{"id":126429,"date":"2015-03-13T07:17:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T14:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=126429"},"modified":"2015-08-24T09:20:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T16:20:47","slug":"2015-ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-three-prelims-live-recap-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-three-prelims-live-recap-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 NCAA Division II Championships: Day Three Prelims Live Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third day of competition is underway at the NCAA Division II Championships at the IU Natatorium with teams all vying for the all-important scoring spot tonight.<\/p>\n

Queens Matt Josa has already been the superstar of the meet by making the top 10 all time in the 100 fly<\/a> and 19th in the 200 fly<\/a>, while Drury and Queens are in a dogfight for the men’s and women’s team titles.<\/p>\n

Queens led Drury, 280-257.5, after day two in the women’s team title race. Drury owned a slim 206-202.5 lead against Queens in the men’s race.<\/p>\n

After the third day of swimming, the Queens women’s team looks to be in a good spot to add to its lead against Drury with a total of eight point-scoring swims, while Drury will have five.<\/p>\n

As for the men, Drury and Queens are going to continue to be neck-and-neck, and it will all depends on where in the A and B finals each of their swimmers finishes with Queens almost guaranteed at least one victory. \u00a0Drury has four A finalists and two B finalists with Queens having three A finalists and three B finalists set for tonight.<\/p>\n

Also, while Lindenwood finished last night in fifth with 153 points, look for them to make a move into third with six of their own point-scoring swims.<\/p>\n

Total Women\u2019s A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Total Men\u2019s A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 500 free<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queens’ Patricia Castro Ortega, who has set a few NCAA D2 records already this week, dominated the morning qualifiers for the women’s 500-yard free with a time of 4:48.04.<\/p>\n

Look for Castro Ortega to take a serious run at Kristen Frost’s 2008 record of 4:45.69 set for Southern Connecticut State.<\/p>\n

Drury’s Allie Reynolds hit the wall second in 4:53.52, while Queens could be looking at some big team points with Lillian Gordy qualifying third in 4:53.80.<\/p>\n

Drury did get three A finalists, however, with Sarah Pullen (4:54.59) and Megan Ouhl (4:55.38) qualifying fourth and eighth.<\/p>\n

