{"id":471224,"date":"2021-05-02T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=471224"},"modified":"2021-04-30T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T21:58:06","slug":"swimming-world-presents-the-ncaa-division-ii-champs-queens-university-of-charlotte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-the-ncaa-division-ii-champs-queens-university-of-charlotte\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents – The NCAA Division II Champs: Queen’s University of Charlotte"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The NCAA Division II Champs: Queen’s University of Charlotte<\/span><\/h3>\n

By Andy Ross
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

A year into the pandemic that has completely changed our world, Queens University of Charlotte brought about some stability to the 2021 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships by sweeping their sixth straight women\u2019s and men\u2019s team titles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2020 NCAA Division II Championships were cut short after just three sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the entire world. A
\nyear later, March 17-20, at Birmingham, Ala., the only concern was a tornado threat after the first session of prelims that delayed the first night of finals by 18 hours, turning the second day of competition into a timed finals session.<\/p>\n

But one thing remained constant: Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.) celebrated another team championship for both its women\u2019s and men\u2019s teams. It only took them five years after starting their swimming program to win their first title in 2015. And neither team has lost at NCAAs since.<\/p>\n

MEN\u2019S RACE: QUEENS 561, DRURY 531, INDIANAPOLIS 369<\/span><\/strong>
\nDay 1 finals brought two Division II records, with Drury (Nathan Bighetti, Dawid Nowodworski, Dominik Karacic and Alexander Bowen) opening the men\u2019s competition with a 1:24.69 in the 200 yard medley relay, breaking Queens\u2019 1:24.83 from 2018.<\/p>\n

The very next event saw McKendree\u2019s Fabio Dalu set an NCAA record in the 1000 (8:54.10), lowering Queens\u2019 Alex Kunert\u2019s 8:56.76 record from 2019. Dalu, who was named the CSCAA Swimmer of the Year, also broke his own NCAA 14:55.42 record in the 1650 from earlier this season with a 14:55.12.<\/p>\n

Drury\u2019s Karol Ostrowski nearly became the third record breaker of the night, missing his own 50 free mark of 19.08 with a 19.12. But in his second chance of the day, leading off the 200 free relay, Ostrowski clocked 18.92 to become the first man outside of NCAA D-I to break the 19-second barrier. His teammates (Kham Glass, Caleb Carlson and Alexander Bowen) followed with another record at 1:16.90, erasing Tampa\u2019s 1:17.27 from 2016.<\/p>\n

Ostrowski returned on the final night with a record in the 100 freestyle (41.25) that would have placed second at the Division I meet. He then anchored Drury\u2019s winning 400 free relay with a 41.10, one of four relay wins for the Panthers…<\/p>\n

WOMEN\u2019S RACE: QUEENS 695, DRURY 441, INDIANAPOLIS 391<\/span><\/strong>
\nQueens dominated, winning by 254 points\u2014the third straight year (and fourth of the last six) that the Royals have won by triple digits.<\/p>\n

A large part of their success came from sophomore Danielle Melilli, who was named the CSCAA Swimmer of the Year for her wins in the 50 free (22.57) and 100 breast (1:01.32). She also finished second in the 100 free (49.50) to teammate Lexie Baker (49.49) and fourth in the 200 free (1:49.70), while swimming on both of Queens\u2019 winning medley relays (1:40.13, 3:38.00).<\/p>\n

Indianapolis won both sprint free relays (1:30.92, 3:19.98) en route to a program-high third-place finish. The Greyhounds also celebrated their first women\u2019s national champions, with Marizel van Jaarsveld winning the 200 IM (1:57.84) and Kaitlyn McCoy taking the 200 back (1:56.39).
\nQueens used its impressive depth to win the team championship, as only Melilli, Baker, Giulia Grasso (500 free, 4:48.80) and Francesca Bains (1650, 16:30.98) took home individual titles…<\/p>\n

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Swimming World May 2021 Issue<\/span><\/h1>\n

FEATURES<\/p>\n

014<\/span> WOMEN\u2019S NCAAs: A NEW NO. 1<\/strong>
\n<\/span>For the first time in the history of the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships\u2014since 1982\u2014the University of Virginia finished first. It was also the first time it cracked the top 5 with its previous highest finish sixth in 2019.<\/p>\n

