NCAA Division II Championships, Night 3 Finals: Records Falling as Nova, Tampa Stalk Team Titles

Emily Trieschmann
Emily Trieschmann -- Courtesy: Joe Hausman, Nova Southeastern University Athletics

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NCAA Division II Championships, Night 3 Finals: Records Falling as Nova, Tampa Stalk Team Titles

The Nova Southeastern women are looking strong in pursuit of a second consecutive title at the NCAA Division II Championships in Geneva, Ohio. A lead of 30.5 points after Wednesday evening’s finals session now sits at 50.5 points, largely thanks to a second individual title this week for Emily Trieschmann, who added the 200 freestyle national crown to her earlier win in the 1000 free. Teammate Rafaela Raurich was also an individual winner on night three.

On the men’s side, meanwhile, Tampa extended its lead to 48 points in hopes of winning the school’s first-ever team title. In addition to Trieschmann, individual medley swimmers Benedict Nagy (women’s) and Benjamin Sampson (men’s), both of Colorado Mesa, added 400 IM wins to their earlier titles in the 200 IM. Sampson and Indy’s Cedric Buessing went head-to-head in a thrilling 400 IM final that came down to one hundredth, with both men shattering the national record in the event. A national record also fell in the men’s 400 medley relay.

Team Scores

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 19                     
 
  1. Nova S'Eastern                    278   2. Drury                           227.5
  3. Colorado Mesa                   211.5   4. Indy                              176
  5. Lynn                              107   6. Tampa                              98
  7. West Florida                       93   8. Findlay                          92.5
  9. Wingate                            71  10. Augustana (W)                      70
 11. Clarion                            63  12. Simon Fraser                     61.5
 13. Wayne State                        59  14. Wcu                                48
 15. Grand Valley                       44  16. Delta State                        42
 17. Nmu                                41  18. Carson-Newman                      32
 19. Msu Mankato                        30  20. Azusa Pacific                    28.5
 21. Csu East Bay                       18  22. Henderson St.                      17
 22. McKendree                          17  24. Florida Southern                 15.5
 25. Oklahoma Christi                   14  26. Mines                              13
 27. Umsl                               10  27. Truman St.                         10
 29. Lewis                               8  30. Southern Conn                       7
 31. Emmanuel                            4  32. Unc- Pembroke                       3
 33. Davenport                           2  34. Bentley                             1
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 20                      
 
  1. Tampa                             257   2. Drury                             209
  3. Indy                              188   4. McKendree                         147
  5. Colorado Mesa                     135   6. Nova S'Eastern                    108
  7. Grand Valley                      107   8. Findlay                           104
  9. Missouri S & T                     97  10. Henderson St.                      90
 11. Lewis                              83  12. Oklahoma Christi                   66
 13. Florida Southern                   65  14. Wayne State                        51
 15. Clarion                            39  16. Nmu                                38
 17. Carson-Newman                      36  18. Wingate                            30
 19. Wcu                                29  20. Simon Fraser                       28
 21. Delta State                        22  22. St. Cloud St.-M                    19
 23. Saginaw Valley                     16  24. UT of the Permian Basin             9
 25. Fresno Pacific                      6  25. Montevallo                          6
 25. Florida Tech                        6  28. Rollins                             5
 29. Ouachita                            4  30. Mines                               2
 31. Umsl                                1  31. Catawba                             1

Women’s 100 Butterfly

Nova Southeastern kicked off the night in fine fashion as Rafaela Raurich blasted her way home to win a tight finish in the 100 fly. Trailing Lynn’s Luna Mertins, the 2022 winner of the event, at he halfway point by 16-hundredths, Raurich came home in 28.32 to come over the top and pull out the win by just over a tenth. Raurich, who was the top seed coming into the meet, clocked a time of 53.16 that was one hundredth shy of her season best.

Mertins grabbed second in 53.27 while third went to Findlay’s Emily Mears-Bentley, who was in sixth place at the halfway point before clocking in a 28.10 split that was best in the field. Mears-Bentley swam a time of 53.39, and Tampa’s Isabelle Sering was fourth in 53.57.

