The first morning of the 2019 NAIA Championships kicked off with a full sate of events on Thursday in Columbus, Georgia.
The Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) women and Kesier men led after Wednesday night’s session that included just the 800 free relay.
The first individual events of the meet began with multiple relays during a busy session.
Order of events
Women’s 200 Free Relay
Men’s 200 Free Relay
Women’s 500 Free
Men’s 500 Free
Women’s 200 IM
Men’s 200 IM
Women’s 50 Free
Men’s 50 Free
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
Women’s 200 Free Relay
Cumberlands took the top spot in the 200 free relay to open the first morning of the meet. Mendy De Rooi, Katy Smeltzer, Becca Loftus and Houston Burgoon took the top seed in the event by finishing in 1:36.66, more than a second ahead of the field.
Keiser was second (1:37.93), followed by SCAD (1:38.09).
Event 7 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Cumberlands 1:37.09 1:36.66
1) De Rooi, Mendy SO 2) Smeltzer, Katy SR
3) Loftus, Becca FR 4) Burgoon, Houston SO
2 Keiser 1:36.86 1:37.93
1) Lofton, Anna SO 2) Cabral, Kodi SO
3) Herbst, Anna FR 4) Augustsson, Emma Sofie FR
3 SCAD 1:36.85 1:38.09
1) Hui, Chloe SO 2) Henninger, Julie SR
3) Weber-Callahan, Anne SR 4) Lacusky, Sara SR
4 C of I 1:41.46 1:38.34
1) Murphy, Maya 2) Mazick, Hailie
3) Yannelli, Caroline 4) Kelly, Madison
5 Olivet Nazarene 1:38.94 1:39.16
1) Enders, Jordan SO 2) Reyes, Helina FR
3) Martin, Kylie FR 4) Latocha, Leanne JR
6 Loyola Swim Team 1:41.69 1:39.31
1) Skinner, Elizabeth SO 2) Tovilla, Ulrike FR
3) Simon, Cameryn JR 4) Parrilli, Margot FR
7 LWC 1:40.01 1:39.64
1) Taylor, Carlene FR 2) Smith, Sloane FR
3) Seitz, Bailey SR 4) Macdonald, Jessica JR
8 SAMBR 1:42.90 1:39.84
1) Adam, Andrea 2) Crum, Dani
3) Quilty, Maria 4) Schimmelpfenning, Catie
Men’s 200 Free Relay
Loyola kicked off the men’s session with a top seed in the 200 free relay. Warren Massimini, Jack Jackson, Chett Bell and Streett Martin finished in 1:24.57, barely edging SCAD’s Miles Kredich, Gergo Zachary, George Harsanyi and Irvin Hoost, who finished in 1:24.59.
Keiser took the third spot in 1:24.60.
Event 8 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Loyola Swim Team 1:25.44 1:24.57
1) Massimini, Warren JR 2) Jackson, Jack SO
3) Bell, Chett FR 4) Martin, Streett FR
2 SCAD 1:22.88 1:24.59
1) Kredich, Miles SO 2) Zachar, Gergo SO
3) Harsanyi, George SO 4) Hoost, Irvin FR
3 Keiser 1:22.03 1:24.60
1) Jorgensen, Lasse SO 2) Lazzerini, Matias SO
3) Byshnev, Konstantin SR 4) Stukov, Andrei SR
4 C of I 1:26.99 1:24.72
1) Osborne, Dylan 2) Locke, Ian
3) Hawley, Mitch 4) Clifford, Andrew
5 TU 1:27.17 1:25.10
1) Dos Santos, Victor 2) Ayric, Sah
3) Taylor, Dorian FR 4) Bainbridge, Ethan FR
6 Union 1:26.65 1:25.18
1) Shivji, Iyas SR 2) Smith, Andrew SO
3) Saraceni, Henrique SO 4) Perkowski, Wiktor SO
7 LWC 1:26.13 1:25.22
1) Rice, Bryce FR 2) Wolfart, Ron FR
3) Paetzold, Clemens SR 4) Olejnik, Olek SO
8 Midland 1:26.14 1:25.98
1) Cain, Scott FR 2) Robbins, Hayden FR
3) Martinez, Gabe FR 4) McKelvey, Collin FR
Women’s 500 Free
Just a few minutes after helping Cumberlands take the top seed in the 200 free relay, Mendy De Rooi was back in the competition pool, surging to the top seed in the 500 free.
