{"id":608047,"date":"2025-03-22T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T23:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=608047"},"modified":"2025-03-22T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T04:08:14","slug":"ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#8217;s Title; Denison Dominates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#8217;s Title; Denison Dominates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separated NYU and MIT in the women\u2019s standings. MIT positively sprinted to the final.<\/p>\n<p>Capped by a win in the 400 freestyle relay, MIT surged with its depth to get its first NCAA title, denying NYU the same with 497 points to the Violets&#8217; 470. It&#8217;s a new champion, with Kenyon starting 50 points back of NYU despite three A finalists in the 200 breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side, Denison, last the champion in 2019, finished it off by more than 100 points over reigning champion Emory.<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-2-finals-sophia-verkleeren-blasts-400-im-ncaa-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division III Championships Night 2 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-nyu-up-as-challengers-rattle-off-1-2-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division III Championships Night 3 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final team scores:<\/p>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 39                     \r\n  1. Mit                               497   2. Nyu                               470\r\n  3. Kenyon                            438   4. Denison                         370.5\r\n  5. Emory                             337   6. Williams                          232\r\n  7. Chicago                           202   8. Pomona-Pitzer                   201.5\r\n  9. Hope                              139  10. Swarthmore                         95\r\n 11. Tufts                            93.5  12. Calvin                             86\r\n 13. Johns Hopkins                      81  13. Amherst                            81\r\n 15. Bowdoin                            70  16. C-M-S                              56\r\n 17. Case Western                       54  18. Ithaca                             46\r\n 19. Rowan                              37  20. Carleton                           31\r\n 20. Wash U                             31  22. Loras                              30\r\n 23. Suny Geneseo                       29  24. Colby                              22\r\n 25. Trinity University (Tx)            21  26. Albion                           18.5\r\n 27. Kean University                    17  28. Bates                              16\r\n 29. Springfield                        12  30. Rit                                11\r\n 30. Carnegie Mellon                    11  32. Middlebury                          7\r\n 33. Rpi                                 6  33. Hamilton                            6\r\n 35. Salisbury                           5  36. Wheaton IL                          4\r\n 36. Wooster                             4  38. Chapman                             3\r\n 39. Gettysburg                          2<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 40                      \r\n  1. Denison                         463.5   2. Emory                           323.5\r\n  3. Chicago                           272   4. Nyu                             267.5\r\n  5. Kenyon                            250   6. Carnegie Mellon                 214.5\r\n  7. Tufts                             160   8. Wash U                            150\r\n  9. Mit                               131  10. Coast Guard                       125\r\n 11. Calvin                          124.5  12. Williams                        122.5\r\n 13. Bates                             112  14. Johns Hopkins                     111\r\n 15. Centre                             96  16. Conn College                       89\r\n 17. Rit                                82  17. Tcnj                               82\r\n 19. W&amp;L                                75  20. C-M-S                              67\r\n 21. Suny Geneseo                       