{"id":337224,"date":"2018-11-10T16:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T23:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=337224"},"modified":"2018-11-11T10:42:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T17:42:12","slug":"division-iii-recap-denison-beats-kenyon-wl-women-upset-carnegie-mellon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/division-iii-recap-denison-beats-kenyon-wl-women-upset-carnegie-mellon\/","title":{"rendered":"Division III Recap: Denison Beats Kenyon; W&L Women Upset Carnegie Mellon"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the most anticipated NCAA Division III dual meet of the weekend, Denison’s men and women both beat Kenyon on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Washington and Lee traveled to Carnegie Mellon this weekend, and the women walked away with an unexpected team victory over the Tartans. Freshmen were key to Carnegie Mellon’s men’s success.<\/p>\n

Also in action this weekend, MIT swept fellow NEWMAC team Springfield. CMS took down Chapman and Pomona-Pitzer downed Whittier and Occidental on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Denison Beats Kenyon<\/h2>\n

Headed into the weekend Denison held higher CSCAA Pre-Season Poll<\/a> rankings than their Kenyon competition, but the Ladies had beat Denison by a narrow margin last fall. This year, things were different. The Big Red women swam a closer meet than the men, but still prevailed 168 to 132. The men outscored the Lords 188.5 to 109.5.<\/p>\n

Women<\/h3>\n

Denison opened the meet winning the 200 medley relay in 1:43.98, a quarter second faster than Kenyon.\u00a0KT Kustritz\u00a0<\/strong>nearly singlehandedly got the job done, splitting a 27.91 on the breaststroke leg, out doing the Ladies’\u00a0Makena Markert\u00a0<\/strong>by over a second.<\/p>\n

Denison continued on, going one-two in the 1000 led by\u00a0Natalie Zaravella\u00a0<\/strong>(10:33.47). Kenyon bounced back in the 200 free as Hannah Orbach-Mandel\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.51) and\u00a0Kendall Vanderhoof\u00a0<\/strong>(1:53.80) went one-two, four seconds ahead of third place. Kenyon won two in a row as Crile Hart\u00a0<\/strong>took the 100 backstroke in 55.83, coming within a half second of the Trumbull pool record. That would be Hart’s first of three wins.<\/p>\n

Kustritz and her teammate Kate Mesaros\u00a0<\/strong>cut the Ladies’ winning streak at two, taking the 100 breaststroke in times of 1:02.33 and 1:03.99, respectively. It was all Denison in the 200 fly as\u00a0Zoe Whelan\u00a0<\/strong>(2:07.09) led a one-two-three finish.<\/p>\n

Kenyon looked to turn things around in the 50 freestyle. Abby Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>won the event in 23.95 while the Ladies also took third, fourth, and fifth. Wilson won the 100 free in 51.75, followed by teammate\u00a0Celina German\u00a0<\/strong>(53.76).<\/p>\n

Kenyon’s momentum continued into the 200 backstroke when Hart took her second convincing victory of the day, posting a 2:02.26.<\/p>\n

Denison came back to sweep the 200 breaststroke, led by their elite duo Kustritz (2:18.43) and Mesaros (2:22.39). Their teammate\u00a0Hannah Ruskino\u00a0<\/strong>went a season best 5:08.46 for the 500 freestyle victory.\u00a0Maddie Hopkins<\/strong>, the nation leading 100 butterflier headed into the weekend, led a one-two-three finish for the Big Red with her 56.80.<\/p>\n

The final individual race of the day pitted two of Division III’s best athletes against one another as Hart and Kustritz swam well ahead of the field in the 200 IM. Hart got to the wall first in 2:02.57, out splitting Kustritz (2:03.90) on every 50 except the breaststroke leg.<\/p>\n

Kenyon won a tight 200 freestyle relay 1:36.31 to 1:36.63.<\/p>\n

Denison finished first and second in one meter diving with Emma Weber\u00a0<\/strong>leading the way. Kenyon came back on the three meter, snagging first place points from\u00a0Madeline Carlson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Men<\/h3>\n

The Big Red took a decisive lead from the beginning, going one-two in the opening 200 medley relay, led by a 1:32.18 from their A relay.\u00a0Matt Hedman\u00a0<\/strong>(9:24.20) and\u00a0Dayen Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>followed that up with a one-two finish in the 1000.<\/p>\n

