{"id":607811,"date":"2025-03-20T21:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T04:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=607811"},"modified":"2025-03-21T04:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:31:22","slug":"ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-2-finals-sophia-verkleeren-blasts-400-im-ncaa-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-2-finals-sophia-verkleeren-blasts-400-im-ncaa-record\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 2 Finals: Sophia Verkleeren Blasts 400 IM NCAA Record; Redemption for Cooper Costello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Division III Championships, Night 2 Finals: Sophia Verkleeren Blasts 400 IM NCAA Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophia Verkleeren&#8217;s<\/strong> domination of Division III swimming has been comprehensive. The Williams College senior ratcheted it up even higher Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Verkleeren destroyed a decade-old NCAA record by nearly two seconds in capturing her seventh career NCAA title in the 400 individual medley. Verkleeren went 4:11.23, winning the race by more than five seconds. It as one of three NCAA records in the session, with <strong>Cooper Costello<\/strong> in the 100 fly and the MIT 200 free relay.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from the second night of competitions at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, where the NYU women and Denison men are in pole position in the team standings heading into Friday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/meetresults.greensboroaquaticcenter.com\/2025NCAA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/liveschedule\/2025\/03\/19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Stream Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/ncaa-division-iii-coverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division III Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-kaley-mcintyre-sets-ncaa-record-in-50-free-three-peat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division III Championships Night 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre> Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17                     \r\n  1. Nyu                               242   2. Mit                               216\r\n  3. Denison                           175   4. Kenyon                            173\r\n  5. Emory                             172   6. Chicago                            93\r\n  7. Williams                           89   8. Pomona-Pitzer                      66\r\n  9. Hope                               64  10. Swarthmore                         53\r\n 11. Calvin                             48  12. Tufts                              46\r\n 13. C-M-S                              41  14. Bowdoin                            37\r\n 15. Case Western                       27  16. Amherst                            21\r\n 17. Ithaca                             20  18. Johns Hopkins                      16\r\n 18. Carleton                           16  20. Trinity University (Tx)            13\r\n 21. Suny Geneseo                       12  21. Albion                             12\r\n 23. Rowan                               9  24. Middlebury                          7\r\n 25. Gettysburg                          6  25. Wash U                              6\r\n 27. Salisbury                           5  27. Loras                               5\r\n 29. Wheaton IL                          4  29. Hamilton                            4\r\n 29. Kean University                     4  32. Colby                               2\r\n 33. Chapman                             1<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 18                      \r\n  1. Denison                           166   2. Kenyon                            126\r\n  3. Chicago                           124   4. Nyu                             121.5\r\n  5. Emory                           116.5   6. Carnegie Mellon                   105\r\n  7. Calvin                             88   8. Centre                             60\r\n  9. Mit                                59  10. Conn College                       58\r\n 11. Coast Guard                        