  1 Castro Ortega, Patric  SO Queens (NC)       4:45.89    4:48.04  \r\n    r:+0.79  26.33        54.69 (28.36)\r\n        1:23.54 (28.85)     1:52.49 (28.95)\r\n        2:20.94 (28.45)     2:50.22 (29.28)\r\n        3:19.50 (29.28)     3:49.11 (29.61)\r\n        4:18.78 (29.67)     4:48.04 (29.26)\r\n  2 Reynolds, Allie        SR Drury             4:51.54    4:53.52  \r\n    r:+0.81  27.45        56.72 (29.27)\r\n        1:26.15 (29.43)     1:55.80 (29.65)\r\n        2:25.48 (29.68)     2:55.31 (29.83)\r\n        3:24.98 (29.67)     3:54.74 (29.76)\r\n        4:24.43 (29.69)     4:53.52 (29.09)\r\n  3 Gordy, Lillian         SR Queens (NC)       4:55.51    4:53.80  \r\n    r:+0.69  26.64        55.90 (29.26)\r\n        1:25.64 (29.74)     1:55.85 (30.21)\r\n        2:26.19 (30.34)     2:55.79 (29.60)\r\n        3:25.53 (29.74)     3:55.42 (29.89)\r\n        4:24.75 (29.33)     4:53.80 (29.05)\r\n  4 Pullen, Sarah          JR Drury             4:53.00    4:54.59  \r\n    r:+0.74  26.96        56.49 (29.53)\r\n        1:26.50 (30.01)     1:56.71 (30.21)\r\n        2:26.55 (29.84)     2:56.21 (29.66)\r\n        3:26.03 (29.82)     3:55.96 (29.93)\r\n        4:25.54 (29.58)     4:54.59 (29.05)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 500 free<\/strong><\/p>\n
West Chester’s Victor Polyakov put up the top time of the morning with a 4:24.17, while Saint Leo’s Daniel Bis wasn’t far behind with a 4:24.41 for the second seed.<\/p>\n
Queens’ Nick Arakelian, who has already won the 1000 free and 400 IM, qualified fourth with a 4:25.82. \u00a0Look for him to try to maximize Queens’ team points with a win tonight.<\/p>\n
In the team-title race, Queens will edge Drury in the points in this event with 2 point scorers compared to one for Drury.<\/p>\n
  1 Polyakov, Victor       SO West Chester      4:24.14    4:24.17  \r\n    r:+0.78  24.74        51.20 (26.46)\r\n        1:17.98 (26.78)     1:44.95 (26.97)\r\n        2:11.64 (26.69)     2:38.35 (26.71)\r\n        3:05.06 (26.71)     3:31.83 (26.77)\r\n        3:58.61 (26.78)     4:24.17 (25.56)\r\n  2 Bis, Daniel            FR Saint Leo         4:22.50    4:24.41  \r\n    r:+0.80  24.61        50.95 (26.34)\r\n        1:17.36 (26.41)     1:44.12 (26.76)\r\n        2:11.07 (26.95)     2:37.90 (26.83)\r\n        3:04.66 (26.76)     3:31.55 (26.89)\r\n        3:58.34 (26.79)     4:24.41 (26.07)\r\n  3 Tolosa, Juan           JR Florida Southern  4:23.89    4:25.61  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.32        50.62 (26.30)\r\n        1:17.23 (26.61)     1:44.00 (26.77)\r\n        2:10.76 (26.76)     2:37.61 (26.85)\r\n        3:04.68 (27.07)     3:31.79 (27.11)\r\n        3:58.90 (27.11)     4:25.61 (26.71)\r\n  4 Arakelian, Nick        FR Queens (NC)       4:20.49    4:25.82  \r\n    r:+0.77  24.50        50.81 (26.31)\r\n        1:17.49 (26.68)     1:44.43 (26.94)\r\n        2:11.67 (27.24)     2:39.03 (27.36)\r\n        3:06.34 (27.31)     3:33.07 (26.73)\r\n        3:59.95 (26.88)     4:25.82 (25.87)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 100 back<\/strong><\/p>\n
Drury’s Katya Rudenko turned in the top time in the 100 back with a 53.92. \u00a0She’ll have to drop a lot of time to challenge Mary Hanson’s NCAA D2 record of 52.45 set for Cal Baptist last year.<\/p>\n
Hanson qualified second out of prelims with a 54.24, while Delta State’s Anastasia Klyarovskaya earned third this morning with a 54.41.<\/p>\n
In terms of the Drury\/Queens battle, Hannah Peiffer qualified seventh for Queens with a 55.38, while Queens also had Kristin Diemer make the B final with\u00a0a 14th-seeded 55.87.<\/p>\n
