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The final night of the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships saw two more Division III records go down as Kenyon freshman Crile Hart and Emory’s 400 free relay on the women’s side broke the NCAA record in their respective events.
The Emory Eagles won their ninth straight national title on the women’s side as they finished with 603 points. The Denison Big Red won their second title in three years as they won the men’s competition with 596.5 points.
Crile Hart was the women’s swimmer of the meet and Oliver Smith won the men’s swimmer of the meet award.
The winning coaches Gregg Parini of Denison and Jon Howell of Emory were announced as coaches of the year. Shawn Austin of Geneseo and Chris Griffin of Ithaca were the diving coaches of the year.
Nickie Griesemer of Ithaca and Heath Ogawa of Lake Forest were announced as CSCAA Divers of the Year.
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Men’s 1650
Emory junior Thomas Gordon won the 1650 final after a back and forth battle with Denison junior Matthew Hedman. Gordon took the lead early but never let Hedman pass him as Gordon won the race in the end after pulling away at 15:15.60. Hedman was second at 15:17.29.
Denison also picked up valuable points with James Baker placing third at 15:31.35.
Williams actually scored the most points in the event with three total guys in the top eight. James Lovette (15:32.96), Jackson Karofsky (15:38.16) and Andrew Trunsky (15:39.68) placed fourth, sixth and seventh for the Ephs.
MIT’s Joshua Graves (15:35.71) and Rowan’s John Tepper (15:40.29) also placed in the top eight. Graves swam in the earlier heats this morning.
Event 30 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA Record: * 14:56.44 12/1/2016 Arthur Conover, Kenyon
Meet Record: ! 14:59.56 3/18/2017 Arthur Conover, Kenyon
Meet Qualify: 15:51.89
2017 Winner: 14:59.56 Arthur Conover, Kenyon
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Gordon, Thomas JR Emory 15:22.93 15:15.60 20
25.03 52.51 (27.48)
1:20.23 (27.72) 1:48.27 (28.04)
2:16.50 (28.23) 2:44.68 (28.18)
3:12.76 (28.08) 3:40.75 (27.99)
4:08.80 (28.05) 4:36.68 (27.88)
5:04.52 (27.84) 5:32.46 (27.94)
6:00.33 (27.87) 6:28.16 (27.83)
6:55.77 (27.61) 7:23.85 (28.08)
7:51.87 (28.02) 8:19.82 (27.95)
8:47.29 (27.47) 9:15.05 (27.76)
9:42.89 (27.84) 10:10.81 (27.92)
10:38.97 (28.16) 11:06.90 (27.93)
11:34.75 (27.85) 12:02.33 (27.58)
12:30.49 (28.16) 12:58.61 (28.12)
13:26.41 (27.80) 13:54.23 (27.82)
14:21.87 (27.64) 14:49.28 (27.41) 15:15.60 (26.32)
2 Hedman, Matthew JR Denison 15:27.93 15:17.29 17
25.35 52.93 (27.58)
1:20.58 (27.65) 1:48.50 (27.92)
2:16.65 (28.15) 2:44.85 (28.20)
3:12.98 (28.13) 3:40.98 (28.00)
4:09.08 (28.10) 4:37.02 (27.94)
5:04.84 (27.82) 5:32.71 (27.87)
6:00.65 (27.94) 6:28.55 (27.90)
6:56.17 (27.62) 7:23.95 (27.78)
7:51.95 (28.00) 8:19.93 (27.98)
8:47.69 (27.76) 9:15.52 (27.83)
9:43.31 (27.79) 10:11.20 (27.89)
10:39.26 (28.06) 11:07.26 (28.00)
11:35.14 (27.88) 12:03.12 (27.98)
12:31.04 (27.92) 12:59.37 (28.33)
13:27.28 (27.91) 13:55.48 (28.20)
14:23.44 (27.96) 14:51.14 (27.70) 15:17.29 (26.15)
3 Baker, James SO Denison 15:35.95 15:31.35 16
25.70 54.05 (28.35)
1:22.36 (28.31) 1:50.88 (28.52)
2:19.49 (28.61) 2:48.15 (28.66)
3:16.76 (28.61) 3:45.39 (28.63)
4:13.99 (28.60) 4:42.60 (28.61)
5:11.15 (28.55) 5:39.70 (28.55)
6:08.38 (28.68) 6:36.98 (28.60)
7:05.37 (28.39) 7:33.80 (28.43)
8:02.31 (28.51) 8:30.73 (28.42)
