NEW LONDON, Conn. - As the Winter season enters NCAA Championship time, Coast Guard sees a historic 11 athletes competing from a combination of Track & Field, Wrestling and Swim. 

Track & Field has three athletes who punched their tickets to the big stage in Virginia Beach. Josh Banks will be competing in Pole Vault, Paige Phillips will run the 5K and Allie Wildsmith will compete in the High Jump. 

Banks has already become All Division New England Champion in his event this season after hitting 5.0 -16'4.75" last weekend and is currently tied for 5th in all of DIII. Phillips was the All Division New England Runner-Up in the 5K at a time of 16:59.22, she is 18th in the country. Two weeks ago, Wildsmith earned the title of Division III High Jump Champion at 1.72M - 5'7.75" and is second in the country in the event. 

Banks and Phillips will compete on March 8th at 3:30 PM and 4:45 PM, respectively. Wildsmith will go on March 9th at 12 PM.

For all the Championship information, visit: 2024 DIII indoor track and field championships: Schedule, results, how to watch | NCAA.com

Live results can be found here: NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships (leonetiming.com)

Wrestling is sending the most athletes to NCAAs with six. Chase Randall (133), Nate Fitt (149), Steven Rochard(165), Joe Chapman(174), Coy Spooner(197) and Carl DiGiorgio(285) are all heading to La Crosse, Wisconsin. 

At the Northeast Regionals last weekend, Randall, Fitt, Spooner and DiGiorgio topped their opponents and were champions in their respective weight classes. Rochard and Chapman were finalists at the event. This is Spooner's third time qualifying for nationals, the second time for Randall, Fitt, DiGiorgio and Chapman, and the first time for Rochard. 

Wrestling NCAAs will take place March 15th and 16th. 

Championship information can be found here: 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships - University of Wisconsin La Crosse Athletics (uwlathletics.com)

Rounding out the athletes heading to the NCAA Championships are two from the Men's Swim Team. Sean Lyman and Colin Twiss will be representing CGA in Greensboro, NC, March 20th-23rd.

Lyman was invited to swim in the 400 individual medley (seeded 7th) and the 1650 freestyle (seeded 12th). He will also swim the 500 freestyle. Lyman placed 12th in 2023 in the 1650 and was Honorable Mention All-America. In the NEWMAC Tournament a few weeks ago, Lyman shattered the CGA school record as well as the meet record in the 400 Individual Medley. He broke his own CGA record in that event by four seconds going 3:54.12, which puts him in eight in Division III. Lyman followed up the record-breaking Saturday swim with a win in the 1650 freestyle. His time of 15:40.50 broke the oldest school record, held by Bobby Brown from 2008. Lyman's first 1000 yards of the mile broke the CGA record in that event as well, with his new mark set at 9:25.50. Lyman's 1650 time is twelfth in Division III.

Twiss is seeded 4th in the 200 freestyle, an event he was 12th in in 2023. He will also swim the 500 (seeded 17th) and the 100 freestyles. At NEWMACs, Twiss won his third consecutive title in the 500 freestyles in 4:30.06 in an NCAA "B" time. He was followed by Lyman in the 500 with a 4:30.91 and the first 1-2 finish in that event in CGA history. Twiss built on his 500 win with a repeat win in the 200 free. His morning swim of 1:37.02 broke his own CGA record and is good for fourth in Division III. Twiss swam to runner up and second team All NEWMAC in a new event for him, the 100 freestyle, finishing in an NCAA "B" time of 44.54, .03 off the CGA record.

All information for Swim NCAAs can be found here: 2024 NCAA DIII men's and women's swimming and diving championships: selection information, schedule