2015 NCAA Division III Championships: Emory Women, Kenyon Men Solidify Leads

The first day of the NCAA Division III Championships featured some swift swims and a handful of NCAA D3 records falling. Day two witnessed the Emory women and Kenyon men take complete control of their team races.

Emory leads the women’s title race after day one with 135.5 points. Denison (124), Kenyon (95), Williams (94) were second through fourth.

During day two prelims, Emory grabbed 10 A final swims along with two B finals swims to likely stretch their lead this evening.  Denison was second with four A and four B finalists.

The Kenyon men finished day one with a 21-point lead with 109 points. Emory stood second with 88 points, while Williams (66), Denison (60) and CMS (54) made up the rest of the top five.

Kenyon definitely had a strong day two prelims with nine A finalists and a B finalist.

Denison (4/2) and Williams (2/3) also had decent days, but will be looking for a Kenyon DQ or two for help.

Total Women’s A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Total Men’s A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Women’s 200 free relay

Denison’s Rima Jurjus (23.81), Carolyn Kane (22.80), Ashley Yearwood (22.72) and Mary Van Leuven (22.83) led the way this morning with a top time of 1:32.16.

Emory’s Claire Liu (23.83), Marissa Bergh (23.03), Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe (23.04) and Nancy Larson (22.87) qualified second in 1:32.77 with Kenyon’s Jourdan Cline (23.61), Laura Duncan (23.38), Hannah Lobb (23.85) and Jenner McLeod (22.90) claiming the third seed in 1:33.47.

  1 Denison                       1:31.98    1:32.16        
     1) Jurjus, Rima SR               2) Kane, Carolyn SO             
     3) Yearwood, Ashley JR           4) Van Leuven, Mary JR          
                 23.81        46.61 (22.80)
        1:09.33 (22.72)     1:32.16 (22.83)
  2 Emory                         1:33.30    1:32.77        
     1) Liu, Claire SO                2) Bergh, Marissa SO            
     3) Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Marcela SO  4) Larson, Nancy SR             
                 23.83        46.86 (23.03)
        1:09.90 (23.04)     1:32.77 (22.87)
  3 Kenyon                        1:33.78    1:33.47        
     1) Cline, Jourdan SR             2) Duncan, Laura SO             
     3) Lobb, Hannah JR               4) McLeod, Jenner SO            
                 23.61        46.99 (23.38)
        1:10.57 (23.58)     1:33.47 (22.90)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Men’s 200 free relay

Kenyon’s Austin Caldwell (20.82), Joey Duronio (19.72), Ryan Funk (20.01) and Austin Pu (20.34) earned the top seed with a time of 1:20.35.

Denison’s Ryan Fleming (20.39), Conrad Wuorinen (19.97), Damon Rosenburg (19.90) and Max Howes (20.22) qualified a close second in 1:20.48.

Gettysburg’s Jason Potter (20.12), Mike Harmon (20.16), Tyler Gould (20.49) and Ashton Leyens (20.38) earned third out of prelims with a 1:21.15.\

  1 Kenyon                        1:19.92    1:20.35        
     1) Caldwell, Austin SR           2) Duronio, Joey JR             
     3) Funk, Ryan JR                 4) Pu, Austin SO                
                 20.28        40.00 (19.72)
        1:00.01 (20.01)     1:20.35 (20.34)
  2 Denison                       1:20.12    1:20.48        
     1) Fleming, Ryan JR              2) Wuorinen, Conrad JR          
     3) Rosenburg, Damon SR           4) Howes, Max SO                
                 20.39        40.36 (19.97)
        1:00.26 (19.90)     1:20.48 (20.22)
  3 TCNJ                          1:21.30    1:21.15        
     1) Dunn, Joe JR                  2) Perez, Brian SR              
     3) Shangle, James JR             4) Pedersen, Brett SR           
                 20.48        40.71 (20.23)
        1:01.06 (20.35)     1:21.15 (20.09)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Women’s 400 IM

Williams’ Megan Pierce, the defending champion in the event, lit up prelims with the top time in 4:19.87.  That’s faster than the 4:19.94 she used to win just a year ago.

Pierce has some time to drop to catch up to the NCAA D3 record of 4:13.14 set by William’s Caroline Wilson back in 2012.

Emory’s Ming-Fen Ong qualified second this morning with a time of 4:21.49, while Denison’s Michelle Howell snared the third seed in 4:21.99.