8:59.25 (28.52) 9:27.81 (28.56)
9:55.98 (28.17) 10:24.12 (28.14)
10:52.30 (28.18) 11:20.70 (28.40)
11:48.86 (28.16) 12:17.03 (28.17)
12:45.21 (28.18) 13:13.19 (27.98)
13:41.12 (27.93) 14:09.15 (28.03)
14:36.90 (27.75) 15:04.80 (27.90) 15:31.35 (26.55)
4 Lovette, Jamie FR Williams 15:37.40 15:32.96 15
25.43 53.21 (27.78)
1:20.93 (27.72) 1:48.80 (27.87)
2:16.76 (27.96) 2:45.07 (28.31)
3:13.29 (28.22) 3:41.49 (28.20)
4:09.74 (28.25) 4:37.95 (28.21)
5:06.06 (28.11) 5:34.32 (28.26)
6:02.66 (28.34) 6:31.10 (28.44)
6:59.44 (28.34) 7:27.85 (28.41)
7:56.31 (28.46) 8:24.82 (28.51)
8:53.07 (28.25) 9:21.55 (28.48)
9:50.06 (28.51) 10:18.60 (28.54)
10:47.08 (28.48) 11:15.83 (28.75)
11:44.53 (28.70) 12:13.22 (28.69)
12:42.22 (29.00) 13:11.00 (28.78)
13:39.76 (28.76) 14:08.56 (28.80)
14:37.00 (28.44) 15:05.54 (28.54) 15:32.96 (27.42)
5 Graves, Joshua JR MIT 15:41.57 15:35.71 14
25.20 52.45 (27.25)
1:20.31 (27.86) 1:48.65 (28.34)
2:17.01 (28.36) 2:45.33 (28.32)
3:13.79 (28.46) 3:42.12 (28.33)
4:10.69 (28.57) 4:39.15 (28.46)
5:07.53 (28.38) 5:36.11 (28.58)
6:04.78 (28.67) 6:33.46 (28.68)
7:02.09 (28.63) 7:31.04 (28.95)
7:59.95 (28.91) 8:28.75 (28.80)
8:57.62 (28.87) 9:26.41 (28.79)
9:55.45 (29.04) 10:24.43 (28.98)
10:53.23 (28.80) 11:21.44 (28.21)
11:50.07 (28.63) 12:18.75 (28.68)
12:47.53 (28.78) 13:16.24 (28.71)
13:44.99 (28.75) 14:13.40 (28.41)
14:41.92 (28.52) 15:09.84 (27.92) 15:35.71 (25.87)
6 Karofsky, Jacks FR Williams 15:38.37 15:38.16 13
25.35 53.25 (27.90)
1:21.19 (27.94) 1:49.13 (27.94)
2:17.30 (28.17) 2:45.26 (27.96)
3:13.69 (28.43) 3:41.94 (28.25)
4:10.43 (28.49) 4:38.78 (28.35)
5:07.30 (28.52) 5:35.56 (28.26)
6:03.97 (28.41) 6:32.71 (28.74)
7:01.35 (28.64) 7:30.00 (28.65)
7:58.89 (28.89) 8:27.62 (28.73)
8:56.39 (28.77) 9:25.13 (28.74)
9:53.69 (28.56) 10:22.51 (28.82)
10:51.59 (29.08) 11:20.84 (29.25)
11:49.98 (29.14) 12:18.53 (28.55)
12:47.49 (28.96) 13:16.41 (28.92)
13:45.26 (28.85) 14:13.74 (28.48)
14:42.06 (28.32) 15:10.45 (28.39) 15:38.16 (27.71)
7 Trunsky, Andrew SO Williams 15:40.75 15:39.68 12
26.01 53.51 (27.50)
1:21.16 (27.65) 1:49.04 (27.88)
2:16.95 (27.91) 2:45.17 (28.22)
3:13.47 (28.30) 3:41.82 (28.35)
4:10.55 (28.73) 4:39.22 (28.67)
5:08.07 (28.85) 5:36.55 (28.48)
6:05.41 (28.86) 6:34.10 (28.69)
7:02.98 (28.88) 7:32.06 (29.08)
8:01.03 (28.97) 8:29.91 (28.88)
8:58.81 (28.90) 9:27.52 (28.71)
9:56.36 (28.84) 10:25.08 (28.72)
10:53.76 (28.68) 11:22.47 (28.71)
11:51.45 (28.98) 12:20.22 (28.77)
12:48.90 (28.68) 13:17.73 (28.83)
13:46.34 (28.61) 14:15.06 (28.72)
14:43.83 (28.77) 15:12.10 (28.27) 15:39.68 (27.58)
8 Tepper, John SR Rowan 15:40.12 15:40.29 11
25.56 53.27 (27.71)
1:21.15 (27.88) 1:49.26 (28.11)
2:17.79 (28.53) 2:45.88 (28.09)
3:14.25 (28.37) 3:42.68 (28.43)
4:11.11 (28.43) 4:39.50 (28.39)
5:07.89 (28.39) 5:36.29 (28.40)
6:04.70 (28.41) 6:33.38 (28.68)
7:01.73 (28.35) 7:30.34 (28.61)
7:58.90 (28.56) 8:27.45 (28.55)
8:56.24 (28.79) 9:24.90 (28.66)
9:53.32 (28.42) 10:22.09 (28.77)
10:50.79 (28.70) 11:19.89 (29.10)
11:48.82 (28.93) 12:17.57 (28.75)
12:46.68 (29.11) 13:15.88 (29.20)
13:44.97 (29.09) 14:14.10 (29.13)
14:43.37 (29.27) 15:12.59 (29.22) 15:40.29 (27.70)
Women’s 1650
Williams freshman Laura Westphal won her second event of the meet in the 1650 as she won the 500 on Wednesday night at the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. Westphal pulled away from the field as she swam a 16:35.20 to finish well ahead of second place Aine Scholand (16:51.01) of Simmons.
