{"id":293145,"date":"2018-01-23T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=293145"},"modified":"2018-02-07T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T22:42:50","slug":"division-ii-weekly-review-indianapolis-dominates-tri-meet-mckendree-women-upset-lindenwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/division-ii-weekly-review-indianapolis-dominates-tri-meet-mckendree-women-upset-lindenwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Division II Weekly Review: Indianapolis Dominates Tri-Meet; McKendree Women Upset Lindenwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of the biggest Division II regular season meets of the year, the (#6\/7) Indianapolis swept (#5\/14) Grand Valley and (#4\/4) Lindenwood over the weekend even after both teams jumped the Greyhounds in the January 16 poll<\/a>. The Greyhounds picked up big wins from\u00a0Guilherme Zavaneli\u00a0<\/strong>in the 200 free (1:39.60) and\u00a0Adam Rosipal\u00a0<\/strong>in the 1000 (9:30.57) and the 500 (4:38.09).<\/p>\n

Indianapolis beat Grand Valley 185-119 on the men’s side and Lindenwood 181-122.5. The Greyhound women beat Grand Valley 161-143 and Lindenwood 204-100. The men have been on the rise this year and were ranked as high as third in the polls this year behind powerhouses Queens and Drury. Indianapolis only has one senior on its roster so the team is not going anywhere if they can keep everyone together.\u00a0Rodrigo Codo Berti\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ante Lucev\u00a0<\/strong>also provided big swims for the Greyhounds as the latter came up big in both sprint relays with a 20.50 anchor in the medley and a 20.76 split in the free. Indianapolis won the 200 medley but ended up getting beat by Grand Valley in the 200 free.<\/p>\n

Grand Valley had big swims out of\u00a0Benjamin Walling\u00a0<\/strong>who anchored the aforementioned winning 200 free relay with a 20.28. He also won the individual 50 with a 21.21 ahead of Indianapolis’\u00a0Victor Antonon Rodriguez\u00a0<\/strong>(21.30). That was the lone event Grand Valley won on the night including the 200 breast where\u00a0Marius Mikalauskas\u00a0<\/strong>(2:04.83) won the 200 breast to go 1-2 with\u00a0Ahmed Nabih\u00a0<\/strong>(2:06.50).<\/p>\n

Lindenwood picked up wins from\u00a0Justin Winnett\u00a0<\/strong>in the 100 breast (56.34) and\u00a0Matheus Isidro\u00a0<\/strong>in the 200 fly (1:54.52) along with\u00a0Jakub Jonczyk\u00a0<\/strong>in the 100 fly (50.47). In the end, Indianapolis was too strong for both teams as the Greyhounds walked away on Friday night with two huge wins over top ten teams. Indianapolis has now beaten every Division II team on their schedule and is done competing until the GLVC Championships February 7. Both Lindenwood and Grand Valley are also done competing until their respective conference meets. The Lakers from Grand Valley will meet UINDY at the GLVC meet while Lindenwood will be at the New South Intercollegiate Championships February 21.<\/p>\n

Sam Postmus\u00a0<\/strong>was the star of the day for Grand Valley women as she won the 200 free (1:51.62), the 500 (4:59.06) and the 200 IM (2:05.13). She helped give the Lakers a fighting chance against the Greyhounds but could not quite match Indianapolis’ depth.<\/p>\n

Sotia Neophytou\u00a0<\/strong>(100 back, 100 fly),\u00a0Malvina Shoukri\u00a0<\/strong>(50 free, 100 free)\u00a0and\u00a0Athina Konstantinidi<\/strong>\u00a0(100 breast, 200 breast)\u00a0<\/strong>each won two events to propel the Greyhounds past the Lakers.<\/p>\n

Lindenwood was the highest ranked team but swam off on Friday night. Their headliner\u00a0Simone de Rijcke\u00a0<\/strong>only managed third in the 1000 (10:39.24) and was well off Postmus’ winning time in the 200, finishing second (1:54.78). She was fourth in the 500 (5:07.79) in the second half of the meet. The Lions were coming off a\u00a0tough loss to unranked McKendree on Friday night before they had to swim in Indianapolis on Saturday.<\/p>\n

McKendree led by head coach\u00a0Jimmy Tierney\u00a0<\/strong>had a major upset over Lindenwood 174-82. The team was led by huge performances from sophomore\u00a0Milica Sostarec\u00a0<\/strong>and freshman\u00a0Meredith Geyer<\/strong>. The McKendree team was only started last season, but they already have a program changing win under their belt. Keep a close watch on this team moving forward.<\/p>\n

In another big meet on the weekend, (#2\/1) Drury lost to crosstown rival Division I Missouri State 140-91 on the men’s side and 124-117 on the women’s side.\u00a0Bailee Nunn\u00a0<\/strong>did her job as she won the 200 IM (2:02.20) and an unconventional 100 fly (55.31). Nunn gave up her breaststroke duties to\u00a0Zuzanna Chwadeczko\u00a0<\/strong>who did her job by winning the 100 breast (1:03.38) and the 100 free (52.01).\u00a0Yekaterina Rudenko\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Erica Dahlgren\u00a0<\/strong>each picked up wins in the 100 back (56.98) and the 500 (5:00.35). The Panthers won the final 200 free relay by 0.04 seconds, but Drury could not match Missouri State’s depth as the Bears swept the season series for the first time in a long time.<\/p>\n

(#16\/6) UC San Diego and (#9\/13) Cal Baptist split their duel in heavily one-sided matches as the 9th ranked California Baptist men beat San Diego 226-74 while the 6th ranked San Diego women defeated California Baptist 212-88. Both of these teams have been on the rise this year as the West Coast has resurged in national relevancy in Division II. California Baptist men were 12th at NCAA’s last year while San Diego men were 19th and the women were not in the top 25. The Cal Baptist women were 14th last year.<\/p>\n

The majority of Cal Baptist’s core group is still underclassmen led by sophomores\u00a0Jerome Heidrich<\/strong>,\u00a0Scott Tolman\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Brandon Schuster<\/strong>. These three have really shown growth and improvement under veteran head coach\u00a0Rick Rowland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

San Diego has faced a different turnaround this year with first year head coach\u00a0David Marsh<\/strong>. They are an improving team thanks to their stellar senior class. The class of\u00a0Hailey Murphy<\/strong>,\u00a0Angie Phetbenjakul\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Stephanie Sin<\/strong> have put up good swims for the team so far this year along with freshmen\u00a0Rachel Taylor<\/strong> and\u00a0Alyson Mendez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other highlights include:<\/p>\n