Night three of finals at the NCAA Division III Championships is poised to be a big night for the team title races in Shenandoah, Texas.
Andrew Wilson was the highlight of finals tonight, setting a new NCAA D3 record in the 100 Breast with a time of 51.72. That moves him to 13th all time in the 100 SCY breaststroke and the 9th fastest American of all time. Pretty great for a guy in Division III.
The Kenyon men (348 points) increased their lead to almost 100 points over Denison (260).
Williams sits third (221), Emory is fourth (187), CMS is next at (160) with MIT close behind (151.5) for sixth.
1. Kenyon 348 2. Denison 260 3. Williams 221 4. Emory 187 5. Cms 160 6. Mit 151.5 7. Johns Hopkins 131 8. The College of NJ 119 9. Wash U. MO 106 10. Nyu 98 11. DePauw 95 12. Gettysburg 79 13. Amherst 70 14. Mary Washington 54 15. Whitman 51 16. Chicago 47 17. Redlands 46 17. Keene St. 46 19. Conn College 41 19. Bsc 41 21. St. Thomas 37 22. Trinity U. 34 23. Usmma 30 24. Rowan 25 25. Whitworth 18 26. Ithaca 17 26. Pomona-Pitzer 17 28. Bates 16 29. York 15 29. W&L 15 31. Kalamazoo 14 31. Behrend 14 31. Tufts 14 31. Calvin 14 31. Occidental 14 36. Rose-Hulman 13 36. Union 13 38. Uw-L 12 38. Coast Guard 12 40. Hartwick 10 41. Middlebury 9 41. Suny Fredonia 9 43. Carnegie Mellon 8 44. Springfield 7 45. Widener 6.5 46. Case Western 6 46. Westminster 6 48. Uw-Stevens Point 5 49. Wpi 2 49. Lake Forest 2 51. Stevens 1
The Emory women took full advantage of having the most swims tonight of any team by almost doubling their lead over Denison to 136.5 points (456.5 to 320 points). Williams is close behind with 306 points and Kenyon rounds out the top four with 269 points.
1. Emory 456.5 2. Denison 320 3. Williams 306 4. Kenyon 269 5. Johns Hopkins 182 6. Amherst 135 7. Mit 105 8. Nyu 102 9. Wash U. MO 86 10. Wheaton IL 83 11. Gustavus 71 12. Bates 68 13. Chicago 56 14. DePauw 54 15. Cms 50.5 16. St. Thomas 46 17. Uwec 40 18. Middlebury 38 19. Wellesley 37 20. Uw-Whitewater 36 21. Suny Fredonia 34 22. Hope College 33 23. Trinity U. 30 24. Suny Geneseo 24 25. Lake Forest 23 26. Stevens 21 27. Rochester 20.5 28. Springfield 20 28. Luther 20 30. Ithaca 18 31. La Verne 17 32. Keene St. 16 33. Iwu 15 33. Centre College 15 33. Rensselaer 15 36. Vassar 12 37. Mount Holyoke 11 38. Kalamazoo 10 38. Conn College 10 40. Carnegie Mellon 9 41. Pomona-Pitzer 8 42. Westfield State 6.5 43. Grove City 6 44. Rose-Hulman 3 45. Ursinus 1
Women’s 200 fly
Emory’s Mckenna Newsum-Schoenberg came from behind to win with a swift 2:00.43. Nina Zook made it a 1-2 sweep for the Eagles as she took second in 2:00.70.
Kirsten Nitz took third in 2:01.38.
