Annagrazia Bonsanti<\/strong> with her 4:54.13.<\/p>\nEvent 21 Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 4:39.28 3\/11\/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)\r\n Meet: M 4:39.28 3\/11\/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Topcu, Buse FR Cal Baptist 4:51.00 4:49.40 \r\n r:+0.71 27.11 55.97 (28.86)\r\n 1:25.18 (29.21) 1:54.67 (29.49)\r\n 2:23.55 (28.88) 2:52.57 (29.02)\r\n 3:21.69 (29.12) 3:51.12 (29.43)\r\n 4:20.73 (29.61) 4:49.40 (28.67)\r\n 2 Wright, Georgia SO West Chester 4:49.72 4:50.86 \r\n r:+0.75 27.23 56.41 (29.18)\r\n 1:25.55 (29.14) 1:54.56 (29.01)\r\n 2:23.95 (29.39) 2:53.61 (29.66)\r\n 3:23.36 (29.75) 3:52.84 (29.48)\r\n 4:21.86 (29.02) 4:50.86 (29.00)\r\n 3 de Rijcke, Simone JR Lindenwood 4:48.38 4:51.85 \r\n r:+0.84 27.65 57.20 (29.55)\r\n 1:26.93 (29.73) 1:57.14 (30.21)\r\n 2:26.76 (29.62) 2:56.08 (29.32)\r\n 3:24.97 (28.89) 3:54.11 (29.14)\r\n 4:23.26 (29.15) 4:51.85 (28.59)\r\n 4 Dahlgren, Erica SO Drury University 4:52.51 4:52.41 \r\n r:+0.87 27.40 56.41 (29.01)\r\n 1:25.85 (29.44) 1:55.46 (29.61)\r\n 2:24.86 (29.40) 2:54.44 (29.58)\r\n 3:24.08 (29.64) 3:54.00 (29.92)\r\n 4:23.68 (29.68) 4:52.41 (28.73)\r\n 5 Sundstedt, Emma FR Nova S'eastern 4:46.06 4:52.79 \r\n r:+0.80 26.92 56.14 (29.22)\r\n 1:25.61 (29.47) 1:55.19 (29.58)\r\n 2:25.06 (29.87) 2:54.69 (29.63)\r\n 3:24.42 (29.73) 3:53.99 (29.57)\r\n 4:23.82 (29.83) 4:52.79 (28.97)\r\n 6 Bains, Francesca FR Queens (NC) 4:52.51 4:53.11 \r\n r:+0.74 27.33 56.74 (29.41)\r\n 1:26.26 (29.52) 1:55.80 (29.54)\r\n 2:25.49 (29.69) 2:55.18 (29.69)\r\n 3:25.08 (29.90) 3:54.63 (29.55)\r\n 4:24.06 (29.43) 4:53.11 (29.05)\r\n 7 Fornshell, Laura SO Fresno Pacific 4:49.27 4:54.00 \r\n r:+0.82 26.80 56.06 (29.26)\r\n 1:25.49 (29.43) 1:55.24 (29.75)\r\n 2:25.11 (29.87) 2:55.16 (30.05)\r\n 3:25.08 (29.92) 3:55.10 (30.02)\r\n 4:25.05 (29.95) 4:54.00 (28.95)\r\n 8 Bonsanti, Annagrazia SR Bridgeport 4:55.99 4:54.13 \r\n r:+0.74 27.68 56.81 (29.13)\r\n 1:26.26 (29.45) 1:56.01 (29.75)\r\n 2:25.76 (29.75) 2:55.44 (29.68)\r\n 3:25.09 (29.65) 3:54.88 (29.79)\r\n 4:24.60 (29.72) 4:54.13 (29.53)<\/pre>\nMen’s 500 Free<\/h3>\n
Indianapolis freshman Adam Rosipal<\/strong> earned his number one spot with a time of 4:23.66 while Simon Fraser’s distance-duo of Hamill Mackenzie<\/strong> (4:23.99) and Rolando Hernandez<\/strong> (4:24.80) followed behind. Taking the lane eight position heading into tonight will be Tim Samuelsen<\/strong> in 4:27.51.