NCAA Division II Championships: Queens in Position to Defend Titles on Final Day
Queens enters the final day of the NCAA Division II Championships on the prowl for, well, two championships. It is in position to defend both its men’s and women’s titles, by a larger margin in the latter, and while Drury may put pressure on the men’s team, Queens is in good position after Saturday morning preliminaries.
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NCAA Division II Championships Women’s Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 30 1. Queens (Nc) 517.5 2. Drury 333 3. Lindenwood 292 4. Indy 284 5. Grand Valley 203 6. Tampa 181.5 7. Wingate 166 8. Delta State 162 9. Carson-Newman 157 10. Nova S'Eastern 147
NCAA Division II Championships Men’s Team Scores
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 31 1. Queens (Nc) 456 2. Drury 391 3. McKendree 240 4. Lindenwood 237.5 5. Indy 233 6. Delta State 217 7. Wingate 174 8. Grand Valley 147 9. Wayne State 119 10. Florida Southern 117
In addition to the six races below, the final night will have the fastest heat of the men’s and women’s 1,650 free and finish with the 400 freestyle relays.
Women’s 100 free
Danielle Melilli is after her third title and will chase it as the top seed, going 50.03 (slower than the 49.22 she’s been this season). Second is teammate Lexie Baker, while Johanna Buys of Indy is third. The second through sixth seeds are separated by .21 seconds.
Event 34 Women 100 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 48.16 3/16/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC) Meet: M 48.16 3/16/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Melilli, Danielle SO Queens (NC) 49.22 50.03 24.05 50.03 (25.98) 2 Baker, Lexie SR Queens (NC) 50.03 50.22 24.30 50.22 (25.92) 3 Buys, Johanna JR Indy 50.15 50.23 23.78 50.23 (26.45) 4 Rizzetto, Ester JR West Florida 49.71 50.25 24.14 50.25 (26.11) 5 Aringsmann, Sara SR Wingate 50.01 50.36 24.17 50.36 (26.19) 6 Van Jaarsveld, Marize SR Indy 50.08 50.43 24.34 50.43 (26.09) 7 Foster, Hannah JR Queens (NC) 50.91 50.68 24.44 50.68 (26.24) 8 Preusse, Yasmin JR Drury 50.47 50.80 24.16 50.80 (26.64)
Men’s 100 free
If Drury is going to make its move, this is the place. Karol Ostrowski had no prelims slipups to take the top seed in 43.02. Third is Alex Bowen at 43.22. Sandwiched in between with a big spoiler role is Queens’ Matej Dusa.
Event 35 Men 100 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 41.50 11/21/2020Karol Ostrowski, Drury Meet: M 41.73 3/16/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Ostrowski, Karol FR Drury 41.50 43.02 20.68 43.02 (22.34) 2 Dusa, Matej FR Queens (NC) 43.30 43.17 20.59 43.17 (22.58) 3 Bowen, Alex JR Drury 43.69 43.22 20.37 43.22 (22.85) 4 Lichinsky, Gregg JR McKendree 42.57 43.28 20.74 43.28 (22.54) 5 Ohnov, Viacheslav JR Wingate 43.31 43.46 20.94 43.46 (22.52) 6 Winiatowski, Patryk SO Lindenwood 43.87 43.55 20.95 43.55 (22.60) 7 Cvetko, Luka SO Wayne State 44.10 43.71 20.98 43.71 (22.73) 8 De Paiva, Raphael SO Carson-Newman 43.62 43.72 20.89 43.72 (22.83)
Women’s 200 back
Indy’s Katie McCoy turned in a stellar morning swim, going 1:56.58 to grab the top seed by 1.5 seconds. Cassie Wright of Nova Southeastern is second, and Queens’ Rachel Massaro is the third seed.
Event 36 Women 200 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 1:54.48 3/11/2017 Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC) Meet: M 1:54.48 3/11/2017 Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 McCoy, Katie JR Indy 1:58.68 1:56.58 27.34 56.74 (29.40) 1:26.58 (29.84) 1:56.58 (30.00) 2 Wright, Cassie SR Nova S'eastern 1:59.51 1:58.07 27.65 57.31 (29.66) 1:27.96 (30.65) 1:58.07 (30.11) 3 Massaro, Rachel SR Queens (NC) 1:57.80 1:58.39 27.01 57.06 (30.05) 1:27.65 (30.59) 1:58.39 (30.74) 4 Palczynski, Stephanie SR Lewis 1:59.57 1:58.61 28.08 57.90 (29.82) 1:28.26 (30.36) 1:58.61 (30.35) 5 Tice, Savannah SR WCU 1:58.52 1:59.17 28.08 58.31 (30.23) 1:29.11 (30.80) 1:59.17 (30.06) 6 Maznytska, Vladyslava SR Queens (NC) 1:59.71 1:59.26 27.05 56.09 (29.04) 1:26.79 (30.70) 1:59.26 (32.47) 7 De Cort, Melina JR Grand Valley 1:59.94 1:59.57 28.34 58.94 (30.60) 1:29.28 (30.34) 1:59.57 (30.29) 8 Pareja, Laura JR Drury 1:55.66 1:59.77 27.69 57.16 (29.47) 1:27.96 (30.80) 1:59.77 (31.81)
Men’s 200 back
Delta State’s Giulio Brugnoni is the top seed tonight with a time of 1:44.53. He just edged past Indy’s Landon Driggers and Andras Tiszai. Drury has two A finalists in sixth and seventh if it wants to make up ground.
