FUKUOKA, JAPAN – Virginia Tech swimming and diving has 11 Hokies attending the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
During this non-Olympic year, the World Aquatics Championships will host close to 2,400 athletes from 195 countries. The events began on July 14 and include diving, water polo, swimming, synchronized swimming and open water swimming.
The swimming portion of Worlds is set to begin on July 22 with prelims beginning at 9:30 p.m. (ET) and finals starting at 7 a.m. (ET) the following day. The rest of the competition follows this schedule and will conclude on July 30.
Following prelims, the top 16 in each event will advance to semifinals and the top eight will compete in finals (not including relays). All heats and final sessions will be covered on NBC Sports and Peacock. More information about the meet, schedule and live results can be found here.
Hokies Attending
Sergio Lopez Miro – Mexico (Assistant coach)
Youssef Ramadan – Egypt
- 100 fly, 100 free
Carmen Weiler Sastre – Spain
- 100 free, 50 back, 100 back
Carles Coll Marti – Spain
- 200 breast, 200 IM
Mario Molla Yanes – Spain
- 50 fly, 100 fly
Luis Dominguez – Spain
- 100 free, 200 free
Madelyn Moore – Bermuda
- 50 free, 100 free
Ian Ho – Hong Kong (alumni)
- 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly
Athena Meneses Kovacs – Mexico (Incoming freshman)
- 50 back, 100 fly
Emil Perez – Venezuela (Incoming freshman)
- 50 fly
Daniil Pancerevas – Lithuania (Incoming freshman)
- 50 free, 200 IM