THE SCHEDULE
at 2015 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships
Wednesday-Saturday, March 11-14 • All Day
IU Natatorium • Indianapolis, Ind.
Live Video • Live Results • Tickets

Twenty members of the UC San Diego men's and women's programs arrived in Indianapolis, Ind., on Sunday, March 8, for the 2015 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI. The University of Indianapolis and the Indiana Sports Corporation are serving as hosts from Wednesday through Saturday, March 11-14. Nineteen swimmers, with 13 women and six men, one diver, and five coaches are in Indy this week.

The Tritons enter the meet as the champions of the Pacific Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference (PCSC), with the men and women both having won their seventh consecutive PCSC crowns in La Mirada last month. The UCSD women, ranked fourth nationally in the NCAA Division II, finished 9-3 in dual meets this season. The fifth-ranked Triton men completed their dual schedule at 6-3.

CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE
All sessions of the NCAA Division II Championships can be watched live online, free of charge, at NCAA.com. Live results will also be available here. All links can be found in the Schedule/Results section on the swimming and diving page. In addition, tune in to Championship Central at UCSDtritons.com for behind-the-scenes coverage and follow the Tritons on Twitter (@UCSDtritons, @UCSDSwimDive) for photos, results and more.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW
UCSD head coaches Corrie Falcon and Daniel Perdew have 13 swimmers on the women's side and six men at their disposal this week at the NCAA Championships. The UCSD women were fifth a season ago after finishing in the top four in each of the 13 prior years since moving up from Division III to Division II for the 2000-01 campaign, with 11 third-place efforts and two fourths.

UCSD women's swimming has the second-largest contingent on hand for the second year in a row, falling three short of the 16 sent by Drury, the two-time defending national champion that will be looking for a seventh title in nine years in Indianapolis. Queens (12), last season's runner-up from Charlotte, N.C., and fellow North Carolina outfit Wingate (12), are providing double-digit entries as well. Forty-one teams sent 183 female swimmers to the meet in all.

The Triton men enter off of back-to-back seventh-place showings after a pair of national runner-up efforts in 2011 and 2012. Drury University, located in Springfield, Mo., is the 10-time defending national champion. A total of 157 men's swimmers represent 31 different programs.

TRITON CONTINGENT
The women's group is led by senior Jaclyn Amog, who has earned her fourth invitation in her four years as a Triton. Two other fourth-year seniors, Eva Chen (third) and Dari Watkins (second), each qualified following one-year absences in 2014. Co-captain Colleen Daley and fellow junior Naomi Thomas qualified for the third straight season, while sophomores Jaimie Bryan, Austine Lee, Natalie Tang and Catherine Woo have made it two in a row. Junior transfer Maddy Huttner and true freshmen Angie Phetbenjakul, Stephanie Sin and Julia Toronczak (Santee/West Hills HS) are all first-time qualifiers.

The men's field is made up of junior co-captain Paul Li (third), sophomores Chandler Pourvahidi (second) and Zachary Yong (second), and a trio of first-timers in junior Howie Chang, sophomore transfer Michael Cohn (Solana Beach/Grossmont College) and freshman Kevin Wylder. Fourth-year senior diver Adam Springer earned his second straight trip to nationals, but was narrowly unable to advance out of Tuesday's pre-qualification meet and into the main draw.

Sin and Pourvahidi will swim the difficult quadruple of 1000 free, 200 free, 500 free and 1650 free. UCSD will compete in all five relays on the women's side, and all but Thursday's 200 free relay on the men's.

CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM
A total of 42 events will be contested in Indy, with 21 women's and 21 men's. That includes five relays and two diving events on each side. Women's races take place before the men's. Preliminaries begin each morning at 7:30 a.m. PT, with the evening finals sessions getting underway at 3 p.m. PT.

The swimming starts on Wednesday with the 1000 free, 200 IM, 50 free and 200 medley relay. Stephanie Sin and Chandler Pourvahidi are each seeded sixth in the 1000, and will swim in the final, fastest heats after 3 p.m. PT. Thursday's slate is made up of the 200 free relay, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free and 400 medley relay. Zachary Yong is in the 400 IM as the fourth seed, with a school-record mark of 3:52.78. Jaclyn Amog is No. 8 in the 100 fly (54.76), and the Triton women fourth in the 200 free relay (1:32.69).

Friday will see the 500 free, followed by the 100 back, 100 breast, 200 fly and 800 free relay. Pourvahidi is the No. 4 seed in the 500 (4:24.04). Naomi Thomas is seeded ninth in the 200 fly (2:02.66), and the UCSD women fourth in the 800 free relay (7:23.23).

The NCAA Championships will come to a close on Saturday, March 14, with the 1650 free, 100 free, 200 back, 200 breast and 400 free relay. Sin is seeded sixth in the mile (16:55.65), with Michael Cohn No. 9 in the 200 back (1:46.06), both with their school-record times. Freshman Julia Toronczak is eighth in the women's 200 back (1:59.14).

