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Queens junior Marius Kusch continued prove his sheer dominance by putting himself in the lane four position in tonight’s 200 fly final. Should Kusch emerge victorious tonight, it will mark his third NCAA Division II title of the meet as he won the 200 free last night and the 200 IM on night one.
For complete results of today’s prelims, click here.
Check below for event-by-event coverage of day three preliminaries of the 2018 NCAA Division II championships.
Women’s 500 Free
Cal Baptist freshman Topcu Buse will take the lane four spot in tonight’s A final with her 4:49.40 while West Chester’s Georgia Wright (4:50.86) and Lindenwood’s Simone de Rijcke (4:51.85) will flank Buse in lanes five and six, respectively in the final.
Rounding out the A final will be Bridgeport’s Annagrazia Bonsanti with her 4:54.13.
Event 21 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 4:39.28 3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 4:39.28 3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Topcu, Buse FR Cal Baptist 4:51.00 4:49.40
r:+0.71 27.11 55.97 (28.86)
1:25.18 (29.21) 1:54.67 (29.49)
2:23.55 (28.88) 2:52.57 (29.02)
3:21.69 (29.12) 3:51.12 (29.43)
4:20.73 (29.61) 4:49.40 (28.67)
2 Wright, Georgia SO West Chester 4:49.72 4:50.86
r:+0.75 27.23 56.41 (29.18)
1:25.55 (29.14) 1:54.56 (29.01)
2:23.95 (29.39) 2:53.61 (29.66)
3:23.36 (29.75) 3:52.84 (29.48)
4:21.86 (29.02) 4:50.86 (29.00)
3 de Rijcke, Simone JR Lindenwood 4:48.38 4:51.85
r:+0.84 27.65 57.20 (29.55)
1:26.93 (29.73) 1:57.14 (30.21)
2:26.76 (29.62) 2:56.08 (29.32)
3:24.97 (28.89) 3:54.11 (29.14)
4:23.26 (29.15) 4:51.85 (28.59)
4 Dahlgren, Erica SO Drury University 4:52.51 4:52.41
r:+0.87 27.40 56.41 (29.01)
1:25.85 (29.44) 1:55.46 (29.61)
2:24.86 (29.40) 2:54.44 (29.58)
3:24.08 (29.64) 3:54.00 (29.92)
4:23.68 (29.68) 4:52.41 (28.73)
5 Sundstedt, Emma FR Nova S'eastern 4:46.06 4:52.79
r:+0.80 26.92 56.14 (29.22)
1:25.61 (29.47) 1:55.19 (29.58)
2:25.06 (29.87) 2:54.69 (29.63)
3:24.42 (29.73) 3:53.99 (29.57)
4:23.82 (29.83) 4:52.79 (28.97)
6 Bains, Francesca FR Queens (NC) 4:52.51 4:53.11
r:+0.74 27.33 56.74 (29.41)
1:26.26 (29.52) 1:55.80 (29.54)
2:25.49 (29.69) 2:55.18 (29.69)
3:25.08 (29.90) 3:54.63 (29.55)
4:24.06 (29.43) 4:53.11 (29.05)
7 Fornshell, Laura SO Fresno Pacific 4:49.27 4:54.00
r:+0.82 26.80 56.06 (29.26)
1:25.49 (29.43) 1:55.24 (29.75)
2:25.11 (29.87) 2:55.16 (30.05)
3:25.08 (29.92) 3:55.10 (30.02)
4:25.05 (29.95) 4:54.00 (28.95)
8 Bonsanti, Annagrazia SR Bridgeport 4:55.99 4:54.13
r:+0.74 27.68 56.81 (29.13)
1:26.26 (29.45) 1:56.01 (29.75)
2:25.76 (29.75) 2:55.44 (29.68)
3:25.09 (29.65) 3:54.88 (29.79)
4:24.60 (29.72) 4:54.13 (29.53)
Men’s 500 Free
Indianapolis freshman Adam Rosipal earned his number one spot with a time of 4:23.66 while Simon Fraser’s distance-duo of Hamill Mackenzie (4:23.99) and Rolando Hernandez (4:24.80) followed behind. Taking the lane eight position heading into tonight will be Tim Samuelsen in 4:27.51.