Their teammate\u00a0Drake Horton\u00a0<\/strong>won a tight 200 freestyle over Kenyon’s\u00a0Robert Williams\u00a0<\/strong>1:42.43 to 1:42.82.<\/p>\n

The Lords finally grabbed an event win in the 100 backstroke behind\u00a0Nick Tong<\/strong>‘s 51.66. He just out touched Denison’s\u00a0Bebe Wang\u00a0<\/strong>(51.83).<\/p>\n

Denison took the top three spots in the 100 breaststroke with\u00a0Tiernan Foster-Smith<\/strong>\u00a0leading the way (57.11). His teammates\u00a0Mitch Williams\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.75) and\u00a0Noah Housekeeper\u00a0<\/strong>(1:52.14) raced to the wall first in the 200 butterfly.<\/p>\n

Denison’s\u00a0Kymani Senior\u00a0<\/strong>led the way in the 50 freestyle with a 21.27, just out touching his teammate\u00a0Matt McHugh\u00a0<\/strong>(21.37). Senior didn’t swim the 100 freestyle, but his teammate\u00a0Drake Horton\u00a0<\/strong>won the event in 46.67.<\/p>\n

After falling in the 100 back, Wang won the 200 in 1:50.30, two seconds ahead of his teammate\u00a0Samuel Jo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:52.61).\u00a0Ryan Stevenson\u00a0<\/strong>got to the wall in 2:09.10 to take the 200 breaststroke for the Big Red.<\/p>\n

Hedman continued to be among the nation’s distance freestyle leaders, winning the 500 freestyle in 4:35.04.<\/p>\n

With a 49.98 100 fly Tong won his second event for Kenyon. His backstroke competition Wang won the 200 IM with a 1:54.26, just three tenths faster than Kenyon’s\u00a0Grant Thompson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:54.56). Kenyon ended the meet with a three tenth victory of their own, winning the 200 freestyle relay 1:23.70 to 1:24.04.<\/p>\n

Ryder Sammons\u00a0<\/strong>won both diving events for Kenyon.<\/p>\n

Full Results<\/a><\/h4>\n

Washington and Lee Women Upset Carnegie Mellon<\/span><\/h2>\n

After losing last year, the #14 W&L women upset the #10 Tartan women on Saturday by a score of 149 to 113. The Carnegie Mellon men beat the Generals 191 to 71.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Generals\u2019 women had a few multiple event winners. Standout junior breaststroker\u00a0Emily Hageboeck <\/b>who won the 100 and 200 breaststroke (1:06.24, 2:21.54). She was also runner up in the 200 IM, behind her freshman teammate Caroline Baber <\/b>(2:10.09). Baber was huge for the Generals on Saturday, also claiming the sprint freestyle double in 24.82 and 54.41.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ali Macqueen <\/b>also picked up wins with a 58.10 100 butterfly and a 2:10.44 in the 200 butterfly. The team\u2019s freshman Anna Jamieson <\/b>out touched CMU\u2019s Jessica Chau <\/b>59.70 to 59.76 to win the 100 backstroke.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chau was first to the wall in the 200 breaststroke (2:07.14). Her teammate Taylor Brown <\/b>won the 1000 (10:48.18) and the 500 (5:17.41) freestyles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carnegie Mellon\u2019s Baris Denizli <\/b>had a notable 1000 freestyle, winning the event by 20 seconds in 9:31.26. His freshman classmate Richie Dauksher <\/b>clocked a 1:42.28 to win the 200 freestyle, a 4:39.88 to claim the 500, and a 1:55.48 for the 200 IM victory. Freshmen combined to win the sprint freestyles with\u00a0Nathan Shao <\/b>\u00a0in the 50 freestyle (21.31) and Jonathan Hua <\/b>(47.10) in the 100 freestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Justin Britton <\/b>led a Tartan one through four finish in the 100 backstroke with his 50.35. The team was on top again with Winston Chu<\/b>\u2019s 57.47 100 breaststroke. Britton also topped the 200 backstroke (1:53.33) while Chu completed the breaststrokes in 2:11.69.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Generals picked up a victory from Danny Lynch <\/b>in the 200 fly (1:53.24).<\/span><\/p>\n

Full Results<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

Also of Note:<\/h2>\n