  1 Pierce, Megan    SO Williams          4:21.19    4:19.87        
                 26.86        57.63 (30.77)
        1:30.56 (32.93)     2:03.49 (32.93)
        2:41.60 (38.11)     3:19.81 (38.21)
        3:50.26 (30.45)     4:19.87 (29.61)
  2 Ong, Ming-fen    FY Emory             4:26.97    4:21.49        
                 27.57        58.60 (31.03)
        1:32.00 (33.40)     2:05.40 (33.40)
        2:42.94 (37.54)     3:21.09 (38.15)
        3:52.15 (31.06)     4:21.49 (29.34)
  3 Howell, Michell  SR Denison           4:23.84    4:21.99        
                 27.94        59.77 (31.83)
        1:34.36 (34.59)     2:08.54 (34.18)
        2:45.25 (36.71)     3:22.46 (37.21)
        3:52.45 (29.99)     4:21.99 (29.54)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Men’s 400 IM

Mary Washington’s Hugh Anderson (3:48.50) and Kenyon’s Harrison Curley (3:49.25) each cleared the NCAA D3 record in the event.

Anderson previously set the mark with a 3:49.25 to win the title last year, and will have his hands full with Curley tonight.

Kenyon’s Arthur Conover qualified third with a 3:50.43, while Ian Reardon (3:50.89) and Trevor Manz (3:52.78) also made the A final for Kenyon.

  1 Anderson, Alex   SR Mary Washington   3:51.27    3:48.50*       
                 23.71        50.80 (27.09)
        1:19.77 (28.97)     1:48.40 (28.63)
        2:21.46 (33.06)     2:55.09 (33.63)
        3:23.31 (28.22)     3:48.50 (25.19)
  2 Curley, Harriso  SR Kenyon            3:53.18    3:49.25*       
                 24.30        52.26 (27.96)
        1:20.26 (28.00)     1:47.72 (27.46)
        2:21.14 (33.42)     2:55.15 (34.01)
        3:22.73 (27.58)     3:49.25 (26.52)
  3 Conover, Arthur  SO Kenyon            3:57.24    3:50.43        
                 25.00        53.38 (28.38)
        1:22.54 (29.16)     1:51.05 (28.51)
        2:24.33 (33.28)     2:59.01 (34.68)
        3:24.68 (25.67)     3:50.43 (25.75)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Women’s 100 fly

Williams Kirsten Nitz, the NCAA D3 record holder and defending champion with a 52.64 from last year, originally looked to have cruised to the top seed with a 53-mid time.

But, shockingly, she was disqualified from the event without a reason being given in the official results.

Williams’ Emma Waddell took over as the top seed with a 53.96, while Amherst’s Sarah Conklin qualified second in 54.62.  Denison’s Carolyn Kane snared the third seed in 54.83.

  1 Waddell, Emma    FY Williams            54.09      53.96        
                 25.22        53.96 (28.74)
  2 Conklin, Sarah   JR Amherst             55.23      54.62        
                 25.85        54.62 (28.77)
  3 Kane, Carolyn    SO Denison             55.29      54.83        
                 25.44        54.83 (29.39)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Men’s 100 fly

Wash U’s Reed Dalton uncorked an NCAA D3 record in the 100-yard fly with a 47.10 this morning.

That effort undercut Wyatt Ubellacker of MIT’s 2013 record of 47.34, and is well under the 47.91 Whitman’s Karl Mering used to win this title last year.

DePauw’s Blake Lehmann tied Mering for the second seed today with matching 48.00s.

  1 Dalton, Reed     JR Wash U. MO          48.00      47.10*       
                 22.20        47.10 (24.90)
  2 Lehmann, Blake   JR DePauw              48.81      48.00        
                 22.36        48.00 (25.64)
  2 Mering, Karl     SR Whitman             48.73      48.00        
                 22.44        48.00 (25.56)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Women’s 200 free

Defending champion Anastasia Bodganovski of Johns Hopkins posted the top time of the morning with a 1:47.64.  That’s already faster than the 1:47.74 she used to win a year ago.

Bogdanovski will be looking to drop some major time and potentially challenge Kendra Stern’s 2011 NCAA D3 record of 1:44.82.

Williams’ Sarah Thompson qualified second in 1:48.61 with Wash U’s Kristalyn McAfee turning in a third-seeded time of 1:49.21.

 1 Bogdanovski, An  SR Johns Hopkins     1:47.31    1:47.64        
                 25.40        52.60 (27.20)
        1:20.15 (27.55)     1:47.64 (27.49)
  2 Thompson, Sarah  SR Williams          1:51.25    1:48.61        
                 25.83        53.36 (27.53)
        1:20.74 (27.38)     1:48.61 (27.87)
  3 McAfee, Kristal  JR Wash U. MO        1:51.29    1:49.21        
                 26.06        53.50 (27.44)
        1:21.33 (27.83)     1:49.21 (27.88)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Men’s 200 free

Johns Hopkins’ Evan Holder (1:37.42), Amherst’s Connor Sholtis (1:37.44) and Kenyon’s Austin Caldwell (1:37.46) set up a likely remarkable finale.

Caldwell won the title last year with a 1:37.16, and the top trio all look capable of taking out one of the longest standing records in the NCAA D3 books, Dennis Mulvilhill’s 1988 record of 1:36.63 for Kenyon.

