The Wittenberg men's and women's swimming and diving teams are awaiting word on who has officially qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship Meets scheduled for March 13-15 for the women and March 20-22 for the men. Selections for the national competition will be made official later this week.

Junior Steve Rader (Concord, Ohio/Cleveland St. Ignatius) is expected to make his third consecutive appearance in the national meet. Already an All-America honoree several times over, Rader has an NCAA B cut time in the 200-yard Individual Medley after finishing second in the event at the North Coast Athletic Conference meet last week.

Freshman Rebecca Searcy (Shelbyville, Ky./Shelby County Bloomington) has three NCAA B cuts to her credit after improving her times in the 500 free, 1650 free and 400 IM at the NCAC meet. She finished fifth in the 500 free with a time of 5:07.37, fourth in the 1650 free in 17:39.54 and third in the 400 IM in 4:36.63. The latter time was a school record and earned Searcy her first All-NCAC honor.

Next: 3/13-15 NCAA Div. III Champs. at Atlanta, Ga. (Women)
          3/20-22 NCAA Div. III Champs. at Atlanta, Ga. (Men)