1 Newsum-Schoenbe SR Emory 2:01.22 2:00.43 20
26.92 56.92 (30.00)
1:28.25 (31.33) 2:00.43 (32.18)
2 Zook, Nina SR Emory 2:02.40 2:00.70 17
27.15 58.01 (30.86)
1:29.17 (31.16) 2:00.70 (31.53)
3 Nitz, Kirsten JR Wheaton IL 2:00.47 2:01.38 16
25.86 55.53 (29.67)
1:26.86 (31.33) 2:01.38 (34.52
1. Emory 371.5 2. Denison 272 3. Williams 227 4. Kenyon 208 5. Johns Hopkins 150 6. Amherst 94 7. Wheaton IL 80 8. Nyu 76 9. Mit 72 10. Gustavus 64 11. Wash U. MO 54 12. Bates 50 13. Cms 42 14. Chicago 33 15. DePauw 28 16. Uwec 26 16. St. Thomas 26 18. Middlebury 25 19. Suny Geneseo 22 20. Rochester 20.5 21. Wellesley 20 22. Ithaca 18 23. Trinity U. 17 23. Hope College 17 25. Keene St. 16 26. Iwu 15 26. Rensselaer 15 26. Centre College 15 29. Suny Fredonia 13 30. Lake Forest 12 30. Vassar 12 32. Mount Holyoke 11 33. Kalamazoo 10 33. Conn College 10 35. Uw-Whitewater 8 35. Carnegie Mellon 8 37. Westfield State 3 38. Ursinus 1 38. Stevens 1 38. Springfield 1
Men’s 200 fly
Hugh Anderson of Mary Washington continues his strong weekend by winning the 200 fly in 1:44.93. That is a new national record breaking the old mark of 1:45.01 of John Dillion of Middlebury set in 2010. Anderson is the first D3 swimmer under the 1:45 barrier.
Jeff Depew of Redlands was second in 1:45.45 and Mike Lanz of St. Thomas finished in third with a 1:45.76.
1 Anderson, Alex SR Mary Washington 1:46.79 1:44.93* 20
23.84 50.90 (27.06)
1:18.05 (27.15) 1:44.93 (26.88)
2 Depew, Jeff SR Redlands 1:45.71 1:45.45 17
24.15 51.26 (27.11)
1:18.15 (26.89) 1:45.45 (27.30)
3 Lanz, Mike JR St. Thomas 1:47.79 1:45.76 16
23.57 50.82 (27.25)
1:18.41 (27.59) 1:45.76 (27.35)
1. Kenyon 289 2. Denison 212 3. Williams 158 4. Emory 145 5. Cms 133 6. Mit 126.5 7. Johns Hopkins 99 8. Wash U. MO 89 9. The College of NJ 79 9. Gettysburg 79 11. Nyu 73 12. DePauw 67 13. Amherst 66 14. Mary Washington 54 15. Redlands 46 16. Whitman 43 17. St. Thomas 37 18. Trinity U. 34 19. Chicago 28 20. Rowan 25 20. Conn College 25 22. Keene St. 22 23. Whitworth 18 24. Ithaca 17 24. Pomona-Pitzer 17 26. Bates 16 27. W&L 15 28. Kalamazoo 14 29. Rose-Hulman 13 29. Usmma 13 31. Uw-L 12 31. Coast Guard 12 33. Tufts 11 34. Hartwick 10 35. Suny Fredonia 9 36. Carnegie Mellon 8 36. Bsc 8 38. Widener 6.5 39. Union 6 40. Uw-Stevens Point 5 41. Springfield 3 42. Lake Forest 2 42. Calvin 2
Women’s 100 back
Clare Slagel of Luther College won her first national title with a 54.57.
Maddie Lovrensky of La Verne captured second with a 54.73, while Emma Paulson of St. Thomas picks up third in 54.86.
1 Slagel, Clare JR Luther College 54.87 54.57 20
26.47 54.57 (28.10)
2 Lovrensky, Madd SR La Verne 55.09 54.73 17
26.73 54.73 (28.00)
3 Paulson, Emma SO St. Thomas 55.41 54.86 16
26.58 54.86 (28.28)
1. Emory 398.5 2. Denison 280 3. Williams 251 4. Kenyon 220 5. Johns Hopkins 150 6. Amherst 94 7. Mit 83 8. Nyu 81 9. Wheaton IL 80 10. Gustavus 64 11. Wash U. MO 54 12. Bates 50 13. Chicago 44 14. Cms 43 15. St. Thomas 42 16. DePauw 28 17. Uwec 26 18. Middlebury 25 19. Suny Geneseo 22 20. Rochester 20.5 21. Wellesley 20 21. Luther 20 23. Ithaca 18 24. Hope College 17 24. Trinity U. 17 24. La Verne 17 27. Keene St. 16 28. Rensselaer 15 28. Centre College 15 28. Iwu 15 31. Suny Fredonia 13 32. Vassar 12 32. Lake Forest 12 34. Mount Holyoke 11 35. Kalamazoo 10 35. Conn College 10 37. Uw-Whitewater 8 37. Carnegie Mellon 8 39. Rose-Hulman 3 39. Westfield State 3 41. Ursinus 1 41. Springfield 1 41. Stevens 1
Men’s 100 back
Ben Lin of Williams couldn’t quite duplicate his national record setting swim from leading off the 400 medley relay last night of 47.03, but he still got his hand on the wall first to win the national title with a 47.77.
