FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Alabama saw a trio of 200 freestyle swimmers earn All-America honors on the third night of the Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

Highlighted by a fourth-place finish and school-record performance from Charlie Hawke, all three of the Tide’s swimmers boasted a career-best performance during the day’s event. Kaique Alves used a career-best time in the finals to finish 10^th-overall in the 200 freestyle, while Toni Dragoja secured a personal best in the prelims before finishing 14^th in the finals.

After the third day of competition, the Crimson Tide is in 11^th place with 68 points.

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Meet Notes

• Alabama joined California as the only two teams to place three athletes in the finals of the 200 freestyle
• Hawke’s fourth-place finish tied his performance from a year prior, securing his second consecutive first-team honor and third overall in the event
• Additionally, Hawke recorded his third school record at the meet, bettering his 200 freestyle time (1:30.14), while also setting the school record in the 800 freestyle relay (6:06.59) and 500 freestyle (4:09.52)
• Kaique Alves posted a career-best 200 free time in the finals, lowering his time to a 1:31.57
• Dragoja also bettered his career-best time in the 200 freestyle, recording in 1:31.88 in the prelims to improve his No. 3 spot on UA’s all-time top-10 list
• Alves also earned All-America honors in the 200 freestyle last year (ninth place), while Dragoja secured his first-career individual All-America honor

Next

• UA will return to action on Saturday at noon CT for prelims
• Diving prelims will begin around 2 p.m., while the early heats of the 1650 freestyle will start at 5:50 p.m.
• Finals are set to begin at 8 p.m.
• Schedule
  

Results

• 200 Free:
  
•  100 Back
  
• 400 Medley Relay