Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega Claims Another NCAA D2 Record in 500 Free
Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega dominated the women’s 500-yard free at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships in 4:39.28, winning by nearly nine seconds. The senior’s time broke her own NCAA D II record of 4:40.65 she set last month at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
This is her third individual win of the meet, and she has also set new NCAA D II records in both the 200 IM (1:55.63) and 400 IM (4:08.56).
Grand Valley’s Leonie Van Noort took second in 4:47.95, five seconds faster than her morning swim. West Chester’s Theresa Hayward finished third in 4:52.76.
Cal Baptist’s Christina Halverson (4:53.06), Drury’s Megan Ouhl (4:53.21), Queens’ Meridith Boudreaux (4:55.33), Nova Southeastern’s Emma Wahlstrom (4:56.14), and Drury’s Sarah Pullen (4:57.03) completed the top eight.
=== Championship Finals === 1 Patri Castro Ortega SR Queens (NC) 4:46.77 4:39.28R 20 r:+0.75 25.60 53.32 (27.72) 1:21.61 (28.29) 1:49.74 (28.13) 2:18.02 (28.28) 2:46.56 (28.54) 3:14.90 (28.34) 3:43.41 (28.51) 4:11.90 (28.49) 4:39.28 (27.38) 2 Leonie Van Noort JR Grand Valley 4:52.93 4:47.95 17 r:+0.87 26.94 56.01 (29.07) 1:25.24 (29.23) 1:54.68 (29.44) 2:24.14 (29.46) 2:53.11 (28.97) 3:21.50 (28.39) 3:50.36 (28.86) 4:19.22 (28.86) 4:47.95 (28.73) 3 Theresa Hayward JR West Chester 4:54.50 4:52.76 16 r:+0.76 26.64 55.80 (29.16) 1:25.24 (29.44) 1:54.90 (29.66) 2:24.82 (29.92) 2:54.74 (29.92) 3:24.65 (29.91) 3:54.55 (29.90) 4:24.48 (29.93) 4:52.76 (28.28) 4 Christina Halverson SO Cal Baptist 4:53.49 4:53.06 15 r:+0.80 26.56 55.30 (28.74) 1:24.54 (29.24) 1:54.32 (29.78) 2:24.02 (29.70) 2:53.79 (29.77) 3:23.66 (29.87) 3:53.82 (30.16) 4:23.69 (29.87) 4:53.06 (29.37) 5 Megan Ouhl SO Drury 4:53.97 4:53.21 14 r:+0.82 27.29 56.29 (29.00) 1:25.68 (29.39) 1:55.22 (29.54) 2:24.70 (29.48) 2:54.15 (29.45) 3:23.53 (29.38) 3:53.29 (29.76) 4:23.46 (30.17) 4:53.21 (29.75) 6 Meridith Boudreaux SR Queens (NC) 4:54.97 4:55.33 13 r:+0.71 27.45 56.88 (29.43) 1:26.67 (29.79) 1:56.59 (29.92) 2:26.46 (29.87) 2:56.28 (29.82) 3:26.43 (30.15) 3:56.28 (29.85) 4:26.35 (30.07) 4:55.33 (28.98) 7 Emma Wahlstrom JR Nova S'eastern 4:54.90 4:56.14 12 r:+0.81 26.94 56.23 (29.29) 1:25.82 (29.59) 1:55.57 (29.75) 2:25.37 (29.80) 2:55.32 (29.95) 3:25.40 (30.08) 3:56.01 (30.61) 4:26.29 (30.28) 4:56.14 (29.85) 8 Sarah Pullen SR Drury 4:55.21 4:57.03 11 r:+0.74 26.86 56.29 (29.43) 1:26.23 (29.94) 1:56.44 (30.21) 2:26.62 (30.18) 2:56.49 (29.87) 3:26.70 (30.21) 3:56.91 (30.21) 4:27.33 (30.42) 4:57.03 (29.70) === Consolation Finals === 9 Alecia McGillivray JR Lindenwood 4:55.43 4:52.60 9 r:+0.78 27.18 56.49 (29.31) 1:25.80 (29.31) 1:55.48 (29.68) 2:25.12 (29.64) 2:54.75 (29.63) 3:24.49 (29.74) 3:54.12 (29.63) 4:23.73 (29.61) 4:52.60 (28.87) 10 Annagrazia Bonsanti SO Bridgeport 4:57.16 4:55.51 7 r:+0.74 27.73 57.07 (29.34) 1:26.63 (29.56) 1:56.13 (29.50) 2:25.91 (29.78) 2:55.53 (29.62) 3:25.47 (29.94) 3:55.59 (30.12) 4:25.86 (30.27) 4:55.51 (29.65) 11 Kyleigh Troxel JR Lindenwood 4:55.95 4:55.95 6 r:+0.76 27.42 57.06 (29.64) 1:27.26 (30.20) 1:57.52 (30.26) 2:27.45 (29.93) 2:57.73 (30.28) 3:27.64 (29.91) 3:57.41 (29.77) 4:27.26 (29.85) 4:55.95 (28.69) 12 Morgan Kollen FR Wayne State 4:56.96 4:56.08 5 r:+0.80 27.78 57.54 (29.76) 1:27.53 (29.99) 1:57.76 (30.23) 2:28.21 (30.45) 2:58.33 (30.12) 3:28.37 (30.04) 3:58.41 (30.04) 4:27.98 (29.57) 4:56.08 (28.10) 13 Caroline Arakelian SR Queens (NC) 4:58.32 4:56.79 4 r:+0.75 27.33 56.91 (29.58) 1:27.06 (30.15) 1:57.42 (30.36) 2:27.74 (30.32) 2:57.93 (30.19) 3:27.94 (30.01) 3:57.94 (30.00) 4:27.62 (29.68) 4:56.79 (29.17) 14 Rachel Borchardt JR NMU 4:57.49 4:57.79 3 r:+0.74 27.21 56.72 (29.51) 1:26.80 (30.08) 1:56.98 (30.18) 2:27.61 (30.63) 2:57.87 (30.26) 3:28.20 (30.33) 3:58.72 (30.52) 4:29.20 (30.48) 4:57.79 (28.59) 15 Niki Johnston JR Queens (NC) 4:57.74 4:57.99 2 r:+0.72 28.00 57.71 (29.71) 1:27.61 (29.90) 1:57.53 (29.92) 2:27.40 (29.87) 2:57.39 (29.99) 3:27.44 (30.05) 3:57.44 (30.00) 4:27.88 (30.44) 4:57.99 (30.11) 16 Samantha Postmus SO Grand Valley 4:57.02 4:58.42 1 r:+0.85 26.98 56.90 (29.92) 1:27.58 (30.68) 1:57.82 (30.24) 2:27.74 (29.92) 2:57.93 (30.19) 3:28.32 (30.39) 3:58.39 (30.07) 4:28.82 (30.43) 4:58.42 (29.60)