NCAA Division II Championships, Night 3 Finals: Records Falling as Nova, Tampa Stalk Team Titles
The Nova Southeastern women are looking strong in pursuit of a second consecutive title at the NCAA Division II Championships in Geneva, Ohio. A lead of 30.5 points after Wednesday evening’s finals session now sits at 50.5 points, largely thanks to a second individual title this week for Emily Trieschmann, who added the 200 freestyle national crown to her earlier win in the 1000 free. Teammate Rafaela Raurich was also an individual winner on night three.
On the men’s side, meanwhile, Tampa extended its lead to 48 points in hopes of winning the school’s first-ever team title. In addition to Trieschmann, individual medley swimmers Benedict Nagy (women’s) and Benjamin Sampson (men’s), both of Colorado Mesa, added 400 IM wins to their earlier titles in the 200 IM. Sampson and Indy’s Cedric Buessing went head-to-head in a thrilling 400 IM final that came down to one hundredth, with both men shattering the national record in the event. A national record also fell in the men’s 400 medley relay.
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Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 19 1. Nova S'Eastern 278 2. Drury 227.5 3. Colorado Mesa 211.5 4. Indy 176 5. Lynn 107 6. Tampa 98 7. West Florida 93 8. Findlay 92.5 9. Wingate 71 10. Augustana (W) 70 11. Clarion 63 12. Simon Fraser 61.5 13. Wayne State 59 14. Wcu 48 15. Grand Valley 44 16. Delta State 42 17. Nmu 41 18. Carson-Newman 32 19. Msu Mankato 30 20. Azusa Pacific 28.5 21. Csu East Bay 18 22. Henderson St. 17 22. McKendree 17 24. Florida Southern 15.5 25. Oklahoma Christi 14 26. Mines 13 27. Umsl 10 27. Truman St. 10 29. Lewis 8 30. Southern Conn 7 31. Emmanuel 4 32. Unc- Pembroke 3 33. Davenport 2 34. Bentley 1
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 20 1. Tampa 257 2. Drury 209 3. Indy 188 4. McKendree 147 5. Colorado Mesa 135 6. Nova S'Eastern 108 7. Grand Valley 107 8. Findlay 104 9. Missouri S & T 97 10. Henderson St. 90 11. Lewis 83 12. Oklahoma Christi 66 13. Florida Southern 65 14. Wayne State 51 15. Clarion 39 16. Nmu 38 17. Carson-Newman 36 18. Wingate 30 19. Wcu 29 20. Simon Fraser 28 21. Delta State 22 22. St. Cloud St.-M 19 23. Saginaw Valley 16 24. UT of the Permian Basin 9 25. Fresno Pacific 6 25. Montevallo 6 25. Florida Tech 6 28. Rollins 5 29. Ouachita 4 30. Mines 2 31. Umsl 1 31. Catawba 1
Women’s 100 Butterfly
Nova Southeastern kicked off the night in fine fashion as Rafaela Raurich blasted her way home to win a tight finish in the 100 fly. Trailing Lynn’s Luna Mertins, the 2022 winner of the event, at he halfway point by 16-hundredths, Raurich came home in 28.32 to come over the top and pull out the win by just over a tenth. Raurich, who was the top seed coming into the meet, clocked a time of 53.16 that was one hundredth shy of her season best.
Mertins grabbed second in 53.27 while third went to Findlay’s Emily Mears-Bentley, who was in sixth place at the halfway point before clocking in a 28.10 split that was best in the field. Mears-Bentley swam a time of 53.39, and Tampa’s Isabelle Sering was fourth in 53.57.
