3 Top Takeaways From NCAA Division 3 Weekend

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By Cathleen Pruden, NCAA D3 Beat Writer

NCAA Division 3 swimming had some decent swims during what amounted to a training weekend.

3 Top Takeaways From NCAA Division 3 Weekend

1. The Case Western and Rochester women faced off in Del Ray Beach, Florida. The training trip meet was exhibition, and results are unavailable.

2. The Kenyon, Washington (MO) and Coast Guard Academy men raced in a training trip meet, with no results available.

3. WPI and Pomona-Pitzer went head to head on Tuesday, and the host Pomona-Pitzer won the men’s and women’s meets.

On the women’s side, the Sagehens won 11 of the 12 contested events. Vee Vanderpoel lead a sweep of the 1,000 with her time of 10:58.40. Cayla Nishizaki claimed the 200 freestyle in a time of 2:02.35. She also went on to win the 50 freestyle with a 25.13.

Pomona-Pitzer also swept the 100 backstroke, lead by freshman Sarah Jin, in a time of 59.32. Jin also topped the 200 backstroke by nearly four seconds with a time of 2:11.67. The freshman’s third win of the day came in the 200 IM when she swam a 2:17.52.

Freshman Erin Bigus claimed the 100 breaststroke in a 1:23.30 and the 200 in a 2:32.93. Kara Miller-Radest had a dominating performance in the 200 butterfly, wining the event with a 2:13.21. The sophomore also claimed the sprint butterfly finishing in 1:01.67. Pomona-Pitzer claimed first through fifth in the 100 freestyle as Madison Kauahi won the event with a 53.81.

WPI’s sole win of the day came from Jenny Day who won the 500 freestyle by just under a second in a time of 5:19.14.

Pomona Pitzer won the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:53.71 and the 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:41.23. Dawn Barlow won the 1 meter diving with a score of 239.40. Stephanie Merchant was the sole 3 meter diver with a score of 153.75.

The WPI women finished with a final score of 61 while Pomona-Pitzer totaled 223 points.

The men’s meet was much closer with Pomona-Pitzer finishing with 174 points to WPI’s 114. Pomona-Pitzer divers started the meet with a sweep as Jeremy Goldberg claimed the 1 meter board with a score of 180.75. He later claimed the 3 meter with a score of 186.38.

WPI out touched Pomona-Pitzer for the 200 medley relay win with a time of 1:35.58. Pomona-Pitzer freshman Jack Swanson dominated the 1000 freestyle by 25 seconds, finishing in a time of 10:06.76. He also won the 500 with a 4:54.01.

Andrew Bauer switched the momentum, claiming the 200 freestyle for WPI in a time of 1:44.28. The Sagehens’ Samuel To then topped the 100 backstroke in a 53.86.

WPI claimed two events in a row as Tim Petri swam a 59.71 in the 100 breaststroke and Seth MacDonald claimed the 200 butterfly with a 1:57.63. He also finished the meet’s individual races with a win in the 200 IM with his time of 1:59.19.

Adrian Hu raced to a 21.56 for the 50 freestyle win. His Pomona-Pitzer teammate Mark Hallman took the 100 in a 48.47. Another Sagehen freshman, Erik Garcia won the 200 backstroke in a 1:56.76. A fourth freshman, Teddy Koerner won a close 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:11.24.

WPI’s Jack Bauer won the 100 butterfly with a 52.27. Pomona-Pitzer closed out the meet with a 200 freestyle relay win in a time of 1:25.84.

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Sharon Siu

8 years ago

Woohoo!