The third day of the 2019 NAIA Championships kicked off with a full sate of events on Thursday in Columbus, Georgia.
Friday morning’s events included the 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast and 100 back. Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) leads the women’s meet and Keiser leads the men’s after two days — narrowly over SCAD.
Here is a look at Friday’s lineup.
Order of events
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 Fly
Men’s 100 Fly
Women’s 200 Free
Men’s 200 Free
Women’s 100 Breast
Men’s 100 Breast
Women’s 100 Back
Men’s 100 Back
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
Keiser started the night off with a strong swim in the 200 medley relay. Meagan Abad, Ori Freibach, Anna Herbst and Emma Sofie Augustsson won in 1:43.86, bettering their top seed time of 1:45.81.
It was again more than a second ahead of the field.
SCAD finished second in 1:45.40, while Cumberlands was third in 1:46.22.
Event 17 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Keiser 1:45.81 1:43.86
1) Abad, Meagan JR 2) Freibach, Ori FR
3) Herbst, Anna FR 4) Augustsson, Emma Sofie FR
2 SCAD 1:50.13 1:45.40
1) Rassenfoss, Allie FR 2) Lacusky, Sara SR
3) Hou, Kaylen FR 4) McGinty, Anna Kate FR
3 Cumberlands 1:47.13 1:46.22
1) Klouda, Christina SR 2) Hnidenko, Julia SO
3) De Rooi, Mendy SO 4) Smeltzer, Katy SR
4 C of I 1:47.90 1:46.50
1) Kelly, Madison 2) Yannelli, Caroline
3) Watkins, Reina 4) Murphy, Maya
5 ACU 1:49.60 1:48.18
1) Thomas, Emily 2) Labanauskaite, Vikte
3) Newell, Julia 4) Stevens, Emma FR
6 IWU 1:49.16 1:48.84
1) Darnell, Sydney FR 2) Holmgren, Linnea SO
3) Eicher, Whitley FR 4) Travis, Emma SO
7 Brenau 1:49.96 1:49.11
1) Dowling, Lindsay SR 2) Steinbach, Ashlyn SO
3) Bartoletta, Haley FR 4) Toussaint, Yanne JR
8 LUB 1:50.22 1:49.61
1) Merfol, Chelsea FR 2) Martens, Anna FR
3) Geck, Alina FR 4) Essmann, Amelie FR
=== B - Final ===
9 LWC 1:51.35 1:50.51
1) Seitz, Bailey SR 2) Smith, Sloane FR
3) Macdonald, Jessica JR 4) Taylor, Carlene FR
10 Loyola Swim Team 1:51.84 1:51.02
1) Gearhart, Madison FR 2) Szum, Katie SO
3) Skinner, Elizabeth SO 4) Simon, Cameryn JR
11 Asbury 1:53.71 1:51.69
1) Sauer, Kristin SO 2) Bewley, Kristen JR
3) Goodrum, Claire SR 4) Clark, Hope SO
12 MILL 1:51.93 1:51.76
1) Halloran, Maggie SO 2) Grow, Lindsey SO
3) Clark, Jordan SO 4) Farmer, Sara SR
13 Midland 1:52.59 1:52.09
1) Wagner, Nerissa FR 2) Skidmore, Paige SR
3) Kircher, Kadisyn FR 4) Bruck, Abby FR
14 LIFEU 1:53.34 1:52.19
1) Acosta, Victoria FR 2) Coetzee, Kirsten SR
3) Gonzalez, Greta FR 4) Colon, Carla SO
15 TU 1:54.31 1:53.87
1) Tophia, Chardonay 2) Molina, Kiana
3) Mary Lou, Kalaitzi 4) Haught, Jamie FR
16 Morningside 1:56.24 1:54.34
1) Baehr, Lauryn SO 2) Huff, Jessy JR
3) Ukena, Megan SO 4) Masid, Samantha FR
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
Keiser dropped two more seconds from its prelims time to cruise to victory in the 200 medley relay.
Marcel Nagy, Joel Hansson, Lukas Macek and Andrei Stukov won the event 1:29.11.
SCAD finished second in 1:31.76, while Midland was third in 1:32.35.
