NCAA Division II Championships, Night 2 Finals: Emily Trieschmann Repeats in 1,000 in Record Time
For the second straight year, Nova Southeastern’s Emily Trieschmann is the NCAA Division II champion in the women’s 1,000 freestyle.
For the second straight year, it’s in record time.
Treischmann opened Night 2 of the meet at SPIRE Institute Wednesday with a winning time of 8:38.98. It successfully defends her title and clubs more than four seconds off the record she set last year. With teammate Hailey Williams second, it’s a boon to the Sharks’ title hopes.
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NCAA Division II Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Nova S'Eastern 155 2. Drury 124.5 2. Colorado Mesa 124.5 4. Indy 105 5. Lynn 55 6. West Florida 53 7. Findlay 48.5 8. Tampa 48 9. Augustana (W) 45 10. Simon Fraser 44.5 11. Wingate 36 12. Wayne State 35 13. Wcu 34 14. Nmu 29 15. Delta State 24 16. Msu Mankato 22 17. Henderson St. 16 18. Carson-Newman 14 18. Oklahoma Christi 14 20. Grand Valley 12 21. Azusa Pacific 11 22. Truman St. 8 22. McKendree 8 24. Csu East Bay 7 25. Umsl 6 26. Lewis 4
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 11 1. Tampa 158 2. Drury 135 3. Indy 122 4. McKendree 81 5. Colorado Mesa 76 6. Nova S'Eastern 72 7. Grand Valley 68 8. Florida Southern 55 9. Missouri S & T 52 10. Henderson St. 49 11. Wayne State 48 12. Oklahoma Christi 41 13. Lewis 40 14. Findlay 39 15. Clarion 30 16. Nmu 25 17. Delta State 22 18. Wingate 21 18. Simon Fraser 21 20. Wcu 17 20. St. Cloud St.-M 17 22. Carson-Newman 12 22. Saginaw Valley 12 24. UT of the Permian Basin 9 25. Rollins 4 26. Montevallo 2 27. Umsl 1
Women’s 1,000 freestyle
Last year, Emily Trieschmann went 9:43.25 to win the title. This year, it was considerably faster, her 9:38.98 beating teammate Hailey Williams by more than 11 seconds. Nova also placed fifth via Estelle Bauer, who stepped up from seventh last year. UIndy’s Andrea Gomez Espinosa earned bronze in 9:51.24, edging Simon Fraser’s Tori Meklensek by a quarter second to the podium.
Behind Bauer, last year’s runner-up Jordan Fox of Wayne State finished sixth. She had swum outside the fastest heat in the morning. Seventh was Colorado Mesa’s Olivia Hansson, who leapt from 29th last year.
Event 3 Women 1000 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 9:38.98 3/13/2024 Emily Trieschmann, Nova S'eastern
Meet: M 9:38.98 3/13/2024 Emily Trieschmann, Nova S'eastern
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Trieschmann, Emily JR Nova S'eastern 9:45.27 9:38.98N 20
25.92 53.99 (28.07)
1:22.20 (28.21) 1:50.60 (28.40)
2:19.10 (28.50) 2:47.70 (28.60)
3:16.73 (29.03) 3:45.74 (29.01)
4:14.91 (29.17) 4:43.98 (29.07)
5:13.14 (29.16) 5:42.44 (29.30)
6:11.70 (29.26) 6:41.10 (29.40)
7:10.70 (29.60) 7:40.40 (29.70)
8:10.17 (29.77) 8:40.01 (29.84)
9:09.82 (29.81) 9:38.98 (29.16)
2 Williams, Hailey SO Nova S'eastern 9:50.74 9:50.07 17
26.33 54.76 (28.43)
9:20.71 (30.06) 9:50.07 (29.36)
3 Gomez Espinosa, Andre JR Indy 9:58.43 9:51.24 16