Kevin Lindgren of USMMA used the fastest last 50 of the field to steal second place with a 48.12.
400 IM national record holder Harrison Curley of Kenyon took third in 48.20.
1 Lin, Benjamin SO Williams 47.47 47.77 20
23.11 47.77 (24.66)
2 Lindgren, Kevin SR USMMA 48.69 48.12 17
23.53 48.12 (24.59)
3 Curley, Harriso SR Kenyon 48.39 48.20 16
23.36 48.20 (24.84)
1. Kenyon 314 2. Denison 212 3. Williams 184 4. Cms 148 5. Emory 145 6. Mit 139.5 7. Johns Hopkins 99 8. Wash U. MO 89 9. Nyu 85 10. Gettysburg 79 10. The College of NJ 79 12. DePauw 67 13. Amherst 66 14. Mary Washington 54 15. Redlands 46 16. Whitman 43 17. Conn College 41 18. St. Thomas 37 19. Trinity U. 34 20. Usmma 30 21. Chicago 28 22. Rowan 25 23. Keene St. 22 24. Whitworth 18 25. Ithaca 17 25. Pomona-Pitzer 17 27. Bates 16 28. W&L 15 29. Tufts 14 29. Behrend 14 29. Kalamazoo 14 32. Union 13 32. Rose-Hulman 13 34. Uw-L 12 34. Coast Guard 12 36. Hartwick 10 37. Suny Fredonia 9 38. Carnegie Mellon 8 38. Bsc 8 40. Widener 6.5 41. Westminster 6 42. Uw-Stevens Point 5 43. Springfield 3 44. Calvin 2 44. Lake Forest 2 46. Stevens 1
Women’s 100 breast
Brittany Geyer of Stevens had the fastest second 50 to come back and win with a time of 1:02.24.
Emily Hyde of Amherst secured second with a 1:02.51.
Elizabeth Aronoff of Emory took third in 1:02.57.
1 Geyer, Brittany SR Stevens 1:03.26 1:02.24 20
29.92 1:02.24 (32.32)
2 Hyde, Emily JR Amherst 1:02.89 1:02.51 17
29.38 1:02.51 (33.13)
3 Aronoff, Elizab JR Emory 1:02.79 1:02.57 16
29.54 1:02.57 (33.03)
1. Emory 422.5 2. Denison 292 3. Williams 251 4. Kenyon 235 5. Johns Hopkins 152 6. Amherst 111 7. Nyu 92 8. Wheaton IL 83 8. Mit 83 10. Gustavus 69 11. Wash U. MO 54 12. Bates 50 13. St. Thomas 46 14. Chicago 44 15. Cms 43 16. Middlebury 38 17. DePauw 28 18. Uwec 26 19. Uw-Whitewater 23 20. Suny Geneseo 22 21. Stevens 21 22. Rochester 20.5 23. Luther 20 23. Wellesley 20 25. Ithaca 18 26. La Verne 17 26. Trinity U. 17 26. Hope College 17 29. Keene St. 16 30. Springfield 15 30. Rensselaer 15 30. Centre College 15 30. Iwu 15 34. Suny Fredonia 13 35. Vassar 12 35. Lake Forest 12 37. Mount Holyoke 11 38. Conn College 10 38. Kalamazoo 10 40. Carnegie Mellon 8 41. Rose-Hulman 3 41. Westfield State 3 43. Ursinus 1
Men’s 100 breast
Andrew Wilson of Emory is on fire this weekend. Two individual swims so far and two national titles and D3 records. This time he crushed his own mark that he set in prelims of a 52.59 by being the first D3 swimmer under the 52 second barrier, winning in a time of 51.72.