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 52.06 3/10/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
Meet: M 52.06 3/10/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Raurich, Rafaela SO Nova S'eastern 53.54 53.16 20
24.84 53.16 (28.32)
2 Mertins, Luna SR Lynn 53.62 53.27 17
24.68 53.27 (28.59)
3 Mears-Bentley, Emily SO Findlay 54.15 53.39 16
25.29 53.39 (28.10)
4 Sering, Isabelle SR Tampa 54.01 53.57 15
25.07 53.57 (28.50)
5 Wijk, Mellie JR Drury 54.37 53.92 14
25.21 53.92 (28.71)
6 Barnes, Madysen SR Tampa 54.44 54.01 13
25.45 54.01 (28.56)
7 Kloth, Mikayla SO Delta State 54.47 54.64 12
25.21 54.64 (29.43)
8 Kong, Tehani FR CSU East Bay 54.33 54.65 11
25.50 54.65 (29.15)
Men’s 100 Butterfly
During his senior year, Findlay’s Timothy Stollings fell just short of a top-three finish in the 100 fly at the national championship meet, his time of 46.17 in the championship final finishing five hundredths back of the podium. But in his fifth year, Stollings would not be denied a title as he overtook teammate Camilo Marrugo down the stretch to win by three hundredths. Trailing by just over a tneth at the turn, Stollings came home in 24.76 to win the touch in 45.99, with Marrugo coming in at 45.99.
Another fifth-year swimmer, Jase Pinckney, took third in 46.17, just ahead of Drury’s Alejandro Villarejo (46.37), Tampa’s Adrian Aguilar (46.41) and McKendree’s Jackson Lustig (46.44).
Event 13 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 44.32 3/14/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 44.32 3/14/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Stollings, Timothy 5Y Findlay 46.19 45.96 20
21.20 45.96 (24.76)
2 Marrugo Montano, Cami JR Findlay 45.86 45.99 17
21.08 45.99 (24.91)
3 Pinckney, Jase 5Y Henderson St. 46.02 46.17 16
21.36 46.17 (24.81)
4 Villarejo, Alejandro SO Drury 46.48 46.37 15
21.72 46.37 (24.65)
5 Aguilar, Adrian 5Y Tampa 46.54 46.41 14
21.23 46.41 (25.18)
6 Lustig, Jackson JR McKendree 46.63 46.44 13
21.89 46.44 (24.55)
7 de Oliveira, Daniel FR Carson-Newman 46.65 46.63 12
21.58 46.63 (25.05)
8 Armstrong, Jack 5Y Henderson St. 46.99 47.37 11
21.57 47.37 (25.80)
Women’s 400 IM
She was a wire-to-wire winner one day earlier in the 200 IM, with Colorado Mesa fifth-year swimmer Benedict Nagy pulling away on the freestyle to win the shorter event. The 400 IM, however, was a total drubbing, with Nagy up by almost two seconds after backstroke before extending the lead to almost six seconds on breaststroke. The field closed slightly on freestyle, but it did not matter as Nagy cruised to an easy win.
The graduate transfer from Division I Nevada closed out her lone 400 IM campaign on the Division II level with a time of 4:10.40, which beat runnerup Andrea Gomez of Indy by an insane 4.65 seconds. Gomez clocked 4:15.05, leaving defending champion May Lowy of Nova in third place at 4:15.55.