<\/p>\nEvent 22 Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 4:17.09 3\/11\/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)\r\n Meet: M 4:17.09 3\/11\/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Rosipal, Adam FR Indy 4:25.64 4:23.66 \r\n r:+0.74 24.21 50.01 (25.80)\r\n 1:16.33 (26.32) 1:43.05 (26.72)\r\n 2:09.69 (26.64) 2:36.67 (26.98)\r\n 3:03.60 (26.93) 3:30.65 (27.05)\r\n 3:57.53 (26.88) 4:23.66 (26.13)\r\n 2 Hamill, Mackenzie JR Simon Fraser Uni 4:27.91 4:23.99 \r\n r:+0.81 24.06 49.81 (25.75)\r\n 1:15.98 (26.17) 1:42.63 (26.65)\r\n 2:09.42 (26.79) 2:36.23 (26.81)\r\n 3:03.18 (26.95) 3:30.54 (27.36)\r\n 3:57.78 (27.24) 4:23.99 (26.21)\r\n 3 Hernandez, Rolando SO Simon Fraser Uni 4:30.12 4:24.80 \r\n r:+0.76 23.57 49.53 (25.96)\r\n 1:16.11 (26.58) 1:42.92 (26.81)\r\n 2:09.91 (26.99) 2:36.81 (26.90)\r\n 3:03.69 (26.88) 3:30.99 (27.30)\r\n 3:58.03 (27.04) 4:24.80 (26.77)\r\n 4 Lupoli, Franco SR Nova S'eastern 4:24.10 4:25.28 \r\n r:+0.67 24.34 50.93 (26.59)\r\n 1:17.73 (26.80) 1:44.47 (26.74)\r\n 2:11.57 (27.10) 2:38.60 (27.03)\r\n 3:05.66 (27.06) 3:32.35 (26.69)\r\n 3:58.99 (26.64) 4:25.28 (26.29)\r\n 5 Casanovas, Joan SO Drury University 4:21.56 4:25.43 \r\n r:+0.63 23.95 51.00 (27.05)\r\n 1:18.01 (27.01) 1:45.40 (27.39)\r\n 2:12.41 (27.01) 2:39.22 (26.81)\r\n 3:05.70 (26.48) 3:32.38 (26.68)\r\n 3:59.17 (26.79) 4:25.43 (26.26)\r\n 6 Reinbrecht, Alexandre SR Drury University 4:25.16 4:25.69 \r\n r:+0.67 24.30 50.93 (26.63)\r\n 1:17.98 (27.05) 1:44.82 (26.84)\r\n 2:11.78 (26.96) 2:38.89 (27.11)\r\n 3:05.85 (26.96) 3:32.99 (27.14)\r\n 3:59.81 (26.82) 4:25.69 (25.88)\r\n 7 Woinoski, Andrew SO Simon Fraser Uni 4:28.24 4:27.42 \r\n r:+0.68 24.20 50.42 (26.22)\r\n 1:16.72 (26.30) 1:43.53 (26.81)\r\n 2:10.51 (26.98) 2:37.71 (27.20)\r\n 3:05.24 (27.53) 3:32.76 (27.52)\r\n 4:00.49 (27.73) 4:27.42 (26.93)\r\n 8 Samuelsen, Tim SO Missouri S & T 4:29.03 4:27.51 \r\n r:+0.72 25.47 52.17 (26.70)\r\n 1:19.40 (27.23) 1:46.20 (26.80)\r\n 2:13.00 (26.80) 2:39.86 (26.86)\r\n 3:06.57 (26.71) 3:33.40 (26.83)\r\n 4:00.49 (27.09) 4:27.51 (27.02)<\/pre>\nWomen’s 100 Back<\/h3>\n
Oklahoma Baptist’s Marquez Celina<\/strong> swam a 53.60 to earn her a top seed in the A final while Drury’s Yekterina Rudenko<\/strong> turned in a time of 53.89 to earn the second spot heading into tonight. MSU-Moorhead’s Erin Sullivan<\/strong> took third with her time of 54.39 while taking the eighth spot in tonight’s final will be LIU’s Karis Fuller<\/strong> (55.12).<\/p>\nEvent 23 Women 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 52.45 3\/14\/2014 Mary Hanson, Cal Baptist\r\n Meet: M 52.45 3\/14\/2014 Mary Hanson, Cal Baptist\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Marquez, Celina SO Oklahoma Baptist 53.70 53.60 \r\n r:+0.55 25.38 53.60 (28.22)\r\n 2 Rudenko, Yekaterina SR Drury University 53.44 53.89 \r\n r:+0.61 26.48 53.89 (27.41)\r\n 3 Sullivan, Erin SR MSU-Moorhead 55.28 54.39 \r\n r:+0.46 25.98 54.39 (28.41)\r\n 4 Helm, Rachel SO NMU 53.91 54.51 \r\n r:+0.60 26.65 54.51 (27.86)\r\n 5 Wright, Cassandra FR Sioux Falls 54.39 54.60 \r\n r:+0.58 27.02 54.60 (27.58)\r\n 6 Afchain, Suzanne JR Oklahoma Baptist 54.91 54.71 \r\n r:+0.61 26.42 54.71 (28.29)\r\n 7 Massaro, Rachel FR Queens (NC) 54.62 55.07 \r\n r:+0.56 26.35 55.07 (28.72)\r\n 8 Fuller, Karis JR LIU Post 55.32 55.12 \r\n r:+0.61 27.11 55.12 (28.01)<\/pre>\nMen’s 100 Back<\/h3>\n