Michael Lagieski of Washington. U. – St. Louis took second in 54.11 and Damon Rosenburg of Denison grabbed third in 54.41.
1 Wilson, Andrew JR Emory 52.59 51.72* 20
24.23 51.72 (27.49)
2 Lagieski, Micha SO Wash U. MO 54.88 54.11 17
25.57 54.11 (28.54)
3 Rosenburg, Damo SR Denison 54.81 54.51 16
25.35 54.51 (29.16)
1. Kenyon 314 2. Denison 234 3. Williams 191 4. Emory 173 5. Cms 148 6. Mit 141.5 7. Wash U. MO 106 8. Johns Hopkins 99 9. Nyu 98 10. Gettysburg 79 10. The College of NJ 79 12. DePauw 67 13. Amherst 66 14. Mary Washington 54 15. Redlands 46 16. Whitman 43 17. Conn College 41 18. St. Thomas 37 19. Trinity U. 34 20. Usmma 30 21. Chicago 29 22. Rowan 25 23. Keene St. 22 24. Bsc 19 25. Whitworth 18 26. Ithaca 17 26. Pomona-Pitzer 17 28. Bates 16 29. York 15 29. W&L 15 31. Kalamazoo 14 31. Behrend 14 31. Tufts 14 31. Occidental 14 31. Calvin 14 36. Rose-Hulman 13 36. Union 13 38. Uw-L 12 38. Coast Guard 12 40. Hartwick 10 41. Suny Fredonia 9 41. Middlebury 9 43. Carnegie Mellon 8 44. Springfield 7 45. Widener 6.5 46. Westminster 6 47. Uw-Stevens Point 5 48. Lake Forest 2 49. Stevens 1
Women’s one-meter diving
Maria Zarka of Kenyon takes the title with a score of 477.80.
Maura Sticco-Ivina of Wellesley took second with a score of 470.80.
Sarah Sheridan of Hope College placed third with a score of 466.15.
1 Zarka, Maria JR Kenyon 439.40 477.80 20 2 Sticco-Ivins, M FY Wellesley 423.50 470.80 17 3 Sheridan, Sarah JR Hope College 434.60 466.15 16 4 Ross, Ariana SO Williams 419.80 448.00 15 5 Axness, Sara JR UWEC 402.55 434.60 14 6 Becker, Sierra JR UW-Whitewater 420.30 422.25 13 7 Bartlett, Megha SO SUNY Fredonia 406.75 420.80 12 8 Pekar, Christin SR Lake Forest 412.40 418.95 11
1. Emory 422.5 2. Denison 292 3. Williams 266 4. Kenyon 255 5. Johns Hopkins 152 6. Amherst 111 7. Nyu 92 8. Wheaton IL 83 8. Mit 83 10. Gustavus 69 11. Wash U. MO 54 12. Bates 50 13. Cms 46.5 14. St. Thomas 46 15. Chicago 44 16. Uwec 40 17. Middlebury 38 18. Wellesley 37 19. Uw-Whitewater 36 20. Suny Fredonia 34 21. Hope College 33 22. Trinity U. 30 23. DePauw 28 24. Suny Geneseo 24 25. Lake Forest 23 26. Stevens 21 27. Rochester 20.5 28. Springfield 20 28. Luther 20 30. Ithaca 18 31. La Verne 17 32. Keene St. 16 33. Rensselaer 15 33. Iwu 15 33. Centre College 15 36. Vassar 12 37. Mount Holyoke 11 38. Conn College 10 38. Kalamazoo 10 40. Carnegie Mellon 9 41. Westfield State 6.5 42. Rose-Hulman 3 43. Ursinus 1
Women’s 800 free relay
Williams came out of lane 1 to snatch the national title from Emory, 7:18.25 to 7:19.01. 500 D3 record holder Sarah Thompson overcame a three second difference on the anchor leg to lead Williams to the win. Lauren Jones (1;49.81), Breanna Nguyen (1:50.90) and Megan Pierce (1:50.78) teamed up with Thompson (1:46.76).