56  12. Rit                                55\r\n 13. Bates                              49  14. Williams                           48\r\n 15. Tufts                              45  16. Johns Hopkins                      42\r\n 17. Wash U                             39  17. Suny Geneseo                       39\r\n 19. W&amp;L                                31  19. Tcnj                               31\r\n 21. Hamilton                           27  22. UC Santa Cruz                      25\r\n 23. C-M-S                              20  23. St. Mary's MD                      20\r\n 25. Swarthmore                         19  26. Hope                               18\r\n 27. Rhodes                             15  28. Pomona-Pitzer                      14\r\n 28. Grinnell                           14  30. Alfred State                       12\r\n 31. Saint Vincent                      11  32. Amherst                             8\r\n 33. Case Western                        7  34. John Carroll                        6\r\n 35. Carleton                            5  35. Augustana                           5\r\n 37. Grove City                          4  37. Trinity University (Tx)             4\r\n 39. St. John's                          3  39. Asbury                              3\r\n 41. Hobart                              2  42. Whittier                            1\r\n 42. Uw-Eau Claire                       1<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Sophia Verkleeren<\/strong> finished off the IM double in style. Her time of 4:11.23 obliterates the 13-year-old record of her Williams College forerunner, <strong>Caroline Wilson,<\/strong> who went 4:13.14 all the way back in 2012. The winning time last year was just 4:15.67.<\/p>\n<p>Verkleeren made a mockery of that. She went 4:15.75 in prelims, then was 4.5 seconds quicker at night. It\u2019s the fifth individual title of Verkleeren\u2019s career \u2013 she completed a three-peat in the 200 IM Wednesday night \u2013 to go with two 400 medley relay titles. Verkleeren didn\u2019t swim the 400 IM last year, opting for the 100 back and 200 back, finishing second in both. She won the 200 back as a sophomore.<\/p>\n<p>Second was <strong>Natalie Garre,<\/strong> the 500 free champ who went 4:16.59. <strong>Emily Harris<\/strong> of Denison went 4:18.40, with Swarthmore\u2019s <strong>Quinn Weygant<\/strong> fourth. She had been fifth last year. Freshmen <strong>Sarah Bernard <\/strong>of MIT and <strong>Bethany Spangler<\/strong> of NYU were fifth and sixth, respectively. <strong>Calista Lynch<\/strong> won the B final for NYU.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 champ, <strong>Neely Burns<\/strong> of Trinity, struggled at night, finishing eighth in 4:24.11, 2.3 seconds slower than prelims.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 10  Women 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Verkleeren, Sophia     SR Williams          4:15.75    4:11.23   20  \r\n                 26.72        57.06 (30.34)\r\n        1:28.53 (31.47)     1:59.75 (31.22)\r\n        2:34.63 (34.88)     3:10.80 (36.17)\r\n        3:41.14 (30.34)     4:11.23 (30.09)\r\n  2 Garre, Natalie         FR Bowdoin           4:18.56    4:16.59   17  \r\n                 27.15        58.93 (31.78)\r\n        1:31.15 (32.22)     2:02.87 (31.72)\r\n        2:40.64 (37.77)     3:18.71 (38.07)\r\n        3:48.17 (29.46)     4:16.59 (28.42)\r\n  3 Harris, Emily          JR Denison           4:19.02    4:18.40   16  \r\n                 27.00        57.58 (30.58)\r\n        1:29.40 (31.82)     2:00.84 (31.44)\r\n        2:39.55 (38.71)     3:18.95 (39.40)\r\n        3:48.85 (29.90)     4:18.40 (29.55)\r\n  4 Weygandt, Quinn        JR Swarthmore        4:21.64    4:20.51   15  \r\n                 27.49        58.47 (30.98)\r\n        1:31.93 (33.46)     2:05.00 (33.07)\r\n        2:42.97 (37.97)     3:21.47 (38.50)\r\n        3:51.58 (30.11)     4:20.51 (28.93)\r\n  5 Bernard, Sarah         FR MIT               4:21.28    4:21.17   14  \r\n                 27.62        59.67 (32.05)\r\n        1:34.80 (35.13)     2:09.05 (34.25)\r\n        2:45.79 (36.74)     3:22.21 (36.42)\r\n        3:52.47 (30.26)     4:21.17 (28.70)\r\n  6 Spangler, Bethany      FR NYU               4:23.84    4:21.68   13  \r\n                 27.29        58.48 (31.19)\r\n        1:33.87 (35.39)     2:07.69 (33.82)\r\n        2:44.35 (36.66)     3:22.22 (37.87)\r\n        3:52.55 (30.33)     4:21.68 (29.13)\r\n  7 Liu, Meredith          JR Emory             4:23.67    4:23.27   12  \r\n                 27.24        58.24 (31.00)\r\n        1:32.59 (34.35)     2:06.52 (33.93)\r\n        2:44.35 (37.83)     3:22.45 (38.10)\r\n        3:53.55 (31.10)     4:23.27 (29.72)\r\n  8 Burns, Neely           JR TRIN-TX           4:21.57    4:24.11   11  \r\n                 28.34      1:01.20 (32.86)\r\n        1:35.85 (34.65)     2:11.32 (35.47)\r\n        2:46.85 (35.53)     3:23.78 (36.93)\r\n        3:54.62 (30.84)     4:24.11 (29.49)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Kirill Sidorko<\/strong> picked up the win with a strong final 100 to pull away, winning in 3:48.75. He was seven tenths up on NYU freshman <strong>Max Nechydyuk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As he did in the 500 free, Coast Guard Academy\u2019s <strong>Sean Lyman<\/strong> was the top seed entering finals but slid, this time to third in 3:51.31. Washington University\u2019s <strong>Marco Minai<\/strong> came home in 25.27 to go from sixth to fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s runner-up, <strong>Ryan Higgins<\/strong> of TCNJ, was sixth in finals, a spot ahead of last year\u2019s bronze medalist, Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Ethan Manske. <\/strong><strong>Victor Derani<\/strong> of NYU, who had been sixth as a freshman, won the B final in 3:52.53, the seventh-fastest time of the night.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 11  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sidorko, Kirill        JR Kenyon            3:50.84    3:48.75   20  \r\n                 23.61        51.37 (27.76)\r\n        1:22.06 (30.69)     1:51.58 (29.52)\r\n        2:23.29 (31.71)     2:55.22 (31.93)\r\n        3:22.40 (27.18)     3:48.75 (26.35)\r\n  2 Nechydyuk, Max         FR NYU               3:52.74    3:49.45   17  \r\n                 23.90        52.14 (28.24)\r\n        1:21.88 (29.74)     1:50.84 (28.96)\r\n        2:22.74 (31.90)     2:55.17 (32.43)\r\n        3:22.56 (27.39)     3:49.45 (26.89)\r\n  3 Lyman, Sean            SR Coast Guard       3:50.29    3:51.31   16  \r\n                 23.78        52.05 (28.27)\r\n        1:21.89 (29.84)     1:51.20 (29.31)\r\n        2:23.47 (32.27)     2:56.76 (33.29)\r\n        3:24.44 (27.68)     3:51.31 (26.87)\r\n  4 Minai, Marco           SO Wash U.           3:53.38    3:51.84   15  \r\n                 24.18        51.71 (27.53)\r\n        1:22.57 (30.86)     1:52.88 (30.31)\r\n        2:25.86 (32.98)     2:59.70 (33.84)\r\n        3:26.57 (26.87)     3:51.84 (25.27)\r\n  5 Hu, Grant              FR MIT               3:53.62    3:51.90   14  \r\n                 24.46        51.95 (27.49)\r\n        1:22.24 (30.29)     1:51.60 (29.36)\r\n        2:24.17 (32.57)     2:57.49 (33.32)\r\n        3:25.13 (27.64)     3:51.90 (26.77)\r\n  6 Higgins, Ryan          SR TCNJ              3:52.31    3:52.21   13  \r\n                 24.57        53.15 (28.58)\r\n        1:23.47 (30.32)     1:52.97 (29.50)\r\n        2:25.72 (32.75)     2:58.96 (33.24)\r\n        3:26.54 (27.58)     3:52.21 (25.67)\r\n  7 Manske, Ethan          JR Kenyon            3:53.30    3:53.68   12  \r\n                 24.42        52.19 (27.77)\r\n        1:22.20 (30.01)     1:51.83 (29.63)\r\n        2:25.30 (33.47)     3:00.15 (34.85)\r\n        3:27.42 (27.27)     3:53.68 (26.26)\r\n  8 Fitzgerald, Kevin      SR Grinnell          3:53.02    3:56.02   11  \r\n                 25.10        52.63 (27.53)\r\n        1:22.54 (29.91)     1:52.44 (29.90)\r\n        2:27.16 (34.72)     3:02.36 (35.20)\r\n        3:29.67 (27.31)     3:56.02 (26.35)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>MIT\u2019s <strong>Sydney Smith<\/strong> was the only swimmer in the 53s in prelims and in finals, and while she was slower at night, she just had enough to hold off the field. Smith\u2019s 53.96 was a tenth quicker than NYU\u2019s <strong>Nicole Ranile.<\/strong> Smith was 12th in this event last year.