NCAA Division II Championships Day 1 Prelims: Queens Earning Several Top 3 Seeds
The NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships kicked off from Greensboro, N.C., with the men’s and women’s meets beginning with Day 1 prelims.
The events on the docket for the first day are the men’s and women’s 200 IM, 50 free and 1,000 free.
NCAA Division II: Women’s 200 IM
Indy fifth year Marizel Van Jaarsveld took the top seed in the 200 IM, dropping two tenths from her seed time.
She touched the wall in 2:00.12 to hold off Drury senior Bec Cross (2:00.26) and Nova Southeastern senior Celina Marquez (2:00.33).
Event 5 Women 200 Yard IM ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 1:55.63 3/9/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) Meet: M 1:55.63 3/9/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Van Jaarsveld, Marize 5Y Indy 2:00.32 2:00.12 r:+0.68 25.95 56.70 (30.75) 1:31.12 (34.42) 2:00.12 (29.00) 2 Cross, Bec SR Drury 2:00.82 2:00.26 r:+0.76 26.46 57.00 (30.54) 1:31.79 (34.79) 2:00.26 (28.47) 3 Marquez, Celina SR Nova S'eastern 2:00.42 2:00.33 r:+0.71 26.08 55.47 (29.39) 1:31.18 (35.71) 2:00.33 (29.15) 4 Andersson, Tova FR Queens (NC) 2:00.91 2:01.08 r:+0.70 26.05 56.11 (30.06) 1:32.00 (35.89) 2:01.08 (29.08) 5 Loewen, Kennedy SR Simon Fraser 2:02.81 2:01.15 r:+0.63 26.16 56.19 (30.03) 1:31.57 (35.38) 2:01.15 (29.58) 6 McCoy, Katie SR Indy 2:00.35 2:01.44 r:+0.61 26.50 56.08 (29.58) 1:32.26 (36.18) 2:01.44 (29.18) 7 Borgenheimer, Lily SR Colorado Mesa 1:59.20 2:01.71 r:+0.69 27.04 58.51 (31.47) 1:32.87 (34.36) 2:01.71 (28.84) 8 Maslova, Aleksandra SR Nova S'eastern 2:01.69 2:01.76 r:+0.74 25.37 56.18 (30.81) 1:32.56 (36.38) 2:01.76 (29.20) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Best, Savanna SR Nova S'eastern 1:59.29 2:01.89 r:+0.74 26.12 57.20 (31.08) 1:31.83 (34.63) 2:01.89 (30.06) 10 Mikesell, Paige SR IUP 2:02.58 2:02.10 r:+0.68 25.57 56.48 (30.91) 1:33.14 (36.66) 2:02.10 (28.96) 11 Lowy, May FR Nova S'eastern 2:02.02 2:02.81 r:+0.66 26.39 57.36 (30.97) 1:33.58 (36.22) 2:02.81 (29.23) 12 Barnes, Mady SO Tampa 2:02.34 2:03.18 r:+0.77 26.26 56.59 (30.33) 1:32.84 (36.25) 2:03.18 (30.34) 13 Tennant, Kayla SR Queens (NC) 2:03.50 2:03.41 r:+0.62 26.13 57.35 (31.22) 1:34.45 (37.10) 2:03.41 (28.96) 14 Wood, Lyssa SO Lindenwood 2:03.78 2:03.80 r:+0.82 26.75 57.58 (30.83) 1:34.85 (37.27) 2:03.80 (28.95) 15 Lawrence, Caroline FR Queens (NC) 2:03.62 2:03.83 r:+0.71 25.77 56.21 (30.44) 1:33.75 (37.54) 2:03.83 (30.08) 15 Jensen, Cecilie 5Y Carson-Newman 2:05.13 2:03.83 r:+0.74 27.18 58.95 (31.77) 1:34.97 (36.02) 2:03.83 (28.86)
NCAA Division II: Men’s 200 IM
Queens senior Alex Kunert took the top seed in the men’s 200 IM, dropping more than a second from his seed time to touch the wall in 1:44.25.
He was nearly two seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Delta State senior Emanuel Fava took the second seed in1:46.19, followed by Simon Fraser senior Collyn Gagne (1:46.38).