Williams also placed another swimmer in the top eight as Alison McNamara was eighth at 17:01.72.
Kenyon’s Kendall Vanderhoof (16:57.28), Marysol Arce (16:57.33), Emory’s Rebecca Upton (16:57.80), Denison’s Natalie Zaravella (16:58.91) and Kenyon’s Alexis Vetrano (17:01.14) also placed in the top eight.
Notably absent was defending national champion of Julia Durmer of Emory who scratched the race.
Event 31 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA Record: * 16:21.44 3/21/2015 Sarah Thompson, Williams
Meet Qualify: 17:18.18
2017 Winner: 16:27.82 Julia Durmer, Emory
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Westphal, Laura FR Williams 16:53.92 16:35.20 20
28.22 58.61 (30.39)
1:29.12 (30.51) 1:59.40 (30.28)
2:29.99 (30.59) 3:00.69 (30.70)
3:31.40 (30.71) 4:02.02 (30.62)
4:32.42 (30.40) 5:02.96 (30.54)
5:33.44 (30.48) 6:03.80 (30.36)
6:34.32 (30.52) 7:04.78 (30.46)
7:35.27 (30.49) 8:05.71 (30.44)
8:36.22 (30.51) 9:06.41 (30.19)
9:36.58 (30.17) 10:06.63 (30.05)
10:36.65 (30.02) 11:06.74 (30.09)
11:36.98 (30.24) 12:06.90 (29.92)
12:37.14 (30.24) 13:07.45 (30.31)
13:37.55 (30.10) 14:07.34 (29.79)
14:37.30 (29.96) 15:07.15 (29.85)
15:37.32 (30.17) 16:06.70 (29.38) 16:35.20 (28.50)
2 Scholand, Aine SO Simmons 16:55.51 16:51.01 17
27.89 58.10 (30.21)
1:28.18 (30.08) 1:58.17 (29.99)
2:28.33 (30.16) 2:58.53 (30.20)
3:29.09 (30.56) 3:59.48 (30.39)
4:30.46 (30.98) 5:01.38 (30.92)
5:32.32 (30.94) 6:03.52 (31.20)
6:34.53 (31.01) 7:05.49 (30.96)
7:36.48 (30.99) 8:07.23 (30.75)
8:37.94 (30.71) 9:08.88 (30.94)
9:39.69 (30.81) 10:10.69 (31.00)
10:41.55 (30.86) 11:12.68 (31.13)
11:43.76 (31.08) 12:14.69 (30.93)
12:45.68 (30.99) 13:17.00 (31.32)
13:48.19 (31.19) 14:19.06 (30.87)
14:49.96 (30.90) 15:20.65 (30.69)
15:51.20 (30.55) 16:21.98 (30.78) 16:51.01 (29.03)
3 Vanderhoof, Ken SO Kenyon 17:11.94 16:57.28 16
28.82 59.75 (30.93)
1:31.06 (31.31) 2:02.52 (31.46)
2:33.61 (31.09) 3:04.53 (30.92)
3:35.79 (31.26) 4:06.89 (31.10)
4:38.15 (31.26) 5:09.02 (30.87)
5:40.02 (31.00) 6:11.14 (31.12)
6:42.48 (31.34) 7:13.59 (31.11)
7:44.65 (31.06) 8:15.70 (31.05)
8:46.65 (30.95) 9:17.49 (30.84)
9:48.49 (31.00) 10:19.44 (30.95)
10:50.17 (30.73) 11:20.83 (30.66)
11:51.58 (30.75) 12:22.28 (30.70)
12:53.25 (30.97) 13:24.20 (30.95)
13:55.19 (30.99) 14:26.23 (31.04)
14:57.42 (31.19) 15:28.50 (31.08)
15:59.18 (30.68) 16:29.38 (30.20) 16:57.28 (27.90)
4 Arce, Marysol JR Kenyon 16:57.57 16:57.33 15
28.06 58.27 (30.21)
1:28.86 (30.59) 1:59.62 (30.76)
2:30.21 (30.59) 3:00.88 (30.67)
3:31.89 (31.01) 4:02.64 (30.75)
4:33.45 (30.81) 5:04.14 (30.69)
5:34.85 (30.71) 6:05.61 (30.76)
6:36.36 (30.75) 7:07.15 (30.79)
7:37.85 (30.70) 8:08.58 (30.73)
8:39.10 (30.52) 9:09.91 (30.81)
9:40.52 (30.61) 10:11.28 (30.76)
10:42.08 (30.80) 11:12.94 (30.86)
11:43.94 (31.00) 12:15.27 (31.33)
12:46.43 (31.16) 13:17.95 (31.52)
13:49.55 (31.60) 14:21.19 (31.64)
14:52.75 (31.56) 15:24.24 (31.49)
15:55.63 (31.39) 16:26.80 (31.17) 16:57.33 (30.53)
5 Upton, Rebecca SR Emory 17:09.77 16:57.80 14
29.09 1:00.30 (31.21)
1:31.84 (31.54) 2:03.18 (31.34)
2:34.41 (31.23) 3:05.60 (31.19)
3:36.75 (31.15) 4:07.91 (31.16)
4:38.84 (30.93) 5:09.80 (30.96)
5:40.72 (30.92) 6:11.73 (31.01)
6:42.81 (31.08) 7:14.14 (31.33)
7:45.12 (30.98) 8:16.00 (30.88)
8:47.13 (31.13) 9:18.00 (30.87)
9:48.78 (30.78) 10:19.86 (31.08)
10:50.49 (30.63) 11:21.10 (30.61)
11:51.87 (30.77) 12:22.87 (31.00)
12:53.69 (30.82) 13:24.55 (30.86)
13:55.54 (30.99) 14:26.77 (31.23)