59  22. Hamilton                           38\r\n 23. St. Mary's MD                      36  24. Pomona-Pitzer                    31.5\r\n 25. Case Western                       31  25. Swarthmore                         31\r\n 27. Hope                               30  28. Rowan                              28\r\n 29. UC Santa Cruz                      27  30. Alfred State                       26\r\n 31. Bridgewater                        22  32. Cal Lutheran                       20\r\n 33. Grinnell                           18  34. Rhodes                             17\r\n 34. Grove City                         17  36. St. John's                         16\r\n 37. Whittier                           14  38. Amherst                            12\r\n 38. Saint Vincent                      12  40. Carleton                           10\r\n 41. Trinity University (Tx)             8  42. Uw-Stevens Point                    6\r\n 42. John Carroll                        6  44. Asbury                            5.5\r\n 45. Augustana                           5  46. Ithaca                              3\r\n 47. Hobart                              2  47. Uw-Eau Claire                       2<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 1,650 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Winner of the 500 free, Bowdoin freshman <strong>Natalie Garre<\/strong> added an emphatic record in the mile, winning in 16:17.84. That obliterates the record set in 2015 by Williams\u2019 <strong>Sarah Thompson<\/strong> at 16:21.44. Garre\u2019s time was nearly 17 seconds quicker than the winner in 2024 and 10.5 seconds ahead of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the team race: A second-place finish for Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Bengisu Caymaz,<\/strong> said reigning champion, temporarily jumps the Owls to second place in the team standings, three ahead of MIT. NYU\u2019s lead is 40 over MIT. Caymaz\u2019s teammate <strong>Molly Haag<\/strong> was third.<\/p>\n<p>NYU made out as well as it could\u2019ve hoped, though. It entered seeded ninth and 12th and got fourth and ninth. Swimming out of the morning, <strong>Caitlin Marshall<\/strong> laid down a strong time to finish fourth, a spot back from last year. Teammate <strong>Aanya Wala<\/strong> was ninth. Denison\u2019s <strong>Quinn Brown<\/strong> was fifth.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 30  Women 1650 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n  1 Garre, Natalie         FR Bowdoin          16:31.90   16:17.84   20  \r\n                 26.31        54.97 (28.66)\r\n                               15:49.47 ( )    16:17.84 (28.37)\r\n  2 Caymaz, Bengisu        SO Kenyon           16:36.97   16:28.38   17  \r\n                 26.57        55.27 (28.70)\r\n       15:29.50 (30.05)    15:59.31 (29.81)    16:28.38 (29.07)\r\n  3 Haag, Molly            JR Kenyon           16:50.16   16:38.62   16  \r\n                 27.04        56.22 (29.18)\r\n       15:40.97 (30.60)    16:10.62 (29.65)    16:38.62 (28.00)\r\n  4 Marshall, Caitlin      SR NYU              16:57.83   16:47.12   15  \r\n                 26.84      1:26.44 (59.60)\r\n       15:46.78 (30.57)    16:17.30 (30.52)    16:47.12 (29.82)\r\n  5 Brown, Quinn           JR Denison          16:53.16   16:49.57   14  \r\n                 27.83        57.63 (29.80)\r\n       15:48.91 (31.34)    16:19.47 (30.56)    16:49.57 (30.10)\r\n  6 Dunn, Madeleine        JR Tufts            16:49.76   16:50.82   13  \r\n                 27.88        57.82 (29.94)\r\n       15:51.09 (30.98)    16:21.41 (30.32)    16:50.82 (29.41)\r\n  7 Codd, Lily             JR Williams         16:49.60   16:53.04   12  \r\n                 27.71        57.40 (29.69)\r\n       15:52.66 (30.97)    16:23.52 (30.86)    16:53.04 (29.52)\r\n  8 Chatoor, Jada          SR Emory            16:55.83   16:54.55   11  \r\n                 27.52        57.43 (29.91)\r\n       15:54.30 (30.76)    16:24.82 (30.52)    16:54.55 (29.73)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 1,650 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s 2-3-5 for Denison to stretch the advantage north of 80 points. <strong>Tyler Distenfeld<\/strong> finished second, followed by freshman <strong>George Goins<\/strong> with <strong>Lucas Conrads<\/strong> fifth. He had been third last year.