Emory took second with the team of Julia Wawer (1:49.44), Cindy Cheng (1:50.18), Carolyn Bonfield (1:49.68) and Marissa Bergh (1:49.71) for a final time of 7:19.01.
Washington U. – St. Louis took third with a time of 7:20.35. Sara Taege (1:50.00), Kristalyn McAfee (1:48.57), MariMac Collins (1:51.34) and Niamh O’Grady (1:50.44) combined for the third place finish.
1 Williams 7:30.34 7:18.25 40
1) Jones, Lauren SO 2) Nguyen, Breanna JR
3) Pierce, Megan SO 4) Thompson, Sarah SR
26.03 54.06 (54.06)
1:22.06 (1:22.06) 1:49.81 (1:49.81)
2:15.40 (25.59) 2:43.17 (53.36)
3:11.78 (1:21.97) 3:40.71 (1:50.90)
4:05.66 (24.95) 4:33.67 (52.96)
5:02.52 (1:21.81) 5:31.49 (1:50.78)
5:56.24 (24.75) 6:23.20 (51.71)
6:50.62 (1:19.13) 7:18.25 (1:46.76)
2 Emory 7:23.28 7:19.01 34
1) Wawer, Julia FY 2) Cheng, Cindy FY
3) Bonfield, Carolyn JR 4) Bergh, Marissa SO
25.33 52.67 (52.67)
1:21.36 (1:21.36) 1:49.44 (1:49.44)
2:14.17 (24.73) 2:41.53 (52.09)
3:10.41 (1:20.97) 3:39.62 (1:50.18)
4:05.49 (25.87) 4:33.36 (53.74)
5:01.59 (1:21.97) 5:29.30 (1:49.68)
5:54.37 (25.07) 6:21.57 (52.27)
6:49.75 (1:20.45) 7:19.01 (1:49.71)
3 Wash U. MO 7:27.87 7:20.35 32
1) Taege, Sara SR 2) McAfee, Kristalyn JR
3) Collins, MariMac SO 4) O'Grady, Niamh FY
25.69 53.40 (53.40)
1:21.83 (1:21.83) 1:50.00 (1:50.00)
2:15.08 (25.08) 2:42.38 (52.38)
3:10.41 (1:20.41) 3:38.57 (1:48.57)
4:03.82 (25.25) 4:31.93 (53.36)
5:00.94 (1:22.37) 5:29.91 (1:51.34)
5:55.47 (25.56) 6:23.29 (53.38)
6:51.55 (1:21.64) 7:20.35 (1:50.44)
1. Emory 456.5 2. Denison 320 3. Williams 306 4. Kenyon 269 5. Johns Hopkins 182 6. Amherst 135 7. Mit 105 8. Nyu 102 9. Wash U. MO 86 10. Wheaton IL 83 11. Gustavus 71 12. Bates 68 13. Chicago 56 14. DePauw 54 15. Cms 50.5 16. St. Thomas 46 17. Uwec 40 18. Middlebury 38 19. Wellesley 37 20. Uw-Whitewater 36 21. Suny Fredonia 34 22. Hope College 33 23. Trinity U. 30 24. Suny Geneseo 24 25. Lake Forest 23 26. Stevens 21 27. Rochester 20.5 28. Springfield 20 28. Luther 20 30. Ithaca 18 31. La Verne 17 32. Keene St. 16 33. Iwu 15 33. Centre College 15 33. Rensselaer 15 36. Vassar 12 37. Mount Holyoke 11 38. Kalamazoo 10 38. Conn College 10 40. Carnegie Mellon 9 41. Pomona-Pitzer 8 42. Westfield State 6.5 43. Grove City 6 44. Rose-Hulman 3 45. Ursinus 1
Men’s 800 free relay
The College of New Jersey’s team of Ryan Gajdzisz (1:38.34), Brett Pederson (1:38.04), Scott Vitabile (1:37.85) and Jason Ivins (1:39.00) combined to win with a time of 6:33.23.