14:57.81 (31.04) 15:28.85 (31.04)
15:59.31 (30.46) 16:29.37 (30.06) 16:57.80 (28.43)
6 Zaravella, Nata SO Denison 17:08.51 16:58.91 13
28.49 59.16 (30.67)
1:30.32 (31.16) 2:01.29 (30.97)
2:32.51 (31.22) 3:03.72 (31.21)
3:34.56 (30.84) 4:05.72 (31.16)
4:36.88 (31.16) 5:08.09 (31.21)
5:39.25 (31.16) 6:10.18 (30.93)
6:41.32 (31.14) 7:12.51 (31.19)
7:43.63 (31.12) 8:14.58 (30.95)
8:45.88 (31.30) 9:16.94 (31.06)
9:48.01 (31.07) 10:18.78 (30.77)
10:49.45 (30.67) 11:20.43 (30.98)
11:51.16 (30.73) 12:22.35 (31.19)
12:53.59 (31.24) 13:24.62 (31.03)
13:55.85 (31.23) 14:26.95 (31.10)
14:57.97 (31.02) 15:28.62 (30.65)
15:58.89 (30.27) 16:29.38 (30.49) 16:58.91 (29.53)
7 Vetrano, Alexis FR Kenyon 16:59.15 17:01.14 12
28.23 58.30 (30.07)
1:28.88 (30.58) 1:59.55 (30.67)
2:29.99 (30.44) 3:00.84 (30.85)
3:31.26 (30.42) 4:01.49 (30.23)
4:31.37 (29.88) 5:01.68 (30.31)
5:32.16 (30.48) 6:02.79 (30.63)
6:33.40 (30.61) 7:04.24 (30.84)
7:35.20 (30.96) 8:06.73 (31.53)
8:37.86 (31.13) 9:09.02 (31.16)
9:40.16 (31.14) 10:11.32 (31.16)
10:42.89 (31.57) 11:14.41 (31.52)
11:46.34 (31.93) 12:18.34 (32.00)
12:50.25 (31.91) 13:21.93 (31.68)
13:53.16 (31.23) 14:25.38 (32.22)
14:57.06 (31.68) 15:28.12 (31.06)
15:59.18 (31.06) 16:30.66 (31.48) 17:01.14 (30.48)
8 McNamara, Aliso JR Williams 16:54.41 17:01.72 11
27.41 57.69 (30.28)
1:28.43 (30.74) 1:59.50 (31.07)
2:30.21 (30.71) 3:00.99 (30.78)
3:31.76 (30.77) 4:02.68 (30.92)
4:33.91 (31.23) 5:05.08 (31.17)
5:36.19 (31.11) 6:07.67 (31.48)
6:38.93 (31.26) 7:10.10 (31.17)
7:41.29 (31.19) 8:12.46 (31.17)
8:43.54 (31.08) 9:14.65 (31.11)
9:46.00 (31.35) 10:17.27 (31.27)
10:48.55 (31.28) 11:19.98 (31.43)
11:51.18 (31.20) 12:22.55 (31.37)
12:53.80 (31.25) 13:25.48 (31.68)
13:56.61 (31.13) 14:28.07 (31.46)
14:59.16 (31.09) 15:31.15 (31.99)
16:02.56 (31.41) 16:32.47 (29.91) 17:01.72 (29.25)
Men’s 100 Free
Emory senior Oliver Smith broke the NCAA Record in the heats this morning with a 42.98, but he had to hold on for dear life on the last 25 tonight as he got serious pressure from Tufts sophomore Roger Gu. Smith held on barely with a 43.32 as Gu was second at 43.44.
Smith now has the NCAA record in the 50 and the 100 free as he broke the record that was held by Kenyon legend Zach Turk from 2012.
Loras senior Ike Casey (44.08), Emory’s Trey Kolleck (44.11), Buffalo State’s Connor Mergler (44.11), MIT’s Josh Tomazin (44.30), Saint Vincent’s Jacob Davis (44.38) and Denison’s Zack Wagner (45.26) also swam in the championship final.
Event 32 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA Record: * 42.98 3/24/2018 Oliver Smith, Emory
Meet Qualify: 44.88
2017 Winner: 43.29 Jesse Novak, Rowan
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Oliver Smith SR Emory 42.98 43.32 20
20.13 43.32 (23.19)
2 Roger Gu SO Tufts 44.03 43.44 17
20.63 43.44 (22.81)
3 Isaac Casey SR Loras 44.60 44.08 16
21.03 44.08 (23.05)
4 Trey Kolleck JR Emory 44.38 44.11 14.5
20.94 44.11 (23.17)
4 Connor Mergler SR Buffalo State 44.35 44.11 14.5
21.12 44.11 (22.99)
6 Josh Tomazin SR MIT 44.46 44.30 13
21.03 44.30 (23.27)
7 Jacob Davis JR Saint Vincent 44.72 44.38 12
21.24 44.38 (23.14)
8 Zack Wagner SR Denison 44.54 45.26 11
21.39 45.26 (23.87)
Women’s 100 Free
It was a close field this morning but Emory junior Fiona Muir led from start to finish in the 100 free final at the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships as she successfully defended her national title with a 49.29.
