2023 NCAA Division II Championships: Jackson Lustig Takes Down National Record as Nova Southeastern, Indy Remain on Top

2021 NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship - Prelims
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2023 NCAA Division II Championships: Jackson Lustig Takes Down National Record as Nova Southeastern, Indy Remain on Top

On the fourth of five days of the NCAA Division II Championships, the Nova Southeastern women extended their lead in the team competition to 90.5 points as Emily Trieschmann picked up her second win of the meet in the 500 freestyle while Savanna Best and Claire Gass picked up a 1-3 finish in the 100 breaststroke. Meanwhile, the men’s meet tightened up at the top as Drury reduced Indy’s lead from 57 points to just 35.5 to make things interesting heading into the final day of the meet.

The top performance of Friday evening’s finals came from Jackson Lustig, a McKendree sophomore who became the first swimmer in Division II history to break 1:41 in the 200 butterfly.

Team Scores

  Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 30                     
 
  1. Nova S'Eastern                  434.5   2. Indy                              344
  3. Drury                           263.5   4. Colorado Mesa                     258
  5. West Chester                      192   6. Lynn                              160
  7. Wingate                           154   8. Carson-Newman                     126
  9. Wayne State                       120  10. West Florida                      110
 11. McKendree                         101  12. Henderson St.                      97
 13. Iup                                95  14. Grand Valley                       91
 15. Nmu                                79  16. Delta State                        78
 17. Tampa                              74  18. Clarion                            58
 19. Azusa Pacific                      50  20. Augustana                          33
 21. Findlay                            21  22. Msu Mankato                        18
 23. Oklahoma Christian                 16  24. St Cloud St                        14
 24. Saint Leo                          14  24. Csu East Bay                       14
 27. Umsl                               13  28. Hillsdale                          12
 29. Umary                              11  30. Mines                               9
 31. Florida Southern                    7  31. Southern Conn                       7
 33. Emmanuel                            6  34. Davenport                           4
 35. Truman St.                          3  36. Rollins                             1
 36. PennWest                            1
  Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 31                      
 
  1. Indy                            373.5   2. Drury                             338
  3. McKendree                       273.5   4. Tampa                             225
  5. Colorado Mesa                   204.5   6. Findlay                         195.5
  7. Grand Valley                      162   8. Wingate                           151
  9. Oklahoma Christian              146.5  10. Florida Southern                142.5
 11. Henderson St.                     134  12. Nova S'Eastern                    132
 13. St Cloud St                        88  14. Wayne State                        72
 15. Clarion                            50  16. Missouri S & T                     44
 17. Carson-Newman                      36  18. Saginaw Valley                     31
 19. Delta State                        21  19. Umsl                               21
 21. Emmanuel                           20  22. Lewis                              16
 23. Florida Tech                       12  24. Nmu                                11
 24. UT Permian Basin                   11  26. Mines                              10
 27. West Chester                        7  28. Rollins                             6
 28. Lenoir-Rhyne                        6  30. Davenport                           3
 31. Fresno Pacific                      2

Women’s 500 Freestyle

Nova Southeastern’s Emily Trieschmann, already a dominant winner and NCAA-record-setter in the 1000 free, produced a dominant win in the 500-yard event, her time of 4:45.56 beating the field by more than four-and-a-half seconds. With Nova having built a comfortable lead in the team competition and winning all three women’s relays so far, Trieschmann’s victory was the fourth individual win for her team after her own win Wednesday evening plus May Lowy’s 400 IM win and Emilia Ronningdal’s wins in both the 200 IM and 200 free.

Wayne State’s Jordan Fox, already the runnerup in the 1000 free, took second in 4:50.13 while Azusa Pacific’s Montana White grabbed third in 4:51.54. West Chester’s Mikayla Niness took fourth (4:52.88) after a final 50 burst helped her catch Colorado Mesa’s Katerina Matoskova (fifth, 4:53.06).