Event 22 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 4:17.09 3/11/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 4:17.09 3/11/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Rosipal, Adam FR Indy 4:25.64 4:23.66
r:+0.74 24.21 50.01 (25.80)
1:16.33 (26.32) 1:43.05 (26.72)
2:09.69 (26.64) 2:36.67 (26.98)
3:03.60 (26.93) 3:30.65 (27.05)
3:57.53 (26.88) 4:23.66 (26.13)
2 Hamill, Mackenzie JR Simon Fraser Uni 4:27.91 4:23.99
r:+0.81 24.06 49.81 (25.75)
1:15.98 (26.17) 1:42.63 (26.65)
2:09.42 (26.79) 2:36.23 (26.81)
3:03.18 (26.95) 3:30.54 (27.36)
3:57.78 (27.24) 4:23.99 (26.21)
3 Hernandez, Rolando SO Simon Fraser Uni 4:30.12 4:24.80
r:+0.76 23.57 49.53 (25.96)
1:16.11 (26.58) 1:42.92 (26.81)
2:09.91 (26.99) 2:36.81 (26.90)
3:03.69 (26.88) 3:30.99 (27.30)
3:58.03 (27.04) 4:24.80 (26.77)
4 Lupoli, Franco SR Nova S'eastern 4:24.10 4:25.28
r:+0.67 24.34 50.93 (26.59)
1:17.73 (26.80) 1:44.47 (26.74)
2:11.57 (27.10) 2:38.60 (27.03)
3:05.66 (27.06) 3:32.35 (26.69)
3:58.99 (26.64) 4:25.28 (26.29)
5 Casanovas, Joan SO Drury University 4:21.56 4:25.43
r:+0.63 23.95 51.00 (27.05)
1:18.01 (27.01) 1:45.40 (27.39)
2:12.41 (27.01) 2:39.22 (26.81)
3:05.70 (26.48) 3:32.38 (26.68)
3:59.17 (26.79) 4:25.43 (26.26)
6 Reinbrecht, Alexandre SR Drury University 4:25.16 4:25.69
r:+0.67 24.30 50.93 (26.63)
1:17.98 (27.05) 1:44.82 (26.84)
2:11.78 (26.96) 2:38.89 (27.11)
3:05.85 (26.96) 3:32.99 (27.14)
3:59.81 (26.82) 4:25.69 (25.88)
7 Woinoski, Andrew SO Simon Fraser Uni 4:28.24 4:27.42
r:+0.68 24.20 50.42 (26.22)
1:16.72 (26.30) 1:43.53 (26.81)
2:10.51 (26.98) 2:37.71 (27.20)
3:05.24 (27.53) 3:32.76 (27.52)
4:00.49 (27.73) 4:27.42 (26.93)
8 Samuelsen, Tim SO Missouri S & T 4:29.03 4:27.51
r:+0.72 25.47 52.17 (26.70)
1:19.40 (27.23) 1:46.20 (26.80)
2:13.00 (26.80) 2:39.86 (26.86)
3:06.57 (26.71) 3:33.40 (26.83)
4:00.49 (27.09) 4:27.51 (27.02)
Women’s 100 Back
Oklahoma Baptist’s Marquez Celina swam a 53.60 to earn her a top seed in the A final while Drury’s Yekterina Rudenko turned in a time of 53.89 to earn the second spot heading into tonight. MSU-Moorhead’s Erin Sullivan took third with her time of 54.39 while taking the eighth spot in tonight’s final will be LIU’s Karis Fuller (55.12).
Event 23 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA DII: N 52.45 3/14/2014 Mary Hanson, Cal Baptist
Meet: M 52.45 3/14/2014 Mary Hanson, Cal Baptist
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Marquez, Celina SO Oklahoma Baptist 53.70 53.60
r:+0.55 25.38 53.60 (28.22)
2 Rudenko, Yekaterina SR Drury University 53.44 53.89
r:+0.61 26.48 53.89 (27.41)
3 Sullivan, Erin SR MSU-Moorhead 55.28 54.39
r:+0.46 25.98 54.39 (28.41)
4 Helm, Rachel SO NMU 53.91 54.51
r:+0.60 26.65 54.51 (27.86)
5 Wright, Cassandra FR Sioux Falls 54.39 54.60
r:+0.58 27.02 54.60 (27.58)
6 Afchain, Suzanne JR Oklahoma Baptist 54.91 54.71
r:+0.61 26.42 54.71 (28.29)
7 Massaro, Rachel FR Queens (NC) 54.62 55.07
r:+0.56 26.35 55.07 (28.72)
8 Fuller, Karis JR LIU Post 55.32 55.12
r:+0.61 27.11 55.12 (28.01)
Men’s 100 Back
Queens senior Paul Pijulet swam 47.11 to take his lane four spot heading into tonight’s final with Giulio Brugnoni hot on his tail with a 47.13. Indy’s junior Rodrigo Codo Berti was not far behind in a time of 47.28.