Muir was joined in the final by three other Emory swimmers with Meg Taylor (49.96), Ming-fen Ong (50.81) and Julia Wawer (51.03) scoring major points as the 400 free relay for the Eagles looks to be unstoppable.
Williams’ Emma Waddell put up a good fight as she was second at 49.72. Johns Hopkins’ Kiki Petersen (50.43), Calvin’s Abby VanHarn (50.44) and BSC’s Becca Erwin (50.68) placed in the championship final.
Event 33 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA Record: * 48.98 3/20/2010 Kendra Stern, Amherst
Meet Qualify: 51.59
2017 Winner: 49.28 Fiona Muir, Emory
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Muir, Fiona JR Emory 50.23 49.29 20
23.45 49.29 (25.84)
2 Waddell, Emma SR Williams 50.25 49.72 17
23.81 49.72 (25.91)
3 Taylor, Meg JR Emory 50.28 49.96 16
23.97 49.96 (25.99)
4 Petersen, Kiki SO Johns Hopkins 50.30 50.43 15
24.00 50.43 (26.43)
5 VanHarn, Abby SR Calvin 50.55 50.44 14
24.44 50.44 (26.00)
6 Erwin, Becca SO BSC 50.68 50.68 13
24.44 50.68 (26.24)
7 Ong, Ming-fen SR Emory 50.63 50.81 12
24.45 50.81 (26.36)
8 Wawer, Julia SR Emory 50.82 51.03 11
24.77 51.03 (26.26)
Men’s 200 Back
Denison sophomore Bebe Wang used an incredible last 50 as he came off the pace to win the 200 back final at 1:45.37. Wang closed in a 26.81 on the last 50 as he was the only swimmer under 27 seconds the last 50. Wang moved ahead of Wash U sophomore Peyton Wilson (1:45.64) and early leader Kingsley Bowen of Tufts (1:46.36) at the finish.
Kenyon’s Mick Bartholomew (1:46.86), Denison’s Jason Wesseling (1:48.03), Emory’s Matthew Rogers (1:48.90), Johns Hopkins’ Emile Kuyl (1:49.86) and Emory’s Sage Ono (1:50.61) also competed in the championship final.
Event 34 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA Record: * 1:43.49 3/21/2015 Harrison Curley, Kenyon
Meet Qualify: 1:49.04
2017 Winner: 1:44.00 Ben Lin, Williams
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Robert Wang SO Denison 1:46.43 1:45.37 20
24.84 51.55 (26.71)
1:18.56 (27.01) 1:45.37 (26.81)
2 Peyton Wilson SO Wash U. 1:46.73 1:45.64 17
24.15 50.72 (26.57)
1:17.91 (27.19) 1:45.64 (27.73)
3 Kingsley Bowen JR Tufts 1:46.12 1:46.36 16
23.89 50.25 (26.36)
1:17.47 (27.22) 1:46.36 (28.89)
4 Michael Barthol SO Kenyon 1:46.94 1:46.86 15
25.04 51.48 (26.44)
1:18.86 (27.38) 1:46.86 (28.00)
5 Jason Wesseling SR Denison 1:46.82 1:48.03 14
25.34 53.07 (27.73)
1:20.58 (27.51) 1:48.03 (27.45)
6 Matthew Rogers JR Emory 1:47.57 1:48.90 13
25.60 53.23 (27.63)
1:21.05 (27.82) 1:48.90 (27.85)
7 Emile Kuyl JR Johns Hopkins 1:47.87 1:49.86 12
25.20 53.50 (28.30)
1:22.09 (28.59) 1:49.86 (27.77)
8 Sage Ono SO Emory 1:47.73 1:50.61 11
25.33 53.50 (28.17)
1:21.85 (28.35) 1:50.61 (28.76)
Women’s 200 Back
Crile Hart of Kenyon won her third event of the weekend and broke her third record with a 1:55.67 in the 200 back on Saturday night at the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. Hart broke the record of 1:55.83 that was set last year by Olivia Jackson of Williams.
Hart used a strong back half to swim by Emory senior Cindy Cheng (1:58.37) who finished in second after leading at the halfway point.
Kenyon also picked up valuable points with junior Delaney Ambrosen (1:59.11) finishing in third in the final.
Denison’s Jacquelyn Kurkjian (2:00.64), Wash U’s Nicole Zanolli (2:00.75), Bowdoin’s Marshall Lowery (2:01.19), Amherst’s Steph Moriarty (2:01.32) and NYU’s Sydney Catron (2:01.74) also swam in the championship final.