Event 21  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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     NCAA DII: N 4:39.28  3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 4:39.28  3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Trieschmann, Emily     SO Nova S'eastern    4:49.79    4:45.56   20  
    r:+0.64  25.77        53.53 (27.76)
        1:21.79 (28.26)     1:50.54 (28.75)
        2:19.46 (28.92)     2:48.55 (29.09)
        3:17.52 (28.97)     3:46.72 (29.20)
        4:16.21 (29.49)     4:45.56 (29.35)
  2 Fox, Jordan            SR Wayne State       4:52.38    4:50.13   17  
    r:+0.82  26.13        54.72 (28.59)
        1:23.79 (29.07)     1:53.21 (29.42)
        2:22.79 (29.58)     2:52.39 (29.60)
        3:21.82 (29.43)     3:51.41 (29.59)
        4:21.10 (29.69)     4:50.13 (29.03)
  3 White, Montana         SO Azusa Pacific     4:53.54    4:51.54   16  
    r:+0.85  26.28        55.00 (28.72)
        1:24.22 (29.22)     1:54.02 (29.80)
        2:24.10 (30.08)     2:54.18 (30.08)
        3:23.94 (29.76)     3:53.59 (29.65)
        4:22.99 (29.40)     4:51.54 (28.55)
  4 Niness, Mikayla        JR West Chester      4:53.75    4:52.88   15  
    r:+0.85  26.94        56.20 (29.26)
        1:25.59 (29.39)     1:55.53 (29.94)
        2:25.52 (29.99)     2:55.39 (29.87)
        3:25.31 (29.92)     3:54.94 (29.63)
        4:24.21 (29.27)     4:52.88 (28.67)
  5 Matoskova, Katerina    JR Colorado Mesa     4:54.24    4:53.06   14  
    r:+0.86  26.69        55.62 (28.93)
        1:25.07 (29.45)     1:54.64 (29.57)
        2:24.48 (29.84)     2:54.20 (29.72)
        3:23.96 (29.76)     3:54.14 (30.18)
        4:23.84 (29.70)     4:53.06 (29.22)
  6 Durkin, Keeley         JR West Chester      4:54.32    4:53.94   13  
    r:+0.62  27.18        56.32 (29.14)
        1:26.00 (29.68)     1:55.86 (29.86)
        2:25.87 (30.01)     2:55.88 (30.01)
        3:25.96 (30.08)     3:55.92 (29.96)
        4:25.64 (29.72)     4:53.94 (28.30)
  7 Murzilli, Ilaria       SO Nova S'eastern    4:54.01    4:56.56   12  
    r:+0.73  27.00        55.88 (28.88)
        1:25.39 (29.51)     1:55.36 (29.97)
        2:25.23 (29.87)     2:55.13 (29.90)
        3:25.48 (30.35)     3:55.65 (30.17)
        4:26.21 (30.56)     4:56.56 (30.35)
  8 Murillo, Victoria      SR UMary             4:54.00    4:58.09   11  
    r:+0.82  27.69        57.54 (29.85)
        1:27.70 (30.16)     1:57.33 (29.63)
        2:26.93 (29.60)     2:56.80 (29.87)
        3:27.11 (30.31)     3:57.43 (30.32)
        4:28.32 (30.89)     4:58.09 (29.77)

Men’s 500 Freestyle

Tampa’s Hayden Curley was swimming in an outside lane in the final after he qualified seventh in prelims, but he got the better of the field in the final, taking over the lead from Indy’s Cedric Buessing, already the winner of the 1000 free, at the 200-yard mark. Curley then built up a two-second lead, which he needed to hold off a blistering 24.75 final split from Buessing.

Curley touched in 4:18.66, about two-thirds of a second clear of Buessing. Oklahoma Christian’s Victor Rosado finished just behind Buessing for third in 4:19.45, while the next-fastest swimmer, Grand Valley’s Eric Hieber, was well back in 4:21.98.

