{"id":127569,"date":"2015-03-19T09:42:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T16:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=127569"},"modified":"2015-03-19T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:00:21","slug":"2015-ncaa-division-iii-championships-emory-women-kenyon-men-solidify-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-ncaa-division-iii-championships-emory-women-kenyon-men-solidify-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 NCAA Division III Championships: Emory Women, Kenyon Men Solidify Leads"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first day of the NCAA Division III Championships featured some swift swims and a handful of NCAA D3 records falling. Day two witnessed the Emory women and Kenyon men take complete control of their team races.<\/p>\n

Emory leads the women\u2019s title race after day one with 135.5 points. Denison (124), Kenyon (95), Williams (94) were second through fourth.<\/p>\n

During day two prelims, Emory grabbed 10 A final swims along with two B finals swims to likely stretch their lead this evening. \u00a0Denison was second with four A and four B finalists.<\/p>\n

The Kenyon men finished day one with a 21-point lead with 109 points. Emory stood second with 88 points, while Williams (66), Denison (60) and CMS (54) made up the rest of the top five.<\/p>\n

Kenyon definitely had a strong day two prelims with nine A finalists and a B finalist.<\/p>\n

Denison (4\/2) and Williams (2\/3) also had decent days, but will be looking for a Kenyon DQ or two for help.<\/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 200 free relay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denison’s Rima Jurjus (23.81), Carolyn Kane (22.80), Ashley Yearwood (22.72) and Mary Van Leuven (22.83) led the way this morning with a top time of 1:32.16.<\/p>\n

Emory’s Claire Liu (23.83), Marissa Bergh (23.03), Marcela Sanchez-Aizcorbe (23.04) and Nancy Larson (22.87) qualified second in 1:32.77 with Kenyon’s Jourdan Cline (23.61), Laura Duncan (23.38), Hannah Lobb (23.85) and Jenner McLeod (22.90) claiming the third seed in 1:33.47.<\/p>\n