Event 35 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA Record: * 1:55.83 3/18/2017 Olivia Jackson, Williams
Meet Qualify: 2:03.09
2017 Winner: 1:55.83 Olivia Jackson, Williams
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Crile Hart FR Kenyon 1:57.06 1:55.67* 20
27.78 57.56 (29.78)
1:26.96 (29.40) 1:55.67 (28.71)
2 Cindy Cheng SR Emory 1:58.52 1:58.37 17
27.35 57.26 (29.91)
1:27.77 (30.51) 1:58.37 (30.60)
3 Delaney Ambrose JR Kenyon 2:00.67 1:59.11 16
28.27 57.97 (29.70)
1:28.57 (30.60) 1:59.11 (30.54)
4 Jacquelyn Kurkj SO Denison 2:01.21 2:00.64 15
28.18 58.29 (30.11)
1:28.79 (30.50) 2:00.64 (31.85)
5 Nicole Zanolli SR Wash U. 1:59.76 2:00.75 14
28.03 57.72 (29.69)
1:28.95 (31.23) 2:00.75 (31.80)
6 Marshall Lowery SO Bowdoin 2:01.34 2:01.19 13
28.26 58.45 (30.19)
1:29.87 (31.42) 2:01.19 (31.32)
7 Steph Moriarty SR Amherst 2:01.24 2:01.32 12
28.86 59.35 (30.49)
1:30.19 (30.84) 2:01.32 (31.13)
8 Sydney Catron FR NYU 2:01.08 2:01.74 11
28.35 58.67 (30.32)
1:30.11 (31.44) 2:01.74 (31.63)
Men’s 200 Breast
DePauw senior Sam McManus won his final race of his career with a 1:58.57 in the 200 breast on Saturday night at the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. McManus swam a controlled race as he wasn’t in the lead until the final 25 as he pulled away to win the event from Denison junior Jacob Ball (1:58.68), who led the race early.
NYU’s Giorgio Delgrosso (1:59.18) also was close but it wasn’t enough as he fell off over the last 25 to finish third at 1:59.18.
Chicago’s Lance Culjat (2:00.06), NYU’s Tim Kou (2:00.08), MIT’s Brandon McKenzie (2:00.65), Denison’s Ryan Stevenson (2:01.65) and Coast Guard’s Eric Fuhs (2:02.34) also swam in the championship final.
Event 36 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA Record: * 1:50.80 3/18/2017 Andrew Wilson, Emory
Meet Qualify: 2:02.55
2017 Winner: 1:55.99 Andrew Wilson, Emory
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 McManus, Sam SR DePauw 2:00.53 1:58.57 20
27.22 58.02 (30.80)
1:28.35 (30.33) 1:58.57 (30.22)
2 Ball, Jacob JR Denison 1:59.56 1:58.68 17
26.69 56.86 (30.17)
1:27.83 (30.97) 1:58.68 (30.85)
3 Delgrosso, Gior SO NYU 1:59.59 1:59.18 16
26.96 57.15 (30.19)
1:27.82 (30.67) 1:59.18 (31.36)
4 Culjat, Lance SO Chicago 2:00.58 2:00.06 15
27.22 57.50 (30.28)
1:28.54 (31.04) 2:00.06 (31.52)
5 Kou, Tim SR NYU 2:00.10 2:00.08 14
27.04 57.38 (30.34)
1:28.43 (31.05) 2:00.08 (31.65)
6 McKenzie, Brand JR MIT 2:01.63 2:00.65 13
27.05 58.00 (30.95)
1:29.24 (31.24) 2:00.65 (31.41)
7 Stevenson, Ryan JR Denison 2:01.38 2:01.65 12
27.39 58.51 (31.12)
1:30.03 (31.52) 2:01.65 (31.62)
8 Fuhs, Eric FR Coast Guard 2:01.66 2:02.34 11
27.77 58.53 (30.76)
1:30.27 (31.74) 2:02.34 (32.07)
Women’s 200 Breast
Denison sophomore KT Kustritz almost made it two for two on NCAA records as she just barely missed the 200 breast record with a 2:12.27 in Saturday’s final. Kustritz did break the meet record which was a 2:12.30 from 2016 by Amherst’s Emily Hyde. Kustritz was just off of the 2:12.20 NCAA record set the same year by Sam Senczyszyn.
Kustritz held off a strong charge from Williams sophomore Caroline White (2:13.45) who was second. Kenyon senior Julia Wilson finished in third at 2:15.75.
Emory’s Ashley Daniels (2:16.71), Carnegie Mellon’s Kimberly Hochstedler (2:16.97), Amherst’s Nina Fitzgerald (2:17.08) and Washington & Lee’s Emily Hageboeck (2:18.41) also competed in the championship final.
Johns Hopkins’ Gwyneth Lamastra was disqualified in the final after originally placing third.