Event 18 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Keiser 1:31.44 1:29.11
1) Nagy, Marcel JR 2) Hansson, Joel SR
3) Macek, Lukas JR 4) Stukov, Andrei SR
2 SCAD 1:33.49 1:31.76
1) Bunner, Brogan SR 2) Rieffenstahl, Maik FR
3) Zachar, Gergo SO 4) Hoost, Irvin FR
3 Midland 1:32.66 1:32.35
1) McKelvey, Collin FR 2) Penney, Tyler SO
3) Martinez, Gabe FR 4) Cain, Scott FR
4 Cumberlands 1:33.65 1:32.57
1) Sundeen, Daric SO 2) Smith, Jacob SR
3) Lyson, Viktor SO 4) Pierce, Bryce SR
5 Union 1:33.27 1:32.58
1) Smith, Andrew SO 2) Saraceni, Henrique SO
3) Perkowski, Wiktor SO 4) Shivji, Iyas SR
6 LWC 1:33.84 1:33.57
1) Paetzold, Clemens SR 2) Rice, Bryce FR
3) Terra, Pedro FR 4) Olejnik, Olek SO
7 Asbury 1:34.56 1:33.75
1) Bisher, Clay JR 2) Passman, Ronan SO
3) Wu, Alex FR 4) Jessee, Keith SR
8 LUB 1:33.90 1:33.87
1) Baro, Santiago FR 2) Markovic, Mateja FR
3) Le Pays du Teilleul, Martin F 4) Benassila, Badr JR
=== B - Final ===
9 Loyola Swim Team 1:35.68 1:34.15
1) James, Trey JR 2) Massimini, Warren JR
3) Jackson, Jack SO 4) Bell, Chett FR
10 WV Tech 1:35.11 1:34.85
1) Josefina, Carolus SO 2) Dias Ignacio Jr, Paulo JR
3) Kawamukai Rios, Vinicius SR 4) Ruiz, Felipe JR
11 C of I 1:35.13 1:34.98
1) Hawley, Mitch 2) Krause, Hayden
3) Osborne, Dylan 4) Clifford, Andrew
12 SAMBR 1:35.43 1:35.11
1) Walker, Quincy 2) Krupitzer, Kevin
3) Patti, Carmelo 4) Powell, Reece
13 Morningside 1:36.97 1:35.88
1) Kohorst, Jake JR 2) Weiss, Jack SR
3) Salber, Billy JR 4) Dewsbury, Gage FR
14 LIFEU 1:39.21 1:37.29
1) Chechel, Pavlo SO 2) Lucas, Gustav SO
3) Dungey, Trent FR 4) Kuzemko, Anatolii SO
14 TU 1:36.48 1:37.29
1) Keating, Zac JR 2) Bohr, Kevin JR
3) Ayric, Sah 4) Dos Santos, Victor
16 Olivet Nazarene 1:38.85 1:38.94
1) Marshall, Austen SR 2) Evreinoff, Alejandro
3) Lanzino, Gianfranco SO 4) Firganek, Erik FR
Women’s 400 IM
Olivet Nazarene sophomore Karla Islas dropped a stunning five seconds from her prelims time to win the 400 IM in 4:26.46.
Islas dominated the field by more than four seconds.
Loyola junior Paige Carter also dropped about four seconds from her prelims time to finish second in 4:30.08.
Keiser junior Annamaria Zombai took third after a six-second drop to finish in 4:31.22.
Cumberland senior Christina Klouda took fourth in 4:31.48, followed by Thomas University’s Kiana Molina (4:36.20), SCAD freshmen Kaylen Hou (4:36.45) and Abigail Tankersley (4:38.33) and Brenau sophomore Nikoletta Alvanou (4:38.75).
Event 19 Women 400 Yard IM
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Islas, Karla SO Olivet Nazarene 4:31.82 4:26.46
2 Carter, Paige JR Loyola Swim Team 4:34.11 4:30.08
3 Zombai, Annamaria JR Keiser 4:37.69 4:31.22
4 Klouda, Christina SR Cumberlands 4:33.97 4:31.48
5 Molina, Kiana TU 4:35.84 4:36.20
6 Hou, Kaylen FR SCAD 4:36.01 4:36.45
7 Tankersley, Abigail FR SCAD 4:37.80 4:38.33
8 Alvanou, Nikoletta SO Brenau 4:37.71 4:38.75
=== B - Final ===
9 Kristan, Gaja FR Keiser 4:38.00 4:35.70
10 Geck, Alina FR LUB 4:41.55 4:38.11
11 Lofton, Anna SO Keiser 4:38.67 4:39.99
12 Acosta, Victoria FR LIFEU 4:43.56 4:40.71
13 Walin, Casey JR Cumberlands 4:44.63 4:42.82
14 Holmgren, Linnea SO IWU 4:44.09 4:43.06
15 Overly, Sara FR Cumberlands 4:46.93 4:43.59
16 Roller, Erika JR SCAD 4:41.09 4:47.84
Men’s 400 IM
Keiser freshman Pol Roch dropped seven seconds to crush the field and win the men’s 400 IM to kick off the individual men’s event for the session.