<\/p>\n<p>The title again goes to <strong>Lucas Lang<\/strong> of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. He went 15:18.01, within a second of last year\u2019s time and two seconds clear of Distenfeld. NYU\u2019s <strong>Connor Vincent<\/strong> was fourth after finishing second last year.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 31  Men 1650 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n  1 Lang, Lucas            SR C-M-S            15:22.23   15:18.01   20  \r\n                 23.56        50.06 (26.50)\r\n       13:28.28 (28.27)    13:56.47 (28.19)\r\n       14:24.43 (27.96)    14:51.85 (27.42)    15:18.01 (26.16)\r\n  2 Distenfeld, Tyler      SR Denison          15:26.51   15:20.19   17  \r\n                 24.49        51.51 (27.02)\r\n       14:26.64 (27.47)    14:53.92 (27.28)    15:20.19 (26.27)\r\n  3 Goins, George          FR Denison          15:26.44   15:22.54   16  \r\n                 24.69        51.78 (27.09)\r\n       14:29.52 (28.11)    14:57.20 (27.68)    15:22.54 (25.34)\r\n  4 Vincent, Connor        SR NYU              15:22.96   15:22.75   15  \r\n                 24.01        50.67 (26.66)\r\n       14:28.67 (28.27)    14:56.35 (27.68)    15:22.75 (26.40)\r\n  5 Conrads, Lucas         SR Denison          15:30.54   15:28.21   14  \r\n                 24.84        52.08 (27.24)\r\n       14:31.73 (28.90)    15:00.41 (28.68)    15:28.21 (27.80)\r\n  6 Langlois, Thomas       SO Whittier         15:33.32   15:29.21   13  \r\n                 25.74        53.97 (28.23) \r\n           14:33.44 ( )    15:29.21 (55.77)                    \r\n  7 Anderson, Carter       SR Williams         15:27.43   15:31.97   12  \r\n                 25.18                     \r\n           14:34.96 ( )    15:03.79 (28.83)    15:31.97 (28.18)\r\n  8 Lyman, Sean            SR Coast Guard      15:30.07   15:32.73   11  \r\n                 24.29        51.25 (26.96)\r\n       14:36.57 (29.02)    15:05.38 (28.81)    15:32.73 (27.35)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Make it three titles this week for <strong>Kaley McIntyre,<\/strong> including her second in the 100 free. Which is more important: The NCAA record, lowering her in-season 48.58 by .05 to 48.53, or the points to counter a 3-4-6 finish by MIT? Either way, the Violets are 14 points to the good.<\/p>\n<p>Pomona-Pitzer\u2019s <strong>Valerie Mello<\/strong> held onto her second seed in 49.50, followed by the MIT duo of <strong>Annika Naveen<\/strong> and <strong>Alex Turvey,<\/strong> the latter second last year. Both broke 50 seconds. Sydney Smith slid a spot from prelims to sixth, with <strong>Avery Vogen<\/strong> jumping up.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 32  Women 100 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                 49.06      48.53   20  \r\n                 23.20        48.53 (25.33)\r\n  2 Mello, Valerie         SR Pomona-Pitzer       49.86      49.50   17  \r\n                 23.65        49.50 (25.85)\r\n  3 Naveen, Annika         JR MIT                 50.12      49.95   16  \r\n                 23.77        49.95 (26.18)\r\n  4 Turvey, Alex           5Y MIT                 49.97      49.96   15  \r\n                 24.18        49.96 (25.78)\r\n  5 Vogen, Avery           SR Denison             50.38      50.56   14  \r\n                 24.11        50.56 (26.45)\r\n  6 Smith, Sydney          SO MIT                 50.23      50.68   13  \r\n                 24.41        50.68 (26.27)\r\n  7 Aballea, Nina          SO Pomona-Pitzer       50.38      50.90   11.5\r\n                 24.56        50.90 (26.34)\r\n  7 Kadlecik, Grace        SR Denison             50.41      50.90   11.5\r\n                 24.43        50.90 (26.47)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>After finishing second in the 50 free, <strong>Max Cory<\/strong> picked up the win for Bates, the junior going 42.88. That is a tenth of a second ahead of the NCAA record.