Indianapolis, Indiana - Members of Oklahoma Christian swimming are in Indianapolis for the 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
 
The Eagles have a national champion in JT Amrein returning to the pool along with the RMAC Swimmer of the meet, Victor Rosado, and members of one of the nation's best relay teams in Brandon Heredia, Dereck Mongomery, Caleb Musser, and Felix Berling. Cheyenne Denison will represent the Oklahoma Christian women's team in Indy in several events.
 
With the help of assistant coach Noah Yanchulis, we have put together a primer for the championships, with the schedule, scoring notes, term notes, and where to find live updates outside of oceagles.com.
 
Schedule and Meet Notes
 
Day 1: Tuesday, March 7

• Men will race in the 800 Freestyle Relay. The men are currently seeded 3rd and have a great chance to win OC's first-ever relay gold medal.

Day 2: Wednesday, March 8

• Women's 200 IM: Cheyenne Denison, Denison currently ranked 34th.
• Men's 200 IM: JT Amrein, currently ranked 38th with his time from McKendree (1:50.46) earlier this season. JT's best time (1:46.15) will give him a chance to compete for a Top-5 finish. Finished 9th last year in this event.
• Men's 50 Free: Brandon Heredia (16th), Felix Berling (29th), and Dereck Montgomery (33rd).
• Men's 1000 Freestyle: Victor Rosado, currently seeded 3rd (9:04.45) will have a chance to compete for a national title in this event.
• Men's 200 Medley Relay:  Ranked 10th (1:27.41)

Day 3: Thursday, March 9

• Women's 400 IM: Cheyenne is currently seeded 13th.
• Men's 200 Freestyle: Victor and Brandon are currently ranked 2nd and 3rd. The Eagles will look to capitalize on this event, with an opportunity for a lot of points.
• Men's 400 Medley Relay: Ranked 8th (3:12.25).

Day 4: Friday, March 10

• Women's 200 Butterfly: Cheyenne ranked 8th (2:01.64).
• Men's 500 Freestyle: Victor ranked 2nd (4:20.04).
• Men's 100 Breaststroke: JT ranked 6th (53.32). Felix ranked 19th (54.28).
• Men's 100 Backstroke: Dereck ranked 21st (48.10).
• Men's 200 Freestyle Relay: Ranked 4th (1:19.13).

Day 5: Saturday, March 11

• Women's 200 Backstroke: Cheyenne is ranked 15th (1:59.96).
• Men's 100 Freestyle: Brandon is ranked 6th (43.48). Dereck is ranked 29th (44.58).
• Men's 200 Breaststroke: JT is ranked 1st (1:54.85).
• Men's 1650 Freestyle: Victor is ranked 6th (15:21.99)
• Men's 400 Freestyle Relay: Ranked 5th (2:55.21)

Logistical Notes:

• There are prelims and finals sessions in each event except for the 1000 freestyle and 1650 freestyle.
• The 1000 freestyle and 1650 freestyle are called "Timed Finals" events which basically means regardless of whether you swim in the morning heats or evening heats you can win the event if you have the fastest time.
• In the distance events (1000 and 1650) the top-8 seeds race in the Finals session.
• Everyone races in the prelim's session in all other events and the top 16 finishers will move on to finals to race in the evening.
• Based on prelims results, swimmers ranked 1-8 race in the "A Final" or "Championship Final" and swimmers ranked 9-16 race in the "B Final" or "Consolation Final."
• Scoring
  • 1 = 20 Points
  • 2 = 17
  • 3 = 16
  • 4 = 15
  • 5 = 14
  • 6 = 13
  • 7 = 12
  • 8 = 11
  • 9 = 9
  • 10 = 7
  • 11 = 6
  • 12 = 5
  • 13 = 4
  • 14 = 3
  • 15 = 2
  • 16 = 1
• A swimmer in the "Consolation Final" cannot outscore or place higher than a swimmer in the "Championship Final" regardless of how fast they swim.
• For example, last year JT didn't go fast enough in the morning to qualify for the "Championship Final", so he had to race in the "Consolation Final." His time would have placed 4th overall, but since he wasn't in the "Championship Final" he still finished in 9th place.

• Distances
  • 50 = 2 Lengths (25 Yards) of the Pool
  • 100 = 4 Lengths of the Pool
  • 200 = 8 Lengths of the Pool
  • 500 = 20 Lengths of the Pool
  • 1000 = 40 Lengths of the Pool
  • 1650 = 66 Lengths of the Pool

• Relays
  • 200 Freestyle Relay (4 x 50s)
  • 400 Freestyle Relay (4 x 100s)
  • 800 Freestyle Relay (4 x 200s)
  • 200 Medley Relay (4 x 50s)
    • 50 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke, 50 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle. (In that order)
  • 400 Medley Relay (4 x 100s)
    • 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly, 100 Freestyle. (In that order)

Abbreviations

• IM stands for "Individual Medley."
• The IM, either 200 or 400 includes all four strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle) in that order.
• 200 IM = 50 of each stroke
• 400 IM = 100 of each stroke

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