Photo Courtesy: Queens Athletics
Queens’ Dion Dreesens dropped nearly four seconds from his record-breaking prelims swim to win the men’s 500-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships in 4:17.09. The junior’s time crushed his own DII record of 4:20.70 he set earlier this morning. This is his third individual win of the meet after taking the title in the 1000 and 200 free. His 200 free was also a DII record.
West Chester’s Victor Polyakov dropped over four seconds from this morning to take second in 4:20.33. Simon Fraser’s Adrian VanderHelm finished third in 4:21.04.
Queens’ Nick Arakelian (4:22.34), Simon Fraser’s Mackenzie Hamill (4:24.39), Saint Leo’s Daniel Bis (4:26.05), Missouri S&T’s Jon Glaser (4:26.32), and Indy’s Vitor Botana (4:27.00) completed the top eight.
=== Championship Finals ===
1 Dion Dreesens JR Queens (NC) 4:20.70 4:17.09R 20
r:+0.82 22.68 47.86 (25.18)
1:13.69 (25.83) 1:39.57 (25.88)
2:05.56 (25.99) 2:32.05 (26.49)
2:58.35 (26.30) 3:24.75 (26.40)
3:51.22 (26.47) 4:17.09 (25.87)
2 Victor Polyakov JR West Chester 4:24.69 4:20.33R 17
r:+0.77 23.42 48.94 (25.52)
1:14.97 (26.03) 1:40.85 (25.88)
2:06.96 (26.11) 2:33.22 (26.26)
2:59.80 (26.58) 3:26.45 (26.65)
3:53.44 (26.99) 4:20.33 (26.89)
3 Adrian VanderHelm SO Simon Fraser 4:25.51 4:21.04 16
r:+0.73 23.56 49.36 (25.80)
1:15.73 (26.37) 1:42.26 (26.53)
2:09.07 (26.81) 2:36.07 (27.00)
3:02.94 (26.87) 3:29.73 (26.79)
3:56.14 (26.41) 4:21.04 (24.90)
4 Nick Arakelian SO Queens (NC) 4:23.31 4:22.34 15
r:+0.68 23.67 49.16 (25.49)
1:15.19 (26.03) 1:41.61 (26.42)
2:08.26 (26.65) 2:35.00 (26.74)
3:01.85 (26.85) 3:28.60 (26.75)
3:55.73 (27.13) 4:22.34 (26.61)
5 Mackenzie Hamill FR Simon Fraser 4:26.17 4:24.39 14
r:+0.76 24.16 50.19 (26.03)
1:16.75 (26.56) 1:43.51 (26.76)
2:10.26 (26.75) 2:37.31 (27.05)
3:04.71 (27.40) 3:31.62 (26.91)
3:58.51 (26.89) 4:24.39 (25.88)
6 Daniel Bis SO Saint Leo 4:25.14 4:26.05 13
r:+0.82 24.14 50.07 (25.93)
1:16.15 (26.08) 1:42.63 (26.48)
2:09.24 (26.61) 2:36.23 (26.99)
3:03.05 (26.82) 3:30.50 (27.45)
3:58.23 (27.73) 4:26.05 (27.82)
7 Jon Glaser JR Missouri S & T 4:25.76 4:26.32 12
r:+0.68 23.91 50.62 (26.71)
1:17.21 (26.59) 1:44.05 (26.84)
2:11.13 (27.08) 2:38.33 (27.20)
3:05.64 (27.31) 3:33.12 (27.48)
4:00.31 (27.19) 4:26.32 (26.01)
8 Vitor Botana FR Indy 4:26.35 4:27.00 11
r:+0.65 24.03 50.72 (26.69)
1:17.54 (26.82) 1:44.45 (26.91)
2:11.69 (27.24) 2:38.87 (27.18)
3:06.36 (27.49) 3:33.73 (27.37)
4:00.99 (27.26) 4:27.00 (26.01)
=== Consolation Finals ===
9 Chandler Pourvahidi JR UCSD 4:28.11 4:26.99 9
r:+0.80 24.53 51.45 (26.92)
1:18.85 (27.40) 1:46.22 (27.37)
2:13.76 (27.54) 2:40.62 (26.86)
3:07.51 (26.89) 3:34.52 (27.01)
4:01.23 (26.71) 4:26.99 (25.76)
10 Alex Reinbrecht SO Drury 4:28.06 4:27.34 7
r:+0.65 24.11 50.90 (26.79)
1:18.01 (27.11) 1:45.17 (27.16)
2:12.44 (27.27) 2:39.79 (27.35)
3:07.04 (27.25) 3:34.21 (27.17)
4:01.60 (27.39) 4:27.34 (25.74)
11 Gustavo Silva Santa JR Lindenwood 4:27.60 4:27.74 6
r:+0.78 24.84 51.46 (26.62)
1:18.59 (27.13) 1:46.18 (27.59)
2:13.37 (27.19) 2:40.78 (27.41)
3:08.20 (27.42) 3:35.95 (27.75)
4:02.26 (26.31) 4:27.74 (25.48)
12 Robert Griffith SO Cal Baptist 4:28.03 4:28.68 5
r:+0.74 24.38 51.04 (26.66)
1:18.40 (27.36) 1:45.89 (27.49)
2:13.35 (27.46) 2:40.70 (27.35)
3:08.14 (27.44) 3:35.59 (27.45)
4:02.51 (26.92) 4:28.68 (26.17)
13 Blake Woodrow SO Nova S'eastern 4:28.94 4:29.09 4
r:+0.81 24.13 50.54 (26.41)
1:17.26 (26.72) 1:44.25 (26.99)
2:11.87 (27.62) 2:39.37 (27.50)
3:07.10 (27.73) 3:34.74 (27.64)
4:02.32 (27.58) 4:29.09 (26.77)
14 Matthew Holmes FR Florida Southern 4:28.67 4:30.13 3
r:+0.60 23.97 50.68 (26.71)
1:18.27 (27.59) 1:45.75 (27.48)
2:13.44 (27.69) 2:41.05 (27.61)
3:08.69 (27.64) 3:36.40 (27.71)
4:03.67 (27.27) 4:30.13 (26.46)
15 Nathan Sawicki FR Delta State 4:28.74 4:30.73 2
r:+0.77 24.55 51.27 (26.72)
1:18.43 (27.16) 1:45.98 (27.55)
2:13.87 (27.89) 2:41.45 (27.58)
3:09.06 (27.61) 3:36.68 (27.62)
4:04.41 (27.73) 4:30.73 (26.32)
16 Bradley Strathmeyer SR West Chester 4:27.21 4:31.28 1
r:+0.73 24.31 50.98 (26.67)
1:18.30 (27.32) 1:45.65 (27.35)
2:13.03 (27.38) 2:40.60 (27.57)
3:08.30 (27.70) 3:36.23 (27.93)
4:04.04 (27.81) 4:31.28 (27.24)
Quite fast!