The sophomore finished the race in 5:00.99, easily taking the top seed, more than four seconds ahead of the field.
Olivet Nazarene’s Karla Islas took the second seed in 5:05.00, followed by a trio of SCAD swimmers — April O’Gorman (5:06.85), Sarah Dostie (5:07.43), and Shayna Salzman (5:09.37). Loyola’s Paige Carter took the sixth seed (5:09.83), followed by SCAD’s Abigail Tankersely (5:10.12) and Asbury’s Hope Clark (5:11.32).
Event 9 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 De Rooi, Mendy SO Cumberlands 5:06.49 5:00.99
2 Islas, Karla SO Olivet Nazarene 5:15.16 5:05.00
3 O'Gorman, April SO SCAD 5:16.38 5:06.85
4 Dostie, Sarah SR SCAD 5:15.61 5:07.43
5 Salzman, Shayna SR SCAD 5:11.20 5:09.37
6 Carter, Paige JR Loyola Swim Team 5:15.07 5:09.83
7 Tankersely, Abigail FR SCAD 5:14.85 5:10.12
8 Clark, Hope SO Asbury 5:11.74 5:11.32
Men’s 500 Free
Keiser freshman Pol Roch helped his team win the 800 free relay on Wednesday. On Thursday, he picked up right where he left off and took the top seed in the 500 free, clocking a 4:32.65.
Niels Engeln of Lindenwold took the second spot in 4:34.08.
SCAD freshman Spence Clark tok the third seed in 4:36.72, giving the event two freshman in the top three seeds.
Olivet Nazarene’s Xavier Bordes Adell took the fourth spot in 4:37.68, followed by teammate Seth Cripe (4:37.92).
West Virginia Tech’s Manuel Laguna Gomez was sixth (4:38.08), followed by Cumberlands’ John Morgan McDonald (4:38.68) and Nathan Kuszynski of St. Ambrose rounded out the finalists at 4:38.73.
Event 10 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Roch, Pol FR Keiser 4:30.30 4:32.65
2 Engeln, Niels SO LUB 4:33.39 4:34.08
3 Clark, Spence FR SCAD 4:44.17 4:36.72
4 Bordes Adell, Xavier JR Olivet Nazarene 4:42.95 4:37.68
5 Cripe, Seth JR Olivet Nazarene 4:40.96 4:37.92
6 Laguna Gomez, Manuel JR WV Tech 4:35.59 4:38.08
7 McDonald, John Morgan FR Cumberlands 4:37.63 4:38.68
8 Kuszynski, Nathan SAMBR 4:45.03 4:38.73
Women’s 200 IM
Olivet Nazarene senior Andrea Vega surged to the top seed in the 200 IM, clocking a 2:06.30 to finish more than a second ahead of the field heading into tonight’s finals.
Cumberland senior Christina Klouda took the second spot at 2:07.64, holding off a pair of freshman — SCAD’s Kaylen Hou (2:07.76) and Indiana Wesleyan’s Sydney Darnell (2:07.82).
Thomas University’s Kiana Molina took the fifth spot (2:08.40), followed by SCAC senior Sara Lacusky (2:08.47), Keiser’s Annamaria Zombai (2:08.57) and Lindsey Wilson’s Jessica MacDonald (2:08.64).
