Three Records Fall on Second Day of Division II Championships

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 9. RECORDS were the norm on the second day of the NCAA Division II Championships, held at the Indiana University Natatorium, site of several Olympic Trials. A pair of West Chester University standouts established marks on the women’s side while one individual standard was set in the male competition. In the team standings, Truman State expanded its women’s lead over Drury, 322-241. As for the men’s side, Drury upped its total to 300 points, ahead of second-place Cal State-Bakersfield (273).

The women’s records came courtesy of the West Chester duo of Tammy Leane and Kathrin Dumitru. One night after winning the 1,000 freestyle, Leane took top honors in the 400 individual medley with a clocking of 4:18.03. Leane had the old record of 4:18.42. As for Dumitru, she covered the 100 butterfly in 53.82, quicker than the former record of 54.03, set by Loni Burton in 2004. In the men’s competition, the 400 I.M. featured a record from Drury’s Jakub Jiracek, who clocked a time of 3:50.31, better than his 2004 mark of 3:50.67.

In the 200 freestyle relays, first-place finishes were secured by Drury for the women (1:33.74) and the University of Tampa for the men (1:21.69). Seattle University’s Chris Coley topped the competition in the men’s 100 fly as his time of 48.39 narrowly held off North Dakota’s Rodrigo Ferreira (48.62). As for the 200 freestyles, wins were collected by Tampa’s Chelsea Hastings (1:51.32) and Cal State-Bakersfield’s Piotr Gegotek (1:38.38). Victories in the 400 medley relays went to Drury (3:48.21) and North Dakota (3:18.80).

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