Queens senior Paul Pijulet<\/strong> swam 47.11 to take his lane four spot heading into tonight’s final with Giulio Brugnoni<\/strong> hot on his tail with a 47.13. Indy’s junior Rodrigo Codo Berti<\/strong> was not far behind in a time of 47.28.<\/p>\n Event 24 Men 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 46.27 3\/10\/2016 Marco Palacios, Florida Southern\r\n Meet: M 46.27 3\/10\/2016 Marco Palacios, Florida Southern\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Pijulet, Paul SR Queens (NC) 46.15 47.11 \r\n r:+0.59 22.71 47.11 (24.40)\r\n 2 Brugnoni, Giulio FR Delta State 46.72 47.13 \r\n r:+0.49 22.77 47.13 (24.36)\r\n 3 Codo Berti, Rodrigo JR Indy 47.73 47.28 \r\n r:+0.60 23.18 47.28 (24.10)\r\n 4 Shalamon, Harry SO Grand Valley 47.45 47.41 \r\n r:+0.53 22.70 47.41 (24.71)\r\n 5 Baslakov, Iskender FR Fresno Pacific 47.05 47.49 \r\n 22.65 47.49 (24.84)\r\n 6 Drobnych, Dmytro JR Wayne State 47.64 47.51 \r\n r:+0.63 22.81 47.51 (24.70)\r\n 7 Dyck, Brandon FR Florida Southern 47.69 47.64 \r\n r:+0.53 23.06 47.64 (24.58)\r\n 8 Budai, Lajos SO NMU 47.55 47.85 \r\n r:+0.59 23.25 47.85 (24.60)<\/pre>\nWomen’s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n
Drury added some ammunition to their heavy breaststroke artillery by placing Zuzanna Chwadeczko<\/strong> (1:00.25) and Bailee Nunn<\/strong> (1:00.49) in the middle of the pool for tonight’s A final. Carson-Newman’s Maggie Melhorn<\/strong> touched in 1:01.15 for the third seed.<\/p>\nBefore tonight’s A final, a swim-off will be required between Fresno Pacific’s Daria<\/strong> Belova<\/strong> and CSU East Bay’s Claire Beaty<\/strong> who each touched in 1:02.08.<\/p>\nEvent 25 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 59.51 3\/10\/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida\r\n Meet: M 59.51 3\/10\/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Chwadeczko, Zuzanna SR Drury University 1:00.76 1:00.25 \r\n r:+0.72 27.61 1:00.25 (32.64)\r\n 2 Nunn, Bailee SO Drury University 59.63 1:00.49 \r\n r:+0.73 28.85 1:00.49 (31.64)\r\n 3 Melhorn, Maggie SR Carson-Newman 1:01.67 1:01.15 \r\n r:+0.68 29.26 1:01.15 (31.89)\r\n 4 Prayson, Michelle JR Queens (NC) 1:01.10 1:01.45 \r\n r:+0.71 28.95 1:01.45 (32.50)\r\n 5 Tovstogan, Olga SO Fresno Pacific 1:01.50 1:01.58 \r\n r:+0.72 28.78 1:01.58 (32.80)\r\n 5 Young, Nicole SR Bloomsburg 1:02.11 1:01.58 \r\n r:+0.66 28.32 1:01.58 (33.26)\r\n 7 Galluzzo, Natalie FR Truman St. 1:01.75 1:01.91 \r\n r:+0.69 29.41 1:01.91 (32.50)\r\n 8 Belova, Daria SR Fresno Pacific 1:02.79 1:02.08 \r\n r:+0.71 30.15 1:02.08 (31.93)\r\n 8 Beaty, Claire SR CSU East Bay 1:01.86 1:02.08 \r\n r:+0.83 29.36 1:02.08 (32.72)\r\n Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------<\/pre>\nMen’s 100 Breast<\/h3>\n