Event 12  Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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     NCAA DII: N 52.06  3/10/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
         Meet: M 52.06  3/10/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
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                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Raurich, Rafaela       SO Nova S'eastern      53.54      53.16   20  
             24.84        53.16 (28.32)
  2 Mertins, Luna          SR Lynn                53.62      53.27   17  
             24.68        53.27 (28.59)
  3 Mears-Bentley, Emily   SO Findlay             54.15      53.39   16  
             25.29        53.39 (28.10)
  4 Sering, Isabelle       SR Tampa               54.01      53.57   15  
             25.07        53.57 (28.50)
  5 Wijk, Mellie           JR Drury               54.37      53.92   14  
             25.21        53.92 (28.71)
  6 Barnes, Madysen        SR Tampa               54.44      54.01   13  
             25.45        54.01 (28.56)
  7 Kloth, Mikayla         SO Delta State         54.47      54.64   12  
             25.21        54.64 (29.43)
  8 Kong, Tehani           FR CSU East Bay        54.33      54.65   11  
             25.50        54.65 (29.15)

Men’s 100 Butterfly

During his senior year, Findlay’s Timothy Stollings fell just short of a top-three finish in the 100 fly at the national championship meet, his time of 46.17 in the championship final finishing five hundredths back of the podium. But in his fifth year, Stollings would not be denied a title as he overtook teammate Camilo Marrugo down the stretch to win by three hundredths. Trailing by just over a tneth at the turn, Stollings came home in 24.76 to win the touch in 45.99, with Marrugo coming in at 45.99.

Another fifth-year swimmer, Jase Pinckney, took third in 46.17, just ahead of Drury’s Alejandro Villarejo (46.37), Tampa’s Adrian Aguilar (46.41) and McKendree’s Jackson Lustig (46.44).

Event 13  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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     NCAA DII: N 44.32  3/14/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 44.32  3/14/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Stollings, Timothy     5Y Findlay             46.19      45.96   20  
             21.20        45.96 (24.76)
  2 Marrugo Montano, Cami  JR Findlay             45.86      45.99   17  
             21.08        45.99 (24.91)
  3 Pinckney, Jase         5Y Henderson St.       46.02      46.17   16  
             21.36        46.17 (24.81)
  4 Villarejo, Alejandro   SO Drury               46.48      46.37   15  
             21.72        46.37 (24.65)
  5 Aguilar, Adrian        5Y Tampa               46.54      46.41   14  
             21.23        46.41 (25.18)
  6 Lustig, Jackson        JR McKendree           46.63      46.44   13  
             21.89        46.44 (24.55)
  7 de Oliveira, Daniel    FR Carson-Newman       46.65      46.63   12  
             21.58        46.63 (25.05)
  8 Armstrong, Jack        5Y Henderson St.       46.99      47.37   11  
             21.57        47.37 (25.80)

Women’s 400 IM

She was a wire-to-wire winner one day earlier in the 200 IM, with Colorado Mesa fifth-year swimmer Benedict Nagy pulling away on the freestyle to win the shorter event. The 400 IM, however, was a total drubbing, with Nagy up by almost two seconds after backstroke before extending the lead to almost six seconds on breaststroke. The field closed slightly on freestyle, but it did not matter as Nagy cruised to an easy win.

The graduate transfer from Division I Nevada closed out her lone 400 IM campaign on the Division II level with a time of 4:10.40, which beat runnerup Andrea Gomez of Indy by an insane 4.65 seconds. Gomez clocked 4:15.05, leaving defending champion May Lowy of Nova in third place at 4:15.55.

