in 50.44 and the 200m back in 1:52.18. Kharun won both of his butterfly events, winning the 100m fly in 49.40 and the 200m fly in 1:51.44 last Thursday.
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