Drury’s Andrea Bazzoli<\/strong> earned the rights to lane four tonight with his 52.68 which was good enough to get ahead of Saint Leo’s Henrik Dahrendorff<\/strong> who put up a 53.06. Lindenwood’s Justin Winnett\u00a0<\/strong>swam a 53.74 to earn the third spot. Cal Baptist’s Eric Tolman<\/strong> took eighth going into tonight with his 54.14.<\/p>\nEvent 26 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 51.63 3\/13\/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern\r\n Meet: M 51.63 3\/13\/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Bazzoli, Andrea SR Drury University 53.65 52.68 \r\n r:+0.77 24.56 52.68 (28.12)\r\n 2 Dahrendorff, Henrik SO Saint Leo 54.13 53.06 \r\n r:+0.75 24.83 53.06 (28.23)\r\n 3 Winnett, Justin JR Lindenwood 53.46 53.74 \r\n r:+0.72 25.13 53.74 (28.61)\r\n 4 Jasso, Luis SR Florida Southern 53.58 53.78 \r\n r:+0.68 25.63 53.78 (28.15)\r\n 5 Palazzo, Sasha SO Wayne State 54.09 54.04 \r\n r:+0.67 25.15 54.04 (28.89)\r\n 6 Morillas, Fernando SR Oklahoma Baptist 54.11 54.09 \r\n r:+0.75 25.56 54.09 (28.53)\r\n 7 Viazzo, Giacomo SO Wingate 53.83 54.12 \r\n r:+0.62 25.75 54.12 (28.37)\r\n 8 Tolman, Eric SO Cal Baptist 54.46 54.14 \r\n r:+0.66 25.10 54.14 (29.04)<\/pre>\nWomen’s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n
Simon Fraser’s Jessie Gibson<\/strong> swam a 1:57.99, which gave her the lane four spot tonight with a trio of Queens swimmers behind her. Leading that trio is Mckenzie Stevens<\/strong> (1:58.20), followed by Georgia DaCruz<\/strong> (2:01.36) and Josephina Lorda<\/strong> (2:01.41). Rounding out tonight’s final heat will be Simon Fraser freshman Kaleigh Sharkey<\/strong> who swam a 2:01.92.<\/p>\nEvent 27 Women 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 1:57.62 2\/17\/2018 McKenzie Stevens, Queens (NC)\r\n Meet: M 1:57.94 3\/11\/2016 Sofia Petrenko, Wingate\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Gibson, Jessie SO Simon Fraser Uni 1:58.83 1:57.99 \r\n r:+0.71 26.07 55.91 (29.84)\r\n 1:26.69 (30.78) 1:57.99 (31.30)\r\n 2 Stevens, Mckenzie SR Queens (NC) 1:57.62 1:58.20 \r\n r:+0.71 26.80 56.50 (29.70)\r\n 1:26.99 (30.49) 1:58.20 (31.21)\r\n 3 DaCruz, Georgia SO Queens (NC) 2:01.50 2:01.36 \r\n r:+0.70 26.70 57.10 (30.40)\r\n 1:28.62 (31.52) 2:01.36 (32.74)\r\n 4 Lorda, Josephina JR Queens (NC) 2:01.03 2:01.41 \r\n r:+0.70 27.91 56.97 (29.06)\r\n 1:28.22 (31.25) 2:01.41 (33.19)\r\n 5 Petrenko, Sofia SR Cal Baptist 2:00.44 2:01.44 \r\n r:+0.81 27.46 57.64 (30.18)\r\n 1:29.00 (31.36) 2:01.44 (32.44)\r\n 6 Martelli, Lucia FR Delta State 2:01.35 2:01.60 \r\n r:+0.72 27.29 57.89 (30.60)\r\n 1:29.44 (31.55) 2:01.60 (32.16)\r\n 7 Knippenberg, Charlott SO Wingate 2:02.19 2:01.87 \r\n r:+0.70 26.65 56.93 (30.28)\r\n 1:28.44 (31.51) 2:01.87 (33.43)\r\n 8 Sharkey, Kaleigh FR Simon Fraser Uni 2:03.24 2:01.92 \r\n r:+0.81 27.76 59.03 (31.27)\r\n 1:30.72 (31.69) 2:01.92 (31.20)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\nMen’s 200 Fly<\/h3>\n