Event 14 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA DII: N 4:08.56 3/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 4:08.56 3/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Nagy, Benedict 5Y Colorado Mesa 4:13.99 4:10.40 20
26.70 56.73 (30.03)
1:28.18 (31.45) 1:59.10 (30.92)
2:34.74 (35.64) 3:10.92 (36.18)
3:40.76 (29.84) 4:10.40 (29.64)
2 Gomez Espinosa, Andre JR Indy 4:20.13 4:15.05 17
26.80 57.32 (30.52)
1:29.65 (32.33) 2:01.04 (31.39)
2:38.67 (37.63) 3:17.12 (38.45)
3:46.90 (29.78) 4:15.05 (28.15)
3 Lowy, May JR Nova S'eastern 4:18.99 4:15.55 16
27.49 58.07 (30.58)
1:31.49 (33.42) 2:04.11 (32.62)
2:40.07 (35.96) 3:16.76 (36.69)
3:46.90 (30.14) 4:15.55 (28.65)
4 Fe Munoz, Maria SO Drury 4:17.38 4:16.96 15
27.42 57.82 (30.40)
1:31.55 (33.73) 2:04.14 (32.59)
2:41.00 (36.86) 3:17.19 (36.19)
3:47.30 (30.11) 4:16.96 (29.66)
5 Conover, Claire JR Drury 4:22.56 4:17.38 14
27.48 58.96 (31.48)
1:32.85 (33.89) 2:06.61 (33.76)
2:41.92 (35.31) 3:17.57 (35.65)
3:48.36 (30.79) 4:17.38 (29.02)
6 Schmidt, Celina JR Indy 4:21.87 4:17.72 13
27.35 59.13 (31.78)
1:32.40 (33.27) 2:05.88 (33.48)
2:40.99 (35.11) 3:17.23 (36.24)
3:48.10 (30.87) 4:17.72 (29.62)
7 Bains, Sophia JR Colorado Mesa 4:18.67 4:21.20 12
27.66 58.91 (31.25)
1:32.54 (33.63) 2:05.25 (32.71)
2:42.18 (36.93) 3:19.86 (37.68)
3:50.83 (30.97) 4:21.20 (30.37)
8 Gerhart, Sophia SR WCU 4:22.12 4:23.65 11
27.87 59.10 (31.23)
1:33.37 (34.27) 2:06.78 (33.41)
2:45.24 (38.46) 3:23.59 (38.35)
3:54.18 (30.59) 4:23.65 (29.47)
Men’s 400 IM
In his second consecutive national title in the 200 IM, Colorado Mesa’s Benjamin Sampson finished three tenths off a six-year-old Division II national record as he clocked 1:41.92. In the 400 IM, the record would not evade him, but Sampson had plenty more to worry about with the presence of Indy’s Cedric Buessing, who was runnerup to Tampa’s Santiago Corredor one year ago.
Sampson led Buessing by three-quarters of a second after butterfly, and he maintained that edge on backstroke before pulling out to a one-second margin on breaststroke. Corredor was in contention for a second straight title through the first 200 yards before falling back. It looked as though Sampson would cruise to the wall, but Buessing had a 24.37 split waiting for the final 50 yards, out-splitting Sampson by almost a second and nearly pulling off the stunner.
In the end, though, Sampson clocked 3:40.22, with Buessing one hundredth back at 3:40.23. Both men obliterated the national record of 3:42.49 set by Simon Fraser’s Collyn Gagne six years ago. Corredor, meanwhile, held on sufficiently to take third in 3:46.26.
Event 15 Men 400 Yard IM
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NCAA DII: N 3:40.22 3/14/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa
Meet: M 3:40.22 3/14/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Sampson, Benjamin JR Colorado Mesa 3:48.53 3:40.22N 20
23.66 50.65 (26.99)
1:18.81 (28.16) 1:46.06 (27.25)
2:16.97 (30.91) 2:48.30 (31.33)
3:14.88 (26.58) 3:40.22 (25.34)
2 Buessing, Cedric JR Indy 3:48.27 3:40.23 17
23.65 51.39 (27.74)
1:19.44 (28.05) 1:46.76 (27.32)
2:17.88 (31.12) 2:49.31 (31.43)
3:15.86 (26.55) 3:40.23 (24.37)
3 Corredor, Santiago SR Tampa 3:50.39 3:46.26 16
23.73 50.85 (27.12)
1:19.45 (28.60) 1:47.15 (27.70)
2:19.94 (32.79) 2:53.50 (33.56)
3:20.33 (26.83) 3:46.26 (25.93)
4 Nogueira, Joao SO Drury 3:50.19 3:47.95 15
24.11 51.99 (27.88)
1:21.34 (29.35) 1:49.94 (28.60)
2:22.03 (32.09) 2:54.31 (32.28)
3:21.66 (27.35) 3:47.95 (26.29)
5 Bichsel, Connor SO Missouri S & T 3:49.44 3:49.54 14
24.35 52.44 (28.09)
1:22.61 (30.17) 1:52.08 (29.47)
2:23.93 (31.85) 2:56.09 (32.16)
3:23.08 (26.99) 3:49.54 (26.46)
6 Aponte, Daniel JR NMU 3:49.99 3:51.09 13
24.66 52.84 (28.18)
1:23.22 (30.38) 1:53.70 (30.48)
2:25.20 (31.50) 2:56.95 (31.75)
3:24.62 (27.67) 3:51.09 (26.47)
7 Nagy, Kolos SO WCU 3:51.08 3:51.61 12
24.39 52.17 (27.78)
1:21.21 (29.04) 1:49.65 (28.44)
2:23.03 (33.38) 2:56.99 (33.96)
3:24.89 (27.90) 3:51.61 (26.72)
8 Sidorko, Kirill SO Lewis 3:51.26 3:56.44 11
24.15 52.61 (28.46)
1:23.61 (31.00) 1:54.07 (30.46)
2:26.29 (32.22) 2:59.79 (33.50)
3:28.51 (28.72) 3:56.44 (27.93)
Women’s 200 Freestyle
In the 200 free final, Nova Southeastern’s Emily Treischmann got an early push from Azusa Pacific’s Montana White, but the swimmer who has dominated the distance races on the D2 level in recent years was not going to be denied over 200 yards. Indeed, Trieschmann pulled away to take the win by 1.87 seconds while coming in just three tenths off the D2 meet record.