Event 24 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA DII: N 46.27 3/10/2016 Marco Palacios, Florida Southern
Meet: M 46.27 3/10/2016 Marco Palacios, Florida Southern
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Pijulet, Paul SR Queens (NC) 46.15 47.11
r:+0.59 22.71 47.11 (24.40)
2 Brugnoni, Giulio FR Delta State 46.72 47.13
r:+0.49 22.77 47.13 (24.36)
3 Codo Berti, Rodrigo JR Indy 47.73 47.28
r:+0.60 23.18 47.28 (24.10)
4 Shalamon, Harry SO Grand Valley 47.45 47.41
r:+0.53 22.70 47.41 (24.71)
5 Baslakov, Iskender FR Fresno Pacific 47.05 47.49
22.65 47.49 (24.84)
6 Drobnych, Dmytro JR Wayne State 47.64 47.51
r:+0.63 22.81 47.51 (24.70)
7 Dyck, Brandon FR Florida Southern 47.69 47.64
r:+0.53 23.06 47.64 (24.58)
8 Budai, Lajos SO NMU 47.55 47.85
r:+0.59 23.25 47.85 (24.60)
Women’s 100 Breast
Drury added some ammunition to their heavy breaststroke artillery by placing Zuzanna Chwadeczko (1:00.25) and Bailee Nunn (1:00.49) in the middle of the pool for tonight’s A final. Carson-Newman’s Maggie Melhorn touched in 1:01.15 for the third seed.
Before tonight’s A final, a swim-off will be required between Fresno Pacific’s Daria Belova and CSU East Bay’s Claire Beaty who each touched in 1:02.08.
Event 25 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA DII: N 59.51 3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
Meet: M 59.51 3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Chwadeczko, Zuzanna SR Drury University 1:00.76 1:00.25
r:+0.72 27.61 1:00.25 (32.64)
2 Nunn, Bailee SO Drury University 59.63 1:00.49
r:+0.73 28.85 1:00.49 (31.64)
3 Melhorn, Maggie SR Carson-Newman 1:01.67 1:01.15
r:+0.68 29.26 1:01.15 (31.89)
4 Prayson, Michelle JR Queens (NC) 1:01.10 1:01.45
r:+0.71 28.95 1:01.45 (32.50)
5 Tovstogan, Olga SO Fresno Pacific 1:01.50 1:01.58
r:+0.72 28.78 1:01.58 (32.80)
5 Young, Nicole SR Bloomsburg 1:02.11 1:01.58
r:+0.66 28.32 1:01.58 (33.26)
7 Galluzzo, Natalie FR Truman St. 1:01.75 1:01.91
r:+0.69 29.41 1:01.91 (32.50)
8 Belova, Daria SR Fresno Pacific 1:02.79 1:02.08
r:+0.71 30.15 1:02.08 (31.93)
8 Beaty, Claire SR CSU East Bay 1:01.86 1:02.08
r:+0.83 29.36 1:02.08 (32.72)
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Men’s 100 Breast
Drury’s Andrea Bazzoli earned the rights to lane four tonight with his 52.68 which was good enough to get ahead of Saint Leo’s Henrik Dahrendorff who put up a 53.06. Lindenwood’s Justin Winnett swam a 53.74 to earn the third spot. Cal Baptist’s Eric Tolman took eighth going into tonight with his 54.14.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA DII: N 51.63 3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
Meet: M 51.63 3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Bazzoli, Andrea SR Drury University 53.65 52.68
r:+0.77 24.56 52.68 (28.12)
2 Dahrendorff, Henrik SO Saint Leo 54.13 53.06
r:+0.75 24.83 53.06 (28.23)
3 Winnett, Justin JR Lindenwood 53.46 53.74
r:+0.72 25.13 53.74 (28.61)
4 Jasso, Luis SR Florida Southern 53.58 53.78
r:+0.68 25.63 53.78 (28.15)
5 Palazzo, Sasha SO Wayne State 54.09 54.04
r:+0.67 25.15 54.04 (28.89)
6 Morillas, Fernando SR Oklahoma Baptist 54.11 54.09
r:+0.75 25.56 54.09 (28.53)
7 Viazzo, Giacomo SO Wingate 53.83 54.12
r:+0.62 25.75 54.12 (28.37)
8 Tolman, Eric SO Cal Baptist 54.46 54.14
r:+0.66 25.10 54.14 (29.04)
Women’s 200 Fly
Simon Fraser’s Jessie Gibson swam a 1:57.99, which gave her the lane four spot tonight with a trio of Queens swimmers behind her. Leading that trio is Mckenzie Stevens (1:58.20), followed by Georgia DaCruz (2:01.36) and Josephina Lorda (2:01.41). Rounding out tonight’s final heat will be Simon Fraser freshman Kaleigh Sharkey who swam a 2:01.92.