<\/p>\n<p>He was well ahead of Calvin\u2019s <strong>David Bajwa<\/strong> in 43.25. Bajwa finished .07 ahead of Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Djordje Dragojlovic,<\/strong> last year\u2019s champ, who went 43.32. Chicago\u2019s <strong>Sebi Vernhes,<\/strong> an A in 2024, finished fourth. The winner of the 200 free, <strong>Colin Twiss<\/strong> of Coast Guard Academy was seventh.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 33  Men 100 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 Cory, Max              JR Bates               43.05      42.88   20  \r\n                 20.23        42.88 (22.65)\r\n  2 Bajwa, David           SR Calvin              43.62      43.25   17  \r\n                 20.87        43.25 (22.38)\r\n  3 Dragojlovic, Djordje   JR Kenyon              43.89      43.32   16  \r\n                 20.24        43.32 (23.08)\r\n  4 Vernhes, Sebi          SR Chicago             44.01      43.59   15  \r\n                 20.82        43.59 (22.77)\r\n  5 Peitler, Matt          FR Carnegie Mellon     43.76      43.63   13.5\r\n                 20.77        43.63 (22.86)\r\n  5 Hill, Jack             SO Denison             43.83      43.63   13.5\r\n                 20.97        43.63 (22.66)\r\n  7 Twiss, Colin           SR Coast Guard         43.96      43.86   12  \r\n                 21.12        43.86 (22.74)\r\n  8 Taft, Nathaniel        SO Hamilton            43.80      44.38   11  \r\n                 21.23        44.38 (23.15)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p>In a rematch of last year\u2019s title bout, <strong>Kate Augustyn<\/strong> again got the better of <strong>Sophia Verkleeren.<\/strong> The MIT senior went 1:55.85, brushing within two tenths of the NCAA record set in 2018 by <strong>Crile Hart.<\/strong> Augustyn won in 1:55.98 last year. Williams\u2019 Verkleeren was second in 1:56.68, the duo nearly two seconds clear of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Augustyn\u2019s points bring MIT one solitary point behind NYU for the team lead.<\/p>\n<p>Rowan\u2019s <strong>Elizabeth Pennington,<\/strong> who won the B final last year, was second in 1:58.64. <strong>Sara Kraus<\/strong> of Hope finished fourth, with Chicago\u2019s <strong>Elisabella Forest<\/strong> fifth.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 34  Women 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Augustyn, Kate         SR MIT               1:57.83    1:55.85   20  \r\n                 27.11        56.56 (29.45)\r\n        1:26.26 (29.70)     1:55.85 (29.59)\r\n  2 Verkleeren, Sophia     SR Williams          1:57.44    1:56.68   17  \r\n                 27.85        56.90 (29.05)\r\n        1:26.02 (29.12)     1:56.68 (30.66)\r\n  3 Pennington, Elizabeth  JR Rowan             1:58.59    1:58.64   16  \r\n                 28.03        57.98 (29.95)\r\n        1:28.15 (30.17)     1:58.64 (30.49)\r\n  4 Kraus, Sara            SR Hope              2:00.20    1:59.22   15  \r\n                 28.03        58.22 (30.19)\r\n        1:28.66 (30.44)     1:59.22 (30.56)\r\n  5 Forest, Elisabella     SR Chicago           1:58.62    1:59.48   14  \r\n                 27.37        57.24 (29.87)\r\n        1:28.28 (31.04)     1:59.48 (31.20)\r\n  6 Yoon, Izzy             FR Pomona-Pitzer     1:59.78    1:59.63   13  \r\n                 27.64        57.95 (30.31)\r\n        1:28.63 (30.68)     1:59.63 (31.00)\r\n  7 Lee, Ken               FR Johns Hopkins     2:00.68    2:00.06   12  \r\n                 27.76        57.76 (30.00)\r\n        1:28.62 (30.86)     2:00.06 (31.44)\r\n  8 Xu, Savannah           JR Carnegie Mellon   2:00.56    2:01.49   11  \r\n                 27.71        57.85 (30.14)\r\n        1:29.26 (31.41)     2:01.49 (32.23)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p>After finishing third last year, <strong>Kyle Wolford<\/strong> pulled out one of the races of the meet, going 1:44.15 to edge out Johns Hopkins\u2019 <strong>Avery Clapp<\/strong> by .03. Wolford is in his fifth year at Washington University St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Clapp was 17th last year. He and Wolford turned for home within three tenths of Tufts\u2019 <strong>Eric Lindgren,<\/strong> but the leading two pulled away.<\/p>\n<p>Not much on the team front, with <strong>Devin Testin<\/strong> of Denison finishing sixth, one spot up on Emory\u2019s <strong>Graham Zucker,<\/strong> to hold the team lead.