26.67 55.43 (28.76)
9:22.29 (29.91) 9:51.24 (28.95)
4 Meklensek, Tori JR Simon Fraser 9:57.02 9:52.06 15
26.54 55.12 (28.58)
9:23.21 (30.55) 9:52.06 (28.85)
5 Bauer, Estelle JR Nova S'eastern 10:01.81 9:58.97 14
26.57 55.61 (29.04)
9:29.37 (30.34) 9:58.97 (29.60)
6 Fox, Jordan 5Y Wayne State 10:05.33 10:01.00 13
27.01 56.63 (29.62)
9:31.25 (30.44) 10:01.00 (29.75)
7 Hansson, Olivia SO Colorado Mesa 10:01.22 10:01.11 12
27.13 56.34 (29.21)
9:31.85 (29.93) 10:01.11 (29.26)
8 White, Montana JR Azusa Pacific 10:09.97 10:03.76 11
27.22 56.69 (29.47)
9:34.75 (29.58) 10:03.76 (29.01)
Men’s 1,000 freestyle
UIndy’s Cedric Buessing is likewise a repeat champion, going 8:54.51 to pull out a scintillating race against Mohamed Khalil Ben Ajmia of Wayne State. Ben Amijah led by nearly a second at the final 100, but he came back in 25.29 over the final 50 yards while Buessing went 24.50 to defend his title by .07 seconds. Both were within range of the NCAA Record set in 2021 by Fabio Dalu at 8:54.10.
The bronze medal went to Tampa freshman Jacob Hamlin. Luca Alessandrini of Nova Southeastern pumped up a spot from last year to finish fourth, while last year’s runner-up Victor Rosado of Oklahoma Christian dropped to fifth. Seventh was Eric Hieber of Grand Valley, who had been fourth last year.
Event 4 Men 1000 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 8:54.10 3/17/2021 Fabio Dalu, McKendree
Meet: M 8:54.10 3/17/2021 Fabio Dalu, McKendree
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Buessing, Cedric JR Indy 8:57.18 8:54.51 20
23.36 49.22 (25.86)
1:15.80 (26.58) 1:42.82 (27.02)
2:09.92 (27.10) 2:36.87 (26.95)
3:03.86 (26.99) 3:31.06 (27.20)
3:58.37 (27.31) 4:25.55 (27.18)
4:53.15 (27.60) 5:20.54 (27.39)
5:48.06 (27.52) 6:15.67 (27.61)
6:42.92 (27.25) 7:09.83 (26.91)
7:36.88 (27.05) 8:03.79 (26.91)
8:30.01 (26.22) 8:54.51 (24.50)
2 Ben Ajmia, Mohamed Kh FR Wayne State 9:04.95 8:54.58 17
24.13 49.66 (25.53)
8:29.29 (26.48) 8:54.58 (25.29)
3 Hamlin, Jacob FR Tampa 9:07.79 8:58.32 16
23.88 49.90 (26.02)
8:32.13 (26.81) 8:58.32 (26.19)
4 Alessandrini, Luca JR Nova S'eastern 9:02.87 9:00.46 15
24.19 50.20 (26.01)
8:34.44 (27.38) 9:00.46 (26.02)
5 Rosado, Victor JR Oklahoma Christi 9:05.38 9:05.40 14
24.73 51.24 (26.51)
8:37.66 (28.59) 9:05.40 (27.74)
6 Demesy, Paul SO WCU 9:10.42 9:07.13 13
24.86 51.70 (26.84)
8:40.39 (27.54) 9:07.13 (26.74)
7 Hieber, Eric SR Grand Valley 9:04.29 9:07.23 12
23.72 49.90 (26.18)
8:40.44 (27.91) 9:07.23 (26.79)
8 Peristeridis, Keith SR Nova S'eastern 9:05.21 9:08.16 11
24.71 50.88 (26.17)
8:40.32 (28.85) 9:08.16 (27.84)
Women’s 200 individual medley
In her fifth year of college, Benedict Nagy is a national champion. The Nevada transfer earned gold for Colorado Mesa, going 1:58.63. She was a second clear of Celina Schmidt of UIndy, who went 1:58.68. She closed hard to nip Emilia Ronningdal of Nova Southeastern for the silver medal, with Ronningdal going 1:59.70. Mellie Wijk of Drury had her final-50 charge come up just shy of the podium in 1:59.79.