Trieschmann clocked 1:45.60 for the win, adding to earlier victories in the 1000 free and 800 free relay. Simon Fraser’s Tori Meklensek placed second in 1:47.47, coming in two hundredths clear of White (1:47.49). Drury’s Josephine Bushell took fourth in 1:48.14, just head of Nova’s Rafaela Raurich, already the winner of the 100 fly earlier in the night, at 1:48.15 and Nova’s Emilia Ronnigdahl, last year’s winner in the 200 free, taking sixth in 1:48.51.
Event 16 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 1:44.44 2/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 1:45.27 3/12/2015 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Trieschmann, Emily JR Nova S'eastern 1:46.88 1:45.60 20
24.81 51.11 (26.30)
1:18.15 (27.04) 1:45.60 (27.45)
2 Meklensek, Tori JR Simon Fraser 1:47.70 1:47.47 17
25.40 52.88 (27.48)
1:20.41 (27.53) 1:47.47 (27.06)
3 White, Montana JR Azusa Pacific 1:48.12 1:47.49 16
24.83 51.53 (26.70)
1:19.17 (27.64) 1:47.49 (28.32)
4 Bushell, Josephine SR Drury 1:48.38 1:48.14 15
25.31 52.81 (27.50)
1:20.26 (27.45) 1:48.14 (27.88)
5 Raurich, Rafaela SO Nova S'eastern 1:49.21 1:48.15 14
25.49 52.89 (27.40)
1:20.67 (27.78) 1:48.15 (27.48)
6 Ronningdal, Emilia SO Nova S'eastern 1:48.41 1:48.51 13
25.05 52.08 (27.03)
1:19.90 (27.82) 1:48.51 (28.61)
7 Hedley, Lucy SO Grand Valley 1:49.11 1:49.40 12
25.02 52.83 (27.81)
1:21.39 (28.56) 1:49.40 (28.01)
8 Azirovic, Nina SO Wingate 1:48.92 1:49.51 11
25.09 52.53 (27.44)
1:21.00 (28.47) 1:49.51 (28.51)
Men’s 200 Freestyle
A third individual victory on the night for Nova Southeastern and the first on the men’s side belonged to Marcel Snitko, who held off the flying Matthew Bosch by 25-hundredths down the stretch. Snitko touched in 1:34.64, holding Bosch, representing Grand Valley State, at bay despite his 24.09 closing leg that moved him up considerably in the field.
Snitko also had to deal with teammate Thomas Flower, who led at each intermediate split before tightning up and fading to third in 1:35.37. Colorado Mesa’s Aziz Ghaffari took fourth in 1:35.62.