  1 Rudenko, Katya         SO Drury               52.36      53.92  \r\n    r:+0.66  26.18        53.92 (27.74)\r\n  2 Hanson, Mary           SR Cal Baptist         53.59      54.24  \r\n    r:+0.58  26.31        54.24 (27.93)\r\n  3 Klyarovskaya, Anastas  SO Delta State         54.53      54.41  \r\n    r:+0.72  26.44        54.41 (27.97)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 100 back<\/strong><\/p>\n
Lindenwood dropped the hammer with a 1-2-3 effort in prelims with the top two swimmers both clearing Oscar Pereiro’s 2012 NCAA D2 record of 46.99.<\/p>\n
Serghei Golban (46.77) and Krzysztof Jankiewicz (46.91) both undercut the NCAA D2 record, while teammate Jakub Jonczyk earned the third seed in 47.41.<\/p>\n
Drury is going to gain a major advantage in the 100 back against Queens in the team-title race as Sean Feher (47.82) and Jordi Montseny Diez (47.85) both mad the A final. \u00a0Queen’s only managed to get Zach Phelps into the B final with a ninth-seeded 47.93.<\/p>\n
  1 Golban, Serghei        FR Lindenwood          47.74      46.77R \r\n    r:+0.58  22.41        46.77 (24.36)\r\n  2 Jankiewicz, Krzysztof  FR Lindenwood          47.51      46.91R \r\n    r:+0.58  22.67        46.91 (24.24)\r\n  3 Jonczyk, Jakub         FR Lindenwood          47.28      47.41  \r\n    r:+0.57  23.15        47.41 (24.26)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 100 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n
Lynn’s Rebecca Matthews charged her way to the top seed in the women’s 100-yard breast with a time of 1:10.59.<\/p>\n
Cal-Penn’s Jade Arganbright hit the wall second this morning in 1:02.63 with LIU Post’s Caroline Rademacher snaring the third seed in 1:02.73.<\/p>\n
No change will happen in the Drury\/Queens battle as neither squad qualified a swimmer into either final.<\/p>\n
  1 Matthews, Rebecca      JR Lynn              1:00.88    1:01.59  \r\n    r:+0.73  28.97      1:01.59 (32.62)\r\n  2 Arganbright, Jade      SO CALU-PA           1:03.32    1:02.63  \r\n    r:+0.79  29.52      1:02.63 (33.11)\r\n  3 Rademacher, Carolin    SR LIU Post          1:03.46    1:02.73  \r\n    r:+0.68  29.30      1:02.73 (33.43)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 100 breast<\/strong><\/p>\n
Nova Southeastern freshman Anton Lobanov could challenge the NCAA D2 record after clocking a 53.02 this morning.<\/p>\n
Aleksander Hetland set the D2 mark with\u00a0a 52.43 in 2009 for Tampa.<\/p>\n
Wayne State’s Piotr Jachowicz qualified second in 53.27 with Cal Baptist’s Nikolay Klepikov earning third overall in 53.76.<\/p>\n
Drury and Queens had a bit of a push in terms of qualifiers with each scoring an A and B finalist.<\/p>\n
  1 Lobanov, Anton         FR Nova S'eastern      52.00      53.02  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.97        53.02 (28.05)\r\n  2 Jachowicz, Piotr       SR Wayne State         53.22      53.27  \r\n    r:+0.86  24.87        53.27 (28.40)\r\n  3 Klepikov, Nikolay      SO Cal Baptist         53.88      53.76  \r\n    r:+0.73  25.19        53.76 (28.57)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Women’s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n
It’s going to be a close one tonight as the top five seeds are separate by less than a second.<\/p>\n
Wingate’s Sofia Petrenko (2:01.14), Queens’ McKenzie Stevens (2:01.44) and Queens’ Hannah Peiffer (2:01.46) went 1-2-3 in qualifying this morning.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Bloomsburg’s Rachel Brooker (2:01.55) and Wayne State’s Kristina Novichenko (2:01.99) also cleared 2:02 this morning.<\/p>\n
Queens picked up some big points against Drury with two A finalists compared to Drury’s single B finalist.<\/p>\n