Ronningdal, a sophomore, was the reigning champ. She had gone 1:57.78 last year. Wijk was eighth and Schmidt rose up from 11th. Nagy was third at the Mountain West Championships with a best time of 1:59.58 last year.
Last year’s silver medalist, Aurora Duncan of Drury, finished seventh this year, a spot behind teammate Claire Conover, who was fourth last year. Nova got a boost from May Lowy finished fifth. She had been seventh last year.
Event 5 Women 200 Yard IM
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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 Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Nagy, Benedict 5Y Colorado Mesa 2:01.00 1:58.63 20
26.02 55.06 (29.04)
1:30.14 (35.08) 1:58.63 (28.49)
2 Schmidt, Celina JR Indy 2:00.30 1:59.68 17
26.43 56.76 (30.33)
1:30.51 (33.75) 1:59.68 (29.17)
3 Ronningdal, Emilia SO Nova S'eastern 2:00.71 1:59.70 16
26.08 55.37 (29.29)
1:30.28 (34.91) 1:59.70 (29.42)
4 Wijk, Mellie JR Drury 2:00.42 1:59.79 15
25.48 56.19 (30.71)
1:31.15 (34.96) 1:59.79 (28.64)
5 Lowy, May JR Nova S'eastern 2:01.05 2:00.53 14
26.13 56.68 (30.55)
1:32.28 (35.60) 2:00.53 (28.25)
6 Conover, Claire JR Drury 2:00.32 2:00.82 13
27.00 57.23 (30.23)
1:31.40 (34.17) 2:00.82 (29.42)
7 Duncan, Aurora JR Drury 2:01.66 2:01.38 12
26.09 55.71 (29.62)
1:32.56 (36.85) 2:01.38 (28.82)
8 Barnes, Madysen SR Tampa 2:01.00 2:01.73 11
25.99 55.79 (29.80)
1:31.58 (35.79) 2:01.73 (30.15)
Men’s 200 individual medley
Benjamin Sampson is the champion again, though the junior from Colorado Mesa fell just shot of the meet record. Sampson repeated with a time of 1:41.92 that blew out the field, nearly two seconds clear of runner-up Joao Nogueira of Drury. Sampson was within .31 seconds of the Division II record of 1:41.61 set in 2018 by Olympian Marius Kusch.
Third for the second straight year is Tampa’s Santiago Corredor in 1:43.97. He just edged Simon Fraser’s Marcus Mak. Three from Drury scored in the top six. Alejandro Villarejo was fifth with teammate David Mourao a spot behind. That duo was 17th and 15th, respectively, last year.
Event 6 Men 200 Yard IM
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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 Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Sampson, Benjamin JR Colorado Mesa 1:44.11 1:41.92 20
22.34 47.25 (24.91)
1:16.83 (29.58) 1:41.92 (25.09)
2 Nogueira, Joao SO Drury 1:45.75 1:43.78 17
22.95 49.19 (26.24)
1:18.76 (29.57) 1:43.78 (25.02)
3 Corredor, Santiago SR Tampa 1:46.27 1:43.97 16
22.83 48.89 (26.06)
1:19.49 (30.60) 1:43.97 (24.48)
4 Mak, Marcus SO Simon Fraser 1:46.46 1:44.23 15
22.48 48.95 (26.47)
1:18.99 (30.04) 1:44.23 (25.24)
5 Villarejo, Alejandro SO Drury 1:46.21 1:44.76 14
22.64 49.59 (26.95)
1:19.57 (29.98) 1:44.76 (25.19)
6 Mourao, Davi JR Drury 1:45.12 1:45.61 13
22.57 49.79 (27.22)
1:20.10 (30.31) 1:45.61 (25.51)
7 Bichsel, Connor SO Missouri S & T 1:46.37 1:46.42 12
22.97 49.83 (26.86)
1:20.64 (30.81) 1:46.42 (25.78)
8 Knollman, Parker JR Tampa 1:46.70 1:46.64 11
22.78 48.00 (25.22)
1:20.82 (32.82) 1:46.64 (25.82)
Women’s 50 freestyle
Another year, another UIndy sprint start. Out went Johanna Buys, and in comes Kirabo Namutebi, with not a beat missed.
