GREENSBORO, N.C. – The 2023 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships began Wednesday morning (March 15) and sophomore Luke Schwenk (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) garnered Honorable Mention All-America honors in his first career trip to the NCAA Championships and first-ever Seahawk male swimmer to be an NCAA qualifier.
 
He entered the morning's 50 freestyle preliminaries seeded 26th with his NCAA B cut of 20.35, which Schwenk set at the 2023 Atlantic East Conference Championships. Schwenk swam a school and conference record of 20.26 in the morning to win his heat and grab a spot in the evening's consolation finals.
 
In the consolation final, he clocked yet another school and conference record as Schwenk touched the wall in 20.20 to place seventh in the consolations and 14th overall.
 
This season, Schwenk twice posted to NCAA B cuts in the 50 freestyle and broke his own school and conference records in the event five times this season.
 
The championships continue through March 18 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C., with Old Dominion Athletic Conference and Greensboro Aquatic Center serving as the hosts.
 
The 2023 Atlantic East Swimmer of the Year will return to the pool on Saturday, March 18, to compete in the 100 freestyle, where Schwenk goes in seeded ninth with his NCAA B cut of 44.44 set at the Atlantic East Championships. This season, he also recorded two NCAA B cuts in the 100 freestyle.
 
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