  1 Petrenko, Sofia        SO Wingate           2:00.04    2:01.14  \r\n    r:+0.82  27.25        58.21 (30.96)\r\n        1:29.36 (31.15)     2:01.14 (31.78)\r\n  2 Stevens, Mckenzie      FR Queens (NC)       2:02.72    2:01.44  \r\n    r:+0.69  27.86        58.70 (30.84)\r\n        1:29.63 (30.93)     2:01.44 (31.81)\r\n  3 Peiffer, Hannah        SO Queens (NC)       1:58.32    2:01.46  \r\n    r:+0.68  27.55        58.30 (30.75)\r\n        1:29.67 (31.37)     2:01.46 (31.79)\r\n  4 Brooker, Rachel        SR Bloomsburg        2:03.30    2:01.55  \r\n    r:+0.75  27.81        58.71 (30.90)\r\n        1:29.87 (31.16)     2:01.55 (31.68)\r\n  5 Novichenko, Kristina   SR Wayne State       2:01.56    2:01.99  \r\n    r:+0.83  27.66        58.05 (30.39)\r\n        1:29.04 (30.99)     2:01.99 (32.95)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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Men’s 200 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n
The MVP of the meet so far, Queens’ Matt Josa, put up a dominant time of 1:43.85 in prelims of the 200-yard fly.<\/p>\n
Josa, who also smashed the NCAA D2 marks in the 200 IM and 100 fly, will be gunning for the 1:42.99 set by Drury’s Jun Han Kim in 2011.<\/p>\n
Grand Valley’s Gianni Ferrero and Nova Southeastern’s Thiago Sickert tied for second with matching 1:46.22.<\/p>\n
Drury’s Stanislav Kuzmin qualified sixth in 1:47.48 and will try to cut into as much of the first-place points Josa will likely gain for Queens tonight in the team-title race.<\/p>\n
  1 Josa, Matthew          SO Queens (NC)       1:44.97    1:43.85  \r\n    r:+0.72  22.84        49.30 (26.46)\r\n        1:16.39 (27.09)     1:43.85 (27.46)\r\n  2 Ferrero, Gianni        JR Grand Valley      1:45.16    1:46.22  \r\n    r:+0.74  23.68        50.90 (27.22)\r\n        1:18.02 (27.12)     1:46.22 (28.20)\r\n  2 Sickert, Thiago        SO Nova S'eastern    1:48.57    1:46.22  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.63        52.20 (27.57)\r\n        1:18.57 (26.37)     1:46.22 (27.65)<\/pre>\n
A\/B Finalists (The top 16 swimmers all score points for their teams):<\/em><\/p>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
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800 free relays<\/strong><\/p>\n
Nova Southeastern set the time to beat in the early heat of the timed final event for the men with a 6:30.09.<\/p>\n
  1 Nova S'eastern                      6:36.14    6:30.09  \r\n     1) Aldabe, Marco SO              2) r:0.35 Sickert, Thiago SO    \r\n     3) r:0.45 Caballero, Javier SO   4) r:0.16 Kleinbeck, Shane SR   \r\n    r:+0.75  23.32        48.84 (48.84)\r\n      1:14.44 (1:14.44)   1:39.70 (1:39.70)\r\n        2:01.40 (21.70)     2:25.77 (46.07)\r\n      2:49.48 (1:09.78)   3:14.37 (1:34.67)\r\n        3:37.35 (22.98)     4:02.01 (47.64)\r\n      4:26.98 (1:12.61)   4:53.17 (1:38.80)\r\n        5:14.95 (21.78)     5:39.51 (46.34)\r\n      6:04.77 (1:11.60)   6:30.09 (1:36.92)<\/pre>\n
Tampa had the top time for the women this morning with a 7:28.27.<\/p>\n
  1 Tampa                               7:28.10    7:28.27  \r\n     1) Long, Sophie FR               2) r:0.16 Bayes, Brittany FR    \r\n     3) r:0.24 Plachy, Erin SR        4) r:0.37 Murphy, Briana SR     \r\n    r:+0.72  26.53        54.94 (54.94)\r\n      1:23.46 (1:23.46)   1:52.21 (1:52.21)\r\n        2:18.45 (26.24)     2:47.11 (54.90)\r\n      3:16.43 (1:24.22)   3:45.27 (1:53.06)\r\n        4:10.08 (24.81)     4:38.05 (52.78)\r\n      5:07.06 (1:21.79)   5:36.36 (1:51.09)\r\n        6:02.19 (25.83)     6:30.33 (53.97)\r\n      6:58.98 (1:22.62)   7:28.27 (1:51.91)<\/pre>\n
SCHEDULED EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n