Event 37 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA Record: * 2:12.20 2/20/2016 Sam Senczyszyn, UW Eau Claire
Meet Record: ! 2:12.30 3/19/2016 Emily Hyde, Amherst
Meet Qualify: 2:21.68
2017 Winner: 2:14.61 Mary Erb, Conn College
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Kustritz, KT SO Denison 2:13.29 2:12.27! 20
29.13 1:02.81 (33.68)
1:37.74 (34.93) 2:12.27 (34.53)
2 White, Caroline SO Williams 2:13.34 2:13.45 17
30.46 1:04.58 (34.12)
1:38.95 (34.37) 2:13.45 (34.50)
3 Wilson, Julia SR Kenyon 2:15.35 2:15.75 16
31.15 1:05.26 (34.11)
1:40.02 (34.76) 2:15.75 (35.73)
4 Daniels, Ashley JR Emory 2:17.77 2:16.71 15
30.68 1:05.09 (34.41)
1:40.87 (35.78) 2:16.71 (35.84)
5 Hochstedler, Ki SR Carnegie Mellon 2:17.51 2:16.97 14
30.55 1:04.85 (34.30)
1:40.24 (35.39) 2:16.97 (36.73)
6 Fitzgerald, Nin FR Amherst 2:18.09 2:17.08 13
30.79 1:05.82 (35.03)
1:41.43 (35.61) 2:17.08 (35.65)
7 Hageboeck, Emil SO W&L 2:18.05 2:18.41 12
31.15 1:06.02 (34.87)
1:41.76 (35.74) 2:18.41 (36.65)
-- Lamastra, Gwyne SR Johns Hopkins 2:16.10 DQ
30.65 1:04.83 (34.18)
1:40.36 (35.53) DQ (34.85)
Women’s 3m Diving
Event 38 Women 3 mtr Diving
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NCAA Record: * 517.10 3/20/2010 Hayley Emerick, Trinity
2017 Winner: 504.00 Maura Sticco-Ivins, Wellesley
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Nickie Grieseme SR Ithaca 499.30 516.30 20
2 Blake Zhou SO MIT 498.80 508.85 17
3 Sarah Hayhurst SR Centre 473.20 497.70 16
4 Kayley Alioto SR UW LaCrosse 476.80 481.20 15
5 Lindsey Ruderma FR Amherst 469.70 480.15 14
6 Lindsey Suddaby SR Ithaca 453.45 466.90 13
7 Maura Sticco-Iv SR Wellesley 501.00 452.00 12
8 Allison Fitzger SO Denison 461.45 450.05 11
Men’s 400 Free Relay
The Emory men closed out their meet with the fourth relay win of the meet. The Eagles won all four sprint relays as Sage Ono (44.93), Trey Kolleck (43.54), Aaron Schwartz (44.86) and Oliver Smith (43.39) finished out the meet with a 400 free relay win at 2:56.72.
The Eagles won the race handily as Johns Hopkins finished in second all the way out in lane 1 with a 2:59.07. They just out-touched Pomona-Pitzer and Denison who tied for third at 2:59.08.
Emile Kuyl (45.24), Brandon Fabian (44.09), Alex Carson (45.14) and Michael Wohl (44.60) swam for the Blue Jays getting second place.
The fastest relay splits outside the top two came from Tufts’ Roger Gu (43.62), Denison’s Zack Wagner (43.78), MIT’s Josh Tomazin and Pomona-Pitzer’s Mark Hallman (44.28).
Event 39 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA Record: * 2:53.59 3/24/2012 , Kenyon
Somers, Turk, Ramsey, Richardson
Meet Qualify: 3:02.64
2017 Winner: 2:56.68 Emory
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Emory 2:58.13 2:56.72 40
1) Sage Ono SO 2) Trey Kolleck JR
3) Aaron Schwartz SR 4) Oliver Smith SR
21.19 44.93 (44.93)
1:05.26 (20.33) 1:28.47 (43.54)
1:49.31 (20.84) 2:13.33 (44.86)
2:33.33 (20.00) 2:56.72 (43.39)
2 Johns Hopkins 3:00.37 2:59.07 34
1) Emile Kuyl JR 2) Brandon Fabian SO
3) Alex Carson SO 4) Michael Wohl JR
21.35 45.24 (45.24)
1:06.10 (20.86) 1:29.33 (44.09)
1:50.41 (21.08) 2:14.47 (45.14)
2:35.66 (21.19) 2:59.07 (44.60)
3 Pomona-Pitzer 3:00.39 2:59.08 31
1) Lukas Menkhoff FR 2) Ryan Drover JR
3) Sam To SR 4) Mark Hallman SR
21.21 44.32 (44.32)
1:05.46 (21.14) 1:29.38 (45.06)
1:50.75 (21.37) 2:14.80 (45.42)
2:35.65 (20.85) 2:59.08 (44.28)
3 Denison 2:59.63 2:59.08 31
1) Drake Horton FR 2) Stuart Hohm SR
3) Matt McHugh SO 4) Zack Wagner SR
21.72 45.28 (45.28)
1:06.29 (21.01) 1:30.47 (45.19)
1:51.34 (20.87) 2:15.30 (44.83)
2:35.73 (20.43) 2:59.08 (43.78)
5 MIT 2:59.94 2:59.22 28
1) Jeremy Bogle SR 2) David Morejon SO
3) Dougie Kogut SR 4) Josh Tomazin SR
21.28 44.95 (44.95)
1:05.89 (20.94) 1:29.82 (44.87)
1:50.66 (20.84) 2:15.07 (45.25)
2:35.79 (20.72) 2:59.22 (44.15)
6 Kenyon 2:59.62 2:59.34 26
1) David Fitch FR 2) Tommy Weiss SO
3) Robert Williams JR 4) Matt Cooper SR
21.77 45.47 (45.47)
1:06.39 (20.92) 1:30.33 (44.86)
1:51.50 (21.17) 2:14.82 (44.49)
2:35.67 (20.85) 2:59.34 (44.52)
7 Wash U. 3:00.24 3:00.20 24
1) Ross Brown SR 2) Andrew Pek JR
3) Kevin Van Cleave JR 4) Chase Van Patten SO
21.40 44.97 (44.97)
1:06.02 (21.05) 1:29.78 (44.81)
1:50.99 (21.21) 2:14.94 (45.16)
2:36.03 (21.09) 3:00.20 (45.26)
8 Tufts 2:59.62 3:00.47 22
1) James McElduff SR 2) Lawrence Lau SR
3) Zachary Wallace SR 4) Roger Gu SO
21.89 45.69 (45.69)
1:07.05 (21.36) 1:30.75 (45.06)
1:52.08 (21.33) 2:16.85 (46.10)
2:37.34 (20.49) 3:00.47 (43.62)
Women’s 400 Free Relay
Emory closed their dominating meet in style with a record setting 400 free relay team. The team of Fiona Muir (49.84), Cindy Cheng (49.50), Ming-fen Ong (50.08) and Meg Taylor (49.04) went 3:18.46 to break the old record they set last year of 3:19.56.
