MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sophomore
Morgan Bullock and junior
Emma Harris of the West Virginia University women's swimming and diving team travel to Columbus, Ohio, for the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, from March 14-17.
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Bullock qualified for the 200 butterfly and also will compete in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley at the four-day meet. Harris qualified for the 200 breaststroke and also is set to swim in the 100 breaststroke. The two are the first Mountaineer women to qualify for the national meet since Rachael Burnett and Mandie Nugent in 2013.
The Ohio State University and the Greater Columbus Sports Commission play host to the championship meet at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
"It's great to finally arrive here at NCAAs," WVU coach
Vic Riggs said. "Emma and Morgan have done a great job the past two weeks in preparing for this week. I think that once they see the excitement and level of swimming that comes with being at this meet, it'll have a huge effect on them."
Competition at the NCAA Women's Championships, which features 281 swimmers from 58 schools, begins with the 800 freestyle relay on Wednesday, March 14 at 6 p.m. ET and continues throughout the weekend.
Bullock is scheduled to open competition with the 200 individual medley on Thursday, before participating in the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Harris begins her meet on Friday with the 100 breaststroke, before she enters the 200 breaststroke competition on Saturday.
Preliminary sessions are set to begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 9 a.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Friday's finals session will be broadcasted on
ESPNU beginning at 5 p.m. ET.
ESPN3 will provide a live stream of Saturday's finals at 6 p.m. OhioStateBuckeyes.com is set to stream Wednesday and Thursday's sessions, while a tape-delayed broadcast of the championships can be seen on March 25, at 4 p.m., on
ESPNU.
Live stats are available at
sidearmstats.com/ncaa/swimming. Fans also can find additional information on the NCAA Championships at the event's
championship headquarters.
Bullock notched a school-record time of 1:54.13 in the 200 butterfly at the Big 12 Championship time trials on Feb. 21. The Zeeland, Michigan, native enters the NCAA Championships ranked No. 13 nationally in the event. Bullock also owns the program's best time in the 200 individual medley at 1:57.66 and the second-best time in the 100 butterfly (53.15).
Bullock tallied five silver medals at last month's conference meet, as well as two bronze medals (individual and relay).
Harris also took down a school record at the Big 12 Championship. The Canberra, Australia, native posted a 2:10.14 in a 200 breaststroke time trial, breaking her previous school record, which she set at the 2017 Big 12 Championship. Harris enters the national meet in the No. 37 position in the event.
Additionally, Harris ranks No. 2 all-time in program history in the 100 breaststroke at 1:01.73.
WVU swimmers last competed at the Big 12 Championship, from Feb. 21-24, in Austin, Texas. The Mountaineers broke a total of 14 school records in the four-day meet to go along with a pair of second-place team finishes.
Bullock and Harris are two of WVU's five national qualifiers this season. Junior Jake Armstrong, redshirt junior Tristen Di Sibio and freshman David Dixon from the Mountaineer men's team qualified for the NCAA Men's Championships, which will commence in Minneapolis, from March 21-24.
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