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 35  Men 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Wolford, Kyle          5Y Wash U.           1:46.28    1:44.15   20  \r\n                 24.44        50.78 (26.34)\r\n        1:17.59 (26.81)     1:44.15 (26.56)\r\n  2 Clapp, Avery           JR Johns Hopkins     1:45.29    1:44.18   17  \r\n                 24.71        51.22 (26.51)\r\n        1:17.75 (26.53)     1:44.18 (26.43)\r\n  3 Lundgren, Eric         SR Tufts             1:46.20    1:44.80   16  \r\n                 24.16        50.63 (26.47)\r\n        1:17.87 (27.24)     1:44.80 (26.93)\r\n  4 Higgins, Ryan          SR TCNJ              1:45.69    1:45.00   15  \r\n                 25.02        51.42 (26.40)\r\n        1:18.29 (26.87)     1:45.00 (26.71)\r\n  5 Green, Charlie         FR Kenyon            1:46.51    1:46.42   14  \r\n                 24.83        51.99 (27.16)\r\n        1:19.28 (27.29)     1:46.42 (27.14)\r\n  6 Testin, Devin          SO Denison           1:46.45    1:47.58   13  \r\n                 24.84        52.21 (27.37)\r\n        1:19.86 (27.65)     1:47.58 (27.72)\r\n  7 Zucker, Graham         SO Emory             1:46.46    1:47.62   12  \r\n                 25.42        52.75 (27.33)\r\n        1:20.24 (27.49)     1:47.62 (27.38)\r\n  8 Lloyd, Bryce           JR Johns Hopkins     1:46.57    1:48.17   11  \r\n                 25.79        53.61 (27.82)\r\n        1:21.32 (27.71)     1:48.17 (26.85)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jennah Fadely<\/strong> reclaims her NCAA title, and MIT takes the lead in the team standings.<\/p>\n<p>First, Fadely, who went 2:11.22. The 2023 champ was second to teammate <strong>Gabriella Wei,<\/strong> who went 2:11.67, .03 quicker than she was in winning last year. <strong>Charlotte Wishnack<\/strong> of Williams was third again in 2:12.37, .05 ahead of Denison\u2019s <strong>Drue Thielking,<\/strong> fourth for the second straight year.<\/p>\n<p>The big jump was MIT freshman <strong>Sarah Bernard,<\/strong> who went 2:14.53 to leap from eighth in prelims to fifth. That gives MIT 437 points, 13 up on NYU and 27 up on Kenyon.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 36  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Fadely, Jennah         SR Kenyon            2:14.08    2:11.22   20  \r\n                 29.01      1:02.06 (33.05)\r\n        1:36.98 (34.92)     2:11.22 (34.24)\r\n  2 Wei, Gabriella         SR Kenyon            2:12.47    2:11.67   17  \r\n                 29.18      1:02.24 (33.06)\r\n        1:36.74 (34.50)     2:11.67 (34.93)\r\n  3 Wishnack, Charlotte    SR Williams          2:14.05    2:12.37   16  \r\n                 30.00      1:03.50 (33.50)\r\n        1:37.70 (34.20)     2:12.37 (34.67)\r\n  4 Thielking, Drue        JR Denison           2:14.68    2:12.42   15  \r\n                 29.68      1:03.85 (34.17)\r\n        1:38.19 (34.34)     2:12.42 (34.23)\r\n  5 Bernard, Sarah         FR MIT               2:15.34    2:14.53   14  \r\n                 30.11      1:04.18 (34.07)\r\n        1:39.33 (35.15)     2:14.53 (35.20)\r\n  6 Van Eldik, Kelsey      FR Kenyon            2:14.99    2:14.96   13  \r\n                 30.15      1:04.43 (34.28)\r\n        1:39.87 (35.44)     2:14.96 (35.09)\r\n  7 Rohovit, Taylor        SR Johns Hopkins     2:15.32    2:15.19   12  \r\n                 30.45      1:04.54 (34.09)\r\n        1:39.81 (35.27)     2:15.19 (35.38)\r\n  8 Cohen, Katie           SO Emory             2:15.31    2:16.54   11  \r\n                 30.15      1:04.73 (34.58)\r\n        1:40.43 (35.70)     2:16.54 (36.11)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s 2-4-5 for Denison and almost certainly an NCAA title. <strong>Liyang Sun<\/strong> of Emory, eighth last year, jumped up to get the win in 1:56.63. But Denison\u2019s depth did its job, with <strong>Patrick Daly<\/strong> in second, <strong>Elijah Venos<\/strong> fourth and Gavin Jones. That\u2019s an unassailable lead of 124 points on Emory.<\/p>\n<p>In between, <strong>Max Nechydyuk<\/strong> of NYU was third.<\/p>\n<p>Emory\u2019s <strong>Henri Bonnault,<\/strong> the 100 breast champ, didn\u2019t make it back. He was 21st in prelims after winning the B final last year.