The third day of competition is underway at the NCAA Division II Championships at the IU Natatorium with teams all vying for the all-important scoring spot tonight.
Queens Matt Josa has already been the superstar of the meet by making the top 10 all time in the 100 fly and 19th in the 200 fly, while Drury and Queens are in a dogfight for the men’s and women’s team titles.
Queens led Drury, 280-257.5, after day two in the women’s team title race. Drury owned a slim 206-202.5 lead against Queens in the men’s race.
After the third day of swimming, the Queens women’s team looks to be in a good spot to add to its lead against Drury with a total of eight point-scoring swims, while Drury will have five.
As for the men, Drury and Queens are going to continue to be neck-and-neck, and it will all depends on where in the A and B finals each of their swimmers finishes with Queens almost guaranteed at least one victory. Drury has four A finalists and two B finalists with Queens having three A finalists and three B finalists set for tonight.
Also, while Lindenwood finished last night in fifth with 153 points, look for them to make a move into third with six of their own point-scoring swims.
Total Women’s A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Total Men’s A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Women’s 500 free
Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega, who has set a few NCAA D2 records already this week, dominated the morning qualifiers for the women’s 500-yard free with a time of 4:48.04.
Look for Castro Ortega to take a serious run at Kristen Frost’s 2008 record of 4:45.69 set for Southern Connecticut State.
Drury’s Allie Reynolds hit the wall second in 4:53.52, while Queens could be looking at some big team points with Lillian Gordy qualifying third in 4:53.80.
Drury did get three A finalists, however, with Sarah Pullen (4:54.59) and Megan Ouhl (4:55.38) qualifying fourth and eighth.
1 Castro Ortega, Patric SO Queens (NC) 4:45.89 4:48.04
r:+0.79 26.33 54.69 (28.36)
1:23.54 (28.85) 1:52.49 (28.95)
2:20.94 (28.45) 2:50.22 (29.28)
3:19.50 (29.28) 3:49.11 (29.61)
4:18.78 (29.67) 4:48.04 (29.26)
2 Reynolds, Allie SR Drury 4:51.54 4:53.52
r:+0.81 27.45 56.72 (29.27)
1:26.15 (29.43) 1:55.80 (29.65)
2:25.48 (29.68) 2:55.31 (29.83)
3:24.98 (29.67) 3:54.74 (29.76)
4:24.43 (29.69) 4:53.52 (29.09)
3 Gordy, Lillian SR Queens (NC) 4:55.51 4:53.80
r:+0.69 26.64 55.90 (29.26)
1:25.64 (29.74) 1:55.85 (30.21)
2:26.19 (30.34) 2:55.79 (29.60)
3:25.53 (29.74) 3:55.42 (29.89)
4:24.75 (29.33) 4:53.80 (29.05)
4 Pullen, Sarah JR Drury 4:53.00 4:54.59
r:+0.74 26.96 56.49 (29.53)
1:26.50 (30.01) 1:56.71 (30.21)
2:26.55 (29.84) 2:56.21 (29.66)
3:26.03 (29.82) 3:55.96 (29.93)
4:25.54 (29.58) 4:54.59 (29.05)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Men’s 500 free
West Chester’s Victor Polyakov put up the top time of the morning with a 4:24.17, while Saint Leo’s Daniel Bis wasn’t far behind with a 4:24.41 for the second seed.
Queens’ Nick Arakelian, who has already won the 1000 free and 400 IM, qualified fourth with a 4:25.82. Look for him to try to maximize Queens’ team points with a win tonight.
In the team-title race, Queens will edge Drury in the points in this event with 2 point scorers compared to one for Drury.