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 1:32.46 3/10/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 1:32.46 3/10/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Snitko, Marcel 5Y Nova S'eastern 1:35.30 1:34.64 20
21.95 45.96 (24.01)
1:10.20 (24.24) 1:34.64 (24.44)
2 Bosch, Matthew JR Grand Valley 1:35.53 1:34.89 17
22.06 46.36 (24.30)
1:10.80 (24.44) 1:34.89 (24.09)
3 Flower, Thomas JR Nova S'eastern 1:35.18 1:35.37 16
21.78 45.71 (23.93)
1:10.38 (24.67) 1:35.37 (24.99)
4 Ghaffari, Aziz 5Y Colorado Mesa 1:35.63 1:35.62 15
22.08 46.11 (24.03)
1:10.97 (24.86) 1:35.62 (24.65)
5 Rosado, Victor JR Oklahoma Christi 1:34.85 1:35.75 14
22.60 46.73 (24.13)
1:11.70 (24.97) 1:35.75 (24.05)
6 Knollman, Parker JR Tampa 1:35.86 1:36.21 13
22.27 46.74 (24.47)
1:11.27 (24.53) 1:36.21 (24.94)
7 Fluck, Barnabas SO Tampa 1:35.61 1:36.66 12
22.48 46.90 (24.42)
1:12.05 (25.15) 1:36.66 (24.61)
8 Brandon, Caleb SR Tampa 1:35.28 1:36.82 11
21.86 46.66 (24.80)
1:11.73 (25.07) 1:36.82 (25.09)
Women’s 3-Meter Diving
The lone diving event of the night went to Clarion’s Alexa Gonczi with 505.00 points, with Wayne State’s Mikaela Senkus second (498.95) and Clarion’s Luna Vejarano third (471.75).
Event 18 Women 3 mtr Diving
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NCAA DII: N 555.70 3/14/2015 Elizabeth Rawlings, Wayne State
Meet: M 555.70 3/14/2015 Elizabeth Rawlings, Wayne State
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Gonczi, Alexa JR Clarion 482.45 505.00 20
2 Senkus, Mikaela SR Wayne State 480.95 498.95 17
3 Vejarano, Luna SO Clarion 479.35 471.75 16
4 Lommel, Avery FR Augustana (W) 439.25 435.55 15
5 Madigan, Kaitlyn SO Clarion 423.95 418.50 14
6 Hudson, Colleen FR Clarion 449.75 415.75 13
7 Nelson, Olivia SO West Florida 423.55 415.20 12
8 Lumaj, Alexis JR Indy 419.65 410.20 11
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
Colorado Mesa was the winner in the 400 medley relay, with its team of four sophomores never trailing never trailing the field despite a spirited second-half effort by a pair of individual winners from earlier in the evening on Nova Southeastern’s squad and a monster freestyle finish from Drury’s Ashlyn Moore. No, this one was all but decided when Agata Naskret split 53.08 on the backstroke leg to propel Mesa to a lead of more than a second.
Maddi Moran followed with a 1:01.51 breaststroke split, and then Kiara Borchardt (54.04) and Ada Qunell (49.89) did enough to hold onto win by less than a half-second in 3:38.52.
Nova placed second in 3:38.98 with a team of Maria Goncalves, Hannah Montgomery, Rafaela Raurich and Emily Trieschmann. Raurich, the winner of the 100 fly and a 200 free finalist earlier in the night, went 52.66 on the fly leg while Trieschmann came home in 49.15. Drury’s Alexandra Waller, Claire Conover, Mellie Wijk and Moore took third in 3:39.01, just three hundrtedths behind Nova, with Moore coming home in 48.92. Indy took fourth in 3:40.31 thanks to Celina Schmidt’s breaststroke split of 1:00.39, quickest in the field.