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 37  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sun, Liyang            SR Emory             1:58.45    1:56.64   20  \r\n                 26.22        55.48 (29.26)\r\n        1:25.45 (29.97)     1:56.64 (31.19)\r\n  2 Daly, Patrick          SR Denison           1:57.62    1:57.49   17  \r\n                 26.64        56.10 (29.46)\r\n        1:26.38 (30.28)     1:57.49 (31.11)\r\n  3 Nechydyuk, Max         FR NYU               1:58.26    1:57.60   16  \r\n                 26.14        55.88 (29.74)\r\n        1:26.39 (30.51)     1:57.60 (31.21)\r\n  4 Venos, Elijah          SR Denison           1:58.56    1:58.45   15  \r\n                 25.97        55.89 (29.92)\r\n        1:27.05 (31.16)     1:58.45 (31.40)\r\n  5 Jones, Gavin           SR Denison           1:57.93    1:58.58   14  \r\n                 26.66        56.80 (30.14)\r\n        1:27.28 (30.48)     1:58.58 (31.30)\r\n  6 Vandeveen, Ryan        SR TCNJ              1:58.20    1:58.74   13  \r\n                 26.69        56.59 (29.90)\r\n        1:26.89 (30.30)     1:58.74 (31.85)\r\n  7 Derani, Victor         SO NYU               1:58.53    1:59.07   12  \r\n                 27.16        57.93 (30.77)\r\n        1:28.67 (30.74)     1:59.07 (30.40)\r\n  8 Lanuza, Christian      SR Carnegie Mellon   1:58.34    1:59.62   11  \r\n                 27.30        57.81 (30.51)\r\n        1:28.74 (30.93)     1:59.62 (30.88)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 3-meter diving<\/h4>\n<p>In the tale of MIT\u2019s title, sophomore diver <strong>Fiora Beratahani<\/strong> deserves a notable mention. Fifth on 1-meter, she grabbed third on 3-meter Saturday night, stretching the Engineers\u2019 lead from 13 to 21 points and guaranteeing that the MIT\u2019s A finalist relay, which could score no fewer than 22 points for finishing legally, needed just get to the finish line to clinch the title. Beratahani scored 497.55, and while NYU finished 10th and 12th in the B final, <strong>Rachel Loh<\/strong> of MIT was also 13th.<\/p>\n<p>The win went to <strong>Kailee Payne<\/strong> of Ithaca, her second straight NCAA sweep. She was tops in prelims by more than 30 points, then scored 522.80 to pull away at night. Only Case Western\u2019s <strong>Abigail Wilkov<\/strong> joined her north of 500 points. Carleton\u2019s <strong>Nina Schwab<\/strong> was fourth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 38  Women 3 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             530.95     522.80   20  \r\n  2 Wilkov, Abigail        SR Case Western       497.45     501.65   17  \r\n  3 Beratahani, Fiora      SO MIT                475.50     497.55   16  \r\n  4 Schwab, Nina           FR Carleton           480.50     481.10   15  \r\n  5 Bluestein, Sydney      SR Amherst            452.05     474.50   14  \r\n  6 Smith, Sadie           SR Bowdoin            464.40     461.65   13  \r\n  7 Fong, Veronica         JR Chicago            456.80     453.45   12  \r\n  8 Williams, Maddi        SO RIT                450.45     430.20   11<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 400 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>MIT needed just to finish to win the team title. Instead, it applied an exclamation point, in a victory parade and a celebratory battle with NYU. MIT went 3:19.03 to win, the squad of <strong>Alex Turvey, Sydney Smith, Kate Augustyn<\/strong> and <strong>Ella Roberson<\/strong>. They brushed within a half-second of the 2018 record by Emory.<\/p>\n<p>NYU was under the mark, too, in 3:19.36. <strong>Kaley McIntyre\u2019s<\/strong> split of 47.80 nearly brought the Violets back into it. Last year\u2019s champion Pomona-Pitzer was third, with Denison fourth. Kenyon sealed third in the team standings by finishing fifth in the relay.