The freshman from Uganda went 22.08 to claim the 50 free, clipping .02 off Buy’s NCAA record in the process. She was .41 ahead of Augustana’s Bryn Greenwaldt, the runner-up for the second straight year, in 22.49.
Third place was Kiara Pozvai of Henderson State in 22.55, .05 up on Lynn’s Laura Dekoninck. Those two swapped spots from a season ago. Ashley Moore of Drury and Ellie Williams of Colorado Mesa tied for sixth.
Event 7 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 22.08 3/13/2024 Kirabo Namutebi, Indy
Meet: M 22.08 3/13/2024 Kirabo Namutebi, Indy
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Namutebi, Kirabo FR Indy 22.36 22.08N 20
10.73 22.08 (11.35)
2 Greenwaldt, Bryn SO Augustana (W) 22.90 22.49 17
10.97 22.49 (11.52)
3 Pozvai, Kiara JR Henderson St. 22.64 22.55 16
10.93 22.55 (11.62)
4 Dekoninck, Laura JR Lynn 22.81 22.59 15
10.96 22.59 (11.63)
5 Solkow, Daniella SR Delta State 23.18 22.95 14
10.94 22.95 (12.01)
6 Moore, Ashlyn SO Drury 22.97 23.01 12.5
11.20 23.01 (11.81)
6 Williams, Elli SO Colorado Mesa 23.13 23.01 12.5
11.26 23.01 (11.75)
8 Sering, Isabelle SR Tampa 23.04 23.09 11
10.93 23.09 (12.16)
Men’s 50 freestyle
A DQ stunner with reigning champ and the morning’s clear top seed Lamar Taylor of Henderson State disqualified. He had gone 19.03 in the morning.
In his stead, Florida Southern’s Kyle Micallef won the race in 19.28. He had been the fourth seed in the morning. Jack Armstrong, the runner-up last year from Henderson State, finished there again, in 19.33. Micallef had tied for sixth last year.
Tampa placed three in the top six, with Ian Cooper third in 19.43 and Blake Moran fifth. Tibor Tristan was sixth, with Nova Southeastern’s Marcel Snitko in between.
Event 8 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 18.88 3/9/2022 Matej Dusa, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 18.88 3/9/2022 Matej Dusa, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Micallef, Kyle SR Florida Southern 19.57 19.28 20
9.18 19.28 (10.10)
2 Armstrong, Jack 5Y Henderson St. 19.48 19.33 17
9.27 19.33 (10.06)
3 Cooper, Ian 5Y Tampa 19.51 19.43 16
9.30 19.43 (10.13)
4 Moran, Blake 5Y Tampa 19.70 19.58 15
9.26 19.58 (10.32)
5 Snitko, Marcel 5Y Nova S'eastern 19.78 19.60 14
9.38 19.60 (10.22)
6 Tistan, Tibor SO Tampa 19.66 19.61 13
9.55 19.61 (10.06)
7 Ismail, Ahmed FR Lewis 19.76 20.07 12
9.80 20.07 (10.27)
-- Taylor, Lamar SR Henderson St. 19.03 DQ
Men’s 1-meter diving
UIndy gets a boost in the points thanks to Julio Osuna Kelly repeating as the diving champion. He scored 602.50 points to easily pull away from the field and put a scare into the hallowed record of 618.70 set by Oakland’s Dario DiFazio way back in 1994.