Event 14  Women 400 Yard IM
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     NCAA DII: N 4:08.56  3/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 4:08.56  3/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
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                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Nagy, Benedict         5Y Colorado Mesa     4:13.99    4:10.40   20  
             26.70        56.73 (30.03)
        1:28.18 (31.45)     1:59.10 (30.92)
        2:34.74 (35.64)     3:10.92 (36.18)
        3:40.76 (29.84)     4:10.40 (29.64)
  2 Gomez Espinosa, Andre  JR Indy              4:20.13    4:15.05   17  
             26.80        57.32 (30.52)
        1:29.65 (32.33)     2:01.04 (31.39)
        2:38.67 (37.63)     3:17.12 (38.45)
        3:46.90 (29.78)     4:15.05 (28.15)
  3 Lowy, May              JR Nova S'eastern    4:18.99    4:15.55   16  
             27.49        58.07 (30.58)
        1:31.49 (33.42)     2:04.11 (32.62)
        2:40.07 (35.96)     3:16.76 (36.69)
        3:46.90 (30.14)     4:15.55 (28.65)
  4 Fe Munoz, Maria        SO Drury             4:17.38    4:16.96   15  
             27.42        57.82 (30.40)
        1:31.55 (33.73)     2:04.14 (32.59)
        2:41.00 (36.86)     3:17.19 (36.19)
        3:47.30 (30.11)     4:16.96 (29.66)
  5 Conover, Claire        JR Drury             4:22.56    4:17.38   14  
             27.48        58.96 (31.48)
        1:32.85 (33.89)     2:06.61 (33.76)
        2:41.92 (35.31)     3:17.57 (35.65)
        3:48.36 (30.79)     4:17.38 (29.02)
  6 Schmidt, Celina        JR Indy              4:21.87    4:17.72   13  
             27.35        59.13 (31.78)
        1:32.40 (33.27)     2:05.88 (33.48)
        2:40.99 (35.11)     3:17.23 (36.24)
        3:48.10 (30.87)     4:17.72 (29.62)
  7 Bains, Sophia          JR Colorado Mesa     4:18.67    4:21.20   12  
             27.66        58.91 (31.25)
        1:32.54 (33.63)     2:05.25 (32.71)
        2:42.18 (36.93)     3:19.86 (37.68)
        3:50.83 (30.97)     4:21.20 (30.37)
  8 Gerhart, Sophia        SR WCU               4:22.12    4:23.65   11  
             27.87        59.10 (31.23)
        1:33.37 (34.27)     2:06.78 (33.41)
        2:45.24 (38.46)     3:23.59 (38.35)
        3:54.18 (30.59)     4:23.65 (29.47)

Men’s 400 IM

In his second consecutive national title in the 200 IM, Colorado Mesa’s Benjamin Sampson finished three tenths off a six-year-old Division II national record as he clocked 1:41.92. In the 400 IM, the record would not evade him, but Sampson had plenty more to worry about with the presence of Indy’s Cedric Buessing, who was runnerup to Tampa’s Santiago Corredor one year ago.

Sampson led Buessing by three-quarters of a second after butterfly, and he maintained that edge on backstroke before pulling out to a one-second margin on breaststroke. Corredor was in contention for a second straight title through the first 200 yards before falling back. It looked as though Sampson would cruise to the wall, but Buessing had a 24.37 split waiting for the final 50 yards, out-splitting Sampson by almost a second and nearly pulling off the stunner.

In the end, though, Sampson clocked 3:40.22, with Buessing one hundredth back at 3:40.23. Both men obliterated the national record of 3:42.49 set by Simon Fraser’s Collyn Gagne six years ago. Corredor, meanwhile, held on sufficiently to take third in 3:46.26.

Event 15  Men 400 Yard IM
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     NCAA DII: N 3:40.22  3/14/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa
         Meet: M 3:40.22  3/14/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Sampson, Benjamin      JR Colorado Mesa     3:48.53    3:40.22N  20  
             23.66        50.65 (26.99)
        1:18.81 (28.16)     1:46.06 (27.25)
        2:16.97 (30.91)     2:48.30 (31.33)
        3:14.88 (26.58)     3:40.22 (25.34)
  2 Buessing, Cedric       JR Indy              3:48.27    3:40.23   17  
             23.65        51.39 (27.74)
        1:19.44 (28.05)     1:46.76 (27.32)
        2:17.88 (31.12)     2:49.31 (31.43)
        3:15.86 (26.55)     3:40.23 (24.37)
  3 Corredor, Santiago     SR Tampa             3:50.39    3:46.26   16  
             23.73        50.85 (27.12)
        1:19.45 (28.60)     1:47.15 (27.70)
        2:19.94 (32.79)     2:53.50 (33.56)
        3:20.33 (26.83)     3:46.26 (25.93)
  4 Nogueira, Joao         SO Drury             3:50.19    3:47.95   15  
             24.11        51.99 (27.88)
        1:21.34 (29.35)     1:49.94 (28.60)
        2:22.03 (32.09)     2:54.31 (32.28)
        3:21.66 (27.35)     3:47.95 (26.29)
  5 Bichsel, Connor        SO Missouri S & T    3:49.44    3:49.54   14  
             24.35        52.44 (28.09)
        1:22.61 (30.17)     1:52.08 (29.47)
        2:23.93 (31.85)     2:56.09 (32.16)
        3:23.08 (26.99)     3:49.54 (26.46)
  6 Aponte, Daniel         JR NMU               3:49.99    3:51.09   13  
             24.66        52.84 (28.18)
        1:23.22 (30.38)     1:53.70 (30.48)
        2:25.20 (31.50)     2:56.95 (31.75)
        3:24.62 (27.67)     3:51.09 (26.47)
  7 Nagy, Kolos            SO WCU               3:51.08    3:51.61   12  
             24.39        52.17 (27.78)
        1:21.21 (29.04)     1:49.65 (28.44)
        2:23.03 (33.38)     2:56.99 (33.96)
        3:24.89 (27.90)     3:51.61 (26.72)
  8 Sidorko, Kirill        SO Lewis             3:51.26    3:56.44   11  
             24.15        52.61 (28.46)
        1:23.61 (31.00)     1:54.07 (30.46)
        2:26.29 (32.22)     2:59.79 (33.50)
        3:28.51 (28.72)     3:56.44 (27.93)