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 39  Women 400 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 MIT                                 3:21.08    3:19.03   40  \r\n     1) Turvey, Alex 5Y               2) Smith, Sydney SO             \r\n     3) Augustyn, Kate SR             4) Roberson, Ella SO            \r\n                 24.05        50.11 (50.11)\r\n        1:13.96 (23.85)     1:40.05 (49.94)\r\n        2:04.16 (24.11)     2:30.32 (50.27)\r\n        2:53.38 (23.06)     3:19.03 (48.71)\r\n  2 NYU                                 3:22.01    3:19.36   34  \r\n     1) Ranile, Nicole JR             2) Motekaitis, Elle 5Y          \r\n     3) Oldham, Isabel SR             4) McIntyre, Kaley JR           \r\n                 24.57        50.87 (50.87)\r\n        1:14.85 (23.98)     1:41.25 (50.38)\r\n        2:05.17 (23.92)     2:31.56 (50.31)\r\n        2:54.26 (22.70)     3:19.36 (47.80)\r\n  3 Pomona-Pitzer                       3:22.61    3:20.64   32  \r\n     1) Coppo, Francesca SO           2) Aballea, Nina SO             \r\n     3) Dixon, Charlotte FR           4) Mello, Valerie SR            \r\n                 24.16        50.43 (50.43)\r\n        1:14.24 (23.81)     1:40.88 (50.45)\r\n        2:05.03 (24.15)     2:32.07 (51.19)\r\n        2:54.81 (22.74)     3:20.64 (48.57)\r\n  4 Denison                             3:22.07    3:21.17   30  \r\n     1) Vogen, Avery SR               2) Kadlecik, Grace SR           \r\n     3) Ferguson, Phoebe JR           4) Harris, Emily JR             \r\n                 24.29        50.73 (50.73)\r\n        1:14.54 (23.81)     1:41.15 (50.42)\r\n        2:04.67 (23.52)     2:31.29 (50.14)\r\n        2:55.12 (23.83)     3:21.17 (49.88)\r\n  5 Kenyon                              3:23.30    3:21.68   28  \r\n     1) Haag, Molly JR                2) Fadely, Jennah SR            \r\n     3) Torrecillas-Jouault, Lisa JR  4) Geboy, Sydney SR             \r\n                 24.50        50.55 (50.55)\r\n        1:14.63 (24.08)     1:41.06 (50.51)\r\n        2:04.90 (23.84)     2:31.25 (50.19)\r\n        2:55.03 (23.78)     3:21.68 (50.43)\r\n  6 Emory                               3:23.02    3:21.86   26  \r\n     1) Kennedy, Ava SR               2) Crysel, Caitlin FR           \r\n     3) Wendt, Louisa FR              4) Helm, Penelope 5Y            \r\n                 24.09        51.01 (51.01)\r\n        1:14.87 (23.86)     1:41.34 (50.33)\r\n        2:05.22 (23.88)     2:31.98 (50.64)\r\n        2:55.80 (23.82)     3:21.86 (49.88)\r\n  7 Hope                                3:23.38    3:22.43   24  \r\n     1) Gidley, Greta SR              2) Ryle, Lauren SR              \r\n     3) Turner, Bella JR              4) Wasiniak, Laurel JR          \r\n                 24.40        50.95 (50.95)\r\n        1:15.45 (24.50)     1:42.47 (51.52)\r\n        2:06.37 (23.90)     2:33.05 (50.58)\r\n        2:56.63 (23.58)     3:22.43 (49.38)\r\n  8 Tufts                               3:23.28    3:23.67   22  \r\n     1) Chambers, Isabella JR         2) Wheeler, Quinci JR           \r\n     3) Stasz, Sydney SO              4) Cudney, Jillian 5Y           \r\n                 24.86        52.00 (52.00)\r\n        1:16.34 (24.34)     1:42.56 (50.56)\r\n        2:07.03 (24.47)     2:33.89 (51.33)\r\n        2:57.20 (23.31)     3:23.67 (49.78)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>The University of Chicago went 2:54.20, three tenths quicker than Kenyon\u2019s winning time last year, to get the last relay crown and jump the Maroons past fifth-place NYU into third place in the team standings. <strong>Cooper Costello, Daniel Brooks, John Butler<\/strong> and <strong>Sebi Vernhes<\/strong> composed the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Denison glided home in second in 2:55.80 to cap its title. Calvin was third, with Carnegie Mellon fourth. Emory won the B final to guarantee its hold on second in the team standings.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 40  Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  NCAA Record: * 2:53.59  3\/24\/2012 , Kenyon\r\n                          Somers, Turk, Ramsey, Richardson\r\n Meet Qualify:   2:59.71\r\n  2024 Winner:   2:54.52\r\n    School                              Prelims     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n<b>                            === Championship Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Chicago                             2:56.76    2:54.20  \r\n     1) Costello, Cooper SO           2) Brooks, Daniel 5Y            \r\n     3) Butler, John FR               4) Vernhes, Sebi SR             \r\n  