    \n
  • VIRGINIA\u2019S ROAD TO HISTORY<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • NC STATE ADDS TO ACC DOMINANCE<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • THE TALK OF THE MEET: MAGGIE MacNEIL<\/strong><\/span>
    \nby John Lohn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    018 <\/span>MEN\u2019S NCAAs: THE PERFECT RETIREMENT GIFT<\/strong><\/span>
    \nDays before their coach, Eddie Reese, officially announced his retirement from coaching after 43 years, the Texas men\u2019s team won their 15th men\u2019s NCAA national team championship.<\/p>\n

      \n
    • THIS ONE\u2019S FOR EDDIE!<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • SCINTILLATING PERFORMANCES: SHAINE CASAS & RYAN HOFFER<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby John Lohn<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • PATIENCE REWARDED: MAX McHUGH & NICK ALBIERO<\/span><\/strong>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      022<\/span> NCAA D-II CHAMPS: SOME THINGS NEVER SEEM TO CHANGE<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Andy Ross<\/strong>
      \nA year into the pandemic that has completely changed our world, Queens University of Charlotte brought about some stability to the 2021 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships by sweeping their sixth straight women\u2019s and men\u2019s team titles.<\/p>\n

      023<\/span> NO LIMITS!<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby David Rieder<\/strong>
      \nClaire Curzan has been swimming fast since she was a young age grouper and has continued to do so in high school. Last March, she came within 13-hundredths of the American record in the short course 100 fly, and in April, she found herself within 22-hundredths of the long course U.S. best. She\u2019s versatile, she\u2019s coachable, she has international experience, and she\u2019s moved from a fringe Olympic contender to an Olympic favorite. Curzan is only 16, and her promising future couldn\u2019t be brighter.<\/p>\n

      026<\/span> TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: WHEN IRISH EYES WEREN\u2019T SMILING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby John Lohn<\/strong>
      \nIreland\u2019s Michelle Smith\u2014a four-time Olympic medalist in 1996 who received a four-year ban from the sport in 1998 for tampering with a doping sample\u2014has been defined as being a poster girl for cheating, and by her willingness to cut corners and take advantage of performance-enhancing drug use to make the leap from an athlete of very-good skill to one of elite status.<\/p>\n

      029<\/span> 50 SWIMMERS, 6 MEDALS<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Dan D\u2019Addona<\/strong>
      \nThe Tokyo Olympics will mark the fourth occasion that open water swimming will be contested on the Olympic level, and even a 10-kilometer marathon race can bring exciting moments and dramatic finishes.<\/p>\n

      030<\/span> JOSH MATHENY: RISING STAR<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Matthew De George<\/strong>
      \nFrom a middle-schooler newly committed to swimming full-time in 2016, the future looks encouraging for 18-year-old Josh Matheny, who approaches the U.S. Olympic Trials for Tokyo in June as a dark horse to make the team in men\u2019s breaststroke.<\/p>\n

      032<\/span> ISHOF: THE ART OF SWIMMING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Bruce Wigo<\/strong>
      \nThis is the story of Hero and Leander, Lord Byron and the birth of open water swimming.<\/p>\n

      035<\/span> NUTRITION: HYDRATION\u2014BEYOND THIRST!<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Dawn Weatherwax<\/strong>
      \nHydration truly has a daily importance for all kinds of swimmers from age groupers to Olympians to Masters swimmers, but it tends to get more notoriety when the weather gets warmer.<\/p>\n

      COACHING<\/p>\n

      012<\/span> THE POWER OF POSITIVE COACHING<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong>
      \nRelationships built upon honesty, trust and communication go a long way toward cementing a bond between coach and athlete. Coupling that with knowledge of the individual first and athlete second produces a positive working relationship that can last for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

      038<\/span> SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: MAXIMIZING SWIMMING VELOCITY (Part 1)\u2014STROKE RATE vs. STROKE LENGTH<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Rod Havriluk<\/strong>
      \nSwimming velocity is the criterion measure for swimming performance and is the product of stroke length and stroke rate. This article explains how stroke length and stroke rate vary and how stroke time provides insight into maximizing swimming velocity.<\/p>\n

      042<\/span> Q&A WITH COACH STEVE HAUFLER<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

      044<\/span> HOW THEY TRAIN CHARLOTTE SHAMIA<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n

      TRAINING<\/p>\n

      037<\/span> DRYSIDE TRAINING: THE IM DRYLAND CIRCUIT<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n

      JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n

      047<\/span> UP & COMERS: TEAGAN O\u2019DELL<\/strong><\/span>
      \nby Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n

      COLUMNS<\/p>\n

      008<\/span> A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      011<\/span> DID YOU KNOW: ABOUT THE MOREHOUSE TIGER SHARKS?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      046<\/span> THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      048<\/span> GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n