Event 6 Men 200 Yard IM ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 1:41.61 3/14/2018 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) Meet: M 1:41.61 3/14/2018 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Kunert, Alex SR Queens (NC) 1:45.68 1:44.25 r:+0.63 22.23 49.07 (26.84) 1:19.36 (30.29) 1:44.25 (24.89) 2 Fava, Emanuel SR Delta State 1:46.83 1:46.19 r:+0.63 23.27 49.66 (26.39) 1:20.78 (31.12) 1:46.19 (25.41) 3 Gagne, Collyn SR Simon Fraser 1:48.55 1:46.38 r:+0.66 23.64 50.96 (27.32) 1:21.28 (30.32) 1:46.38 (25.10) 4 Mateos-Mongelos, Math SO Lindenwood 1:46.85 1:46.70 r:+0.68 23.05 49.82 (26.77) 1:21.17 (31.35) 1:46.70 (25.53) 5 Berecz, Balazs JR Queens (NC) 1:46.67 1:46.87 r:+0.66 22.74 49.73 (26.99) 1:20.51 (30.78) 1:46.87 (26.36) 6 Rodriguez, Andrew SR Drury 1:46.78 1:46.94 r:+0.69 23.11 49.25 (26.14) 1:20.94 (31.69) 1:46.94 (26.00) 7 Brown, James SR Drury 1:48.89 1:47.15 r:+0.66 23.06 49.82 (26.76) 1:20.78 (30.96) 1:47.15 (26.37) 8 Baxter, Jarryd SR Nova S'eastern 1:46.50 1:47.16 r:+0.62 23.10 49.42 (26.32) 1:21.07 (31.65) 1:47.16 (26.09) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Kapocius, Erikas JR NMU 1:49.36 1:47.19 r:+0.60 23.39 50.03 (26.64) 1:21.38 (31.35) 1:47.19 (25.81) 10 Delkeskamp, Jan SR Queens (NC) 1:47.12 1:47.32 r:+0.65 23.03 50.53 (27.50) 1:20.85 (30.32) 1:47.32 (26.47) 11 Plasil, Yannick SO Queens (NC) 1:49.57 1:47.57 r:+0.62 22.75 49.85 (27.10) 1:21.58 (31.73) 1:47.57 (25.99) 12 Amrein, JT FR OCU 1:46.95 1:47.61 r:+0.69 23.34 51.29 (27.95) 1:21.52 (30.23) 1:47.61 (26.09) 12 Marz, Andreas SO Queens (NC) 1:49.45 1:47.61 r:+0.62 23.57 50.57 (27.00) 1:20.74 (30.17) 1:47.61 (26.87) 14 Swiderski, Bartlomiej 5Y Indy 1:49.74 1:47.65 r:+0.69 22.16 49.01 (26.85) 1:20.53 (31.52) 1:47.65 (27.12) 15 Viberti, Ludo FR Florida Southern 1:48.06 1:47.66 r:+0.68 23.58 51.75 (28.17) 1:21.00 (29.25) 1:47.66 (26.66) 16 Sampson, Ben SO Colorado Mesa 1:47.65 1:47.68 r:+0.68 22.75 49.42 (26.67) 1:21.33 (31.91) 1:47.68 (26.35)
NCAA Division II: Women’s 50 Free
Queens junior Danielle Melilli took the top seed in the 50 freestyle, finishing in 22.33, a three-tenths drop from her seed time and four-tenths head of the field heading into finals.
Lynn sophomore Luna Mertins took the second seed in 22.72, just one hundredth of a second ahead of Queens junior Monica Gumina (22.73) as Queens took two of the top three seeds.
