Swimming's Adams, Heller punch tickets for 2013 NCAA championship

February 22, 2013

Jamie Foland
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Sophomore Margot Adams (Anchorage, Alaska/Political science) and junior Bente Heller (Hamburg, Germany/Communication) are both headed to Birmingham, Ala., for the 2013 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship, as the official qualification list was released Wednesday afternoon.

The championship meet will take place March 6-9 at the CrossPlex Complex and information regarding live results and web streaming will be released as it becomes available.

Both swimmers will be making repeat appearances at the national meet as they were both a part of last year's championship in Mansfield, Texas. In that meet, Adams was national runner-up in the 100 butterfly while Heller was an Honorable Mention All-American in all three freestyle sprints. The two were also part of three All-American relays, which included a fourth-place showing in the 800 freestyle relay.

Adams will swim in three individual events while Heller will participate in four solo races.

Adams, who hails from Anchorage, will partake in the 100 butterfly, which she is seeded fourth, as well as the 200 fly and 100 free, as she is ranked 19th and 54th, respectively. Adams won the 100 fly title for the second straight year last week at the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference Championship.

Heller will once again swim in all three freestyle sprints as well as a new stroke for the German native. She is seeded third in both the 100 free and 100 backstroke while placing 15th in the 50 free and 17th in the 200 free. She automatically qualified during the PCSC Championship when she turned in an NCAA A-cut time of 55.09 in her 100 back split in the 400 medley relay. That mark was a new varsity record.

Nanooks NCAA Schedule of Events:

Date	Swimmer	Event	Rank (Time)
3/6	Bente Heller	50 Free	15th (23.59)
3/7	Margot Adams	100 Fly	4th (55.35)
	Bente Heller	200 Free	17th (1:51.54)
3/8	Bente Heller	100 Back	3rd (55.09)
	Margot Adams	200 Fly	19th (2:06.52)
3/9	Bente Heller	100 Free	3rd (50.28)
	Margot Adams	100 Free	54th (52.52)