Andrew Wilson, Emory, Arthur Conover Open Division III Invites With Three NCAA Records

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Photo Courtesy: Emory Athletics

This weekend many Division III teams are taking part in a number of invitationals. Swimming was expected to be fast and Thursday night’s performances delivered.

Three NCAA Division III National records fell in a matter of on Thursday night. Emory’s Andrew Wilson posted a mark of his own and was key to the success of a relay. Kenyon’s Arthur Conover continued his successful distance campaign taking down the 1650 freestyle mark.

After a breakout season in 2015 Wilson took an Olympic redshirt year and trained at the University of Texas. After finishing fourth at Olympic Trials this summer in the 200 breaststroke and fifth in the 100 breaststroke he’s back on the Division III stage. Emory has an impressive squad at the University of Miami (Ohio) Invitational this weekend.

Last night Wilson raced the defending 200 IM National Champion and NCAA record holder, Jack Lindell of Denison. Wilson clocked a 1:45.47 with a blistering 28.46 breaststroke split to win the event and lower the NCAA Record. Lindell finished second in 1:48.66. His record was a 1:46.00, swum at last season’s National Championship.

Event 106  Men 200 Yard IM
==================================================================
         MEET: * 1:47.59  12/4/2014 Andrew L Wilson, Emory
         POOL: ! 1:45.38  2012      Jacob Hanson, Eastern Michgan
                 1:42.15  DV1A NCAA Div I A
                 1:46.55  DV3A NCAA Div 3A
                 1:49.09  DV1B NCAA Div I B
                 1:52.13  DV3B NCAA Div 3B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals              
==================================================================
                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Wilson, Andrew   SR Emory-GA          1:51.00    1:45.57*DV3A   
                 23.04        51.10 (28.06)
        1:19.56 (28.46)     1:45.57 (26.01)
  2 Lindell, Jack S  SR Denison-OH        1:49.31    1:48.66 DV1B   
                 23.81        51.01 (27.20)
        1:22.64 (31.63)     1:48.66 (26.02)

Wilson then put together a 50.84 breaststroke split to help Emory to the NCAA mark in the 400 medley relay. The Eagles stopped the clock in 3:13.03. Williams College previously held the mark with a 3:13.49 swum in 2015. He was joined by freshman Sage Ono with a 48.92 backstroke split, fellow senior Christian Baker with a 48.26 on butterfly and sprinter Ollie Smith with a 45.01 freestyle split.

 Event 110  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
====================================================================
         MEET: * 3:16.13  12/5/2013 Denison University, Denison
                          S Chabot, D Rosenburg, A Rich, C Maciel
         POOL: ! 3:13.77  2012      Buffalo, Buffalo
                          Aronilca,Hogan,Schwippert, Heine
                 3:07.75  DV1A NCAA Div I A
                 3:09.68  DV1B NCAA Div I B
                 3:22.27  DV3B NCAA Div 3B
    School                           Seed     Finals              
====================================================================
  1 Emory-GA  'A'                 3:23.18    3:13.03!DV3B   
     1) Ono, Sage S FR                2) Wilson, Andrew L SR          
     3) Baker, Christian J SR         4) Smith, Ollie S JR            
                 23.31        48.92 (48.92)
        1:12.32 (23.40)     1:39.76 (50.84)
        2:02.21 (22.45)     2:28.02 (48.26)
        2:49.32 (21.30)     3:13.03 (45.01)

Conover was swimming at the Lords’ own TPSC Invitational. The distance star Conover clocked a 14:56.44, five seconds faster than his own record and lifetime best of 15:01.24. The senior opened the swim in 4:30.79. At the 1000, he turned in 9:03.58. The entire swim was remarkably consistent.

Event 4  Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
  Pool Record: ! 14:41.54  12/3/2015 C E Swanson, Penn
                 14:44.43  D1 A
                 15:04.60  D3 A
                 15:30.39  D1 B
                 16:16.65  D3 B
    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
  1 Conover, Arthur  SR KENYON-OH         9:26.00   14:56.44 D3 A    36  
                 25.32        52.12 (26.80)
        1:19.15 (27.03)     1:46.39 (27.24)
        2:13.77 (27.38)     2:41.29 (27.52)
        3:08.53 (27.24)     3:35.96 (27.43)
        4:03.45 (27.49)     4:30.79 (27.34)
        4:58.05 (27.26)     5:25.27 (27.22)
        5:52.54 (27.27)     6:19.62 (27.08)
        6:46.82 (27.20)     7:14.17 (27.35)
        7:41.55 (27.38)     8:08.90 (27.35)
        8:36.28 (27.38)     9:03.58 (27.30)
        9:31.12 (27.54)     9:58.57 (27.45)
       10:25.61 (27.04)    10:52.85 (27.24)
       11:20.13 (27.28)    11:47.00 (26.87)
       12:14.40 (27.40)    12:41.65 (27.25)
       13:08.93 (27.28)    13:36.16 (27.23)
       14:03.45 (27.29)    14:30.60 (27.15)    14:56.44 (25.84)

Full Miami results available here.

Full TPSC results available here.

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