1 Polyakov, Victor SO West Chester 4:24.14 4:24.17
r:+0.78 24.74 51.20 (26.46)
1:17.98 (26.78) 1:44.95 (26.97)
2:11.64 (26.69) 2:38.35 (26.71)
3:05.06 (26.71) 3:31.83 (26.77)
3:58.61 (26.78) 4:24.17 (25.56)
2 Bis, Daniel FR Saint Leo 4:22.50 4:24.41
r:+0.80 24.61 50.95 (26.34)
1:17.36 (26.41) 1:44.12 (26.76)
2:11.07 (26.95) 2:37.90 (26.83)
3:04.66 (26.76) 3:31.55 (26.89)
3:58.34 (26.79) 4:24.41 (26.07)
3 Tolosa, Juan JR Florida Southern 4:23.89 4:25.61
r:+0.72 24.32 50.62 (26.30)
1:17.23 (26.61) 1:44.00 (26.77)
2:10.76 (26.76) 2:37.61 (26.85)
3:04.68 (27.07) 3:31.79 (27.11)
3:58.90 (27.11) 4:25.61 (26.71)
4 Arakelian, Nick FR Queens (NC) 4:20.49 4:25.82
r:+0.77 24.50 50.81 (26.31)
1:17.49 (26.68) 1:44.43 (26.94)
2:11.67 (27.24) 2:39.03 (27.36)
3:06.34 (27.31) 3:33.07 (26.73)
3:59.95 (26.88) 4:25.82 (25.87)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Women’s 100 back
Drury’s Katya Rudenko turned in the top time in the 100 back with a 53.92. She’ll have to drop a lot of time to challenge Mary Hanson’s NCAA D2 record of 52.45 set for Cal Baptist last year.
Hanson qualified second out of prelims with a 54.24, while Delta State’s Anastasia Klyarovskaya earned third this morning with a 54.41.
In terms of the Drury/Queens battle, Hannah Peiffer qualified seventh for Queens with a 55.38, while Queens also had Kristin Diemer make the B final with a 14th-seeded 55.87.
1 Rudenko, Katya SO Drury 52.36 53.92
r:+0.66 26.18 53.92 (27.74)
2 Hanson, Mary SR Cal Baptist 53.59 54.24
r:+0.58 26.31 54.24 (27.93)
3 Klyarovskaya, Anastas SO Delta State 54.53 54.41
r:+0.72 26.44 54.41 (27.97)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Men’s 100 back
Lindenwood dropped the hammer with a 1-2-3 effort in prelims with the top two swimmers both clearing Oscar Pereiro’s 2012 NCAA D2 record of 46.99.
Serghei Golban (46.77) and Krzysztof Jankiewicz (46.91) both undercut the NCAA D2 record, while teammate Jakub Jonczyk earned the third seed in 47.41.
Drury is going to gain a major advantage in the 100 back against Queens in the team-title race as Sean Feher (47.82) and Jordi Montseny Diez (47.85) both mad the A final. Queen’s only managed to get Zach Phelps into the B final with a ninth-seeded 47.93.
1 Golban, Serghei FR Lindenwood 47.74 46.77R
r:+0.58 22.41 46.77 (24.36)
2 Jankiewicz, Krzysztof FR Lindenwood 47.51 46.91R
r:+0.58 22.67 46.91 (24.24)
3 Jonczyk, Jakub FR Lindenwood 47.28 47.41
r:+0.57 23.15 47.41 (24.26)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Women’s 100 breast
Lynn’s Rebecca Matthews charged her way to the top seed in the women’s 100-yard breast with a time of 1:10.59.
Cal-Penn’s Jade Arganbright hit the wall second this morning in 1:02.63 with LIU Post’s Caroline Rademacher snaring the third seed in 1:02.73.
No change will happen in the Drury/Queens battle as neither squad qualified a swimmer into either final.
1 Matthews, Rebecca JR Lynn 1:00.88 1:01.59
r:+0.73 28.97 1:01.59 (32.62)
2 Arganbright, Jade SO CALU-PA 1:03.32 1:02.63
r:+0.79 29.52 1:02.63 (33.11)
3 Rademacher, Carolin SR LIU Post 1:03.46 1:02.73
r:+0.68 29.30 1:02.73 (33.43)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Men’s 100 breast
Nova Southeastern freshman Anton Lobanov could challenge the NCAA D2 record after clocking a 53.02 this morning.
Aleksander Hetland set the D2 mark with a 52.43 in 2009 for Tampa.
Wayne State’s Piotr Jachowicz qualified second in 53.27 with Cal Baptist’s Nikolay Klepikov earning third overall in 53.76.
Drury and Queens had a bit of a push in terms of qualifiers with each scoring an A and B finalist.
1 Lobanov, Anton FR Nova S'eastern 52.00 53.02
r:+0.74 24.97 53.02 (28.05)
2 Jachowicz, Piotr SR Wayne State 53.22 53.27
r:+0.86 24.87 53.27 (28.40)
3 Klepikov, Nikolay SO Cal Baptist 53.88 53.76
r:+0.73 25.19 53.76 (28.57)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Women’s 200 fly
It’s going to be a close one tonight as the top five seeds are separate by less than a second.