Women’s 200 Freestyle

In the 200 free final, Nova Southeastern’s Emily Treischmann got an early push from Azusa Pacific’s Montana White, but the swimmer who has dominated the distance races on the D2 level in recent years was not going to be denied over 200 yards. Indeed, Trieschmann pulled away to take the win by 1.87 seconds while coming in just three tenths off the D2 meet record.

Trieschmann clocked 1:45.60 for the win, adding to earlier victories in the 1000 free and 800 free relay. Simon Fraser’s Tori Meklensek placed second in 1:47.47, coming in two hundredths clear of White (1:47.49). Drury’s Josephine Bushell took fourth in 1:48.14, just head of Nova’s Rafaela Raurich, already the winner of the 100 fly earlier in the night, at 1:48.15 and Nova’s Emilia Ronnigdahl, last year’s winner in the 200 free, taking sixth in 1:48.51.

Event 16  Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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     NCAA DII: N 1:44.44  2/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 1:45.27  3/12/2015 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Trieschmann, Emily     JR Nova S'eastern    1:46.88    1:45.60   20  
             24.81        51.11 (26.30)
        1:18.15 (27.04)     1:45.60 (27.45)
  2 Meklensek, Tori        JR Simon Fraser      1:47.70    1:47.47   17  
             25.40        52.88 (27.48)
        1:20.41 (27.53)     1:47.47 (27.06)
  3 White, Montana         JR Azusa Pacific     1:48.12    1:47.49   16  
             24.83        51.53 (26.70)
        1:19.17 (27.64)     1:47.49 (28.32)
  4 Bushell, Josephine     SR Drury             1:48.38    1:48.14   15  
             25.31        52.81 (27.50)
        1:20.26 (27.45)     1:48.14 (27.88)
  5 Raurich, Rafaela       SO Nova S'eastern    1:49.21    1:48.15   14  
             25.49        52.89 (27.40)
        1:20.67 (27.78)     1:48.15 (27.48)
  6 Ronningdal, Emilia     SO Nova S'eastern    1:48.41    1:48.51   13  
             25.05        52.08 (27.03)
        1:19.90 (27.82)     1:48.51 (28.61)
  7 Hedley, Lucy           SO Grand Valley      1:49.11    1:49.40   12  
             25.02        52.83 (27.81)
        1:21.39 (28.56)     1:49.40 (28.01)
  8 Azirovic, Nina         SO Wingate           1:48.92    1:49.51   11  
             25.09        52.53 (27.44)
        1:21.00 (28.47)     1:49.51 (28.51)

Men’s 200 Freestyle

A third individual victory on the night for Nova Southeastern and the first on the men’s side belonged to Marcel Snitko, who held off the flying Matthew Bosch by 25-hundredths down the stretch. Snitko touched in 1:34.64, holding Bosch, representing Grand Valley State, at bay despite his 24.09 closing leg that moved him up considerably in the field.

Snitko also had to deal with teammate Thomas Flower, who led at each intermediate split before tightning up and fading to third in 1:35.37. Colorado Mesa’s Aziz Ghaffari took fourth in 1:35.62.