Kenyon finished as runners up with Austin Caldwell (1:38.42), Joey Duronio (1:38.77), Trevor Manz (1:38.39), and Arthur Conover (1:37.87) combined for a 2:33.45.
Johns Hopkins finished third with a time of 6:34.90. Evan Holder (1:37.35), Kyle Otazu (1:38.36), Andrew Greenhalgh (1:38.92) and Davis Knox (1:40.27) swam to round out the top three teams.
1 TCNJ 6:39.94 6:33.23 40
1) Gajdzisz, Ryan SO 2) Pedersen, Brett SR
3) Vitabile, Scott SO 4) Ivins, Jason SO
22.53 47.41 (47.41)
1:13.02 (1:13.02) 1:38.34 (1:38.34)
2:00.39 (22.05) 2:24.86 (46.52)
2:50.21 (1:11.87) 3:16.38 (1:38.04)
3:38.61 (22.23) 4:04.07 (47.69)
4:29.26 (1:12.88) 4:54.23 (1:37.85)
5:16.80 (22.57) 5:42.10 (47.87)
6:08.02 (1:13.79) 6:33.23 (1:39.00)
2 Kenyon 6:32.78 6:33.45 34
1) Caldwell, Austin SR 2) Duronio, Joey JR
3) Manz, Trevor SO 4) Conover, Arthur SO
22.35 46.91 (46.91)
1:12.47 (1:12.47) 1:38.42 (1:38.42)
2:00.08 (21.66) 2:24.91 (46.49)
2:50.07 (1:11.65) 3:17.19 (1:38.77)
3:39.53 (22.34) 4:04.36 (47.17)
4:29.67 (1:12.48) 4:55.58 (1:38.39)
5:18.15 (22.57) 5:42.58 (47.00)
6:07.84 (1:12.26) 6:33.45 (1:37.87)
3 Johns Hopkins 6:39.38 6:34.90 32
1) Holder, Evan SO 2) Otazu, Kyle FY
3) Greenhalgh, Andrew SO 4) Knox, Davis FY
22.48 46.97 (46.97)
1:12.06 (1:12.06) 1:37.35 (1:37.35)
1:52.56 (15.21) 2:24.85 (47.50)
2:50.25 (1:12.90) 3:15.71 (1:38.36)
3:38.82 (23.11) 4:03.65 (47.94)
4:28.98 (1:13.27) 4:54.63 (1:38.92)
5:17.81 (23.18) 5:42.98 (48.35)
6:08.90 (1:14.27) 6:34.90 (1:40.27)
1. Kenyon 348 2. Denison 260 3. Williams 221 4. Emory 187 5. Cms 160 6. Mit 151.5 7. Johns Hopkins 131 8. The College of NJ 119 9. Wash U. MO 106 10. Nyu 98 11. DePauw 95 12. Gettysburg 79 13. Amherst 70 14. Mary Washington 54 15. Whitman 51 16. Chicago 47 17. Redlands 46 17. Keene St. 46 19. Conn College 41 19. Bsc 41 21. St. Thomas 37 22. Trinity U. 34 23. Usmma 30 24. Rowan 25 25. Whitworth 18 26. Ithaca 17 26. Pomona-Pitzer 17 28. Bates 16 29. York 15 29. W&L 15 31. Kalamazoo 14 31. Behrend 14 31. Tufts 14 31. Calvin 14 31. Occidental 14 36. Rose-Hulman 13 36. Union 13 38. Uw-L 12 38. Coast Guard 12 40. Hartwick 10 41. Middlebury 9 41. Suny Fredonia 9 43. Carnegie Mellon 8 44. Springfield 7 45. Widener 6.5 46. Case Western 6 46. Westminster 6 48. Uw-Stevens Point 5 49. Wpi 2 49. Lake Forest 2 51. Stevens 1
Schedule of Events
- Women’s 200 fly
- Men’s 200 Fly
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s one-meter diving
- Women’s 800 free relay (Top 8 seeded teams)
- Men’s 800 free relay (Top 8 seeded teams)
A recap of this morning’s prelims can be found here.
2015 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships, Day Three – Results