Event 22  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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     NCAA DII: N 4:17.09  3/11/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 4:17.09  3/11/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Curley, Hayden         5Y Tampa             4:24.14    4:18.66   20  
    r:+0.68  23.55        49.05 (25.50)
        1:15.04 (25.99)     1:41.12 (26.08)
        2:07.40 (26.28)     2:33.57 (26.17)
        2:59.72 (26.15)     3:26.07 (26.35)
        3:52.43 (26.36)     4:18.66 (26.23)
  2 Buessing, Cedric       SO Indy              4:22.78    4:19.34   17  
    r:+0.71  23.21        48.48 (25.27)
        1:14.71 (26.23)     1:41.16 (26.45)
        2:07.69 (26.53)     2:34.37 (26.68)
        3:01.19 (26.82)     3:27.85 (26.66)
        3:54.59 (26.74)     4:19.34 (24.75)
  3 Rosado, Victor         SO OC                4:21.80    4:19.45   16  
    r:+0.65  24.01        49.76 (25.75)
        1:15.90 (26.14)     1:42.37 (26.47)
        2:08.50 (26.13)     2:34.97 (26.47)
        3:01.37 (26.40)     3:27.73 (26.36)
        3:54.03 (26.30)     4:19.45 (25.42)
  4 Hieber, Eric           JR Grand Valley      4:22.75    4:21.98   15  
    r:+0.68  23.67        49.74 (26.07)
        1:15.98 (26.24)     1:42.45 (26.47)
        2:09.06 (26.61)     2:35.73 (26.67)
        3:02.54 (26.81)     3:29.49 (26.95)
        3:56.15 (26.66)     4:21.98 (25.83)
  5 Nogueira, Joao         FR Drury             4:23.72    4:22.53   14  
    r:+0.69  24.03        49.93 (25.90)
        1:16.26 (26.33)     1:42.86 (26.60)
        2:09.45 (26.59)     2:36.31 (26.86)
        3:03.08 (26.77)     3:29.95 (26.87)
        3:56.84 (26.89)     4:22.53 (25.69)
  6 Alessandrini, Luca     SO Nova S'eastern    4:23.21    4:23.37   13  
    r:+0.66  23.95        49.82 (25.87)
        1:16.20 (26.38)     1:42.88 (26.68)
        2:09.96 (27.08)     2:36.97 (27.01)
        3:04.21 (27.24)     3:31.34 (27.13)
        3:57.95 (26.61)     4:23.37 (25.42)
  7 Fluck, Barnabas        FR Tampa             4:24.22    4:27.39   12  
    r:+0.73  24.03        50.02 (25.99)
        1:16.93 (26.91)     1:44.00 (27.07)
        2:11.46 (27.46)     2:38.80 (27.34)
        3:05.97 (27.17)     3:33.22 (27.25)
        4:00.51 (27.29)     4:27.39 (26.88)
  8 Hedeen, Christian      SR Indy              4:23.82    4:29.90   11  
    r:+0.79  24.61        51.12 (26.51)
        1:17.89 (26.77)     1:45.26 (27.37)
        2:12.56 (27.30)     2:39.91 (27.35)
        3:07.23 (27.32)     3:34.98 (27.75)
        4:02.80 (27.82)     4:29.90 (27.10)

Women’s 100 Backstroke

Kaitlyn McCoy, a fifth-year swimmer for Indy, was in seventh place at the halfway point of the 100 back final, more than four tenths of the pace of leader Kyla Blakemore of Carson-Newman, but McCoy surged ahead on the way home. She blasted the field with a 27.49 split, a half-second quicker than anyone else in the field, and she touched the wall in 53.88, 0.36 ahead of the field.

Nova Southeastern’s Mollie Morfelt ended up touching second in 54.24, two hundredths ahead of Drury’s Alexandra Waller (54.26). Blakemore ended up fourth (54.40).

Event 23  Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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     NCAA DII: N 52.07  3/14/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 52.07  3/14/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 McCoy, Kaitlyn         5Y Indy                54.62      53.88   20  
             26.39        53.88 (27.49)
  2 Morfelt, Mollie        FR Nova S'eastern      54.79      54.24   17  
             26.12        54.24 (28.12)
  3 Waller, Alexandra      5Y Drury               54.53      54.26   16  
             26.27        54.26 (27.99)
  4 Blakemore, Kyla        JR Carson-Newman       54.65      54.40   15  
             25.97        54.40 (28.43)
  5 White, Lauren          SR Colorado Mesa       54.27      54.41   14  
             26.29        54.41 (28.12)
  6 Pozvai, Kiara          SO Henderson St.       54.37      54.50   13  
             26.30        54.50 (28.20)
  7 Gronholz, Abby         SO MSU Mankato         54.73      54.71   12  
             26.44        54.71 (28.27)
  8 Marquez, Celina        SR Nova S'eastern      54.62      54.93   11  
             26.18        54.93 (28.75)

