At the halfway point, Emory leads the way for the women’s meet with 330 points. Highlighted by two NCAA relay records and a one-two finish in the 200 freestyle last night, it does not look like the Eagles plan on slowing down anytime soon.<\/p>\n
But the main storyline to watch so far is the Williams Ephs who currently sit in second place. Last year they took third overall with 386 points. Two days in this time around they already have secured 225 points good enough for second place. They are seventeen points ahead of third-place Kenyon. While Emma Waddell<\/strong> has already swam (and won) two events, 400 IM Champion Megan Pierce<\/strong> still has two individual events left as well as freshman breaststroker Caroline White<\/strong>. This\u00a0would be the team’s fifth second-place title and first since 2012.<\/p>\n While Emory will walk away with this one, the men’s race is not so clear. Emory currently leads with 244 points followed by Kenyon (214.5) and Denison (193). Emory has only four individual races this morning compared to Kenyon’s six. They will be fine in the sprint back and breast but will certainly lose some ground in the 200 fly. Today, as always, morning swims matter.<\/p>\n You can find our individual pre-meet predictions for the women\u2019s meet\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0men\u2019s predictions<\/a>\u00a0are available as well.\u00a0Stay updated throughout the meet via our 2016-17 Division III Landing Page<\/a>\u00a0and live results<\/a>.<\/p>\n NCAA Record: <\/strong>1:55.66 – Logan Todhunter, Williams (2012) Last night’s 400 IM National Champion Megan Pierce<\/strong> of Williams made a statement by racing to the top seed in 2:00.68 in heat four. She came in to the meet as the eleventh seed at 2:03.87 and used an opposing approach to that of her IM. While she brought a patient force last night, Pierce went after this race right from that start splitting a 57.19 at the 100. She definitely has even more room to improve as well as her fourth 50 was a 32.58.<\/p>\n Freshman Anne Dassow<\/strong> claimed heat three in 2:02.61 which was just off her seed but exactly what she needed to do to make it back in the top eight for tonight. She sits seventh headed into tonight. St. Thomas sophomore Katelyn Strauss claimed heat five this morning in 2:02.00, a big time drop for her. She went out similarly to Pierce but could not hang on in the back half.<\/p>\n Also in the mix tonight will be RPI’s Shanny Lin<\/strong> who swam a more typical 200 fly race and certainly has the race experience in this event to be well-prepared. She definitely has more left in the tank for tonight after going a 2:02.18 this morning.<\/p>\n Junior MIT Engineer Mary Thielking<\/strong> kicked things off early racing to a 2:04.04 out of the early heats of this event. Her efforts were good enough to secure a spot in tonight’s consolation final. This was nearly a two second drop for Thielking. She will be joined by Denison’s Halli Garza<\/strong> in this heat who came in as the top seed but fell to ninth this morning.<\/p>\n NCAA Record:\u00a0<\/strong>1:44.93 – Alex Anderson, Mary Washington (2015) Just a sophomore, Brandon Lum<\/strong> of Washington University will be tonight’s top seed in this event. Out a 50.43, Lum can still work on his second 100 to go even faster tonight. His time was a best by over two seconds.