NCAA Division III Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Kaley McIntyre Looking for Second Quad
NYU’s Kaley McIntyre on Wednesday night secured her first four-for-four sweep in medals in the 50 free at the NCAA Division III Championships.
Thursday brings the chance of a second.
McIntyre was less than convincing in winning the 50 free in 22.45. But she enters the 200 free the top seed by nearly four seconds, a performance she backed up with the fastest time on Thursday at the IU Natatorium.
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NCAA Division III Championships Team Scores
Men’s 200 Freestyle
Fresh off a runner-up finish in the 200 individual medley, Denison’s Jack Hill is looking for a title. He’s in position, leading the way in prelims at 1:35.20, faster than last year’s championship swim from Colin Twiss (1:35.68).
John Butler of Chicago was second, as he was seeded coming in, in 1:36.13, with Charles Platt of Calvin in 1:36.39. Hill was second last year, Butler third.
This has the chance to be a huge coup for Denison, with a pair of scratches in the top 10 seeds. The Big Red has 500 free champ George Goins in fifth after a 1:37.00 leapt from the 22nd seed. Nickolas Hensel is seventh, and Harrison Parsons jumped from 15th to eighth in 1:37.46.
Kenyon’s Teodor Jaworski (up from the 25th seed) and Jack Goepfrich of Amherst round out the A final.
Chicago has one in the A final in Butler and Misha Kojanov in the B. Emory has Hayden Tupper in the B final.
Women’s 200 freestyle
It’s Kaley McIntyre’s race until she says it isn’t anymore. The NYU senior led the way in prelims at 1:46.29. She won this event at 1:44.88 last year and lowered her NCAA record to 1:44.74 at the UAA Championships last month. She’s looking for her fourth title in this event and 10th overall individual crown.
Her nearest competitor is her teammate. NYU freshman Llew Ladomirak dropped more than a second to move up from the fifth seed to second in 1:48.45. Emery Muller also made the A final in seventh, up from the 10th seed, and Lian Jeon Engle improved from the 22nd seed to 14th in the B final as the Violets look to build a championship lead.
The nearest non-Violet is Elizabeth Burkhardt of Pomona-Pitzer, the seventh seed up to third in 1:49.62. MIT’s Mary Feliz is fourth, then 500 free champ Molly Haag of Denison in fifth. She was second in this race last year.
Burkhardt has teammate Nina Aballea in sixth. Emory has swimmers eighth, ninth and 12th.
Men’s 100 Butterfly
Fresh off his 200 IM win, Chicago’s Cooper Costello is chasing a second 100 fly title. He went 46.06 in the morning to defend his top seed. He won in 45.97 last year.
Second is Carnegie-Mellon’s Brayden Morford, who slipped to fifth in the IM. He was fourth in this event last year and went 46.70 in prelims. Cami Wilson of Swarthmore was third, followed by a tight bunch of Noah Reice of Coast Guard Academy and Joe McChesney of TCNJ.
Denison has Cam Blevins-Mohr seventh, though Samuel Hibbert lost a swim-off for 16th. Emory has two in the B final, led by McKee Thorsen in 10th. Kenyon has a B finalist, NYU two.
Women’s 100 Butterfly
The shock is at the top. Elizabeth Pennington, the top seed entering the meet and last year’s consolation finals champ, plummeted to 24th in 55.78, nearly two seconds slower than her seed time, to miss finals altogether. Last year’s runner-up, Nicole Ranile of NYU, was just ninth, though she entered seeded 11th. Reigning champion Sydney Smith, seeded fifth and likely not battling for an NCAA team title, was just sixth in 54.76, barely in the A final.
So the guard is changing rapidly, with four freshmen in the A final. Madeline Kane, a senior from Claremont Mudd Scripps, led the way in 53.81, a half-second quicker than her seed time. Saint Benedict’s Haley Zelen was second, followed by fellow freshman Margaret Farley of Williams. Audrey Gill of CMU (fifth) and Esme Van Orden of Williams (eighth) are the other rookies.
Men’s 400 individual medley
Last year’s runner-up Maksym Nechydyuk led a 1-2 for NYU in prelims, going 3:48.60 to edge freshman teammate Connor Dean. Nechydyuk’s time is faster than the winning time from last year. The 2024 champ, Crow Thorsen of Emory, was fourth in prelims, with Amherst freshman Owen Vale ahead.
The top eight seeds entering all made the top eight, including returning medalists Grant Hu of MIT, Ethan Manske of Kenyon and Marco Minai of Washington University.
NYU has two B finalists, led by ninth-place Sebastien Wegner. Denison has just Luke Swiggett in the B final.
Women’s 400 individual medley
Emily Harris, the top seed entering the meet from Denison, was tops in prelims at 4:20.16. Quinn Weygandt of Swarthmore was second in 4:20.78. Harris was third, Weygandt fourth last year.
Also in the A final are returning medalists Neely Burns of Trinity (third in 4:21.25) and Bethany Spangler of NYU (sixth in 4:23.02). MIT’s Sarah Bernard, sixth last year, dropped to 13th in the B final. Sammi Thiele, the only carryover medalist from the 200 IM where she tied for silver, was 11th in prelims.
Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
Fresh off its meet record in the 400 medley, Bates is looking for more. Denison is the favorite, but Bates is lurking in second. Denison led the way in prelims at 1:18.78, a 19.18 from Nickolas Hensel in there. Bates, the favorite in the medley relays, was second in 1:19.02, Max Cory blasting an 18.84 on the end. Reigning champ Chicago is not to be counted out, with John Butler 19.13 on the end for third in 1:19.51.
NYU was second last year and barely scraped into the A final in eighth. Kenyon is fourth, then Tufts and Carnegie Mellon and UC Santa Cruz. That left Emory 12th. No DQs in the morning for the men.
Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay
NYU led the way in an event that isn’t always in their wheelhouse but in which they look very strong. With Kaley McIntyre anchoring in 21.75, the Violets went 1:30.45, defending their top seed and exactly 1.5 ticks up on Emory. Kenyon was third, then Hope and Pomona-Pitzer, last year’s runner-up. The third-place medalist from last year, Denison, was sixth, a spot up on reigning champ but much changed MIT.