2022 NCAA Conference Championships Primer – Division II
Welcome to conference championship season! Here is your handy reference for the Division II conference meets taking place this month.
Trials Qualifier Aaron Shackell Verbally Commits to Cal Class of 2027
Aaron Shackell, an Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200 fly, will join the Cal Bears in the fall of 2023.
Summer Juniors Qualifier Kaylee Coffey Commits to Texas A&M
Kaylee Coffey will bring to A&M Summer Juniors cuts in the 100/200 breast and a Winter Juniors qualifying time in the 200 IM.
Yale Women Sweep Ivy Foes in Annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton Tri-meet
Yale downed Ivy foes Harvard and Princeton, and Princeton beat Harvard, in the annual tri-meet known as H-Y-P.
Farris, Marcoux Lift Harvard Men over Princeton and Yale in Annual HYP Tri-meet
Dean Farris won the 100 fly, 200 free, and 3 relays as Harvard moved to 7-0 in league play for the season with a sweep of Princeton and Yale.
Winter US Open Qualifier Tucker Valliere Sends Verbal Commitment to UNC
Tucker Valliere from Blues Aquatics in Asheville, NC, is the first public verbal commitment to the University of North Carolina men’s class of 2027.
Backstroker Asher Havenhill (2023) Verbally Commits to Arizona State
Asher Havenhill from YMCA of Greater Des Moines / DSMY Marlins will swim at Arizona State beginning in the fall of 2023.
CAA to Welcome 3 New Members: Hampton, Monmouth, and Stony Brook
Monmouth (men’s and women’s teams) and Stony Brook (women’s swimming and diving team) will join the CAA on July 1, 2022.
Stanford’s Brooke Forde Says She’s Okay with Racing Lia Thomas at NCAAs
“I believe that treating people with respect and dignity is more important than any trophy or record will ever be,” said Forde in a statement.
Winter U.S. Open Qualifier Ethan Maloney (2022) to Swim at Virginia Tech
Ethan Maloney’s 100 breast time is already fast enough to score for the H2Okies at the ACC men’s championship meet.
Michigan HS D3 State Finalist Liam Boomer Commits to NMU Wildcats
Futures qualifier Liam Boomer has signed an NLI to swim at Northern Michigan beginning in the fall of 2022.
Duke Picks Up Verbal Commitment from SwimMAC’s Molly Donlan (2023)
Molly Donlan, a US Open-qualified back and fly specialist, has verbally committed to the Duke University class of 2027.
Penn State Women Score 1st 2023 Verbal from 1:01/2:14 Breaststroker Sienna Karp
Sienna Karp, a US Open qualifier in the 100/200 breast, is the Nittany Lions’ first verbal commitment for the women’s class of 2027.
Distance Freestyler Leyla Sleime (2023) Makes Verbal Commitment to Purdue
Futures qualifier Leyla Sleime has made a verbal commitment to the Purdue Boilermakers for the 2023-24 school year and beyond.
Missouri High School Record-holder Leo Kurucz Sends Verbal to ASU
Kurucz, a Futures qualifier in the 50/100/200/500 free and 100/200 fly, will join the ASU class of 2027 in the fall of 2023.