  1 Holder, Evan     SO Johns Hopkins     1:37.77    1:37.42        
                 22.47        47.15 (24.68)
        1:11.91 (24.76)     1:37.42 (25.51)
  2 Sholtis, Connor  SR Amherst           1:40.51    1:37.44        
                 22.85        47.64 (24.79)
        1:12.71 (25.07)     1:37.44 (24.73)
  3 Caldwell, Austi  SR Kenyon            1:36.91    1:37.46        
                 22.47        46.94 (24.47)
        1:11.98 (25.04)     1:37.46 (25.48)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Women’s 400 medley relay

Emory’s Ellie Thompson, Elizabeth Aronoff, Nina Zook and Nancy Larson turned in the top time of the morning with a 3:44.16, but Denison wasn’t far behind as Molly Willingham, Marissa Bednarek, Carolyn Kane and Ashley Yearwood posted a 3:44.19.

Williams’ Olivia Jackson, Breanna Nguyen, Emma Waddell and Faye Sultan also put up a 3:44 with a third-seeded 3:44.68.

The top trio of teams will be looking to clear Kenyon’s 2013 NCAA D3 record of 3:40.13.

  1 Emory                         3:44.11    3:44.16        
     1) Thompson, Ellie JR            2) Aronoff, Elizabeth JR        
     3) Zook, Nina SR                 4) Larson, Nancy SR             
                 26.49        55.56 (55.56)
        1:24.47 (28.91)   1:57.84 (1:02.28)
        2:23.77 (25.93)     2:53.28 (55.44)
        3:17.54 (24.26)     3:44.16 (50.88)
  2 Denison                       3:45.92    3:44.19        
     1) Willingham, Molly SR          2) Bednarek, Marissa JR         
     3) Kane, Carolyn SO              4) Yearwood, Ashley JR          
                 27.36        55.59 (55.59)
        1:24.62 (29.03)   1:58.60 (1:03.01)
        2:23.90 (25.30)     2:53.62 (55.02)
        3:17.78 (24.16)     3:44.19 (50.57)
  3 Williams                      3:44.22    3:44.68        
     1) Jackson, Olivia SO            2) Nguyen, Breanna JR           
     3) Waddell, Emma FY              4) Sultan, Faye JR              
                 27.27        55.82 (55.82)
        1:25.96 (30.14)   1:59.75 (1:03.93)
        2:24.96 (25.21)     2:53.84 (54.09)
        3:17.55 (23.71)     3:44.68 (50.84)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Men’s 400 medley relay

Williams’ Benjamin Lin, Jake Tamposi, Thad Ricotta and Alexander Nanda touched out Emory’s Mitchell Cooper, Andrew Wilson, Hayden Baker and Alex Hardwick, 3:14.84 to 3:14.87.

Both teams beat the 2012 NCAA D3 record of 3:15.09 set by Denison.

MIT’s Alexander Lednev, Justin Chiu, Sean Corcoran and Daryl Neubieser snagged third overall in prelims with a time of 3:16.15.

  1 Williams                      3:16.48    3:14.84*       
     1) Lin, Benjamin SO              2) Tamposi, Jake JR             
     3) Ricotta, Thad SR              4) Nanda, Alexander SR          
                 22.72        47.57 (47.57)
        1:12.42 (24.85)     1:42.49 (54.92)
        2:04.69 (22.20)     2:30.17 (47.68)
        2:51.75 (21.58)     3:14.84 (44.67)
  2 Emory                         3:16.70    3:14.87*       
     1) Cooper, Mitchell SO           2) Wilson, Andrew JR            
     3) Baker, Hayden SR              4) Hardwick, Alex FY            
                 24.35        50.28 (50.28)
        1:14.26 (23.98)     1:41.94 (51.66)
        2:04.12 (22.18)     2:30.23 (48.29)
        2:51.58 (21.35)     3:14.87 (44.64)
  3 MIT                           3:18.27    3:16.15        
     1) Lednev, Alexander JR          2) Chiu, Justin FY              
     3) Corcoran, Sean JR             4) Neubieser, Daryl JR          
                 23.37        48.69 (48.69)
        1:14.44 (25.75)     1:43.89 (55.20)
        2:06.07 (22.18)     2:31.75 (47.86)
        2:52.63 (20.88)     3:16.15 (44.40)

A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Total Women’s A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

Total Men’s A/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):

[table “” not found /]

SCHEDULED EVENTS

• Women’s 200 free relay
• Men’s 200 free relay
• Women’s 400 IM
• Men’s 400 IM
• Women’s 100 fly
• Men’s 100 fly
• Women’s 200 free
• Men’s 200 free
• Women’s 400 medley relay
• Men’s 400 medley relay
• Men’s one-meter diving

LIVE RESULTS

LIVE STREAM