Six Bulldogs Set for NCAA Championships

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Six student-athletes from Yale's men's swimming and diving team will take the national stage this week, competing in the NCAA Championships from Mar. 26 to Mar. 29 at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.

The Bulldogs will be represented by Noah Millard (500 free, 200 free, 1650 free), Nick Finch (50 free, 100 fly, 100 free), Lucius Brown (relays), Deniel Nankov (relays), Jake Wang (relays), and Charlie Egeland (relays). Yale has four relays qualified for the championship: the 200, 400, and 800 free relays, along with the 400 medley relay.

Yale will kick off action on Wednesday with the 800 free relay timed final at 9 p.m. ET. Competition continues through Saturday with each day starting with prelims at 1 p.m. ET before the 9 p.m. event finals. All sessions will be featured on ESPN+.

Quick Facts

Millard won gold in both the 500 and 1650-yard freestyle at the Ivy League Championships. Finch also captured titles in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly.
Millard's time of 14:34.72 in the 1650 free set an Ivy, meet, and pool record.
Millard's time of 4:07.68 in the 500 free was a pool and team record and marked him as the ninth-fastest performer in the history of the event.
Finch's time of 44.57 in the 100 fly was an Ivy, meet, and team record.
Finch's time in the 50 free of 19.07 was a pool record, and was also the second fastest time in meet history.
Brown, Finch, and Nankov were key members of the 200-yard medley relay team that won gold.
Finch, Nankov, Brown, and Millard secured first in the 200-yard freestyle relay, while Finch, Nankov, Wang, and Millard won in the 400-yard freestyle relay.