<\/p>\n<p>NYU\u2019s consolation was a 2-4-8 finish, with <strong>Hope Xayaveth<\/strong> upgrading from eighth last year to fourth and <strong>Reina Gomez<\/strong> in eighth. Denison\u2019s <strong>Phoebe Ferguson<\/strong> finished third in 54.24. MIT\u2019s <strong>Alex Turvey,<\/strong> the reigning silver medalist, finishing fifth in 54.27.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 12  Women 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Smith, Sydney          SO MIT                 53.74      53.96   20  \r\n                 24.82        53.96 (29.14)\r\n  2 Ranile, Nicole         JR NYU                 54.03      54.06   17  \r\n                 25.26        54.06 (28.80)\r\n  3 Ferguson, Phoebe       JR Denison             54.47      54.24   16  \r\n                 25.23        54.24 (29.01)\r\n  4 Xayaveth, Hope         SO NYU                 54.08      54.26   15  \r\n                 25.43        54.26 (28.83)\r\n  5 Turvey, Alex           5Y MIT                 54.30      54.27   14  \r\n                 25.42        54.27 (28.85)\r\n  6 Byun, Sun Young        JR C-M-S               54.86      54.78   13  \r\n                 25.09        54.78 (29.69)\r\n  7 Farrell, Maggie        5Y Calvin              54.69      54.95   12  \r\n                 25.50        54.95 (29.45)\r\n  8 Gomez, Reina           SO NYU                 54.88      55.14   11  \r\n                 26.16        55.14 (28.98)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>A year ago, <strong>Cooper Costello<\/strong> was disqualified in the A final of the 100 fly and watched teammate <strong>Jesse Ssengonzi<\/strong> set the NCAA record. Thursday night, Costello made up for it in a big way, winning in 45.97 to undercut his old mate\u2019s record by nearly three tenths. Ssengonzi had gone 46.28.<\/p>\n<p>Costello was more than a half-second quicker than Calvin\u2019s <strong>David Bajwa.<\/strong> Connecticut College\u2019s <strong>Justin Finkel,<\/strong> the 500 free winner, was third in 46.56, .02 ahead of 200 IM champ <strong>Brayden Morford<\/strong> of Carnegie Mellon.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 13  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Costello, Cooper       SO Chicago             46.44      45.97   20  \r\n                 21.39        45.97 (24.58)\r\n  2 Bajwa, David           SR Calvin              46.61      46.54   17  \r\n                 21.69        46.54 (24.85)\r\n  3 Finkel, Justin         SR Conn College        47.03      46.56   16  \r\n                 21.81        46.56 (24.75)\r\n  4 Morford, Brayden       SO Carnegie Mellon     46.76      46.58   15  \r\n                 21.49        46.58 (25.09)\r\n  5 Fritz, Matt            SR W&amp;L                 47.21      47.25   14  \r\n                 21.95        47.25 (25.30)\r\n  6 Clapp, Avery           JR Johns Hopkins       47.37      47.31   13  \r\n                 22.11        47.31 (25.20)\r\n  7 Yin, Dylan             SR Emory               47.53      47.65   12  \r\n                 21.88        47.65 (25.77)\r\n  8 Wilson, Cami           JR Swarthmore          47.46      47.81   11  \r\n                 21.89        47.81 (25.92)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>The only question about <strong>Kaley McIntyre<\/strong> was if the NYU junior would take down the NCAA record. Instead, she merely competed a three-peat in the 200 free in 1:44.88, .06 off the NCAA record that has remained defiant since 2011 in the hands of <strong>Kendra Stern<\/strong> (1:44.82). McIntyre won in 1:47.44 as a freshman and 1:46.05 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Molly Haag<\/strong> finished second in 1:48.43, .16 ahead of Emory\u2019s <strong>Penelope Helm.<\/strong> MIT\u2019s <strong>Emma Roberson<\/strong> led three 1:49s, plus two in the B final. Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Bengisu Caymaz<\/strong> was the fourth-fastest of the night session in 1:49.16, but last year\u2019s fourth-place finisher was restrained to ninth place after a down morning swim.