Men’s 100 Backstroke

Henderson State’s Lamar Taylor pulled away from the field and recorded a 45-second performance as he clinched the national title. He flipped a tenth ahead of Findlay’s Timothy Stollings at the halfway point before extending that advantage. Taylor touched in 45.95, almost four tenths clear of Stollings’ mark of 46.34. The win was Taylor’s second of the meet after his earlier win in the 50 free.

Drury’s Nathan Bighetti closed well to take third in 46.69, with Colorado Mesa’s Benjamin Sampson edging out Drury’s Khameron Glass for fourth, 47.12 to 47.14.

Event 24  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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     NCAA DII: N 45.09  3/15/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 45.09  3/15/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Taylor, Lamar          JR Henderson St.       46.42      45.95   20  
             21.94        45.95 (24.01)
  2 Stollings, Timothy     SR Findlay             46.80      46.34   17  
             22.05        46.34 (24.29)
  3 Bighetti, Nathan       SR Drury               47.05      46.69   16  
             22.70        46.69 (23.99)
  4 Sampson, Benjamin      SO Colorado Mesa       47.49      47.12   15  
             22.81        47.12 (24.31)
  5 Glass, Khameron        SR Drury               47.12      47.14   14  
             22.46        47.14 (24.68)
  6 Osa, Jon               SR UMSL                47.66      47.78   13  
             22.77        47.78 (25.01)
  7 Aizenberg, Daniel      SR Florida Tech        47.29      48.32   12  
             22.37        48.32 (25.95)
  8 Chagas Filho, Ney      FR Wingate             47.72      48.35   11  
             23.40        48.35 (24.95)

Women’s 100 Breaststroke

Nova Southeastern won a second event on the evening as Savanna Best went wire-to-wire in the 100 breaststroke, and she was joined in the top three by teammate Claire Gass. Best touched the wall in 1:01.13, almost a half-second ahead of IUP’s Rachel Johnson (1:01.71), while Gass finished third in 1:02.01. With the swims by Best and Gass combined with Emilia Ronningdal winning the B-final in 1:02.28, the fifth-best mark of the night, Nova extended the lead over second-place Indy to 129.5 points.

Event 25  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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     NCAA DII: N 59.51  3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
         Meet: M 59.51  3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Best, Savanna          SR Nova S'eastern    1:01.28    1:01.13   20  
    r:+0.74  28.53      1:01.13 (32.60)
  2 Johnson, Rachel        5Y IUP               1:01.78    1:01.71   17  
    r:+0.67  28.83      1:01.71 (32.88)
  3 Gass, Claire           SO Nova S'eastern    1:02.43    1:02.01   16  
    r:+0.58  28.74      1:02.01 (33.27)
  4 Schmidt, Celina        SO Indy              1:02.48    1:02.22   15  
    r:+0.70  29.20      1:02.22 (33.02)
  5 Wenhold, Amanda        JR Wingate           1:01.43    1:02.29   14  
    r:+0.68  28.63      1:02.29 (33.66)
  6 Konstapel, Zara        SR UMSL              1:02.23    1:02.59   13  
    r:+0.69  29.22      1:02.59 (33.37)
  7 Borgenheimer, Lily     5Y Colorado Mesa     1:02.59    1:02.62   12  
    r:+0.71  29.57      1:02.62 (33.05)
  8 Moran, Madeleine       FR Colorado Mesa     1:02.53    1:02.99   11  
    r:+0.66  29.45      1:02.99 (33.54)

Men’s 100 Breaststroke

In an extraordinarily close finish, Drury’s Davi Mourao touched out Florida Southern’s Matteo Zampese for the win by three hundredths, 52.65 to 52.68. Mourao was actually the fifth-fastest qualifier after prelims while Zampese snuck into the final in the eighth spot, but after the entire field turned within three tenths of each other at the halfway point, it was Mourao and Zampese who overtook top qualifiers and early leaders Daniel Garcia and Filipe Pinheiro.