<\/p>\n NYU junior Ian Rainey<\/strong> threw everyone for a bit of a loop this morning by claiming the second\u00a0seed out of lane one in heat one. The second to last seed coming in, Rainey swam a time faster than the winner of this event last year. After earning runner-up honors in last night’s 400 IM, Rainey will be looking to earn his first D-3 National Title tonight.<\/p>\n Bouke Edskes<\/strong> of MIT took the third seed at 1:47.64, another best time out of this field. Emory and Kenyon each put one swimmer in the A final in Christian Baker<\/strong> (1:48.14-5th) and Jonathon Zimdars<\/strong> (1:48.67). The Lords also have junior David Perez<\/strong> in the fourteenth seed.<\/p>\n NCAA Record:\u00a0<\/strong>53.46 – Celia Oberholzer, Kenyon (2013) No, this isn’t a replay of last night’s 200 freestyle. Once again, Emory has taken the top two seeds in an event; Freshman Caroline Olson<\/strong> had a true breakout swim racing to 54.94. A couple heats later, teammate Cindy Cheng<\/strong> swam a 54.89. These were the only two women under 55 this morning. Olson came in as the ninth seed and<\/p>\n Defending champion in this event Emma Paulson<\/strong> will be the third seed with a very solid 55.07 this morning. Paulson was out fast enough this morning but fell off on the last lap. Despite falling short to Olson this morning, Williams’ Olivia Jackson<\/strong> swam a 55.35 to qualify fourth out of heat three. She will faster tonight for sure.<\/p>\n Emory will have a third swimmer in this final as Claire Liu<\/strong> had the fastest first 50 in the field this morning and the sixth time overall. Emily Rollo<\/strong> of Washington and Lee will round out the top heat tonight after finishing in a best time of 55.75. Union’s Christina Belforti<\/strong> took the sixteenth seed with a 56.25.<\/p>\n NCAA Record:\u00a0<\/strong>46.93 – Ben Lin, Williams (2017) NCAA record holder in this event Ben Lin<\/strong> cruised to a 47.75 top seed this morning. Clearly using a relaxed approach, the men’s 100 back will be on record watch later on tonight. Lin split 23.00-24.75.<\/p>\n NYU’s Chad Moody<\/strong> blasted a 48.23 for the second seed out of heat four, and was followed by Kinglsey Bowen<\/strong> of Tufts and Emile Kuyl<\/strong> of Johns Hopkins. Emory’s Sage Ono<\/strong> was also out slower than usual splitting 23.49-25.18. Both fifty splits will be much faster tonight as he will be a contender for the top three.<\/p>\n Kenyon and Denison each placed a swimmer in the consolation final. Ben Baturka<\/strong> will swim for the Lords (49.21 – 11th) and Jason Wesseling<\/strong> will swim for the Big Red (49.32 – 12th). Taking sixteenth in this event was Christopher Szymczak<\/strong> of Wheaton (Il).<\/p>\n NCAA Record:\u00a0<\/strong>1:00.54 – Lindsay Payne, Williams (2006) Defending champion Samantha Senczyzszyn\u00a0<\/strong>swam a great morning time of 1:01.88 with no one within a second of her in her heat. She will be given a run for her money tonight though, so you can expect an intense race to come.