  1 Denison                       1:31.98    1:32.16        \r\n     1) Jurjus, Rima SR               2) Kane, Carolyn SO             \r\n     3) Yearwood, Ashley JR           4) Van Leuven, Mary JR          \r\n                 23.81        46.61 (22.80)\r\n        1:09.33 (22.72)     1:32.16 (22.83)\r\n  2 Emory                         1:33.30    1:32.77        \r\n     1) Liu, Claire SO                2) Bergh, Marissa SO            \r\n     3) Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Marcela SO  4) Larson, Nancy SR             \r\n                 23.83        46.86 (23.03)\r\n        1:09.90 (23.04)     1:32.77 (22.87)\r\n  3 Kenyon                        1:33.78    1:33.47        \r\n     1) Cline, Jourdan SR             2) Duncan, Laura SO             \r\n     3) Lobb, Hannah JR               4) McLeod, Jenner SO            \r\n                 23.61        46.99 (23.38)\r\n        1:10.57 (23.58)     1:33.47 (22.90)<\/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 free relay<\/strong><\/p>\n
Kenyon’s Austin Caldwell (20.82), Joey Duronio (19.72), Ryan Funk (20.01) and Austin Pu (20.34) earned the top seed with a time of 1:20.35.<\/p>\n
Denison’s Ryan Fleming (20.39), Conrad Wuorinen (19.97), Damon Rosenburg (19.90) and Max Howes (20.22) qualified\u00a0a close second in 1:20.48.<\/p>\n
Gettysburg’s Jason Potter (20.12), Mike Harmon (20.16), Tyler Gould (20.49) and Ashton Leyens (20.38) earned third out of prelims with a 1:21.15.\\<\/p>\n
  1 Kenyon                        1:19.92    1:20.35        \r\n     1) Caldwell, Austin SR           2) Duronio, Joey JR             \r\n     3) Funk, Ryan JR                 4) Pu, Austin SO                \r\n                 20.28        40.00 (19.72)\r\n        1:00.01 (20.01)     1:20.35 (20.34)\r\n  2 Denison                       1:20.12    1:20.48        \r\n     1) Fleming, Ryan JR              2) Wuorinen, Conrad JR          \r\n     3) Rosenburg, Damon SR           4) Howes, Max SO                \r\n                 20.39        40.36 (19.97)\r\n        1:00.26 (19.90)     1:20.48 (20.22)\r\n  3 TCNJ                          1:21.30    1:21.15        \r\n     1) Dunn, Joe JR                  2) Perez, Brian SR              \r\n     3) Shangle, James JR             4) Pedersen, Brett SR           \r\n                 20.48        40.71 (20.23)\r\n        1:01.06 (20.35)     1:21.15 (20.09)<\/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 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n
Williams’ Megan Pierce, the defending champion in the event, lit up prelims with the top time in 4:19.87. \u00a0That’s faster than the 4:19.94 she used to win just a year ago.<\/p>\n
Pierce has some time to drop to catch up to the NCAA D3 record of 4:13.14 set by William’s Caroline Wilson back in 2012.<\/p>\n
Emory’s Ming-Fen Ong qualified second this morning with a time of 4:21.49, while Denison’s Michelle Howell snared the third seed in 4:21.99.<\/p>\n
  1 Pierce, Megan    SO Williams          4:21.19    4:19.87        \r\n                 26.86        57.63 (30.77)\r\n        1:30.56 (32.93)     2:03.49 (32.93)\r\n        2:41.60 (38.11)     3:19.81 (38.21)\r\n        3:50.26 (30.45)     4:19.87 (29.61)\r\n  2 Ong, Ming-fen    FY Emory             4:26.97    4:21.49        \r\n                 27.57        58.60 (31.03)\r\n        1:32.00 (33.40)     2:05.40 (33.40)\r\n        2:42.94 (37.54)     3:21.09 (38.15)\r\n        3:52.15 (31.06)     4:21.49 (29.34)\r\n  3 Howell, Michell  SR Denison           4:23.84    4:21.99        \r\n                 27.94        59.77 (31.83)\r\n        1:34.36 (34.59)     2:08.54 (34.18)\r\n        2:45.25 (36.71)     3:22.46 (37.21)\r\n        3:52.45 (29.99)     4:21.99 (29.54)<\/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 400 IM<\/strong><\/p>\n
Mary Washington’s Hugh Anderson (3:48.50) and Kenyon’s Harrison Curley (3:49.25) each cleared the NCAA D3 record in the event.<\/p>\n
Anderson previously set the mark with a 3:49.25 to win the title last year, and will have his hands full with Curley tonight.<\/p>\n