Findlay’s Garcia ended up finishing third in 52.87 after he swam a time of 52.73 in prelims while McKendree’s Pinheiro took fourth in 52.92 after a 52.69 in prelims. No other swimmer was able to break 53 in the final.

Event 26  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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     NCAA DII: N 51.63  3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
         Meet: M 51.63  3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Mourao, Davi           SO Drury               53.29      52.65   20  
    r:+0.64  24.64        52.65 (28.01)
  2 Zampese, Matteo        JR Florida Southern    53.38      52.68   17  
    r:+0.62  24.56        52.68 (28.12)
  3 Garcia Ruiz, Juan Dan  JR Findlay             52.73      52.87   16  
    r:+0.65  24.46        52.87 (28.41)
  4 Pinheiro, Filipe       JR McKendree           52.69      52.92   15  
    r:+0.65  24.47        52.92 (28.45)
  5 Da Silva, Luigi        FR Emmanuel            53.17      53.17   14  
    r:+0.64  24.78        53.17 (28.39)
  6 Chiandussi, Luca       JR Findlay             53.32      53.24   12.5
    r:+0.67  24.71        53.24 (28.53)
  6 Amrein, John           SO OC                  53.02      53.24   12.5
    r:+0.65  24.66        53.24 (28.58)
  8 Cole, Brayden          JR Indy                53.36      53.48   11  
    r:+0.62  24.75        53.48 (28.73)

Women’s 200 Butterfly

After a second-place finish in the 100 fly Thursday night, West Chester’s Ann Carozza won convincingly in the eight-lap butterfly race. While she was unable to approach the NCAA Division II record of 1:55.98 she set last season, Carozza touched more than one-and-a-half seconds clear in the final 200 fly of her collegiate career, touching in 1:57.73.

Drury’s Aurora Duncan was in second place for most of the race, and she ended up touching in 1:59.30 while third place went to Nova Southeastern’s May Lowy, already the winner of the 400 IM Thursday night, who got under 2:00 to finish third in 1:59.83. Drury, currently hanging on to third place in team competition, picked up a 2-4 finish with Mellie Wijk taking fourth in 2:00.15.

Event 27  Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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     NCAA DII: N 1:55.98  3/11/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
         Meet: M 1:55.98  3/11/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Carozza, Ann           5Y West Chester      1:58.29    1:57.73   20  
    r:+0.77  25.98        55.54 (29.56)
        1:25.86 (30.32)     1:57.73 (31.87)
  2 Duncan, Aurora         SO Drury             2:00.01    1:59.30   17  
    r:+0.73  26.49        56.45 (29.96)
        1:27.93 (31.48)     1:59.30 (31.37)
  3 Lowy, May              SO Nova S'eastern    2:00.06    1:59.83   16  
    r:+0.68  27.05        58.38 (31.33)
        1:28.74 (30.36)     1:59.83 (31.09)
  4 Wijk, Mellie           SO Drury             2:00.89    2:00.15   15  
    r:+0.78  26.90        57.23 (30.33)
        1:28.51 (31.28)     2:00.15 (31.64)
  5 Mikesell, Paige        5Y IUP               1:58.95    2:00.44   14  
    r:+0.70  26.47        56.71 (30.24)
        1:28.38 (31.67)     2:00.44 (32.06)
  6 Mertins, Luna          JR Lynn              1:59.71    2:00.91   13  
    r:+0.72  26.32        56.53 (30.21)
        1:28.13 (31.60)     2:00.91 (32.78)
  7 Clifford, Megan        SO Hillsdale         2:01.27    2:01.81   12  
    r:+0.77  27.91        57.80 (29.89)
        1:29.24 (31.44)     2:01.81 (32.57)
  8 Denison, Cheyenne      SR OC                2:01.23    2:01.98   11  
    r:+0.79  27.39        58.37 (30.98)
        1:29.89 (31.52)     2:01.98 (32.09)

Men’s 200 Butterfly

The first men’s national record of the meet went to McKendree’s Jackson Lustig, who already placed third in the 100 fly earlier in the meet. This time, though, Lustig dominated the race from start to finish. In prelims, he notched a mark of 1:42.64 that was two seconds faster than any other swimmer recorded Friday, and in the final, he touched in 1:40.75 to eclipse the Division II national record of 1:41.19 that Queens’ Alex Kunert set in 2019.