Event 7 Women 50 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 22.20 3/9/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury Meet: M 22.20 3/9/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Melilli, Danielle JR Queens (NC) 22.65 22.33 r:+0.71 10.88 22.33 (11.45) 2 Mertins, Luna SO Lynn 22.74 22.72 r:+0.72 11.12 22.72 (11.60) 3 Gumina, Monica JR Queens (NC) 23.10 22.73 r:+0.66 10.76 22.73 (11.97) 4 Buys, Johanna SR Indy 22.52 22.81 r:+0.74 11.01 22.81 (11.80) 5 Bazarova, Elizaveta SR Tampa 23.10 22.86 r:+0.74 11.11 22.86 (11.75) 6 Rizzetto, Ester SR West Florida 22.91 22.88 r:+0.68 10.98 22.88 (11.90) 7 Flynn, Kate 5Y MSU Mankato 22.53 22.99 r:+0.68 11.14 22.99 (11.85) 8 Preusse, Yasmin SR Drury 23.07 23.04 r:+0.64 11.07 23.04 (11.97) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Siemiller, McKayla JR Lindenwood 23.18 23.11 r:+0.70 11.17 23.11 (11.94) 9 Wieberg, Mackenzie 5Y Drury 23.26 23.11 r:+0.65 11.00 23.11 (12.11) 11 Wright, Cassie 5Y Nova S'eastern 23.12 23.14 r:+0.74 11.36 23.14 (11.78) 12 Vaselli, Leticia JR Indy 23.12 23.20 r:+0.69 11.25 23.20 (11.95) 13 Pozvai, Kiara FR Henderson St. 23.24 23.22 r:+0.79 11.36 23.22 (11.86) 14 Hoffmann, Jazzy SO Florida Southern 22.95 23.23 r:+0.70 11.30 23.23 (11.93) 15 Mensah, Joselle FR Lindenwood 23.25 23.26 r:+0.80 11.37 23.26 (11.89) 16 Mayer, Cece JR Queens (NC) 23.17 23.29 r:+0.72 11.17 23.29 (12.12)
NCAA Division II: Men’s 50 Free
Drury sophomore Karol Ostrowski took the top seed in the men’s 50 freestyle, leading a finals field that all touched the wall faster than 19.7.
Ostrowski touched the wall in 19.30 to claim the top seed, four hundredths of a second ahead of Queens sophomore Matej Dusa (19.34), followed by Queens senior Skyler Cook-Weeks (19.37) as again, Queens took two of the top three seeds.
Event 8 Men 50 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 18.92 3/18/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury Meet: M 18.92 3/18/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Ostrowski, Karol SO Drury 19.90 19.30 r:+0.73 9.32 19.30 (9.98) 2 Dusa, Matej SO Queens (NC) 19.06 19.34 r:+0.63 9.30 19.34 (10.04) 3 Cook-Weeks, Skyler SR Queens (NC) 19.67 19.37 r:+0.60 9.36 19.37 (10.01) 4 Cvetko, Luka JR Wayne State 19.69 19.43 r:+0.65 9.47 19.43 (9.96) 5 Micallef, Kyle SO Florida Southern 19.59 19.62 r:+0.62 9.48 19.62 (10.14) 6 Bowen, Alex SR Drury 19.64 19.63 r:+0.63 9.41 19.63 (10.22) 7 Townley, Abe JR St. Cloud St.-M 19.66 19.66 r:+0.66 9.53 19.66 (10.13) 8 Stollings, Tim JR Findlay 20.02 19.69 r:+0.61 9.53 19.69 (10.16) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Lichinsky, Gregg SR McKendree 19.68 19.70 r:+0.62 9.59 19.70 (10.11) 10 Howard, Finn JR Queens (NC) 20.15 19.71 r:+0.70 9.59 19.71 (10.12) 11 Mas, Diego JR Indy 19.73 19.75 r:+0.65 9.55 19.75 (10.20) 12 Glass, Kham SR Drury 19.88 19.85 r:+0.63 9.50 19.85 (10.35) 13 Bretas, Igor SR Carson-Newman 19.72 19.86 r:+0.76 9.62 19.86 (10.24) 13 Ohnov, Viacheslav SR Wingate 20.01 19.86 r:+0.58 9.53 19.86 (10.33) 13 Antonon Rodriguez, Vi 5Y Indy 19.64 19.86 r:+0.65 9.56 19.86 (10.30) 16 Skinner, Xander 5Y McKendree 19.89 19.90 r:+0.66 9.66 19.90 (10.24)