Kenyon’s Arthur Conover qualified third with a 3:50.43, while Ian Reardon (3:50.89) and Trevor Manz (3:52.78) also made the A final for Kenyon.<\/p>\n
  1 Anderson, Alex   SR Mary Washington   3:51.27    3:48.50*       \r\n                 23.71        50.80 (27.09)\r\n        1:19.77 (28.97)     1:48.40 (28.63)\r\n        2:21.46 (33.06)     2:55.09 (33.63)\r\n        3:23.31 (28.22)     3:48.50 (25.19)\r\n  2 Curley, Harriso  SR Kenyon            3:53.18    3:49.25*       \r\n                 24.30        52.26 (27.96)\r\n        1:20.26 (28.00)     1:47.72 (27.46)\r\n        2:21.14 (33.42)     2:55.15 (34.01)\r\n        3:22.73 (27.58)     3:49.25 (26.52)\r\n  3 Conover, Arthur  SO Kenyon            3:57.24    3:50.43        \r\n                 25.00        53.38 (28.38)\r\n        1:22.54 (29.16)     1:51.05 (28.51)\r\n        2:24.33 (33.28)     2:59.01 (34.68)\r\n        3:24.68 (25.67)     3:50.43 (25.75)<\/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 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n
Williams Kirsten Nitz, the NCAA D3 record holder and defending champion with a 52.64 from last year, originally looked to have cruised to the top seed with a 53-mid time.<\/p>\n
But, shockingly, she was disqualified from the event without a reason being given in the official results.<\/p>\n
Williams’ Emma Waddell took over as the top seed with a 53.96, while Amherst’s Sarah Conklin qualified second in 54.62. \u00a0Denison’s Carolyn Kane snared the third seed in 54.83.<\/p>\n
  1 Waddell, Emma    FY Williams            54.09      53.96        \r\n                 25.22        53.96 (28.74)\r\n  2 Conklin, Sarah   JR Amherst             55.23      54.62        \r\n                 25.85        54.62 (28.77)\r\n  3 Kane, Carolyn    SO Denison             55.29      54.83        \r\n                 25.44        54.83 (29.39)<\/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 fly<\/strong><\/p>\n
Wash U’s Reed Dalton uncorked an NCAA D3 record in the 100-yard fly with a 47.10 this morning.<\/p>\n
That effort undercut Wyatt Ubellacker of MIT’s 2013 record of 47.34, and is well under the 47.91 Whitman’s Karl Mering used to win this title last year.<\/p>\n
DePauw’s Blake Lehmann tied Mering for the second seed today with matching 48.00s.<\/p>\n
  1 Dalton, Reed     JR Wash U. MO          48.00      47.10*       \r\n                 22.20        47.10 (24.90)\r\n  2 Lehmann, Blake   JR DePauw              48.81      48.00        \r\n                 22.36        48.00 (25.64)\r\n  2 Mering, Karl     SR Whitman             48.73      48.00        \r\n                 22.44        48.00 (25.56)<\/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 free<\/strong><\/p>\n
Defending champion Anastasia Bodganovski of Johns Hopkins posted the top time of the morning with a 1:47.64. \u00a0That’s already faster than the 1:47.74 she used to win a year ago.<\/p>\n
Bogdanovski will be looking to drop some major time and potentially challenge Kendra Stern’s 2011 NCAA D3 record of 1:44.82.<\/p>\n
Williams’ Sarah Thompson qualified second in 1:48.61 with Wash U’s Kristalyn McAfee turning in a third-seeded time of 1:49.21.<\/p>\n
 1 Bogdanovski, An  SR Johns Hopkins     1:47.31    1:47.64        \r\n                 25.40        52.60 (27.20)\r\n        1:20.15 (27.55)     1:47.64 (27.49)\r\n  2 Thompson, Sarah  SR Williams          1:51.25    1:48.61        \r\n                 25.83        53.36 (27.53)\r\n        1:20.74 (27.38)     1:48.61 (27.87)\r\n  3 McAfee, Kristal  JR Wash U. MO        1:51.29    1:49.21        \r\n                 26.06        53.50 (27.44)\r\n        1:21.33 (27.83)     1:49.21 (27.88)<\/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 free<\/strong><\/p>\n
Johns Hopkins’ Evan Holder (1:37.42), Amherst’s Connor Sholtis (1:37.44) and Kenyon’s Austin Caldwell (1:37.46) set up a likely remarkable finale.<\/p>\n
Caldwell won the title last year with a 1:37.16, and the top trio all look capable of taking out one of the longest standing records in the NCAA D3 books, Dennis Mulvilhill’s 1988 record of 1:36.63 for Kenyon.<\/p>\n
