The 2015 NCAA Division III Championships is one that Kenyon Lords and Andrew Wilson of Emory will surely remember for a long time.
Kenyon racked up 468 points to tally the national title for the third year in a row.
Denison swam to second place in the team title with 383 points.
Williams (292), Emory (233) and CMS (204) round out the top five teams that all broke 200 points for the weekend.
Here are the final team standings:
1. Kenyon 468 2. Denison 383 3. Williams 292 4. Emory 233 5. Cms 204 6. Wash U. MO 167 7. The College of NJ 164 8. Johns Hopkins 162 9. Nyu 153 10. Mit 151.5 11. DePauw 125 12. Gettysburg 123 13. Amherst 107 14. Chicago 94 15. Whitman 76 16. Keene St. 66 17. Trinity U. 57 18. Mary Washington 54 19. Conn College 52 20. Usmma 47 21. Redlands 46 22. Rowan 45 23. Bsc 41 23. Tufts 41 25. St. Thomas 37 26. Ithaca 33 26. Suny Fredonia 33 28. Occidental 31 28. Calvin 31 30. W&L 29 31. Kalamazoo 28 32. York 26 33. Whitworth 22 34. Behrend 20 35. Widener 19.5 36. Pomona-Pitzer 17 37. Bates 16 38. Union 14 38. Middlebury 14 40. Westminster 13 40. Stevens 13 40. Uw-L 13 40. Rose-Hulman 13 44. Coast Guard 12 45. Colorado College 11 46. Hartwick 10 47. Springfield 9 47. Suny Geneseo 9 49. Case Western 8 49. Carnegie Mellon 8 51. Uw-Stevens Point 5 52. Albion 2 52. Wpi 2 52. Lake Forest 2
Wilson, a junior from Emory, charged his way to three individual national titles all of which were swam in NCAA D3 record time.
- 200 IM- 1:46.23
- 100 breast- 51.72 (13th fastest all-time and 9th fastest American ever)
- 200 breast- 1:52.97
And if that wasn’t impressive enough, every time that he swam an individual event, he broke a national record.
For each event, he would break the D3 record in prelims and secure the top seed going into finals. Then he would go even faster at night.
This weekend belonged to Andrew Wilson. With one more year left of swimming, who knows what this young man can do. The sky is the limit. Watch and see if he can go even faster next year and break all his records again.
I think he can and will.
Not to be outdone by Wilson, Kenyon’s Harrison Curley broke two national records himself, the 400 IM and the 200 back. But similarly to Wilson, Curley broke the records in both prelims and finals. A special way for the senior to end his collegiate career.
NCAA D3 National Records broken:
- 500 free- Andrew Greenhalgh, Johns Hopkins- 4:20.60
- 200 IM- Andrew Wilson, Emory- 1:46.23
- 200 Medley Relay- Kenyon (Harrison Curley, Trevor Manz, Kevin Magee, Wes Manz)- 1:27.54
- 400 IM- Harrison Curley, Kenyon- 3:46.62
- 100 fly- Reed Dalton, Washington U. – St. Louis- 46.97
- 400 Medley Relay- Williams (Benjamin Lin, Jake Tamposi, Thad Ricotta, Alexander Nanda)- 3:13.49
- 100 back- Benjamin Lin, Williams- 47.03 (done while leading off national record setting 400 medley relay)
- 200 fly- Alex Anderson, Mary Washington- 1:44.93
- 100 breast- Andrew Wilson, Emory- 51.72
- 1650 free- Arthur Conover, Kenyon- 15.01.24
- 200 back- Harrison Curley, Kenyon- 1:43.49
- 200 breast- Andrew Wilson, Emory- 1:52.97
Some amazing swims
Will this story be updated with a photo from 2015? The photo featured is from the IUPUI natatorium in Indy from 2014.
Harrison Curley did not break his own DIII record from prelims in finals of 400 IM.
The guy from Mary Washington, Alex Anderson, swam a DIII- record 3:48.50 to take qualifying honors. Curley broke that in finals w/his 3:46.62. Anderson swam 3:47 plus to also beat his prelim record.
And yes Wilson was amazing and the guy from Washington U. In St. Louis who won 100 fly (Reed Dalton) became first DIii swimmer sub-47.0. He broke record trice too w/his 47.10’prelims then that 46.9 at night. Not too far off Pablo Morales’ pr of 46-mid that was American/NCAA record – not quite 30 years ago!