Rich finished in 3:53.47 to finish three seconds ahead of runner-up George Harsanyi (3:56.62), who saw his own six-second drop.
Lindenwood’s Martin Le Pays du Teilleul finished third in 3:59.41, followed by teammate Niels Engeln (4:01.12).
SCAD freshman Maik Rieffenstahl took fifth (4:01.59), followed by Olivet Nazarene junior Seth Cripe (4:02.40), Life’s Gustav Lucas (4:02.95) and Lindenwood’s Thomas Granet (4:06.53).
Event 20 Men 400 Yard IM
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Roch, Pol FR Keiser 4:00.77 3:53.47
2 Harsanyi, George SO SCAD 4:02.21 3:56.62
3 Le Pays du Teilleul, FR LUB 4:01.35 3:59.41
4 Engeln, Niels SO LUB 4:01.85 4:01.12
5 Rieffenstahl, Maik FR SCAD 4:02.10 4:01.59
6 Cripe, Seth JR Olivet Nazarene 4:04.93 4:02.40
7 Lucas, Gustav SO LIFEU 4:02.63 4:02.95
8 Granet, Thomas FR LUB 4:05.69 4:06.53
=== B - Final ===
9 Vekony, Csaba SO Keiser 4:07.92 4:03.95
10 Clark, Spence FR SCAD 4:07.34 4:04.49
11 Jessee, Keith SR Asbury 4:05.82 4:04.88
12 Bordes Adell, Xavier JR Olivet Nazarene 4:10.30 4:06.20
13 Klassen, Jacob C of I 4:08.19 4:06.54
14 Kuszynski, Nathan SAMBR 4:10.15 4:08.59
15 Janssen, Senne FR LUB 4:11.42 4:13.26
16 Wolfart, Ron FR LWC 4:09.53 4:19.33
Women’s 100 Fly
Cumberland sophomore Mendy De Rooi dropped two seconds from prelims to win the 100 fly in 54.41.
Keiser freshman Anna Herbst was second (56.21), followed by Indiana Wesleyan freshman Sydney Darnell (56.35).
Idaho’s Madison Kelly took fourth in 56.67, followed by SCAD junior Lydia Reinhardt (57.20), Keiser junior Kamryn Gallowich (57.44), Asbury senior Claire Goodrum (58.00) and Cumberlands senior Katy Smeltzer (58.08).
Event 21 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 De Rooi, Mendy SO Cumberlands 56.42 54.41
2 Herbst, Anna FR Keiser 57.08 56.21
3 Darnell, Sydney FR IWU 56.69 56.35
4 Kelly, Madison C of I 56.90 56.67
5 Reinhardt, Lydia JR SCAD 57.45 57.20
6 Gallowich, Kamryn JR Keiser 58.20 57.44
7 Goodrum, Claire SR Asbury 58.30 58.00
8 Smeltzer, Katy SR Cumberlands 58.10 58.08
=== B - Final ===
9 McGinty, Anna Kate FR SCAD 58.83 58.57
10 Jacobson, Emily FR CSM 59.20 58.69
11 Essmann, Amelie FR LUB 58.45 59.00
12 Stromberg, Amanda FR Keiser 59.23 59.12
13 Davis, Maggie SO TU 59.50 59.25
14 Gary, Rosie SO Asbury 59.87 59.37
15 Norman, Makenzie SO Wildcats 59.50 59.71
16 Vanwanzeele, Kamryn SO IWU 59.33 1:00.16
Men’s 100 Fly
Keiser junior Marcel Nagy won the 100 fly in 48.04 to hold off Asbury freshman Alex Wu (48.88).
Cumberlands sophomore Viktor Lyson took third in 48.93, followed by Loyola sophomore Jack Jackson (49.94), SCAD sophomore Miles Kredich (50.04), Union sophomore Wiktor Perkowski (50.13), SCAD senior Brogan Bunner (50.76) and SCAD freshman Irvin Hoost (50.91).