<\/p>\n She will be challenged by Denison freshman Kt Kustritz<\/strong> who has had a standout freshman season but will be looking to make up for a disqualification in her prelim heat of Wednesday’s 200 IM. Her 1:02.25 also looked smooth. Her splits were nearly identical to Senczyszyn’s so it appears that the two had similar strategies this morning.<\/p>\n Emory sophomore Hannah Lally<\/strong> made her mark in this event by going a 1:02.58 for a one second drop. Kenyon’s Julia Wilson<\/strong> was close behind in 1:02.69. Springfield senior Emily Medeiros<\/strong> has the most experience in this event at the NCAA level and will also be one to watch.<\/p>\n Caroline Conboy<\/strong> of William Smith took the sixteenth seed in 1:03.91.<\/p>\n NCAA Record:\u00a0<\/strong>51.14 – Andrew Wilson, Emory (2016) Emory senior Andrew Wilson<\/strong> not only raced to a new Division-III NCAA record in the 100 breast this morning, he also achieved the fastest time out of any of the three divisions so far this year. While men’s D-1 NCAAs are still a week away, Wilson’s 51.02 was enough to top the rankings at this time, and this was only prelims.<\/p>\n Tonight could be the night we see Wilson drop below 51 seconds; he split 24.26-26.76 this morning. He came home 27.10 in last night’s 400 medley relay and was out 23.17. Obviously, he will not be out this fast without a relay start, but he should be a little more aggressive up front tonight.<\/p>\n The last time any NCAA swimmer dipped below the 51-second mark was when Kevin Cordes<\/strong> (50.25 – Arizona) and Chuck Katis<\/strong> (50.89 – Cal) did so at the 2015 NCAA Division I National Championships.<\/p>\n All Andrew Wilson talk aside, a handful of other swimmers had impressive prelim swims as well. NYU’s Timothy Kou<\/strong> raced to a best of 54.36 and Hopkins’ Evan Holder<\/strong> swam a 54.44 for third. Holder went 53.05 in last night’s 400 medley relay so expect him to earn second place honors tonight.<\/p>\n Washington University’s Michael Lagieski<\/strong> (54.64) and Coast Guard’s Chasse Sodemann<\/strong> (54.67) also swam under 55; Lagieski swam a 53.34 in last night’s relay so he could be in the mix as well.<\/p>\n At the halfway point, Emory leads the way for the women’s meet with 330 points. 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\n 2016 Top 8:\u00a0<\/strong>2:03.77
\n 2016 Top 16:\u00a0<\/strong>2:05.30<\/p>\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Pierce, Megan SR Williams 2:03.87 2:00.68 \r\n 27.07 57.19 (30.12)\r\n 1:28.10 (30.91) 2:00.68 (32.58)\r\n 2 Strauss, Katelyn SO St. Thomas 2:03.61 2:02.00 \r\n 27.17 57.31 (30.14)\r\n 1:28.90 (31.59) 2:02.00 (33.10)\r\n 3 Lin, Shanny JR RPI 2:01.82 2:02.18 \r\n 27.43 58.13 (30.70)\r\n 1:29.79 (31.66) 2:02.18 (32.39)\r\n 4 Wolff, Veronica FR Williams 2:03.04 2:02.20 \r\n 28.02 59.24 (31.22)\r\n 1:30.28 (31.04) 2:02.20 (31.92)\r\n 5 Campbell, Megan JR Emory 2:04.17 2:02.25 \r\n 27.57 58.30 (30.73)\r\n 1:30.61 (32.31) 2:02.25 (31.64)\r\n 6 Leitz, Meggie JR Ursinus 2:03.72 2:02.49 \r\n 27.06 57.93 (30.87)\r\n 1:29.73 (31.80) 2:02.49 (32.76)\r\n 7 Dassow, Anne FR Grove City 2:01.91 2:02.61 \r\n 27.45 58.50 (31.05)\r\n 1:30.01 (31.51) 2:02.61 (32.60)\r\n 8 Brown, Abigail SR Johns Hopkins 2:04.14 2:03.13 \r\n 28.04 59.48 (31.44)\r\n 1:31.35 (31.87) 2:03.13 (31.78)<\/pre>\n
Men’s 200 Fly<\/h2>\n
\n2016 Top 8:\u00a0<\/strong>1:49.12
