NCAA Division II Championships: West Chester’s Ann Carozza Sets NCAA 100 Fly Record
West Chester’s Ann Carozza set an NCAA Division II record at the 2022 NCAA Division II Championships Thursday, going 52.06 in prelims of the 100 butterfly.
The senior downed the record set by 2019 champion Polina Lapshina of Queens, who went 52.16. Carozza’s prelims time is already more than two seconds clear of the winning time from last year, a 54.46 by Drury’s Kasia Rogowska.
Carozza is the top seed by .72 seconds of Lynn’s Luna Mertins. Cece Meyer of Queens is also sub 53 to get into the A final.
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2022 NCAA Division II Championship Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 10 1. Queens (Nc) 157 2. Nova S'Eastern 129 3. Indy 126 4. Drury 111 5. Carson-Newman 53 6. Wingate 52 7. Lindenwood 47 8. Tampa 44 9. West Chester 43 10. Nmu 40 11. Msu Mankato 39 12. Delta State 38 12. West Florida 38 14. Simon Fraser 27 15. Colorado Mesa 24 16. Lynn 21 17. McKendree 18 18. Augustana 15 19. Wayne State 14 19. Florida Tech 14 21. Florida Southern 7 22. Henderson St. 5 22. Mines 5 24. Iup 3 25. St Cloud St 2 25. Umsl 2
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 11 1. Queens (Nc) 181 2. Indy 154 3. Drury 144 4. McKendree 79 5. Colorado Mesa 74 6. Lindenwood 71 6. Findlay 71 8. Wingate 67 9. Wayne State 48 10. Florida Southern 45 11. Nova S'Eastern 43 12. Carson-Newman 34 13. Delta State 31 13. Grand Valley 31 15. Oklahoma Christian 30 16. Henderson St. 28 17. Rollins 25 18. Missouri S & T 24 19. St Cloud St 22 20. Simon Fraser 17 21. Nmu 13 22. Clarion University 4 23. Southern Conn 2 24. Lynn 1 24. UT Permian Basin 1
The University of Indianapolis had a strong morning it looks to move up from third in the women’s competition. Marizel van Jaarsveld secured the top seed in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:18.55. Teammate Andrea Gomez Espinosa is fourth. Nova Southeastern had two top-five finishers, led by May Lowy in second. Bec Cross of Drury is third.
Queens’ Monica Gumina is the pacesetter in the 200 free, in 1:47.00, almost two seconds clear of the field. Indy got into second via Krystal Caylor, with another half-second back to Simon Fraser’s Tori Meklensek.
Queens’ freestyle prowess has the men in good position to defend their lead for at least another day. The Royals have three of the top four seeds, led by Alex Kunert’s 1:35.17. Second is Skyler Cook-Weeks (1:35.61), .01 up on Lewis’ Ruben van Leeuwen. Balazs Berecz of Queens earned the fourth seed.
Queens also has three A finalists in the 400 IM, though none higher than Mohamed Hegazy in fourth. Collyn Gagne of Simon Fraser set the pace with a time of 3:48.14. Indy’s Cedric Buessing and Nova Southeastern’s Jarryd Baxter also cracked 3:50.
Drury’s Dominick Karacic set the pace in the 100 fly, going 46.58. The eight finalists are clustered within six tenths, though, with Findlay’s duo of Camilo Marrugo Montano and Tom Stollings also under 47 seconds along with third seed Kael Yorke of Indy.
Thursday’s finals session includes women’s 3-meter diving and the medley relays.
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