Event 11 Women 200 Yard IM
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vega, Andrea SR Olivet Nazarene 2:09.17 2:06.30
2 Klouda, Christina SR Cumberlands 2:07.41 2:07.64
3 Hou, Kaylen FR SCAD 2:11.41 2:07.76
4 Darnell, Sydney FR IWU 2:08.59 2:07.82
5 Molina, Kiana TU 2:10.50 2:08.40
6 Lacusky, Sara SR SCAD 2:10.49 2:08.47
7 Zombai, Annamaria JR Keiser 2:07.97 2:08.57
8 Macdonald, Jessica JR LWC 2:09.17 2:08.64
Men’s 200 IM
Lindenwood freshman Martin Le Pays du Teilleul held off the field to earn the top seed in the 200 IM.
The freshman clocked a 1:51.39 to hold off SCAD sophomore Zoltan Monori (1:51.55).
Kaiser junior Lukas Macek took the third seed in 1:51.69, followed by SCAD freshman Maik Rieffenstahl (1:52.31), Union’s Wiktor Perkowski (1:52.81), SCAD’s George Harsanyi (1:52.93), Keiser’s Joel Hansson (1:52.93) and Asbury’s Keith Jessee (1:53.23).
Event 12 Men 200 Yard IM
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Le Pays du Teilleul, FR LUB 1:51.60 1:51.39
2 Monori, Zoltan SO SCAD 1:51.28 1:51.55
3 Macek, Lukas JR Keiser 1:50.12 1:51.69
4 Rieffenstahl, Maik FR SCAD 1:53.06 1:52.31
5 Perkowski, Wiktor SO Union 1:54.27 1:52.81
6 Harsanyi, George SO SCAD 1:52.75 1:52.93
7 Hansson, Joel SR Keiser 1:51.47 1:52.98
8 Jessee, Keith SR Asbury 1:58.25 1:53.23
Women’s 50 Free
Madison Kelly of College of Idaho took the top seed in the 50 freestyle by a hundredth of a second.
Kelly finished din 23.79, just ahead of SCAD freshman Anna Kate McGinty (23.80).
Union’s Jessica Axford took the third seed in 24.00 in a tie with SCAD’s Spencer Sheridan.
Olivet Nazarene’s Leanne Latocha took the fifth spot in 24.01, followed by Indiana Wesleyan’s Emma Travis (24.25), Loyola’s Elizabeth Skinner (24.32) and College of Idaho’s Maya Murphy (24.34).
Event 13 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kelly, Madison C of I 24.62 23.79
2 McGinty, Anna Kate FR SCAD 24.06 23.80
3 Axford, Jessica SO Union 23.73 24.00
3 Sheridan, Spencer FR SCAD 24.14 24.00
5 Latocha, Leanne JR Olivet Nazarene 24.72 24.01
6 Travis, Emma SO IWU 24.01 24.25
7 Skinner, Elizabeth SO Loyola Swim Team 24.87 24.32
8 Murphy, Maya C of I 24.65 24.34
Men’s 50 Free
Kaiser took the top two spots in the 50 freestyle for tonight’s final. Junior Marcel Nagy took the top seed with a swim of 20.05, followed by senior Andrei Stukov (20.21).
SCAD freshman Irvin Hoost took the third seed in 20.57, followed by Olivet Nazarene’s Iran Cavalcante-Almeida (20.58), Kesier’s Matias Lazzerini (20.82), Midland’s Scott Cain (20.94), Loyola’s Warren Massimini (20.96), while Cumberland’s Viktor Lyson and West Virginia’s Tech’s Paul Dias Ignacio Jr. both finished in 21.00 and forced a swim-off for eighth.