\n2016 Top 16:\u00a0<\/strong>1:50.34<\/p>\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Lum, Brandon SO Wash U. MO 1:48.59 1:46.33 \r\n 24.08 50.43 (26.35)\r\n 1:17.68 (27.25) 1:46.33 (28.65)\r\n 2 Rainey, Ian JR NYU 1:53.68 1:47.02 \r\n 24.25 51.37 (27.12)\r\n 1:18.83 (27.46) 1:47.02 (28.19)\r\n 3 Edskes, Bouke FR MIT 1:49.01 1:47.64 \r\n 24.45 51.54 (27.09)\r\n 1:19.48 (27.94) 1:47.64 (28.16)\r\n 4 Colmenares, Carlos FR NYU 1:49.45 1:47.76 \r\n 24.03 51.28 (27.25)\r\n 1:18.92 (27.64) 1:47.76 (28.84)\r\n 5 Baker, Christian SR Emory 1:48.48 1:48.14 \r\n 24.53 52.05 (27.52)\r\n 1:20.13 (28.08) 1:48.14 (28.01)\r\n 6 Spurrell, Samuel JR Amherst 1:50.68 1:48.56 \r\n 24.21 51.77 (27.56)\r\n 1:19.65 (27.88) 1:48.56 (28.91)\r\n 7 Zimdars, Jonathon SO Kenyon 1:48.50 1:48.67 \r\n 24.21 51.41 (27.20)\r\n 1:19.43 (28.02) 1:48.67 (29.24)\r\n 8 Riek, Mitchell SO Carnegie Mellon 1:49.53 1:48.77 \r\n 24.61 52.38 (27.77)\r\n 1:20.44 (28.06) 1:48.77 (28.33)<\/pre>\n
Women’s\u00a0100 Back<\/h2>\n
\n2016 Top 8:\u00a0<\/strong>55.70
\n2016 Top 16:\u00a0<\/strong>56.40<\/p>\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Cheng, Cindy JR Emory 54.86 54.89 \r\n 26.58 54.89 (28.31)\r\n 2 Olson, Caroline FR Emory 55.93 54.94 \r\n 26.67 54.94 (28.27)\r\n 3 Paulson, Emma SR St. Thomas 55.39 55.07 \r\n 26.57 55.07 (28.50)\r\n 4 Jackson, Olivia SR Williams 55.56 55.35 \r\n 27.12 55.35 (28.23)\r\n 5 Daher, Sara SR Bates 56.42 55.49 \r\n 27.20 55.49 (28.29)\r\n 6 Liu, Claire SR Emory 56.14 55.56 \r\n 26.48 55.56 (29.08)\r\n 7 Hong, Eleanore SR Rose-Hulman 56.51 55.72 \r\n 27.14 55.72 (28.58)\r\n 8 Rollo, Emily SR W & L 55.78 55.75 \r\n 26.80 55.75 (28.95)<\/pre>\n
Men’s 100 Back<\/h2>\n
\n2016 Top 8:\u00a0<\/strong>49.32
\n2016 Top 16:\u00a0<\/strong>49.57<\/p>\nWomen’s\u00a0100 Breast<\/h2>\n
\n2016 Top 8:\u00a0<\/strong>1:03.12
\n2016 Top 16:\u00a0<\/strong>1:04.19<\/p>\n 1 Senczyszyn, Sam SO UW-Eau Claire 1:01.11 1:01.88 \r\n 29.12 1:01.88 (32.76)\r\n 2 Kustritz, KT FR Denison 1:01.46 1:02.25 \r\n 29.39 1:02.25 (32.86)\r\n 3 Lally, Hannah SO Emory 1:03.63 1:02.58 \r\n 29.61 1:02.58 (32.97)\r\n 4 Wilson, Julia JR Kenyon 1:01.47 1:02.69 \r\n 29.51 1:02.69 (33.18)\r\n 5 Medeiros, Emily SR Springfield 1:03.09 1:02.98 \r\n 29.92 1:02.98 (33.06)\r\n 6 White, Caroline FR Williams 1:02.62 1:03.05 \r\n 29.85 1:03.05 (33.20)\r\n 7 Bagley, Erin SR Wheaton IL 1:02.79 1:03.19 \r\n 29.39 1:03.19 (33.80)\r\n 8 Mesaros, Katherine FR Denison 1:03.10 1:03.22 \r\n 29.53 1:03.22 (33.69)<\/pre>\n
Men’s 100 Breast<\/h2>\n
\n2016 Top 8:\u00a0<\/strong>55.49
\n2016 Top 16:\u00a0<\/strong>56.06<\/p>\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Wilson, Andrew SR Emory 51.14 51.02 \r\n 24.26 51.02 (26.76)\r\n 2 Kou, Timothy JR NYU 54.88 54.36 \r\n 25.76 54.36 (28.60)\r\n 3 Holder, Evan SR Johns Hopkins 54.82 54.44 \r\n 25.42 54.44 (29.02)\r\n 4 Lagieski, Michael SR Wash U. MO 54.27 54.64 \r\n 25.67 54.64 (28.97)\r\n 5 Sodemann, Chasse SO Coast Guard 54.77 54.67 \r\n 25.56 54.67 (29.11)\r\n 6 Yamaguchi, Reona FR Chicago 54.22 55.11 \r\n 25.95 55.11 (29.16)\r\n 7 Sonnek, Tanner SO Gustavus 55.10 55.24 \r\n 26.00 55.24 (29.24)\r\n 8 McManus, Samuel JR DePauw 55.15 55.25 \r\n 26.10 55.25 (29.15)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"