Drury’s Andrew Rodriguez took second in 1:45.08, just ahead of Colorado Mesa’s Dejan Urbanek (1:45.30). Drury’s Dominik Karacic swama time of 1:45.14 in prelims for the third-fastest qualifying time, and he sat in second place in the final, but Karacic faded badly on the last 50, andhe tied with teammate Alejandro Villarejo for fourth (1:46.53).

Event 28  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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     NCAA DII: N 1:41.19  3/15/2019 Alex Kunert, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 1:41.19  3/15/2019 Alex Kunert, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Lustig, Jackson        SO McKendree         1:42.64    1:40.75N  20  
    r:+0.68  22.39        47.74 (25.35)
        1:14.03 (26.29)     1:40.75 (26.72)
  2 Rodriguez, Andrew      SR Drury             1:44.79    1:45.08   17  
    r:+0.65  23.23        50.18 (26.95)
        1:17.68 (27.50)     1:45.08 (27.40)
  3 Urbanek, Dejan         SO Colorado Mesa     1:46.10    1:45.30   16  
    r:+0.72  23.72        50.40 (26.68)
        1:17.80 (27.40)     1:45.30 (27.50)
  4 Karacic, Dominik       SR Drury             1:45.14    1:46.53   14.5
    r:+0.73  23.08        49.53 (26.45)
        1:17.59 (28.06)     1:46.53 (28.94)
  4 Villarejo, Alejandro   FR Drury             1:46.04    1:46.53   14.5
    r:+0.65  24.16        50.62 (26.46)
        1:18.45 (27.83)     1:46.53 (28.08)
  6 Agadzhanyan, Serhii    5Y Indy              1:46.47    1:46.71   13  
    r:+0.65  23.37        50.12 (26.75)
        1:18.28 (28.16)     1:46.71 (28.43)
  7 Aimable, Steven        SR Nova S'eastern    1:45.01    1:46.83   12  
    r:+0.68  23.00        49.77 (26.77)
        1:17.58 (27.81)     1:46.83 (29.25)
  8 Bocci, David           SO Clarion           1:46.19    1:47.41   11  
    r:+0.66  23.80        51.00 (27.20)
        1:18.57 (27.57)     1:47.41 (28.84)

Women’s 3-Meter Diving

In a repeat of the finish in 1-meter diving two days earlier, Clarion’s Luna Vejarano edged out Wayne State’s Mikaela Senkus by a small margin to take the win. Verjarano scored 484.60 points, and Senkus took second with 479.70. Also posting an impressive performance was Grand Valley’s Maddie Kooistra, who scored 475.90 for third.

Event 29  Women 3 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
     NCAA DII: N 555.70  3/14/2015 Elizabeth Rawlings, Wayne State
         Meet: M 555.70  3/14/2015 Elizabeth Rawlings, Wayne State
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Vejarano, Luna         FR Clarion            442.60     484.60   20  
  2 Senkus, Mikaela        FR Wayne State        445.70     479.70   17  
  3 Kooistra, Maddie       SO Grand Valley       441.70     475.90   16  
  4 Gubera, Regan          JR McKendree          430.80     444.75   15  
  5 Matchinsky, Meredith   SR St Cloud St        418.70     443.95   14  
  6 Nelson, Olivia         FR West Florida       414.55     429.00   13  
  7 Reyes, Daniela         GR West Florida       425.25     419.55   12  
  8 Starr, Mikaela         SR Indy               422.10     410.60   11

Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay

Indy produced a dominant victory in the final race of the night. Johanna Buys, who set a national record of 22.10 in the 50 free Wednesday, led off a team that also included Julia Magierowska, Andrea Paaske and Leticia Vaselli, and this group won the title in 1:30.58, one-and-a-half seconds clear of any other team. Buys went 22.43 on the leadoff leg, and Vaselli posted a 22.54 on the end to salt away the win.

