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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Senior Philipp Sikatzki of the Cleveland State University men's swimming team will close his collegiate career this week by competing at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year.
The 2017 NCAA Championships are taking place Wednesday through Saturday at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis. An assortment of links to follow the Championships, including live video and live results, are available at the top of this article.
Sikatzki qualified for NCAA's with his title-winning swim in the 100 butterfly at last month's Horizon League Championships that he won in 45.97 seconds. He enters this year's NCAA event as the 18th seed in the 100 fly, which will be contested Friday. At last year's NCAA meet, Sikatzki became the second All-American in program history and the first to claim First Team accolades. He finished fourth in the 100 fly in a school and League record time of 45.37 seconds at the 2016 NCAA Championships.
Sikatzki will also compete in the 50 freestyle Thursday and the 100 freestyle Saturday. He finished 25th at NCAA's in the 100 free last season but did not contest the 50 free.
After dominating at the League Championships in February, Sikatzki was named both Men's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year and Men's Swimmer of the Meet for the second straight season. He became the first individual in League history to win Men's Athlete of the Year in back-to-back seasons.
Sikatzki won all three individual events he entered at the 2017 League Championships in pool-record time. He broke the school and League Championships records in winning the 100 freestyle by over two seconds and also helped the Vikings to a pair of relay victories, including shattering the school record in the 400 free relay. Sikatzki also broke the school record in the 200 freestyle when he led off the 800 free relay with a split of 1:35.87.
Sikatzki won eight individual titles in the three seasons in which he swam in the League. He will leave CSU as the owner of school records in five individual events. Along with his teammates, he also holds school records in four different relay disciplines.
The IU Natatorium has previously hosted multiple U.S. Olympic Trials as well as the USA Swimming National Championships. It is the largest indoor pool in the world in terms of seating capacity.