Osuna Kelly, a junior, was 80 points clear of runner-up Zachary Schering of Clarion, who beat a crowd to silver. His 521.00 edged Delta State’s Santiago Santodomingo by less than four points. Schering was sixth in this event last year. Charles Earl of Drury was fourth in 511.25, switching places from last year with fifth-place Isaiah Cheeks of Colorado Mesa. It was 50 points back from fifth to sixth.
Jason Lenzo, the runner-up last year to teammate Osuna Kelly, finished 10th.
Event 9 Men 1 mtr Diving
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NCAA DII: N 618.70 3/10/1994 Dario DiFazio, Oakland Univ
Meet: M 618.70 3/10/1994 Dario DiFazio, Oakland Univ
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Osuna Kelly, Julio JR Indy 546.00 602.50 20
2 Schering, Zachary JR Clarion 481.30 521.00 17
3 Santodomingo, Santiag FR Delta State 495.00 517.05 16
4 Earl, Charles GS Drury 495.15 511.25 15
5 Cheeks, Isaiah SR Colorado Mesa 465.45 496.40 14
6 Flamm, Michael FR Clarion 427.15 443.40 13
7 Blommel, Matthew FR Grand Valley 424.80 440.80 12
8 Nord, James FR St. Cloud St.-M 433.10 403.35 11
Women’s 200 medley relay
Lynn turned in a thrilling race to hold off Nova Southeastern and to earn a gold medal in 1:40.14. Lynn jumped to the lead with Luna Mertins’ leg of 23.57 on the butterfly leg, and Alexa Lundell held off a late Nova Southeastern charge. Laura Dekoninck led off, and Malaika Schneider followed.
Nova, which won the opening 800 free relay, finished second in 1:40.37, despite Maya Esparza coming home in 22.56. Colorado Mesa was third in 1:40.51, just .02 up on Findlay.
With Drury sixth, Nova Southeastern finishes the second day of the meet ahead y 30.5 points, though it’s better than the DQ that Drury stomached in this race last year.
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA DII: N 1:38.49 2/14/2018 Queens (NC)
DaCruz, Dobson, Massaro, Prayson
Meet: M 1:38.58 3/13/2019 Queens (NC)
Massaro, Prayson, Dacruz, Dobson
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Lynn 1:40.53 1:40.14 40
1) Dekoninck, Laura JR 2) Schneider, Malaika SO
3) Mertins, Luna SR 4) Lundell, Alexa FR
25.27 53.43 (28.16)
1:17.00 (23.57) 1:40.14 (23.14)
2 Nova S'eastern 1:40.57 1:40.37 34
1) Morfelt, Mollie SO 2) Montgomery, Hannah FR
3) Raurich, Rafaela SO 4) Esparza, Maya SO
25.25 53.60 (28.35)
1:17.81 (24.21) 1:40.37 (22.56)
3 Colorado Mesa 1:39.97 1:40.51 32
1) Naskret, Agata SO 2) Moran, Maddi SO
3) Borchardt, Kiara SO 4) Williams, Elli SO
24.79 53.09 (28.30)
1:17.73 (24.64) 1:40.51 (22.78)
4 Findlay 1:42.05 1:40.53 30
1) Melnyk, Oleksandra JR 2) Susi, Katie SO
3) Mears-Bentley, Emily SO 4) Grubbs, Troie SO
25.50 53.59 (28.09)
1:17.91 (24.32) 1:40.53 (22.62)
5 Augustana (W) 1:41.28 1:41.10 28
1) Greenwaldt, Bryn SO 2) Jelliti, Nesrine JR
3) Chan, Angelina JR 4) Montgomery, Makoa JR
24.91 52.82 (27.91)
1:18.10 (25.28) 1:41.10 (23.00)
6 NMU 1:41.29 1:41.35 25
1) Carbone, Camilla JR 2) Dekievit, Zoe JR
3) Font-Cantarero, Meritxell 5Y 4) Burrows, Becca JR
25.09 53.61 (28.52)
1:18.33 (24.72) 1:41.35 (23.02)
6 Drury 1:41.37 1:41.35 25
1) Waller, Alexandra 5Y 2) Conover, Claire JR
3) Yermishyna, Anastasiya FR 4) de Alencar, Mariana SO
25.75 54.47 (28.72)
1:18.66 (24.19) 1:41.35 (22.69)
8 MSU Mankato 1:41.41 1:41.38 22
1) Gronholz, Abby JR 2) Shell, Brooke SR
3) Schwartz, Claudia SO 4) Mishmash, Elise SR
24.76 53.36 (28.60)
1:17.98 (24.62) 1:41.38 (23.40)
Men’s 200 medley relay
UIndy set a national record, the time of 1:24.46 clipping a clean half-second off the mark set by Drury in 2021. Jeron Thompson, Brayden Cole, Oskar Sawicky and Aqueel Joseph comprised the foursome. Cole’s breaststroke split of 23.59 was the fastest in the field. Sawicki and Thompson weren’t far behind the leaders in their legs, and Joseph closed in 19.31.
