Dion Dreesens Nips NCAA D2 Mark in 500 Free In Prelims

After crushing the 200 free record last night, Queens’ Dion Dreesens clipped the men’s 500-yard free NCAA D II record this morning at the 2016 NCAA Division II Championships. His time of 4:20.70 was just under the previous record of 4:20.98 set by his teammate Nick Arakelian last year at this meet.

The two teammates will look to battle it out for the win tonight.

Arakelian took second in 4:23.31 and West Chester’s Victory Polyakov was third in 4:24.69.

Saint Leo’s Daniel Bis (4:25.14), Simon Fraser’s Adrian VanderHelm (4:25.51), Missouri S&T’s Jon Glaser (4:25.51), Simon Fraser’s Mackenzie Hamill (4:26.17), and Indy’s Vitor Botana (4:26.35) round out the top eight.

=== Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Dreesens, Dion         JR Queens (NC)       4:21.37    4:20.70R 
    r:+0.78  23.12        48.99 (25.87)
        1:15.56 (26.57)     1:42.21 (26.65)
        2:09.04 (26.83)     2:35.98 (26.94)
        3:02.68 (26.70)     3:29.21 (26.53)
        3:55.68 (26.47)     4:20.70 (25.02)
  2 Arakelian, Nick        SO Queens (NC)       4:25.48    4:23.31  
    r:+0.69  23.36        49.05 (25.69)
        1:15.45 (26.40)     1:42.16 (26.71)
        2:09.08 (26.92)     2:36.10 (27.02)
        3:03.13 (27.03)     3:30.23 (27.10)
        3:56.86 (26.63)     4:23.31 (26.45)
  3 Polyakov, Victor       JR West Chester      4:22.68    4:24.69  
    r:+0.78  24.16        50.84 (26.68)
        1:17.67 (26.83)     1:45.01 (27.34)
        2:11.91 (26.90)     2:38.55 (26.64)
        3:05.20 (26.65)     3:31.86 (26.66)
        3:58.30 (26.44)     4:24.69 (26.39)
  4 Bis, Daniel            SO Saint Leo         4:26.42    4:25.14  
    r:+0.80  24.84        51.53 (26.69)
        1:17.91 (26.38)     1:45.25 (27.34)
        2:11.67 (26.42)     2:38.12 (26.45)
        3:04.95 (26.83)     3:31.49 (26.54)
        3:58.25 (26.76)     4:25.14 (26.89)
  5 VanderHelm, Adrian     SO Simon Fraser      4:24.27    4:25.51  
    r:+0.77  23.45        49.26 (25.81)
        1:15.93 (26.67)     1:43.15 (27.22)
        2:10.44 (27.29)     2:37.78 (27.34)
        3:04.84 (27.06)     3:32.09 (27.25)
        3:59.21 (27.12)     4:25.51 (26.30)
  6 Glaser, Jon            JR Missouri S & T    4:25.75    4:25.76  
    r:+0.66  23.95        50.48 (26.53)
        1:17.42 (26.94)     1:44.57 (27.15)
        2:11.97 (27.40)     2:38.98 (27.01)
        3:06.03 (27.05)     3:33.20 (27.17)
        4:00.05 (26.85)     4:25.76 (25.71)
  7 Hamill, Mackenzie      FR Simon Fraser      4:24.91    4:26.17  
    r:+0.78  24.11        50.54 (26.43)
        1:17.21 (26.67)     1:43.84 (26.63)
        2:10.41 (26.57)     2:37.27 (26.86)
        3:04.27 (27.00)     3:32.25 (27.98)
        3:59.82 (27.57)     4:26.17 (26.35)
  8 Botana, Vitor          FR Indy              4:25.19    4:26.35  
    r:+0.65  24.55        50.94 (26.39)
        1:17.88 (26.94)     1:45.09 (27.21)
        2:12.16 (27.07)     2:39.27 (27.11)
        3:06.15 (26.88)     3:33.17 (27.02)
        4:00.15 (26.98)     4:26.35 (26.20)
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  9 Strathmeyer, Bradley   SR West Chester      4:27.16    4:27.21  
    r:+0.73  24.10        50.17 (26.07)
        1:16.84 (26.67)     1:44.19 (27.35)
        2:11.66 (27.47)     2:39.10 (27.44)
        3:06.45 (27.35)     3:33.58 (27.13)
        4:00.62 (27.04)     4:27.21 (26.59)
 10 Silva Santa, Gustavo   JR Lindenwood        4:28.84    4:27.60  
    r:+0.85  24.62        51.45 (26.83)
        1:18.74 (27.29)     1:46.23 (27.49)
        2:13.52 (27.29)     2:41.10 (27.58)
        3:08.28 (27.18)     3:35.65 (27.37)
        4:01.98 (26.33)     4:27.60 (25.62)
 11 Griffith, Robert       SO Cal Baptist       4:26.00    4:28.03  
    r:+0.73  24.09        50.35 (26.26)
        1:17.47 (27.12)     1:44.92 (27.45)
        2:12.44 (27.52)     2:39.72 (27.28)
        3:07.08 (27.36)     3:34.27 (27.19)
        4:01.52 (27.25)     4:28.03 (26.51)
 12 Reinbrecht, Alex       SO Drury             4:26.08    4:28.06  
    r:+0.66  24.38        50.72 (26.34)
        1:17.49 (26.77)     1:44.51 (27.02)
        2:12.09 (27.58)     2:39.62 (27.53)
        3:07.01 (27.39)     3:34.63 (27.62)
        4:01.86 (27.23)     4:28.06 (26.20)
 13 Pourvahidi, Chandler   JR UCSD              4:28.02    4:28.11  
    r:+0.70  24.18        50.28 (26.10)
        1:17.02 (26.74)     1:44.03 (27.01)
        2:11.16 (27.13)     2:38.34 (27.18)
        3:05.79 (27.45)     3:33.93 (28.14)
        4:01.78 (27.85)     4:28.11 (26.33)
 14 Holmes, Matthew        FR Florida Southern  4:31.98    4:28.67  
    r:+0.61  23.91        50.20 (26.29)
        1:17.34 (27.14)     1:45.02 (27.68)
        2:12.92 (27.90)     2:40.02 (27.10)
        3:07.68 (27.66)     3:35.70 (28.02)
        4:02.79 (27.09)     4:28.67 (25.88)
 15 Sawicki, Nathan        FR Delta State       4:31.75    4:28.74  
    r:+0.74  24.33        50.85 (26.52)
        1:17.96 (27.11)     1:45.25 (27.29)
        2:12.78 (27.53)     2:40.16 (27.38)
        3:07.77 (27.61)     3:35.43 (27.66)
        4:02.88 (27.45)     4:28.74 (25.86)
 16 Woodrow, Blake         SO Nova S'eastern    4:29.57    4:28.94  
    r:+0.72  23.92        49.72 (25.80)
        1:16.70 (26.98)     1:43.98 (27.28)
        2:11.59 (27.61)     2:39.37 (27.78)
        3:07.01 (27.64)     3:34.72 (27.71)
        4:02.16 (27.44)     4:28.94 (26.78)

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