Event 14 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Nagy, Marcel JR Keiser 20.23 20.05
2 Stukov, Andrei SR Keiser 20.35 20.21
3 Hoost, Irvin FR SCAD 20.84 20.57
4 Cavalcante- Almeida, SO Olivet Nazarene 21.25 20.58
5 Lazzerini, Matias SO Keiser 21.42 20.82
6 Cain, Scott FR Midland 21.06 20.94
7 Massimini, Warren JR Loyola Swim Team 21.25 20.96
8 Lyson, Viktor SO Cumberlands 21.22 21.00
8 Dias Ignacio Jr, Paul JR WV Tech 21.67 21.00
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
Cumberland’s Christina Klouda, Julia Hnidenko, Mendy De Rooi and Katie Smeltzer scorched the field to take the top seed in the 400 medley relay.
The quartet finished nearly four seconds ahead of the field.
College of Idaho took the second seed in 3:55.70, followed by Olivet Nazarene (3:57.38).
Event 15 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Cumberlands 3:53.03 3:52.00
1) Klouda, Christina SR 2) Hnidenko, Julia SO
3) De Rooi, Mendy SO 4) Smeltzer, Katy SR
2 C of I 4:07.07 3:55.70
1) Kelly, Madison 2) Yannelli, Caroline
3) Watkins, Reina 4) Murphy, Maya
3 Olivet Nazarene 4:02.68 3:57.38
1) Islas, Karla SO 2) Vega, Andrea SR
3) Basham, Ashley JR 4) Reyes, Helina FR
4 SCAD 3:51.84 3:57.69
1) Henninger, Julie SR 2) Scargill, Sarah FR
3) Reinhardt, Lydia JR 4) Hui, Chloe SO
5 Keiser 3:55.87 3:58.54
1) Abad, Meagan JR 2) Freibach, Ori FR
3) Stromberg, Amanda FR 4) Zombai, Annamaria JR
6 Brenau 3:59.46 3:58.97
1) Dowling, Lindsay SR 2) Steinbach, Ashlyn SO
3) Bartoletta, Haley FR 4) Toussaint, Yanne JR
7 LUB 4:05.55 4:00.26
1) Merfol, Chelsea FR 2) Martens, Anna FR
3) Geck, Alina FR 4) Geck, Marie FR
8 LWC 4:03.30 4:01.11
1) Hahn, Sarah JR 2) Smith, Sloane FR
3) Macdonald, Jessica JR 4) Taylor, Carlene FR
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
Keiser’s Jan Suchan, Matias Lazzerini, Csaba Vekony and Konstantin Byshnev took the top spot in the 400 medley relay at 3:22.96.
Lindenwood was second in 3:24.72, followed by SCAD (3:24.76).
Event 16 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Keiser 3:19.03 3:22.96
1) Suchan, Jan SO 2) Lazzerini, Matias SO
3) Vekony, Csaba SO 4) Byshnev, Konstantin SR
2 LUB 3:26.08 3:24.72
1) Baro, Santiago FR 2) Markovic, Mateja FR
3) Le Pays du Teilleul, Martin F 4) Dany, Ante FR
3 SCAD 3:23.81 3:24.76
1) Bunner, Brogan SR 2) Rieffenstahl, Maik FR
3) Sweat, Ryan SR 4) Zachar, Gergo SO
4 Asbury 3:30.00 3:25.03
1) Bisher, Clay JR 2) Passman, Ronan SO
3) Wu, Alex FR 4) Jessee, Keith SR
5 Loyola Swim Team 3:30.68 3:25.31
1) James, Trey JR 2) Madden IV, Jay FR
3) Jackson, Jack SO 4) Vasquez, Sam SO
6 Union 3:27.14 3:25.99
1) Smith, Andrew SO 2) Saraceni, Henrique SO
3) Perkowski, Wiktor SO 4) Davies, Grant JR
7 Cumberlands 3:21.42 3:26.74
1) Cecioni, Nic FR 2) Smith, Jacob SR
3) Lyson, Viktor SO 4) Pierce, Bryce SR
8 Midland 3:29.05 3:26.82
1) McKelvey, Collin FR 2) Penney, Tyler SO
3) Martinez, Gabe FR 4) Cain, Scott FR