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 14  Women 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 McIntyre, Kaley        JR NYU               1:46.54    1:44.88   20  \r\n                 24.56        51.15 (26.59)\r\n        1:18.07 (26.92)     1:44.88 (26.81)\r\n  2 Haag, Molly            JR Kenyon            1:49.97    1:48.43   17  \r\n                 25.44        53.04 (27.60)\r\n        1:20.89 (27.85)     1:48.43 (27.54)\r\n  3 Helm, Penelope         5Y Emory             1:49.44    1:48.59   16  \r\n                 25.21        52.45 (27.24)\r\n        1:20.19 (27.74)     1:48.59 (28.40)\r\n  4 Roberson, Ella         SO MIT               1:49.82    1:49.42   15  \r\n                 25.67        53.35 (27.68)\r\n        1:21.49 (28.14)     1:49.42 (27.93)\r\n  5 Zhao, Karen            SR Chicago           1:50.11    1:49.51   14  \r\n                 25.28        53.01 (27.73)\r\n        1:21.10 (28.09)     1:49.51 (28.41)\r\n  6 Brown, Quinn           JR Denison           1:50.20    1:49.65   13  \r\n                 25.84        53.45 (27.61)\r\n        1:21.37 (27.92)     1:49.65 (28.28)\r\n  7 Wala, Aanya            SO NYU               1:50.07    1:50.07   12  \r\n                 25.82        53.85 (28.03)\r\n        1:21.99 (28.14)     1:50.07 (28.08)\r\n  8 Swan, Katherine        SO Emory             1:50.04    1:50.31   11  \r\n                 25.49        53.03 (27.54)\r\n        1:21.63 (28.60)     1:50.31 (28.68)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Colin Twiss<\/strong> went 1:35.68 to capture a scintillating race of <strong>Jack Hill<\/strong> of Denison. The Coast Guard Academy senior survived the 24.38 last 50 from Hill by .14 seconds, Hill going 1:35.82. Chicago freshman <strong>John Butler<\/strong> was third in 1:36.58.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s <strong>Nathaniel Taft<\/strong> was fourth, after finishing second last year, a spot ahead of Twiss. Washington &amp; Lee\u2019s <strong>Dalton Jobe<\/strong> and <strong>Oliver Schalet<\/strong> of Williams switched places from last year, in fifth and sixth, respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 15  Men 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  NCAA Record: * 1:34.74  3\/16\/2023 James McChesney, TCNJ\r\n Meet Qualify:   1:38.08\r\n  2024 Winner:   1:34.95            James McChesney, TCNJ\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Twiss, Colin           SR Coast Guard       1:36.36    1:35.68  \r\n       21.86    24.23    24.53    25.06\r\n  2 Hill, Jack             SO Denison           1:37.09    1:35.82  \r\n       22.18    24.59    24.67    24.38\r\n  3 Butler, John           FR Chicago           1:37.47    1:36.58  \r\n       22.11    24.83    24.83    24.81\r\n  4 Taft, Nathaniel        SO Hamilton          1:36.60    1:36.95  \r\n       22.23    24.44    24.99    25.29\r\n  5 Jobe, Dalton           JR W&amp;L               1:37.26    1:37.17  \r\n       23.00    24.66    24.62    24.89\r\n  6 Schalet, Oliver        SR Williams          1:37.00    1:37.49  \r\n       22.82    24.88    24.90    24.89\r\n  7 Kim, Nathan            FR MIT               1:37.21    1:39.41  \r\n                         25.48    27.10\r\n  8 Vernhes, Sebi          SR Chicago           1:37.48    1:40.28  \r\n       22.44    25.09    26.50    26.25<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 1-meter diving<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Kailee Payne<\/strong> is the 1-meter champ for the second straight year, scoring 486.30. It\u2019s less than the 515.15 that put her within a point of the NCAA record last year, but still another trophy for the Ithaca senior. She also won 3-meter last year. She was the high scorer in both prelims and finals, finishing 15 points ahead of Case Western\u2019s <strong>Abigail Wilkov.<\/strong> Wilkov was seventh last year.<\/p>\n<p>Carleton freshman <strong>Nina Schwab<\/strong> scored 438.20 for third. <strong>Sydney Bluestein,<\/strong> the 2023 champion, was fourth, having finished eighth last year. MIT\u2019s <strong>Fiora Beratahani<\/strong> was in the top six for a second straight year, finishing fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s silver medalist, <strong>Veronica Fong<\/strong> of Chicago, finished 10th. <strong>Cynthia Tang<\/strong> (fourth last year) and <strong>Lilia Atanda<\/strong> (fifth) finishing 12th and 15th, respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 16  Women 1 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Payne, Kailee          SR Ithaca             466.30     486.30   20  \r\n  2 Wilkov, Abigail        SR Case Western       457.60     470.75   17  \r\n  3 Schwab, Nina           FR Carleton           422.70     438.20   16  \r\n  4 Bluestein, Sydney      SR Amherst            409.20     433.75   15  \r\n  5 Beratahani, Fiora      SO MIT                425.40     426.45   14  \r\n  6 Khan, Ariana           SR Emory              418.95     424.25   13  \r\n  7 Schmidt, Issara        SR NYU                419.35     417.40   12  \r\n  8 Allen, Sumiye          FR Chicago            410.50     399.00   11<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>MIT didn\u2019t just set an NCAA record. It didn\u2019t just win by nearly a second and a half.<\/p>\n<p>It set a picturesque, near perfect record of 1:30.00 on the nose.<strong> Alex Turvey, Sydney Smith, Ella Roberson <\/strong>and <strong>Annika Naveen<\/strong> downed the record of 1:30.39 from Kenyon in 2022. MIT had been sixth last year.<\/p>\n<p>Pomona-Pitzer was .06 quicker than it was last year but had to settle for second this time around. Denison went from second last year to third this time around in 1:51.54. 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Denison was fifth, a spot ahead of last year\u2019s champion Kenyon.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 18  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n    School                              Prelims     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n<b>                            === Championship Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Chicago                             1:20.01    1:18.51   40  \r\n     1) Tang, Jonathan SR             2) Kruep, Rylan SO              \r\n     3) Benderskii, Igor SO           4) Vernhes, Sebi SR             \r\n                 20.23        39.98 (19.75)\r\n          59.22 (19.24)     1:18.51 (19.29)\r\n  2 NYU                                 1:20.37    1:19.03   34  \r\n     1) Downs, Pierce SO              2) Watanakun, Ajay SR           \r\n     3) Young, Derek JR               4) Wehbe, Greg SO               \r\n                 20.17        39.74 (19.57)\r\n          59.62 (19.88)     1:19.03 (19.41)\r\n  3 Calvin                              1:20.13    1:19.36   32  \r\n     1) Bajwa, David SR               2) Molin, Vlad 5Y               \r\n     3) Seidelman, Josh SR            4) Platt, Charles JR            \r\n                 19.91        39.96 (20.05)\r\n          59.77 (19.81)     1:19.36 (19.59)\r\n  4 Carnegie Mellon                     1:20.10    1:19.51   30  \r\n     1) Morford, Brayden SO           2) Peitler, Matt FR             \r\n     3) Jones, Cam 5Y                 4) Deshpande, Arnav JR          \r\n                 20.01        39.54 (19.53)\r\n          59.91 (20.37)     1:19.51 (19.60)\r\n  5 Denison                             1:20.14    1:19.57   28  \r\n     1) Hill, Jack SO                 2) Daly, Patrick SR             \r\n     3) Beduschi, Andre SO            4) Hensel, Nickolas FR          \r\n                 20.10        39.97 (19.87)\r\n        1:00.05 (20.08)     1:19.57 (19.52)\r\n  6 Kenyon                              1:19.74    1:19.62   26  \r\n     1) Dragojlovic, Djordje JR       2) Abrahamson, Neil FR          \r\n     3) Stluka, Spencer FR            4) Dunson, Peter SO             \r\n                 19.80        39.87 (20.07)\r\n          59.89 (20.02)     1:19.62 (19.73)\r\n  7 Emory                               1:20.61    1:20.14   24  \r\n     1) Yin, Dylan SR                 2) Bradshaw, Johnny SR          \r\n     3) Lahmann, Nolan SR             4) Bjornstad, Caden JR          \r\n                 20.22        40.18 (19.96)\r\n        1:00.14 (19.96)     1:20.14 (20.00)\r\n  8 RIT                                 1:20.40    1:21.05   22  \r\n     1) Atanasoff, Mike SR            2) Noga, Eric SO                \r\n     3) Clancy, Ryan JR               4) Scheib, Drew SR              \r\n                 20.24        40.92 (20.68)\r\n        1:01.17 (20.25)     1:21.05 (19.88)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA Division III Championships, Night 2 Finals: Sophia Verkleeren Blasts 400 IM NCAA Record Sophia Verkleeren&#8217;s domination of Division III swimming has been comprehensive. 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