They led the race from the start and didn’t look back as Kenyon was second at 3:22.16. Crile Hart (49.99), Princess Vilan Ferguson-Nguyen (50.87), Emmie Mirus (51.44) and Hannah Orbach-Mandel (49.86) swam for Kenyon as they finished in second.
The fastest splits outside the top two came from Williams’ Emma Waddell (49.79), Laura Westphal (50.29), Calvin’s Abby VanHarn (50.41) and Wash U’s Lauren Sapp (50.55).
Event 40 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA Record: * 3:19.56 3/18/2017 , Emory
Muir, Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Olson, Bergh
Meet Qualify: 3:29.41
2017 Winner: 3:19.56 Emory
School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Emory 3:22.73 3:18.46* 40
1) Muir, Fiona JR 2) Cheng, Cindy SR
3) Ong, Ming-fen SR 4) Taylor, Meg JR
23.85 49.84 (49.84)
1:13.45 (23.61) 1:39.34 (49.50)
2:03.12 (23.78) 2:29.42 (50.08)
2:52.50 (23.08) 3:18.46 (49.04)
2 Kenyon 3:22.66 3:22.16 34
1) Hart, Crile FR 2) Ferguson-Nguyen, Princess Vil
3) Mirus, Emmie FR 4) Orbach-Mandel, Hannah JR
23.95 49.99 (49.99)
1:14.30 (24.31) 1:40.86 (50.87)
2:04.48 (23.62) 2:32.30 (51.44)
2:56.13 (23.83) 3:22.16 (49.86)
3 Denison 3:26.18 3:24.32 32
1) Chiappe, Mia FR 2) Nutter, Gabbie SO
3) Hopkins, Maddie FR 4) Kustritz, KT SO
24.94 51.56 (51.56)
1:15.42 (23.86) 1:42.41 (50.85)
2:06.45 (24.04) 2:33.41 (51.00)
2:57.40 (23.99) 3:24.32 (50.91)
4 Wash U. 3:25.20 3:24.68 30
1) O'Grady, Niamh SR 2) Seidner, Mollie SO
3) Zanolli, Nicole SR 4) Sapp, Lauren JR
24.74 51.60 (51.60)
1:15.80 (24.20) 1:42.74 (51.14)
2:07.34 (24.60) 2:34.13 (51.39)
2:58.49 (24.36) 3:24.68 (50.55)
5 Williams 3:25.33 3:24.71 28
1) Grinder, Rollie FR 2) Downs, Madeline SR
3) Westphal, Laura FR 4) Waddell, Emma SR
24.84 52.70 (52.70)
1:17.26 (24.56) 1:44.63 (51.93)
2:08.76 (24.13) 2:34.92 (50.29)
2:58.44 (23.52) 3:24.71 (49.79)
6 Bates 3:26.88 3:26.39 26
1) McGill, Logan SR 2) Apathy, Caroline FR
3) Sears, Monica SO 4) Ho, Janika SO
24.80 51.49 (51.49)
1:16.06 (24.57) 1:43.49 (52.00)
2:08.47 (24.98) 2:35.48 (51.99)
2:59.72 (24.24) 3:26.39 (50.91)
7 Calvin 3:26.37 3:26.84 24
1) Smith, Madelyn JR 2) Serino, Anna JR
3) Mattson, Rachel SR 4) VanHarn, Abby SR
25.24 52.33 (52.33)
1:17.25 (24.92) 1:44.31 (51.98)
2:08.80 (24.49) 2:36.43 (52.12)
3:00.27 (23.84) 3:26.84 (50.41)
-- Johns Hopkins 3:23.81 DQ
1) Shapiro, Alison SO 2) Petersen, Kiki SO
3) Wang, Michelle SO 4) Cowan, Courtney SR
24.77 51.38 (51.38)
1:14.90 (23.52) 1:41.05 (49.67)
2:04.82 (23.77) 2:32.54 (51.49)
2:56.94 (24.40) DQ (50.57)