Event 37 Men 200 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 1:40.74 3/15/2014 Matthew Josa, Queens (NC) Meet: M 1:40.74 3/15/2014 Matthew Josa, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Brugnoni, Giulio SR Delta State 1:45.62 1:44.53 24.37 51.02 (26.65) 1:18.12 (27.10) 1:44.53 (26.41) 2 Driggers, Landon FR Indy 1:44.40 1:44.75 24.49 50.92 (26.43) 1:18.06 (27.14) 1:44.75 (26.69) 3 Tiszai, Andras SO Indy 1:43.82 1:45.10 24.23 50.33 (26.10) 1:17.43 (27.10) 1:45.10 (27.67) 4 Fava, Emanuel JR Delta State 1:44.64 1:45.32 24.31 51.19 (26.88) 1:18.35 (27.16) 1:45.32 (26.97) 5 Hendriks, Raf FR St. Cloud St.-M 1:45.23 1:45.49 25.17 52.00 (26.83) 1:18.82 (26.82) 1:45.49 (26.67) 6 Rodriguez, Andrew JR Drury 1:45.89 1:45.53 24.75 51.30 (26.55) 1:18.49 (27.19) 1:45.53 (27.04) 7 Bighetti, Nathan JR Drury 1:42.69 1:45.60 24.29 51.20 (26.91) 1:18.22 (27.02) 1:45.60 (27.38) 8 Lopez, Matias SR Florida Southern 1:47.88 1:45.89 25.05 51.96 (26.91) 1:18.87 (26.91) 1:45.89 (27.02)
Women’s 200 breast
Colorado Mesa’s Lily Borgenheimer grabbed the top seed in 2:12.99, 1.5 seconds clear of the field. Truman State’s Natalie Galluzzo is next best at 2:14.53 with Anne-Sofie Nissen of Wingate third.
Event 38 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 2:09.12 3/11/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury Meet: M 2:09.12 3/11/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Borgenheimer, Lily JR Colorado Mesa 2:09.67 2:12.99 30.63 1:03.82 (33.19) 1:38.10 (34.28) 2:12.99 (34.89) 2 Galluzzo, Natalie SR Truman St. 2:17.62 2:14.53 30.11 1:03.83 (33.72) 1:38.62 (34.79) 2:14.53 (35.91) 3 Nissen, Anne-sofie SR Wingate 2:14.69 2:14.87 30.80 1:04.89 (34.09) 1:39.50 (34.61) 2:14.87 (35.37) 4 Mikesell, Claire SR IUP 2:14.33 2:15.23 31.18 1:04.86 (33.68) 1:39.65 (34.79) 2:15.23 (35.58) 5 Best, Savanna JR Nova S'eastern 2:15.07 2:15.32 30.68 1:05.22 (34.54) 1:40.60 (35.38) 2:15.32 (34.72) 6 Ginn, Meredith JR Carson-Newman 2:17.09 2:15.43 30.62 1:04.28 (33.66) 1:40.02 (35.74) 2:15.43 (35.41) 7 Cross, Bec JR Drury 2:14.03 2:16.51 30.45 1:05.19 (34.74) 1:40.89 (35.70) 2:16.51 (35.62) 8 Maruszczyk, Beata SO Lindenwood 2:12.94 2:16.68 32.22 1:06.73 (34.51) 1:41.55 (34.82) 2:16.68 (35.13)
Men’s 200 breast
Gerald Brown is the top seed tonight, the Lindenwood senior going 1:56.68, near his seed time. McKendree freshman Filipe Pinheiro will give it a go, having dropping three seconds from his seed to 1:57.19. Roberto Camera is third in the 1:57.
Queens holds the fifth and seventh seed to defend its team title.
Event 39 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 1:51.71 3/14/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern Meet: M 1:51.71 3/14/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Brown, Gerald SR Lindenwood 1:56.85 1:56.68 25.93 55.55 (29.62) 1:25.67 (30.12) 1:56.68 (31.01) 2 Pinheiro, Filipe FR McKendree 2:00.36 1:57.19 27.13 57.07 (29.94) 1:27.06 (29.99) 1:57.19 (30.13) 3 Camera, Roberto SO NMU 1:58.66 1:57.53 26.75 56.82 (30.07) 1:27.14 (30.32) 1:57.53 (30.39) 4 Santos, Joao SR Emmanuel 2:00.65 1:58.03 26.01 55.97 (29.96) 1:26.81 (30.84) 1:58.03 (31.22) 5 Delkeskamp, Jan JR Queens (NC) 1:58.17 1:58.26 26.17 56.12 (29.95) 1:27.02 (30.90) 1:58.26 (31.24) 6 Huffman, Andy JR Missouri S & T 1:57.50 1:58.44 26.50 56.03 (29.53) 1:26.60 (30.57) 1:58.44 (31.84) 7 Berecz, Balazs FR Queens (NC) 1:59.96 1:58.59 26.07 55.71 (29.64) 1:27.19 (31.48) 1:58.59 (31.40) 8 Zuchowicz, Jan SR Indy 1:59.23 1:58.86 26.52 56.65 (30.13) 1:27.37 (30.72) 1:58.86 (31.49)