Wingate’s Sofia Petrenko (2:01.14), Queens’ McKenzie Stevens (2:01.44) and Queens’ Hannah Peiffer (2:01.46) went 1-2-3 in qualifying this morning.
Meanwhile, Bloomsburg’s Rachel Brooker (2:01.55) and Wayne State’s Kristina Novichenko (2:01.99) also cleared 2:02 this morning.
Queens picked up some big points against Drury with two A finalists compared to Drury’s single B finalist.
1 Petrenko, Sofia SO Wingate 2:00.04 2:01.14
r:+0.82 27.25 58.21 (30.96)
1:29.36 (31.15) 2:01.14 (31.78)
2 Stevens, Mckenzie FR Queens (NC) 2:02.72 2:01.44
r:+0.69 27.86 58.70 (30.84)
1:29.63 (30.93) 2:01.44 (31.81)
3 Peiffer, Hannah SO Queens (NC) 1:58.32 2:01.46
r:+0.68 27.55 58.30 (30.75)
1:29.67 (31.37) 2:01.46 (31.79)
4 Brooker, Rachel SR Bloomsburg 2:03.30 2:01.55
r:+0.75 27.81 58.71 (30.90)
1:29.87 (31.16) 2:01.55 (31.68)
5 Novichenko, Kristina SR Wayne State 2:01.56 2:01.99
r:+0.83 27.66 58.05 (30.39)
1:29.04 (30.99) 2:01.99 (32.95)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]Men’s 200 fly
The MVP of the meet so far, Queens’ Matt Josa, put up a dominant time of 1:43.85 in prelims of the 200-yard fly.
Josa, who also smashed the NCAA D2 marks in the 200 IM and 100 fly, will be gunning for the 1:42.99 set by Drury’s Jun Han Kim in 2011.
Grand Valley’s Gianni Ferrero and Nova Southeastern’s Thiago Sickert tied for second with matching 1:46.22.
Drury’s Stanislav Kuzmin qualified sixth in 1:47.48 and will try to cut into as much of the first-place points Josa will likely gain for Queens tonight in the team-title race.
1 Josa, Matthew SO Queens (NC) 1:44.97 1:43.85
r:+0.72 22.84 49.30 (26.46)
1:16.39 (27.09) 1:43.85 (27.46)
2 Ferrero, Gianni JR Grand Valley 1:45.16 1:46.22
r:+0.74 23.68 50.90 (27.22)
1:18.02 (27.12) 1:46.22 (28.20)
2 Sickert, Thiago SO Nova S'eastern 1:48.57 1:46.22
r:+0.65 24.63 52.20 (27.57)
1:18.57 (26.37) 1:46.22 (27.65)
A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):
[table “” not found /]800 free relays
Nova Southeastern set the time to beat in the early heat of the timed final event for the men with a 6:30.09.
1 Nova S'eastern 6:36.14 6:30.09
1) Aldabe, Marco SO 2) r:0.35 Sickert, Thiago SO
3) r:0.45 Caballero, Javier SO 4) r:0.16 Kleinbeck, Shane SR
r:+0.75 23.32 48.84 (48.84)
1:14.44 (1:14.44) 1:39.70 (1:39.70)
2:01.40 (21.70) 2:25.77 (46.07)
2:49.48 (1:09.78) 3:14.37 (1:34.67)
3:37.35 (22.98) 4:02.01 (47.64)
4:26.98 (1:12.61) 4:53.17 (1:38.80)
5:14.95 (21.78) 5:39.51 (46.34)
6:04.77 (1:11.60) 6:30.09 (1:36.92)
Tampa had the top time for the women this morning with a 7:28.27.
1 Tampa 7:28.10 7:28.27
1) Long, Sophie FR 2) r:0.16 Bayes, Brittany FR
3) r:0.24 Plachy, Erin SR 4) r:0.37 Murphy, Briana SR
r:+0.72 26.53 54.94 (54.94)
1:23.46 (1:23.46) 1:52.21 (1:52.21)
2:18.45 (26.24) 2:47.11 (54.90)
3:16.43 (1:24.22) 3:45.27 (1:53.06)
4:10.08 (24.81) 4:38.05 (52.78)
5:07.06 (1:21.79) 5:36.36 (1:51.09)
6:02.19 (25.83) 6:30.33 (53.97)
6:58.98 (1:22.62) 7:28.27 (1:51.91)
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 500 free
- Men’s 500 free
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 200 fly
- Men’s 200 fly
- Women’s 800 free relay
- Men’s 800 free relay
- Men’s One-Meter Diving
