The 2020 NCAA Division II swimming and diving championships opened up Wednesday night from Geneva, Ohio as one NCAA Division II record fell. The McKendree men and Queens women lead the competition after day one finals.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 8 1. Queens (Nc) 115 2. Drury 111 3. UC - San Diego 105 4. Indy 65 5. Wingate 59 6. Lindenwood 51 7. Nova S'Eastern 49 8. Tampa 45 9. West Florida 36 9. Grand Valley 36 11. St. Cloud St.-M 34 12. West Chester 31 13. Carson-Newman 30 14. Wayne State 28 15. Azusa Pacific 22 16. Mines 17 17. Clarion University 15 18. Fresno Pacific 14 18. Northern Michigan 14 18. Bellarmine 14 21. Delta State 10 22. Bloomsburg 7 23. McKendree 6 24. Findlay 4 25. Csu East Bay 3 25. Augustana 3 27. Colorado Mesa 2 27. Lynn 2 27. Sioux Falls 2
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 9 1. McKendree 92 2. Delta State 70 3. Nova S'Eastern 68.5 4. Queens (Nc) 63 5. Drury 61 6. Indy 56 7. UC - San Diego 47.5 8. Fresno Pacific 41 9. Missouri S & T 36 10. Lindenwood 34 10. Emmanuel 34 12. Carson-Newman 33 13. Wingate 32 14. Grand Valley 30 15. Simon Fraser 14.5 16. Lewis 12.5 17. Northern Michigan 7 18. Colorado Mesa 6 19. Tampa 5 19. Wayne State 5 21. St. Cloud St.-M 2 21. Findlay 2 23. Saint Leo 1
The one NCAA record to fall on Wednesday came in the very first event as Georgia Wright swam a 9:43.70, breaking her own record of 9:45.86 that she set in winning last year. Wright won ahead of Mia Wood (9:50.96) of Mines and Erica Dahlgren (9:56.67) of Drury.
The McKendree men are leading the competition through the first four events as they got a win from freshman Fabio Dalu in the 1000 (8:59.50) to start the night. He won by six seconds over Niels Engeln of Lindenwood (9:05.13) and Vincent Lijoli of Nova Southeastern (9:06.53).
McKendree also closed the night with a win in the 200 medley relay with a 1:25.29, just missing the NCAA record of 1:24.83 set by Queens in 2018. The team of DaVante Carey (21.45), John Heaphy (23.82), Gregg Lichinsky (20.57) and Alexander Skinner (19.45) barely beat conference rival Indianapolis (1:25.80) in second place.
The Queens women are leading the competition as they are going for their sixth straight national title this weekend. The Royals won the 200 medley relay to close out the night with a 1:39.59 as the team of Rachel Massaro (24.86), Mikaela Fullerton (27.84), Georgia DaCruz (24.02) and Alexandria Baker (22.87) won ahead of UC San Diego (1:39.96) and Nova Southeastern (1:40.13).
Queens also got an individual win from Alexandria Baker in the 200 IM as she won with a 2:00.00, just ahead of UC San Diego’s Tina Reuter (2:00.28) and Drury’s Rebecca Cross (2:00.29).
Delta State’s Emmanuel Fava won the 200 IM (1:44.10) and UC San Diego’s Spencer Daily won the 50 free (19.58). Drury’s Bailee Nunn took the 50 free at 22.36.
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