Event 17  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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     NCAA DII: N 1:32.46  3/10/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 1:32.46  3/10/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Snitko, Marcel         5Y Nova S'eastern    1:35.30    1:34.64   20  
             21.95        45.96 (24.01)
        1:10.20 (24.24)     1:34.64 (24.44)
  2 Bosch, Matthew         JR Grand Valley      1:35.53    1:34.89   17  
             22.06        46.36 (24.30)
        1:10.80 (24.44)     1:34.89 (24.09)
  3 Flower, Thomas         JR Nova S'eastern    1:35.18    1:35.37   16  
             21.78        45.71 (23.93)
        1:10.38 (24.67)     1:35.37 (24.99)
  4 Ghaffari, Aziz         5Y Colorado Mesa     1:35.63    1:35.62   15  
             22.08        46.11 (24.03)
        1:10.97 (24.86)     1:35.62 (24.65)
  5 Rosado, Victor         JR Oklahoma Christi  1:34.85    1:35.75   14  
             22.60        46.73 (24.13)
        1:11.70 (24.97)     1:35.75 (24.05)
  6 Knollman, Parker       JR Tampa             1:35.86    1:36.21   13  
             22.27        46.74 (24.47)
        1:11.27 (24.53)     1:36.21 (24.94)
  7 Fluck, Barnabas        SO Tampa             1:35.61    1:36.66   12  
             22.48        46.90 (24.42)
        1:12.05 (25.15)     1:36.66 (24.61)
  8 Brandon, Caleb         SR Tampa             1:35.28    1:36.82   11  
             21.86        46.66 (24.80)
        1:11.73 (25.07)     1:36.82 (25.09)

Women’s 3-Meter Diving

The lone diving event of the night went to Clarion’s Alexa Gonczi with 505.00 points, with Wayne State’s Mikaela Senkus second (498.95) and Clarion’s Luna Vejarano third (471.75).

Event 18  Women 3 mtr Diving
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     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 Gonczi, Alexa          JR Clarion            482.45     505.00   20  
  2 Senkus, Mikaela        SR Wayne State        480.95     498.95   17  
  3 Vejarano, Luna         SO Clarion            479.35     471.75   16  
  4 Lommel, Avery          FR Augustana (W)      439.25     435.55   15  
  5 Madigan, Kaitlyn       SO Clarion            423.95     418.50   14  
  6 Hudson, Colleen        FR Clarion            449.75     415.75   13  
  7 Nelson, Olivia         SO West Florida       423.55     415.20   12  
  8 Lumaj, Alexis          JR Indy               419.65     410.20   11

Women’s 400 Medley Relay

Colorado Mesa was the winner in the 400 medley relay, with its team of four sophomores never trailing never trailing the field despite a spirited second-half effort by a pair of individual winners from earlier in the evening on Nova Southeastern’s squad and a monster freestyle finish from Drury’s Ashlyn Moore. No, this one was all but decided when Agata Naskret split 53.08 on the backstroke leg to propel Mesa to a lead of more than a second.

Maddi Moran followed with a 1:01.51 breaststroke split, and then Kiara Borchardt (54.04) and Ada Qunell (49.89) did enough to hold onto win by less than a half-second in 3:38.52.

Nova placed second in 3:38.98 with a team of Maria Goncalves, Hannah Montgomery, Rafaela Raurich and Emily Trieschmann. Raurich, the winner of the 100 fly and a 200 free finalist earlier in the night, went 52.66 on the fly leg while Trieschmann came home in 49.15. Drury’s Alexandra Waller, Claire Conover, Mellie Wijk and Moore took third in 3:39.01, just three hundrtedths behind Nova, with Moore coming home in 48.92. Indy took fourth in 3:40.31 thanks to Celina Schmidt’s breaststroke split of 1:00.39, quickest in the field.