Event 19 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA DII: N 3:35.70 3/14/2019 Queens (NC)
P Lapshina, M Prayson, G DaCruz, K Dobson
Meet: M 3:35.70 3/14/2019 Queens (NC)
Lapshina, Prayson, DaCruz, Dobson
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Colorado Mesa 3:39.43 3:38.52 40
1) Naskret, Agata SO 2) Moran, Maddi SO
3) Borchardt, Kiara SO 4) Qunell, Ada SO
26.00 53.08 (53.08)
1:21.57 (28.49) 1:54.59 (1:01.51)
2:19.63 (25.04) 2:48.63 (54.04)
3:11.95 (23.32) 3:38.52 (49.89)
2 Nova S'eastern 3:39.98 3:38.98 34
1) Goncalves, Maria JR 2) Montgomery, Hannah FR
3) Raurich, Rafaela SO 4) Trieschmann, Emily JR
26.53 54.92 (54.92)
1:23.03 (28.11) 1:57.17 (1:02.25)
2:21.61 (24.44) 2:49.83 (52.66)
3:13.48 (23.65) 3:38.98 (49.15)
3 Drury 3:39.03 3:39.01 32
1) Waller, Alexandra 5Y 2) Conover, Claire JR
3) Wijk, Mellie JR 4) Moore, Ashlyn SO
26.46 54.72 (54.72)
1:23.73 (29.01) 1:56.40 (1:01.68)
2:21.12 (24.72) 2:50.09 (53.69)
3:13.02 (22.93) 3:39.01 (48.92)
4 Indy 3:41.11 3:40.31 30
1) Revstedt, Isabella SR 2) Schmidt, Celina JR
3) Markwardt, Stefanie 5Y 4) Namutebi, Kirabo FR
26.41 55.16 (55.16)
1:23.40 (28.24) 1:55.55 (1:00.39)
2:20.29 (24.74) 2:50.64 (55.09)
3:13.95 (23.31) 3:40.31 (49.67)
5 Findlay 3:42.74 3:40.89 28
1) Melnyk, Oleksandra JR 2) Susi, Katie SO
3) Mears-Bentley, Emily SO 4) Grubbs, Troie SO
26.67 54.70 (54.70)
1:23.75 (29.05) 1:56.40 (1:01.70)
2:21.40 (25.00) 2:49.90 (53.50)
3:13.79 (23.89) 3:40.89 (50.99)
6 Lynn 3:42.68 3:41.12 26
1) Dekoninck, Laura JR 2) Schneider, Malaika SO
3) Mertins, Luna SR 4) Lundell, Alexa FR
26.07 54.35 (54.35)
1:22.94 (28.59) 1:55.59 (1:01.24)
2:19.89 (24.30) 2:48.50 (52.91)
3:12.62 (24.12) 3:41.12 (52.62)
7 Wingate 3:43.14 3:41.72 24
1) Beesmans, Marta JR 2) Wenhold, Amanda SR
3) Karlsson, Vera FR 4) Azirovic, Nina SO
26.86 55.05 (55.05)
1:23.46 (28.41) 1:56.23 (1:01.18)
2:21.71 (25.48) 2:51.62 (55.39)
3:15.56 (23.94) 3:41.72 (50.10)
8 Tampa 3:43.47 3:43.15 22
1) McCaffrey, Kimberly SO 2) Dukat, Cameron SO
3) Sering, Isabelle SR 4) Morin, Tilde SO
26.37 55.25 (55.25)
1:24.84 (29.59) 1:58.32 (1:03.07)
2:23.07 (24.75) 2:52.28 (53.96)
3:15.95 (23.67) 3:43.15 (50.87)
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
A second national record went down in the session in the men’s 400 medley relay, and just like with the previous record-breaking swim in the 400 IM, the runnerup swam faster than the previous top time. An electric race brought McKendree into the wall in 3:07.11, two tenths clear of Drury’s 3:07.31, with both squads under the previous mark of 3:07.38 set by Queens seven years ago.
Patryk Rozenek set the pace for McKendree with a 46.35 backstroke split, behind only 400 IM record-setter Benjamin Sampson of Colorado Mesa (46.07) and Lewis’ Nico Jacinto (46.19). On breaststroke, Drury got back into the race as Davi Mourao split 51.19, with Drury two tenths behind Lewis and McKendree at the halfway point.
Jackson Lustig had finished a disappointing sixth in the 100 fly earlier in the night, but he went 45.85, fastest in the field, on that leg to pull his team into the lead. However, Alejandro Villarejo stayed close enough with his 45.97, so it all came down to a pair of freshmen on the anchor leg. Drury’s Yuri Cabral slightly out-split McKendree’s Tyson Upton, 42.77 to 42.87, but Upton got to the wall two tenths ahead to secure the win and the new record.