Event 22 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Nagy, Marcel JR Keiser 48.47 48.04
2 Wu, Alex FR Asbury 49.74 48.88
3 Lyson, Viktor SO Cumberlands 49.22 48.93
4 Jackson, Jack SO Loyola Swim Team 50.58 49.94
5 Kredich, Miles SO SCAD 49.97 50.04
6 Perkowski, Wiktor SO Union 49.73 50.13
7 Bunner, Brogan SR SCAD 50.56 50.76
8 Hoost, Irvin FR SCAD 51.12 50.91
=== B - Final ===
9 Mourao, Lucas SO Union 51.26 50.75
10 Sweat, Ryan SR SCAD 51.26 50.84
11 Jorgensen, Lasse SO Keiser 51.64 51.04
12 Mashburn, Alex FR Cumberlands 51.81 51.19
13 Salber, Billy JR Morningside 51.36 51.47
14 Locke, Ian C of I 51.70 51.52
15 Osborne, Dylan C of I 51.12 51.57
16 Salvador da Silva, Pe FR LUB 51.78 52.24
Women’s 200 Free
SCAD freshman Spencer Sheridan dropped more than two seconds from her prelims time to win the 200 free in 1:50.85, holding on for a victory by two hundredths.
Union sophomore Jessica Axford took second just behind in 1:50.87.
Lindsay Wilson’s Jessica MacDonald took third (1:52.96), followed by a trio of SCAD seniors — Shayna Salzman (1:54.00), Julie Henninger (1:54.06) and Sarah Dostie (1:54.56).
Asbury sophomore Hope Clark took seventh (1:55.24) and Loyola freshman Ulrike Tovilla was eighth (1:55.27).
Event 23 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Sheridan, Spencer FR SCAD 1:53.23 1:50.85
2 Axford, Jessica SO Union 1:53.58 1:50.87
3 Macdonald, Jessica JR LWC 1:53.79 1:52.96
4 Salzman, Shayna SR SCAD 1:54.17 1:54.00
5 Henninger, Julie SR SCAD 1:53.87 1:54.06
6 Dostie, Sarah SR SCAD 1:55.08 1:54.56
7 Clark, Hope SO Asbury 1:56.05 1:55.24
8 Tovilla, Ulrike FR Loyola Swim Team 1:56.56 1:55.27
=== B - Final ===
9 Sofouli, Stefania FR Keiser 1:57.53 1:55.68
10 Hui, Chloe SO SCAD 1:57.53 1:56.18
11 Thomas, Leah FR Cumberlands 1:57.48 1:56.33
12 Freibach, Ori FR Keiser 1:56.78 1:56.79
13 Taylor, Carlene FR LWC 1:59.00 1:56.92
14 Wickholm, Madison SO IWU 1:57.48 1:57.92
15 O'Gorman, April SO SCAD 1:58.28 1:59.40
16 Haught, Jamie FR TU 1:58.21 1:59.79
Men’s 200 Free
Lindenwood freshman Ante Dany surged to the title in the 200 free, dropping more than two seconds off of his prelim time and becoming the only one in the field to break 1:40.
He finished in 1:39.85 to hold off SCAD sophomore Zoltan Monori (1:40.28).
Keiser senior Konstantin Byshnev finished fourth (1:41.36), followed by Thomas University freshman Dorian Taylor (1:41.47), West Virginia Tech junior Manuel Laguna Gomez (1:42.71), Loyola junior Warren Massimini (1:45.11) and Loyola sophomore Sam Vasquez (1:47.95).
Event 24 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Dany, Ante FR LUB 1:42.36 1:39.85
2 Monori, Zoltan SO SCAD 1:41.45 1:40.28
3 Clifford, Andrew C of I 1:40.81 1:40.38
4 Byshnev, Konstantin SR Keiser 1:41.82 1:41.36
5 Taylor, Dorian FR TU 1:42.28 1:41.47
6 Laguna Gomez, Manuel JR WV Tech 1:43.20 1:42.71
7 Massimini, Warren JR Loyola Swim Team 1:42.34 1:45.11
8 Vasquez, Sam SO Loyola Swim Team 1:42.25 1:47.95
=== B - Final ===
9 Nowacki, DJ SO SCAD 1:43.58 1:42.41
10 Lahrichi, Ismail SO Keiser 1:43.24 1:43.11
11 Cain, Scott FR Midland 1:43.93 1:43.66
12 Ruiz, Felipe JR WV Tech 1:43.34 1:43.74
13 Torrents, Alex FR Keiser 1:43.82 1:43.90
14 McDonald, John Morgan FR Cumberlands 1:43.76 1:44.04
15 Canessa, Franco FR Keiser 1:44.01 1:44.15
16 Rogne, Carl SR Cumberlands 1:44.46 1:44.79
Women’s 100 Breast
Olivet Nazarene senior Andrea Vega won the 100 breast in 1:03.25, holding off another senior, SCAD’s Sara Lacusky, who finished in 1:04.34.