Event 19  Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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     NCAA DII: N 3:35.70  3/14/2019 Queens (NC)
                          P Lapshina, M Prayson, G DaCruz, K Dobson
         Meet: M 3:35.70  3/14/2019 Queens (NC)
                          Lapshina, Prayson, DaCruz, Dobson
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
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  1 Colorado Mesa                       3:39.43    3:38.52   40  
     1) Naskret, Agata SO             2) Moran, Maddi SO              
     3) Borchardt, Kiara SO           4) Qunell, Ada SO               
             26.00        53.08 (53.08)
        1:21.57 (28.49)   1:54.59 (1:01.51)
        2:19.63 (25.04)     2:48.63 (54.04)
        3:11.95 (23.32)     3:38.52 (49.89)
  2 Nova S'eastern                      3:39.98    3:38.98   34  
     1) Goncalves, Maria JR           2) Montgomery, Hannah FR        
     3) Raurich, Rafaela SO           4) Trieschmann, Emily JR        
             26.53        54.92 (54.92)
        1:23.03 (28.11)   1:57.17 (1:02.25)
        2:21.61 (24.44)     2:49.83 (52.66)
        3:13.48 (23.65)     3:38.98 (49.15)
  3 Drury                               3:39.03    3:39.01   32  
     1) Waller, Alexandra 5Y          2) Conover, Claire JR           
     3) Wijk, Mellie JR               4) Moore, Ashlyn SO             
             26.46        54.72 (54.72)
        1:23.73 (29.01)   1:56.40 (1:01.68)
        2:21.12 (24.72)     2:50.09 (53.69)
        3:13.02 (22.93)     3:39.01 (48.92)
  4 Indy                                3:41.11    3:40.31   30  
     1) Revstedt, Isabella SR         2) Schmidt, Celina JR           
     3) Markwardt, Stefanie 5Y        4) Namutebi, Kirabo FR          
             26.41        55.16 (55.16)
        1:23.40 (28.24)   1:55.55 (1:00.39)
        2:20.29 (24.74)     2:50.64 (55.09)
        3:13.95 (23.31)     3:40.31 (49.67)
  5 Findlay                             3:42.74    3:40.89   28  
     1) Melnyk, Oleksandra JR         2) Susi, Katie SO               
     3) Mears-Bentley, Emily SO       4) Grubbs, Troie SO             
             26.67        54.70 (54.70)
        1:23.75 (29.05)   1:56.40 (1:01.70)
        2:21.40 (25.00)     2:49.90 (53.50)
        3:13.79 (23.89)     3:40.89 (50.99)
  6 Lynn                                3:42.68    3:41.12   26  
     1) Dekoninck, Laura JR           2) Schneider, Malaika SO        
     3) Mertins, Luna SR              4) Lundell, Alexa FR            
             26.07        54.35 (54.35)
        1:22.94 (28.59)   1:55.59 (1:01.24)
        2:19.89 (24.30)     2:48.50 (52.91)
        3:12.62 (24.12)     3:41.12 (52.62)
  7 Wingate                             3:43.14    3:41.72   24  
     1) Beesmans, Marta JR            2) Wenhold, Amanda SR           
     3) Karlsson, Vera FR             4) Azirovic, Nina SO            
             26.86        55.05 (55.05)
        1:23.46 (28.41)   1:56.23 (1:01.18)
        2:21.71 (25.48)     2:51.62 (55.39)
        3:15.56 (23.94)     3:41.72 (50.10)
  8 Tampa                               3:43.47    3:43.15   22  
     1) McCaffrey, Kimberly SO        2) Dukat, Cameron SO            
     3) Sering, Isabelle SR           4) Morin, Tilde SO              
             26.37        55.25 (55.25)
        1:24.84 (29.59)   1:58.32 (1:03.07)
        2:23.07 (24.75)     2:52.28 (53.96)
        3:15.95 (23.67)     3:43.15 (50.87)

Men’s 400 Medley Relay

A second national record went down in the session in the men’s 400 medley relay, and just like with the previous record-breaking swim in the 400 IM, the runnerup swam faster than the previous top time. An electric race brought McKendree into the wall in 3:07.11, two tenths clear of Drury’s 3:07.31, with both squads under the previous mark of 3:07.38 set by Queens seven years ago.

Patryk Rozenek set the pace for McKendree with a 46.35 backstroke split, behind only 400 IM record-setter Benjamin Sampson of Colorado Mesa (46.07) and Lewis’ Nico Jacinto (46.19). On breaststroke, Drury got back into the race as Davi Mourao split 51.19, with Drury two tenths behind Lewis and McKendree at the halfway point.

Jackson Lustig had finished a disappointing sixth in the 100 fly earlier in the night, but he went 45.85, fastest in the field, on that leg to pull his team into the lead. However, Alejandro Villarejo stayed close enough with his 45.97, so it all came down to a pair of freshmen on the anchor leg. Drury’s Yuri Cabral slightly out-split McKendree’s Tyson Upton, 42.77 to 42.87, but Upton got to the wall two tenths ahead to secure the win and the new record.