  1 Holder, Evan     SO Johns Hopkins     1:37.77    1:37.42        \r\n                 22.47        47.15 (24.68)\r\n        1:11.91 (24.76)     1:37.42 (25.51)\r\n  2 Sholtis, Connor  SR Amherst           1:40.51    1:37.44        \r\n                 22.85        47.64 (24.79)\r\n        1:12.71 (25.07)     1:37.44 (24.73)\r\n  3 Caldwell, Austi  SR Kenyon            1:36.91    1:37.46        \r\n                 22.47        46.94 (24.47)\r\n        1:11.98 (25.04)     1:37.46 (25.48)<\/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 400 medley relay<\/strong><\/p>\n
Emory’s Ellie Thompson, Elizabeth Aronoff, Nina Zook and Nancy Larson turned in the top time of the morning with a 3:44.16, but Denison wasn’t far behind as Molly Willingham, Marissa Bednarek, Carolyn Kane and Ashley Yearwood posted a 3:44.19.<\/p>\n
Williams’ Olivia Jackson, Breanna Nguyen, Emma Waddell and Faye Sultan also put up a 3:44 with a third-seeded 3:44.68.<\/p>\n
The top trio of teams will be looking to clear Kenyon’s 2013 NCAA D3 record of 3:40.13.<\/p>\n
  1 Emory                         3:44.11    3:44.16        \r\n     1) Thompson, Ellie JR            2) Aronoff, Elizabeth JR        \r\n     3) Zook, Nina SR                 4) Larson, Nancy SR             \r\n                 26.49        55.56 (55.56)\r\n        1:24.47 (28.91)   1:57.84 (1:02.28)\r\n        2:23.77 (25.93)     2:53.28 (55.44)\r\n        3:17.54 (24.26)     3:44.16 (50.88)\r\n  2 Denison                       3:45.92    3:44.19        \r\n     1) Willingham, Molly SR          2) Bednarek, Marissa JR         \r\n     3) Kane, Carolyn SO              4) Yearwood, Ashley JR          \r\n                 27.36        55.59 (55.59)\r\n        1:24.62 (29.03)   1:58.60 (1:03.01)\r\n        2:23.90 (25.30)     2:53.62 (55.02)\r\n        3:17.78 (24.16)     3:44.19 (50.57)\r\n  3 Williams                      3:44.22    3:44.68        \r\n     1) Jackson, Olivia SO            2) Nguyen, Breanna JR           \r\n     3) Waddell, Emma FY              4) Sultan, Faye JR              \r\n                 27.27        55.82 (55.82)\r\n        1:25.96 (30.14)   1:59.75 (1:03.93)\r\n        2:24.96 (25.21)     2:53.84 (54.09)\r\n        3:17.55 (23.71)     3:44.68 (50.84)<\/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 400 medley relay<\/strong><\/p>\n
Williams’ Benjamin Lin, Jake Tamposi, Thad Ricotta and Alexander Nanda touched out Emory’s Mitchell Cooper, Andrew Wilson, Hayden Baker and Alex Hardwick, 3:14.84 to 3:14.87.<\/p>\n
Both teams beat the 2012 NCAA D3 record of 3:15.09 set by Denison.<\/p>\n
MIT’s Alexander Lednev, Justin Chiu, Sean Corcoran and Daryl Neubieser snagged third overall in prelims with a time of 3:16.15.<\/p>\n
  1 Williams                      3:16.48    3:14.84*       \r\n     1) Lin, Benjamin SO              2) Tamposi, Jake JR             \r\n     3) Ricotta, Thad SR              4) Nanda, Alexander SR          \r\n                 22.72        47.57 (47.57)\r\n        1:12.42 (24.85)     1:42.49 (54.92)\r\n        2:04.69 (22.20)     2:30.17 (47.68)\r\n        2:51.75 (21.58)     3:14.84 (44.67)\r\n  2 Emory                         3:16.70    3:14.87*       \r\n     1) Cooper, Mitchell SO           2) Wilson, Andrew JR            \r\n     3) Baker, Hayden SR              4) Hardwick, Alex FY            \r\n                 24.35        50.28 (50.28)\r\n        1:14.26 (23.98)     1:41.94 (51.66)\r\n        2:04.12 (22.18)     2:30.23 (48.29)\r\n        2:51.58 (21.35)     3:14.87 (44.64)\r\n  3 MIT                           3:18.27    3:16.15        \r\n     1) Lednev, Alexander JR          2) Chiu, Justin FY              \r\n     3) Corcoran, Sean JR             4) Neubieser, Daryl JR          \r\n                 23.37        48.69 (48.69)\r\n        1:14.44 (25.75)     1:43.89 (55.20)\r\n        2:06.07 (22.18)     2:31.75 (47.86)\r\n        2:52.63 (20.88)     3:16.15 (44.40)<\/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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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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