The battle for second place came down to the wire, and it was Colorado Mesa’s Ruby Bottai, Isabel Powers, Logan Anderson and Ada Qunell who finished in 1:32.12 to claim that spot. Qunell held off Wingate at the finish, and the team of Kelsea Munro, Natalia Dwojak, Amanda Wenhold and Lucinda Andrews finished third in 1:28.28.

For the first time all meet, Nova Southeastern did not win a relay, and in fact, Nova ended up 18th, but the lead remains 90.5 points heading into the meet’s final day.

Event 30  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     NCAA DII: N 1:30.05  3/15/2018 Queens (NC)
                          L Marshall, K Dobson, W Dollmayer, M Prayson
         Meet: M 1:30.05  3/15/2018 Queens (NC)
                          Marshall, Dobson, Dollmayer, Prayson
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Indy                                1:30.86    1:30.58   40  
     1) Buys, Johanna 5Y              2) r:0.20 Magierowska, Julia SO 
     3) r:0.15 Paaske, Andrea SO      4) r:0.31 Vaselli, Leticia SR   
    r:+0.77  22.43        45.14 (22.71)
        1:08.04 (22.90)     1:30.58 (22.54)
  2 Colorado Mesa                       1:32.74    1:32.12   34  
     1) Bottai, Ruby SR               2) r:0.22 Powers, Isabel JR     
     3) r:0.28 Anderson, Logan 5Y     4) r:0.29 Qunell, Ada FR        
    r:+0.74  23.70        46.51 (22.81)
        1:09.24 (22.73)     1:32.12 (22.88)
  3 Wingate                             1:32.75    1:32.28   32  
     1) Munro, Kelsea SO              2) r:0.32 Dwojak, Natalia FR    
     3) r:0.08 Wenhold, Amanda JR     4) r:0.13 Andrews, Lucinda SO   
    r:+0.69  23.14        46.05 (22.91)
        1:09.42 (23.37)     1:32.28 (22.86)
  4 Drury                               1:32.11    1:32.49   30  
     1) Rogowska, Katarzyna SR        2) r:0.03 Bushell, Josephine JR 
     3) r:0.29 Fouchi, Gabriella SR   4) r:0.24 Moore, Ashlyn FR      
    r:+0.73  23.33        46.07 (22.74)
        1:09.69 (23.62)     1:32.49 (22.80)
  5 McKendree                           1:31.89    1:32.63   28  
     1) Sonnenberg, Karley SO         2) r:0.35 Novias Lima, Gaiela FR
     3) r:0.32 Kachkin, Alexis JR     4) r:0.33 Rumpp, Abigail SR     
    r:+0.71  23.44        46.43 (22.99)
        1:09.45 (23.02)     1:32.63 (23.18)
  6 Delta State                         1:32.71    1:32.74   26  
     1) Solkow, Daniella JR           2) r:0.40 Kloth, Jordon FR      
     3) r:0.30 Kloth, Mikayla FR      4) r:0.50 Fant, Tristen SO      
    r:+0.70  23.20        46.62 (23.42)
        1:09.67 (23.05)     1:32.74 (23.07)
  7 Tampa                               1:32.19    1:32.77   24  
     1) Morin, Tilde FR               2) r:0.33 Van De Wiele, Emily JR
     3) r:0.19 Frece, Sophia FR       4) r:0.21 Vrijhof, Roma JR      
    r:+0.78  22.92        46.07 (23.15)
        1:09.63 (23.56)     1:32.77 (23.14)
  8 West Chester                        1:32.77    1:32.96   22  
     1) Niness, Mikayla JR            2) r:0.40 Kil, Isabella FR      
     3) r:0.14 Hemingway, Mckenzie JR 4) r:0.14 Trumble, Sam SO       
    r:+0.75  23.55        46.82 (23.27)
        1:10.08 (23.26)     1:32.96 (22.88)

Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay

Indy made it a sweep of the 200 free relay as the men’s team extended its lead in the team competition. The team of Jeron Thompson, Diego Mas, Joao Silva and Aqueel Joseph picked up the win in 1:17.19, and the key leg was Mas, who blasted an 18.63 for the only sub-19 split of the event.