Lewis ended up third with Jacinto, Ahmed Ismail, Davidson Vincent and Misha Semenov combining for a time of 3:08.46. The Indy team of Cedric Buessing, Brayden Cole, Oskar Sawicki and Joao Silva was just behind in 3:08.57.

Event 20  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
==================================================================================
     NCAA DII: N 3:07.38  3/9/2017  Queens (NC)
                          Pijulet, Fedyna, Kusch, Dreesens
         Meet: M 3:07.38  3/9/2017  Queens (NC)
                          Pijulet, Fedyna, Kusch, Dreesens
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  1 McKendree                           3:10.00    3:07.11N  40  
     1) Rozenek, Patryk JR            2) Pinheiro, Filipe SR          
     3) Lustig, Jackson JR            4) Upton, Tyson FR              
             22.03        46.35 (46.35)
        1:10.42 (24.07)     1:38.39 (52.04)
        1:59.46 (21.07)     2:24.24 (45.85)
        2:44.49 (20.25)     3:07.11 (42.87)
  2 Drury                               3:09.05    3:07.31N  34  
     1) Khnykin, Viktor 5Y            2) Mourao, Davi JR              
     3) Villarejo, Alejandro SO       4) Cabral, Yuri FR              
             22.29        47.38 (47.38)
        1:11.36 (23.98)     1:38.57 (51.19)
        1:59.42 (20.85)     2:24.54 (45.97)
        2:44.64 (20.10)     3:07.31 (42.77)
  3 Lewis                               3:12.02    3:08.46   32  
     1) Jacinto, Nico SR              2) Ismail, Ahmed FR             
     3) Vincent, Davidson FR          4) Semenov, Misha JR            
             21.62        46.19 (46.19)
        1:10.25 (24.06)     1:38.38 (52.19)
        1:59.62 (21.24)     2:24.99 (46.61)
        2:45.00 (20.01)     3:08.46 (43.47)
  4 Indy                                3:09.06    3:08.57   30  
     1) Buessing, Cedric JR           2) Cole, Brayden SR             
     3) Sawicki, Oskar SO             4) Silva, Joao 5Y               
             23.23        47.74 (47.74)
        1:11.57 (23.83)     1:39.72 (51.98)
        2:00.22 (20.50)     2:25.69 (45.97)
        2:45.70 (20.01)     3:08.57 (42.88)
  5 Findlay                             3:11.08    3:09.44   28  
     1) Stollings, Timothy 5Y         2) Chiandussi, Luca SR          
     3) Marrugo Montano, Camilo JR    4) Bregis, Dags SR              
             22.40        46.57 (46.57)
        1:10.62 (24.05)     1:38.95 (52.38)
        2:00.10 (21.15)     2:25.37 (46.42)
        2:46.18 (20.81)     3:09.44 (44.07)
  6 Tampa                               3:10.35    3:09.53   26  
     1) Knollman, Parker JR           2) Mindek, Jared JR             
     3) Aguilar, Adrian 5Y            4) Tistan, Tibor SO             
             22.96        47.06 (47.06)
        1:11.83 (24.77)     1:40.43 (53.37)
        2:01.50 (21.07)     2:26.63 (46.20)
        2:46.59 (19.96)     3:09.53 (42.90)
  7 Colorado Mesa                       3:10.83    3:10.31   24  
     1) Sampson, Benjamin JR          2) Ayres, Max FR                
     3) Kiszczak, Jakub JR            4) Ghaffari, Aziz 5Y            
             22.18        46.07 (46.07)
        1:10.56 (24.49)     1:39.55 (53.48)
        2:01.08 (21.53)     2:26.98 (47.43)
        2:47.70 (20.72)     3:10.31 (43.33)
  8 Missouri S & T                      3:11.06    3:10.36   22  
     1) Walters, Aidan SR             2) Clancy, Noah SR              
     3) Baxter, Nate SR               4) Wiedemeier, Adam FR          
             23.09        48.00 (48.00)
        1:12.49 (24.49)     1:40.19 (52.19)
        2:01.72 (21.53)     2:27.34 (47.15)
        2:47.50 (20.16)     3:10.36 (43.02)
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