Lewis ended up third with Jacinto, Ahmed Ismail, Davidson Vincent and Misha Semenov combining for a time of 3:08.46. The Indy team of Cedric Buessing, Brayden Cole, Oskar Sawicki and Joao Silva was just behind in 3:08.57.
Event 20 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA DII: N 3:07.38 3/9/2017 Queens (NC)
Pijulet, Fedyna, Kusch, Dreesens
Meet: M 3:07.38 3/9/2017 Queens (NC)
Pijulet, Fedyna, Kusch, Dreesens
School Seed Finals Points
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1 McKendree 3:10.00 3:07.11N 40
1) Rozenek, Patryk JR 2) Pinheiro, Filipe SR
3) Lustig, Jackson JR 4) Upton, Tyson FR
22.03 46.35 (46.35)
1:10.42 (24.07) 1:38.39 (52.04)
1:59.46 (21.07) 2:24.24 (45.85)
2:44.49 (20.25) 3:07.11 (42.87)
2 Drury 3:09.05 3:07.31N 34
1) Khnykin, Viktor 5Y 2) Mourao, Davi JR
3) Villarejo, Alejandro SO 4) Cabral, Yuri FR
22.29 47.38 (47.38)
1:11.36 (23.98) 1:38.57 (51.19)
1:59.42 (20.85) 2:24.54 (45.97)
2:44.64 (20.10) 3:07.31 (42.77)
3 Lewis 3:12.02 3:08.46 32
1) Jacinto, Nico SR 2) Ismail, Ahmed FR
3) Vincent, Davidson FR 4) Semenov, Misha JR
21.62 46.19 (46.19)
1:10.25 (24.06) 1:38.38 (52.19)
1:59.62 (21.24) 2:24.99 (46.61)
2:45.00 (20.01) 3:08.46 (43.47)
4 Indy 3:09.06 3:08.57 30
1) Buessing, Cedric JR 2) Cole, Brayden SR
3) Sawicki, Oskar SO 4) Silva, Joao 5Y
23.23 47.74 (47.74)
1:11.57 (23.83) 1:39.72 (51.98)
2:00.22 (20.50) 2:25.69 (45.97)
2:45.70 (20.01) 3:08.57 (42.88)
5 Findlay 3:11.08 3:09.44 28
1) Stollings, Timothy 5Y 2) Chiandussi, Luca SR
3) Marrugo Montano, Camilo JR 4) Bregis, Dags SR
22.40 46.57 (46.57)
1:10.62 (24.05) 1:38.95 (52.38)
2:00.10 (21.15) 2:25.37 (46.42)
2:46.18 (20.81) 3:09.44 (44.07)
6 Tampa 3:10.35 3:09.53 26
1) Knollman, Parker JR 2) Mindek, Jared JR
3) Aguilar, Adrian 5Y 4) Tistan, Tibor SO
22.96 47.06 (47.06)
1:11.83 (24.77) 1:40.43 (53.37)
2:01.50 (21.07) 2:26.63 (46.20)
2:46.59 (19.96) 3:09.53 (42.90)
7 Colorado Mesa 3:10.83 3:10.31 24
1) Sampson, Benjamin JR 2) Ayres, Max FR
3) Kiszczak, Jakub JR 4) Ghaffari, Aziz 5Y
22.18 46.07 (46.07)
1:10.56 (24.49) 1:39.55 (53.48)
2:01.08 (21.53) 2:26.98 (47.43)
2:47.70 (20.72) 3:10.31 (43.33)
8 Missouri S & T 3:11.06 3:10.36 22
1) Walters, Aidan SR 2) Clancy, Noah SR
3) Baxter, Nate SR 4) Wiedemeier, Adam FR
23.09 48.00 (48.00)
1:12.49 (24.49) 1:40.19 (52.19)
2:01.72 (21.53) 2:27.34 (47.15)
2:47.50 (20.16) 3:10.36 (43.02)
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