Queens junior Marius Kusch<\/strong> swam the fastest out of all the preliminary heats with his time of 1:44.40 with Findlay senior Janko Radmanovic<\/strong> took second in 1:45.45. Lindenwood’s duo of Cristian Vasquez<\/strong> (1:46.42) and Matheus Isidro<\/strong> (1:47.06) are sitting third and fourth, heading into tonight. Taking eighth for tonight’s final was Southern Connecticut’s Leonardo Laporte<\/strong> in 1:47.81.<\/p>\n Event 28 Men 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n NCAA DII: N 1:42.04 3\/10\/2017 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)\r\n Meet: M 1:42.04 3\/10\/2017 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)\r\n Name Year School Seed Prelims \r\n==================================================================\r\n === Preliminaries === <\/b>\r\n \r\n 1 Kusch, Marius JR Queens (NC) 1:43.50 1:44.40 \r\n r:+0.75 22.10 48.29 (26.19)\r\n 1:15.42 (27.13) 1:44.40 (28.98)\r\n 2 Radmanovic, Janko SR Findlay 1:46.52 1:45.45 \r\n r:+0.64 22.76 49.65 (26.89)\r\n 1:17.50 (27.85) 1:45.45 (27.95)\r\n 3 Vasquez, Cristian JR Lindenwood 1:47.06 1:46.42 \r\n r:+0.70 24.08 50.75 (26.67)\r\n 1:18.26 (27.51) 1:46.42 (28.16)\r\n 4 Isidro, Matheus SO Lindenwood 1:46.11 1:47.06 \r\n r:+0.72 23.60 50.66 (27.06)\r\n 1:18.21 (27.55) 1:47.06 (28.85)\r\n 5 Kosylo, Nazarii SO Wingate 1:47.95 1:47.28 \r\n r:+0.73 24.47 51.47 (27.00)\r\n 1:19.23 (27.76) 1:47.28 (28.05)\r\n 6 Taske, Aaron SO Missouri S & T 1:48.57 1:47.42 \r\n r:+0.74 23.96 51.22 (27.26)\r\n 1:19.50 (28.28) 1:47.42 (27.92)\r\n 7 Pucarevic, Matija FR McKendree 1:48.35 1:47.71 \r\n r:+0.68 24.08 51.52 (27.44)\r\n 1:19.36 (27.84) 1:47.71 (28.35)\r\n 8 Laporte, Leonardo SO Southern Conn 1:48.50 1:47.81 \r\n r:+0.66 23.97 51.36 (27.39)\r\n 1:19.41 (28.05) 1:47.81 (28.40)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queens junior Marius Kusch continued prove his sheer dominance by putting himself in the lane four position in tonight’s 200 fly final. Should Kusch emerge victorious tonight, it will mark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4285,"featured_media":245120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,49268],"tags":[66163,64129],"class_list":["post-300695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","category-featured-meet-coverage","tag-2018-ncaa-division-ii-championships","tag-ncaa-division-ii-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
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