Queens’ Dion Dreesens absolutely dominated the field in the men’s 200-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships, winning by nearly three seconds.
His time of 1:32.46 crushed his old NCAA DII record of 1:34.20 he set last month at Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships and was three seconds faster than what he swam this morning. This is the junior’s second individual title of the weekend after winning the 1000 last night.
West Chester’s Victor Polyakov took second in 1:35.11 and Simon Fraser’s Adrian VanderHelm finished a close third in 1:35.18.
Nova Southeastern’s Thiago Sickert (1:35.52), Wingate’s Jerome Heidrich (1:35.82), Drury’s Daniel Rzadkowski (1:37.33), Missouri S&T’s Keith Sponsler (1:37.34), and Queens’ Ben Taylor (1:37.60) rounded out the top eight.
=== Championship Finals ===
1 Dion Dreesens JR Queens (NC) 1:35.43 1:32.46R 20
r:+0.75 21.28 44.66 (23.38)
1:08.50 (23.84) 1:32.46 (23.96)
2 Victor Polyakov JR West Chester 1:36.20 1:35.11 17
r:+0.72 22.36 46.16 (23.80)
1:10.47 (24.31) 1:35.11 (24.64)
3 Adrian VanderHelm SO Simon Fraser 1:36.39 1:35.18 16
r:+0.73 22.03 46.22 (24.19)
1:10.91 (24.69) 1:35.18 (24.27)
4 Thiago Sickert JR Nova S'eastern 1:36.42 1:35.52 15
r:+0.65 21.94 46.16 (24.22)
1:10.30 (24.14) 1:35.52 (25.22)
5 Jerome Heidrich SO Wingate 1:36.34 1:35.82 14
r:+0.66 21.75 45.85 (24.10)
1:10.55 (24.70) 1:35.82 (25.27)
6 Daniel Rzadkowski JR Drury 1:36.92 1:37.33 13
r:+0.74 22.46 47.20 (24.74)
1:12.53 (25.33) 1:37.33 (24.80)
7 Keith Sponsler SR Missouri S & T 1:36.92 1:37.34 12
r:+0.79 22.39 47.55 (25.16)
1:13.14 (25.59) 1:37.34 (24.20)
8 Ben Taylor SR Queens (NC) 1:36.50 1:37.60 11
r:+0.66 22.17 47.13 (24.96)
1:12.65 (25.52) 1:37.60 (24.95)
=== Consolation Finals ===
9 Michael Cohn SR UCSD 1:37.41 1:36.99 9
r:+0.70 22.65 47.59 (24.94)
1:12.25 (24.66) 1:36.99 (24.74)
10 Jesus Marin SR Florida Southern 1:37.17 1:37.28 7
r:+0.69 22.95 47.71 (24.76)
1:12.72 (25.01) 1:37.28 (24.56)
11 Leif-Henning Kluever JR Wingate 1:36.93 1:38.05 6
r:+0.81 23.07 48.16 (25.09)
1:13.58 (25.42) 1:38.05 (24.47)
12 Jeremy Parker SR TAMPA 1:38.06 1:38.40 5
r:+0.65 23.50 48.33 (24.83)
1:13.23 (24.90) 1:38.40 (25.17)
13 Lennart Queiss FR Wingate 1:38.10 1:38.52 4
r:+0.69 22.48 47.35 (24.87)
1:12.97 (25.62) 1:38.52 (25.55)
14 Bradley Strathmeyer SR West Chester 1:37.79 1:38.55 2.5
r:+0.71 22.81 47.83 (25.02)
1:13.14 (25.31) 1:38.55 (25.41)
14 Vitor Botana FR Indy 1:38.41 1:38.55 2.5
r:+0.64 23.09 48.00 (24.91)
1:13.23 (25.23) 1:38.55 (25.32)
16 Jon Glaser JR Missouri S & T 1:36.95 1:38.82 1
r:+0.71 23.38 48.61 (25.23)
1:13.90 (25.29) 1:38.82 (24.92)
Awesome Dion!