Event 27 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 1:57.62 2/17/2018 McKenzie Stevens, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 1:57.94 3/11/2016 Sofia Petrenko, Wingate
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Gibson, Jessie SO Simon Fraser Uni 1:58.83 1:57.99
r:+0.71 26.07 55.91 (29.84)
1:26.69 (30.78) 1:57.99 (31.30)
2 Stevens, Mckenzie SR Queens (NC) 1:57.62 1:58.20
r:+0.71 26.80 56.50 (29.70)
1:26.99 (30.49) 1:58.20 (31.21)
3 DaCruz, Georgia SO Queens (NC) 2:01.50 2:01.36
r:+0.70 26.70 57.10 (30.40)
1:28.62 (31.52) 2:01.36 (32.74)
4 Lorda, Josephina JR Queens (NC) 2:01.03 2:01.41
r:+0.70 27.91 56.97 (29.06)
1:28.22 (31.25) 2:01.41 (33.19)
5 Petrenko, Sofia SR Cal Baptist 2:00.44 2:01.44
r:+0.81 27.46 57.64 (30.18)
1:29.00 (31.36) 2:01.44 (32.44)
6 Martelli, Lucia FR Delta State 2:01.35 2:01.60
r:+0.72 27.29 57.89 (30.60)
1:29.44 (31.55) 2:01.60 (32.16)
7 Knippenberg, Charlott SO Wingate 2:02.19 2:01.87
r:+0.70 26.65 56.93 (30.28)
1:28.44 (31.51) 2:01.87 (33.43)
8 Sharkey, Kaleigh FR Simon Fraser Uni 2:03.24 2:01.92
r:+0.81 27.76 59.03 (31.27)
1:30.72 (31.69) 2:01.92 (31.20)
Men’s 200 Fly
Queens junior Marius Kusch swam the fastest out of all the preliminary heats with his time of 1:44.40 with Findlay senior Janko Radmanovic took second in 1:45.45. Lindenwood’s duo of Cristian Vasquez (1:46.42) and Matheus Isidro (1:47.06) are sitting third and fourth, heading into tonight. Taking eighth for tonight’s final was Southern Connecticut’s Leonardo Laporte in 1:47.81.
Event 28 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 1:42.04 3/10/2017 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 1:42.04 3/10/2017 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kusch, Marius JR Queens (NC) 1:43.50 1:44.40
r:+0.75 22.10 48.29 (26.19)
1:15.42 (27.13) 1:44.40 (28.98)
2 Radmanovic, Janko SR Findlay 1:46.52 1:45.45
r:+0.64 22.76 49.65 (26.89)
1:17.50 (27.85) 1:45.45 (27.95)
3 Vasquez, Cristian JR Lindenwood 1:47.06 1:46.42
r:+0.70 24.08 50.75 (26.67)
1:18.26 (27.51) 1:46.42 (28.16)
4 Isidro, Matheus SO Lindenwood 1:46.11 1:47.06
r:+0.72 23.60 50.66 (27.06)
1:18.21 (27.55) 1:47.06 (28.85)
5 Kosylo, Nazarii SO Wingate 1:47.95 1:47.28
r:+0.73 24.47 51.47 (27.00)
1:19.23 (27.76) 1:47.28 (28.05)
6 Taske, Aaron SO Missouri S & T 1:48.57 1:47.42
r:+0.74 23.96 51.22 (27.26)
1:19.50 (28.28) 1:47.42 (27.92)
7 Pucarevic, Matija FR McKendree 1:48.35 1:47.71
r:+0.68 24.08 51.52 (27.44)
1:19.36 (27.84) 1:47.71 (28.35)
8 Laporte, Leonardo SO Southern Conn 1:48.50 1:47.81
r:+0.66 23.97 51.36 (27.39)
1:19.41 (28.05) 1:47.81 (28.40)
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