McKendree finished about a half-second behind in 1:17.73 with Gregg Lichinsky, Mario Perez Torrado, Alireza Yavari and Caleb Law on the team. Lichinsky led off in 19.36 while Yavari split 19.29 on the third leg. Henderson State, which had the top two finishers in the 50 free with Lamar Taylor and Jack Armstrong, finished third in 1:18.14. Armstrong led off in 19.41, followed by Taylor’s 19.11, and Jase Pinckney and Tim Holt finished off the relay in 1:18.14.

Event 31  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
==================================================================================
     NCAA DII: N 1:16.90  3/18/2021 Drury
                          K Ostrowski, K Glass, C Carlson, A Bowen
         Meet: M 1:16.90  3/18/2021 Drury
                          K Ostrowski, K Glass, C Carlson, A Bowen
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 Indy                                1:18.13    1:17.19   40  
     1) Thompson, Jeron SR            2) r:0.14 Mas, Diego SR         
     3) r:0.24 Silva, Joao SR         4) r:0.20 Joseph, Aqeel JR      
    r:+0.56  19.56        38.19 (18.63)
          57.51 (19.32)     1:17.19 (19.68)
  2 McKendree                           1:18.52    1:17.73   34  
     1) Lichinsky, Gregg SR           2) r:0.30 Perez Torrado, ario FR
     3) r:0.01 Yavari, Alireza JR     4) r:0.35 Law, Caleb SR         
    r:+0.63  19.36        39.03 (19.67)
          58.32 (19.29)     1:17.73 (19.41)
  3 Henderson St.                       1:18.89    1:18.14   32  
     1) Armstrong, Jack 5Y            2) r:0.39 Taylor, Lamar JR      
     3) r:0.26 Pinckney, Jase JR      4) r:0.22 Holt, Tim SR          
    r:+0.66  19.41        38.52 (19.11)
          58.35 (19.83)     1:18.14 (19.79)
  4 Florida Southern                    1:20.00    1:18.55   30  
     1) Zampese, Matteo JR            2) r:0.24 Micallef, Kyle JR     
     3) r:0.30 Wilson, Brandon SO     4) r:0.12 Lai-Harris, Cameron JR
             19.56        38.75 (19.19)
          58.53 (19.78)     1:18.55 (20.02)
  5 OC                                  1:19.13    1:19.08   28  
     1) Heredia, Brandon SR           2) r:0.29 Amrein, John SO       
     3) r:0.24 Montgomery, Dereck SO  4) r:0.31 Berling, Felix SO     
    r:+0.66  20.01        39.74 (19.73)
          59.47 (19.73)     1:19.08 (19.61)
  6 Drury                               1:19.65    1:19.14   26  
     1) Glass, Khameron SR            2) r:0.29 Sawicki, Oskar FR     
     3) r:0.20 Karacic, Dominik SR    4) r:0.29 Scott, Aidan JR       
    r:+0.62  19.59        39.72 (20.13)
          59.00 (19.28)     1:19.14 (20.14)
  7 St Cloud St                         1:19.48    1:19.18   24  
     1) Townley, Abraham SR           2) r:0.46 Hendriks, Raf JR      
     3) r:0.19 Dost, Emile JR         4) r:0.33 Beck, Mason FR        
             19.41        39.71 (20.30)
          59.36 (19.65)     1:19.18 (19.82)
  8 Wayne State                         1:19.70    1:19.49   22  
     1) Cvetko, Luka SR               2) r:0.25 Nowinski, Stewart 5Y  
     3) r:0.23 Wolsek, Michael JR     4) r:0.16 Jones, Trevor SO      
    r:+0.71  19.86        39.56 (19.70)
          58.83 (19.27)     1:19.49 (20.66)
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