National Invitational Championship comes to Elkhart
ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) - A major college swimming event is underway in Elkhart!
Hundreds of athletes from across the country are competing in the CSCAA National Invitational Championship.
The event kicked off on Thursday and will go through Saturday at the Elkhart Health and Aquatics Center.
“We’re excited to have these athletes here,” said Joshua Ptak, aquatics director for Beacon health & Fitness. “The atmosphere of a swim meet is incomparable. They get loud in here, they get excited, especially when you throw in 860 swimmers in a room.”
“Let me tell you, this is one of our favorite parts of the year. Being here in Elkhart, Indiana, being able to swim at this amazingly fast pool with all of these phenomenal swimmers. We look forward to it every year. We’re always talking with our program about being on the national stage, and this is some of the nations best,” said Nicholas Askew, who is the swim coach at Howard University.
Tickets to the invitational are available, or you can watch it online by clicking here.
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