This weekend many Division III teams are taking part in a number of invitationals. Swimming was expected to be fast and Thursday night’s performances delivered.
Three NCAA Division III National records fell in a matter of on Thursday night. Emory’s Andrew Wilson posted a mark of his own and was key to the success of a relay. Kenyon’s Arthur Conover continued his successful distance campaign taking down the 1650 freestyle mark.
After a breakout season in 2015 Wilson took an Olympic redshirt year and trained at the University of Texas. After finishing fourth at Olympic Trials this summer in the 200 breaststroke and fifth in the 100 breaststroke he’s back on the Division III stage. Emory has an impressive squad at the University of Miami (Ohio) Invitational this weekend.
Last night Wilson raced the defending 200 IM National Champion and NCAA record holder, Jack Lindell of Denison. Wilson clocked a 1:45.47 with a blistering 28.46 breaststroke split to win the event and lower the NCAA Record. Lindell finished second in 1:48.66. His record was a 1:46.00, swum at last season’s National Championship.
Event 106 Men 200 Yard IM
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MEET: * 1:47.59 12/4/2014 Andrew L Wilson, Emory
POOL: ! 1:45.38 2012 Jacob Hanson, Eastern Michgan
1:42.15 DV1A NCAA Div I A
1:46.55 DV3A NCAA Div 3A
1:49.09 DV1B NCAA Div I B
1:52.13 DV3B NCAA Div 3B
Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Wilson, Andrew SR Emory-GA 1:51.00 1:45.57*DV3A
23.04 51.10 (28.06)
1:19.56 (28.46) 1:45.57 (26.01)
2 Lindell, Jack S SR Denison-OH 1:49.31 1:48.66 DV1B
23.81 51.01 (27.20)
1:22.64 (31.63) 1:48.66 (26.02)
Wilson then put together a 50.84 breaststroke split to help Emory to the NCAA mark in the 400 medley relay. The Eagles stopped the clock in 3:13.03. Williams College previously held the mark with a 3:13.49 swum in 2015. He was joined by freshman Sage Ono with a 48.92 backstroke split, fellow senior Christian Baker with a 48.26 on butterfly and sprinter Ollie Smith with a 45.01 freestyle split.
Event 110 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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MEET: * 3:16.13 12/5/2013 Denison University, Denison
S Chabot, D Rosenburg, A Rich, C Maciel
POOL: ! 3:13.77 2012 Buffalo, Buffalo
Aronilca,Hogan,Schwippert, Heine
3:07.75 DV1A NCAA Div I A
3:09.68 DV1B NCAA Div I B
3:22.27 DV3B NCAA Div 3B
School Seed Finals
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1 Emory-GA 'A' 3:23.18 3:13.03!DV3B
1) Ono, Sage S FR 2) Wilson, Andrew L SR
3) Baker, Christian J SR 4) Smith, Ollie S JR
23.31 48.92 (48.92)
1:12.32 (23.40) 1:39.76 (50.84)
2:02.21 (22.45) 2:28.02 (48.26)
2:49.32 (21.30) 3:13.03 (45.01)
Conover was swimming at the Lords’ own TPSC Invitational. The distance star Conover clocked a 14:56.44, five seconds faster than his own record and lifetime best of 15:01.24. The senior opened the swim in 4:30.79. At the 1000, he turned in 9:03.58. The entire swim was remarkably consistent.
Event 4 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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Pool Record: ! 14:41.54 12/3/2015 C E Swanson, Penn
14:44.43 D1 A
15:04.60 D3 A
15:30.39 D1 B
16:16.65 D3 B
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Conover, Arthur SR KENYON-OH 9:26.00 14:56.44 D3 A 36
25.32 52.12 (26.80)
1:19.15 (27.03) 1:46.39 (27.24)
2:13.77 (27.38) 2:41.29 (27.52)
3:08.53 (27.24) 3:35.96 (27.43)
4:03.45 (27.49) 4:30.79 (27.34)
4:58.05 (27.26) 5:25.27 (27.22)
5:52.54 (27.27) 6:19.62 (27.08)
6:46.82 (27.20) 7:14.17 (27.35)
7:41.55 (27.38) 8:08.90 (27.35)
8:36.28 (27.38) 9:03.58 (27.30)
9:31.12 (27.54) 9:58.57 (27.45)
10:25.61 (27.04) 10:52.85 (27.24)
11:20.13 (27.28) 11:47.00 (26.87)
12:14.40 (27.40) 12:41.65 (27.25)
13:08.93 (27.28) 13:36.16 (27.23)
14:03.45 (27.29) 14:30.60 (27.15) 14:56.44 (25.84)
Full Miami results available here.
Full TPSC results available here.