SCORING AND ALL-AMERICA
The standard NCAA 16-place scoring will be used this week. Individual: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11; 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Relays: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22, etc. Those swimmers, either in individual or relay events, who place first through eighth as a result of appearances in championship finals, earn All-America recognition. A finish of ninth through 16th from consolation finals, is good for All-America honorable mention.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
The third of four College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) NCAA Division II team rankings, voted on by six CSCAA member coaches and one member of the media, was unveiled on Jan. 29. In it, the UCSD women remained in fourth, while the men moved up two spots from seventh to fifth. The season's first poll, with the women third and men sixth, was announced back on Nov. 13, with the second coming on Dec. 22.

SEVENTEEN ALL-AMERICANS
UCSD has 17 All-Americans on its 2014-15 roster, led by junior co-captain Colleen Daley as a seven-timer, and fellow upperclassmen Jaclyn Amog and Naomi Thomas at five apiece. Also on the squad are Jaimie Bryan (3), Cole Heale (2), Chandler Pourvahidi (2), Dari Watkins (2), Catherine Woo (2), Eva Chen, Jack Galvan, Julian Jacobs, Austine Lee, Paul Li, Sean Malley, Jessica Norgaard, Natalie Tang and Zachary Yong. Twelve of them have the opportunity to add to their totals in Indy this week. Sierra Gage, Michael Leung, Sasha Mitrushina and Kyle Nadler have garnered All-America honorable mention.

LAST TIME IN THE WATER
The UCSD men and women both cruised to seven straight crowns at the Pacific Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference (PCSC) Championships in La Mirada, Feb. 18-21. Chandler Pourvahidi was the Male Swimmer of the Meet, winning his first conference titles in the 1000 and 500 free, the latter in school-record time. True freshman Stephanie Sin was the Female Co-Swimmer of the Meet, as she won the 1000 and 1650 free, setting new school standards in both.

PAIR OF TRITONS EARN STAR OF THE MONTH AWARDS
UCSD underclassmen Austine Lee and Stephanie Sin were chosen as San Diego Hall of Champions Stars of the Month for January and February, respectively.

STRONG TRITON REPRESENTATION AT SALUTE
Former UCSD stars and national champions Anji Shakya and Nicholas Korth were recognized at the 69th Annual Salute to the Champions at the Town and Country Convention Center on Feb. 23. Shakya was named by the San Diego Hall of Champions as one of eight amateur Stars of the Year for 2014. She also earned the distinction for 2013. The two-time captain won her second national title, in the 500 freestyle, at the 2014 NCAA Division II Championships. Korth received a Significant Achievement Award for his second national title in the 200 breaststroke during the same meet. Current junior co-captain Paul Li was also honored as an SDHOC Star of the Month for February of 2014.

SENIORS HONORED AT CANYONVIEW
Eleven Tritons were recognized prior to the start of the Jan. 17 meet with CBU on Senior Day at the Canyonview Aquatic Center. Those 11 are Jaclyn Amog, Summer Bennett, Liz Bird, Eva Chen, Jack Galvan, Megan Lee, Sean Malley, Natalie Mouzooni, Jessica Norgaard, Adam Springer and Dari Watkins. Amog, Chen, Springer and Watkins are in Indianapolis this week.

PAUL LI FOR UCSD AND PERU
Paul Li is a Fullerton product whose parents were both born in Peru. As a senior at Troy High School, he went through the citizenship process for Peru, and is now a dual citizen of the United States and Peru. The junior co-captain was in the Peruvian capital of Lima in July for the national championships, and made the national team. He then traveled to Mar del Plata, Argentina, in early October for his first international swim meet, the South American Championships, and returned with a bronze medal in the mixed 400 free relay and a Peru record in the 400 medley relay. Click here for more on that meet. Li was profiled on the front page of the U-T San Diego sports section in its Jan. 9 edition. That piece by Stefanie Loh can be accessed here.

TRITON LEADERSHIP
Team captains for the 2014-15 campaign were voted on at the conclusion of the 2013-14 season, with seniors Summer Bennett and Jack Galvan, as well as juniors Colleen Daley and Paul Li, all earning the distinction as first-time captains.

TRITON COACHING STAFF
Corrie Falcon, who swam collegiately at USC, is in her fourth season in charge of the UCSD women in 2014-15. Daniel Perdew, a five-time national champion as arguably the greatest sprinter in the history of the UCSD program, is the interim head coach of the Triton men. He was an assistant over the past three seasons. Marko Djordjevic is now the top assistant. The native of Serbia has coached at the international level in his career. Diving coach Michelle Casillas was a multiple-time all-conference performer first at Nevada and then at Florida State. Second-year assistants Emmett Walling and Jamie Saffer were top swimmers at USC and Tennessee, respectively.

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