McKendree’s Mario Perez brought the race home in 19.10 to keep them in the mix. Findlay finished second, with a 20.15 from Camilo Marrugo Montano in fly. Lamar Taylor, off the 50 free DQ, went out in 21.28, the fastest backstroke leg to help Henderson State finish fourth. Drury, last year’s champ, finished fifth while meet leader Tampa was eighth.
Event 11 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA DII: N 1:24.69 3/18/2021 Drury
N Bighetti, D Nowodworski, D Karacic, A Bowen
Meet: M 1:24.69 3/18/2021 Drury
N Bighetti, D Nowodworski, D Karacic, A Bowen
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Indy 1:24.90 1:24.46N 40
1) Thompson, Jeron 5Y 2) Cole, Brayden SR
3) Sawicki, Oskar SO 4) Joseph, Aqeel SR
21.32 44.91 (23.59)
1:05.15 (20.24) 1:24.46 (19.31)
2 McKendree 1:25.30 1:24.96 34
1) Rozenek, Patryk JR 2) Pinheiro, Filipe SR
3) Lustig, Jackson JR 4) Perez, Mario SO
21.32 45.16 (23.84)
1:05.86 (20.70) 1:24.96 (19.10)
3 Findlay 1:25.78 1:25.58 32
1) Stollings, Timothy 5Y 2) Chiandussi, Luca SR
3) Marrugo Montano, Camilo JR 4) Bregis, Dags SR
21.50 45.51 (24.01)
1:05.66 (20.15) 1:25.58 (19.92)
4 Henderson St. 1:26.66 1:25.60 30
1) Taylor, Lamar SR 2) Armstrong, Jack 5Y
3) Pinckney, Jase 5Y 4) Dabrowski, Patryke SR
21.28 45.51 (24.23)
1:06.01 (20.50) 1:25.60 (19.59)
5 Drury 1:25.96 1:25.69 28
1) Khnykin, Viktor 5Y 2) Mourao, Davi JR
3) Villarejo, Alejandro SO 4) Minuer, Lucas SO
21.46 45.35 (23.89)
1:06.32 (20.97) 1:25.69 (19.37)
6 Florida Southern 1:26.55 1:25.73 26
1) Wilson, Brandon JR 2) Mueller, Ludwig SR
3) Viallon, Nino SO 4) Micallef, Kyle SR
21.32 45.95 (24.63)
1:06.73 (20.78) 1:25.73 (19.00)
7 Lewis 1:27.00 1:25.92 24
1) Jacinto, Nico SR 2) Ismail, Ahmed FR
3) Vincent, Davidson FR 4) Semenov, Misha JR
21.33 45.43 (24.10)
1:06.32 (20.89) 1:25.92 (19.60)
8 Tampa 1:26.33 1:26.11 22
1) Knollman, Parker JR 2) Polasek, Richard SR
3) Aguilar, Adrian 5Y 4) Cooper, Ian 5Y
21.73 46.23 (24.50)
1:07.11 (20.88) 1:26.11 (19.00)
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