2017 NCAA Division III Championships Pre-Selection Psych Sheet Released

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COLORADO SPRINGS – USA Swimming’s stats department has released the 2017 NCAA Division III Championships Pre-Selection Psych Sheet. The meet will take place in Shenandoah, Texas, March 15-18.

2017 NCAA Division III Championships Pre-Selection Psych Sheet

While this is an unofficial psych sheet used mainly for coaches to double check their entries, it already provides a number of storylines to watch next month. Multiple swimmers hold more than one top seed, and we may also see some new teams taking over the team rankings this year.

On the women’s side, Williams’ Emma Waddell has opted for both sprint free events over the 200 IM, a fourth race where she would own the top seed. This opens up great opportunity for Wash U’s Niamh O’Grady in this event. Kenyon’s Marysol Arce will be looking to defend her 500 and 1,650 national titles, and Emory’s Cindy Cheng has the opportunity to take three victories of her own.

Waddell will play a huge role in her team’s 400 medley relay, which has a legitimate chance of taking home top honors if they can hold off Emory. The Ephs have the depth this year to repeat their third-place finish from 2016.

Teammate Ben Lin will be one of the leaders on the men’s side after an impressive weekend at the NESCAC Championships. But despite having three top seeds, it will be difficult to steal the spotlight away from Emory’s Andrew Wilson who is looking to lead his team to an NCAA team championship title.

Both of the Emory medley relays have the top seed after breaking the Division III NCAA records in December. Keep an eye out for the Eagles; if there was a year to create the opportunity of a lifetime, this would be it.

Current Top Seeds

Women

50 free: Williams’ Emma Waddell, 22.96
100 free: Williams’ Emma Waddell, 49.87
200 free: Emory’s Cindy Cheng, 1:48.13
500 free: Kenyon’s Marysol Arce, 4:51.47
1650 free: Kenyon’s Marysol Arce, 16:45.37
100 back: Emory’s Cindy Cheng, 54.86
200 back: Emory’s Cindy Cheng, 1:57.26
100 breast: UW-Eau Claire’s Sam Senczyszyn, 1:01.11
200 breast: UW-Eau Claire’s Sam Senczyszyn, 2:14.22
100 fly: Williams’ Emma Waddell, 54.14
200 fly: Denison’s Halli Garza, 2:01.81
200 IM: Washington University’s Niamh O’Grady, 2:02.73
400 IM: Williams’ Megan Pierce, 4:17.02

200 free relay: Emory, 1:33.42
400 free relay: Emory, 3:21.91
800 free relay: Kenyon, 7:19.82
200 medley relay: Emory, 1:41.78
400 medley relay: Williams, 3:42.79

Men

50 free: Emory’s Ollie Smith, 19.67
100 free: Rowan’s Jesse Novak, 43.82
200 free: Johns Hopkins’ Evan Holder, 1:36.93
500 free: Emory’s Christian Baker, 4:21.43
1650 free: Kenyon’s Arthur Conover, 14:56.44
100 back: Williams’ Ben Lin, 47.56
200 back: William’s Ben Lin, 1:45.88
100 breast: Emory’s Andrew Wilson, 51.14
200 breast: Emory’s Andrew Wilson, 1:51.15
100 fly: Williams’ Benjamin Lin, 47.76
200 fly: Johns Hopkins’ Mark Wilson, 1:48.31
200 IM: Emory’s Andrew Wilson, 1:45.57
400 IM: Denison’s Jack Lindell, 3:51.56

200 free relay: UW-Stevens Point, 1:20.34
400 free relay: Emory, 2:59.03
800 free relay: Denison, 6:34.29
200 medley relay: Emory, 1:26.74
400 medley relay: Emory, 3:13.03

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