Burckle, Fraser move to NCAA men's swim finals

Special to The Sun

Published: Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 28, 2008 at 11:50 p.m.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Three Florida swimmers will be featured in the championship finals while one individual and one relay will swim in the consolation finals following the second day of the 2008 NCAA Championships at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.

Clark Burckle and Shaune Fraser each picked up the top qualifying times of their events to advance to the championship finals tonight. Burckle will swim in the 400 individual medley championship after touching the wall with a time of 3:42.82 in the second heat of the morning. His swim was the fourth fastest in UF history and serves as the 15th fastest time in NCAA history. Fraser set a new career best in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:33.15 to lead the field out of morning preliminaries.

Fraser’s time was good enough to be the second fastest in school history and seventh fastest in NCAA history. Burckle will be joined in the final by junior Bradley Ally, who’s swim of 3:46.34 was good enough to place him in the final spot of tonight’s final.