Cumberlands sophomore Julia Hnidenko took third (1:04.68), followed by Idaho’s Caroline Yannelli (1:05.11), Arizona Christian’s Vikte Labanauskaite (1:05.24), Lindenwood’s Anna Martens (1:05.37), Life’s Kirsten Coetzee (1:05.37) and Brenau’s Yanne Toussaint (1:06.89).
Event 25 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Vega, Andrea SR Olivet Nazarene 1:03.82 1:03.25
2 Lacusky, Sara SR SCAD 1:05.04 1:04.34
3 Hnidenko, Julia SO Cumberlands 1:06.26 1:04.68
4 Yannelli, Caroline C of I 1:05.73 1:05.11
5 Labanauskaite, Vikte ACU 1:05.66 1:05.24
6 Martens, Anna FR LUB 1:06.80 1:05.37
6 Coetzee, Kirsten SR LIFEU 1:05.93 1:05.37
8 Toussaint, Yanne JR Brenau 1:06.55 1:06.89
=== B - Final ===
9 Latocha, Leanne JR Olivet Nazarene 1:08.33 1:06.82
10 Hou, Kaylen FR SCAD 1:06.86 1:07.20
11 DeZur, Payton FR Olivet Nazarene 1:07.55 1:07.91
12 Scargill, Sarah FR SCAD 1:07.77 1:08.00
13 Steinbach, Ashlyn SO Brenau 1:07.65 1:08.02
14 Klimczak, Cameron SO Cumberlands 1:07.88 1:08.26
15 Knebelkamp, Chiara JR St. Andrews 1:08.60 1:08.45
16 Adams, Cassie SR Koalas 1:08.25 1:08.75
Men’s 100 Breast
Keiser’s Lukas Macek won the 100 breast in 54.57, holing off teammate Joel Hansson in 55.38.
West Virginia Tech’s Paul Dias Ignacio Jr. was third 55.51.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Macek, Lukas JR Keiser 55.91 54.57
2 Hansson, Joel SR Keiser 55.55 55.38
3 Dias Ignacio Jr, Paul JR WV Tech 56.04 55.51
4 Saraceni, Henrique SO Union 55.89 56.03
5 Olejnik, Olek SO LWC 57.52 56.10
6 Lazzerini, Matias SO Keiser 57.31 56.68
7 Penney, Tyler SO Midland 57.49 57.51
8 Passman, Ronan SO Asbury 57.54 57.90
=== B - Final ===
9 Stukov, Andrei SR Keiser 57.74 56.64
10 Krupitzer, Kevin SAMBR 58.12 57.15
11 Markovic, Mateja FR LUB 58.22 57.53
12 Wolfart, Ron FR LWC 57.60 57.83
13 Madden IV, Jay FR Loyola Swim Team 57.92 58.01
14 Eaton, Hunter SO Cumberlands 58.06 58.24
15 Smith, Jacob SR Cumberlands 57.60 58.37
16 Rice, Bryce FR LWC 58.39 58.59
Women’s 100 Back
Keiser went 1-2 for the second straight event as Anna Herbst won the 100 back in 57.07 to hold off teammate Meagan Abad (57.28).
Brenau’s Lindsay Dowling was third (57.35).
Event 27 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Herbst, Anna FR Keiser 57.99 57.07
2 Abad, Meagan JR Keiser 58.14 57.28
3 Dowling, Lindsay SR Brenau 57.69 57.35
4 Rassenfoss, Allie FR SCAD 57.29 57.42
5 Gallowich, Kamryn JR Keiser 58.45 57.65
6 Halloran, Maggie SO MILL 58.42 58.14
7 Henninger, Julie SR SCAD 58.71 58.98
8 Farmer, Sara SR MILL 59.10 59.39
=== B - Final ===
9 Augustsson, Emma Sofi FR Keiser 59.48 58.23
10 Thomas, Emily ACU 59.59 59.68
11 Wagner, Nerissa FR Midland 59.93 1:00.05
12 Merfol, Chelsea FR LUB 1:00.63 1:00.64
13 Kircher, Kadisyn FR Midland 1:01.27 1:00.77
14 Weber-Callahan, Anne SR SCAD 1:00.98 1:01.47
15 Spivey, Bailee SR Point Swim 1:01.19 1:01.53
16 Enders, Jordan SO Olivet Nazarene 1:00.74 1:01.68
Men’s 100 Back
SCAD’s Gergo Zachary won the 100 back in 48.86 ahead of Keiser’s Jan Suchan (49.75).
SCAD’s Brogan Bunner took third (49.95).