2 Denison                             2:57.56    2:55.80  \r\n     1) Hill, Jack SO                 2) Hensel, Nickolas FR          \r\n     3) Beduschi, Andre SO            4) Daly, Patrick SR             \r\n  3 Calvin                              2:57.92    2:56.86  \r\n     1) Bajwa, David SR               2) Molin, Vlad 5Y               \r\n     3) Seidelman, Josh SR            4) Platt, Charles JR            \r\n  4 Carnegie Mellon                     2:57.71    2:57.17  \r\n     1) Morford, Brayden SO           2) Malinovski, Matvey FR        \r\n     3) Peitler, Matt FR              4) Jones, Cam 5Y                \r\n  5 NYU                                 2:58.72    2:57.36  \r\n     1) Downs, Pierce SO              2) Nechydyuk, Max FR            \r\n     3) Watanakun, Ajay SR            4) Wehbe, Greg SO               \r\n  6 Kenyon                              2:58.25    2:57.99  \r\n     1) Abrahamson, Neil FR           2) Dragojlovic, Djordje JR      \r\n     3) Sidorko, Kirill JR            4) Jaworski, Teodor JR          \r\n  7 MIT                                 2:58.54    2:58.02  \r\n     1) Kim, Nathan FR                2) Jiang, Eugene JR             \r\n     3) Arrese-Igor, Aitor SO         4) Roberts, Bryce SO            \r\n  8 Wash U.                             2:58.46    2:58.92  \r\n     1) Sibley, Danny SR              2) Rockaway, Justin SR          \r\n     3) Wolford, Kyle 5Y              4) Bick, Austin 5Y<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#8217;s Title; Denison Dominates Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separated NYU and MIT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":608169,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[134040,132272,11136,33325,98182,133306,132259,134042,4919,3311,135726,71334,12312],"class_list":["post-608047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-bengisu-caymaz","tag-caitlin-marshall","tag-denison","tag-emory","tag-gabrielle-wei","tag-jennah-fadely","tag-kaley-mcintyre","tag-kate-augustyn","tag-kenyon","tag-mit","tag-natalie-garre","tag-ncaa-division-iii-coverage","tag-nyu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges, Denison Dominates<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separate NYU and MIT in the women\u2019s standings.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#039;s Title; Denison Dominates\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separate NYU and MIT in the women\u2019s standings.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-22T23:07:08+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-23T04:08:14+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1884\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1060\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdoctormd\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\"},\"headline\":\"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#8217;s Title; Denison Dominates\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-22T23:07:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-23T04:08:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/\"},\"wordCount\":1214,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bengisu Caymaz\",\"Caitlin Marshall\",\"Denison\",\"Emory\",\"Gabrielle Wei\",\"Jennah Fadely\",\"Kaley McIntyre\",\"kate Augustyn\",\"Kenyon\",\"MIT\",\"Natalie Garre\",\"NCAA Division III Coverage\",\"NYU\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/\",\"name\":\"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges, Denison Dominates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-22T23:07:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-23T04:08:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separate NYU and MIT in the women\u2019s standings.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg\",\"width\":1884,\"height\":1060,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: MIT Athletics\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#8217;s Title; Denison Dominates\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3\",\"name\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Matthew De George - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges, Denison Dominates","description":"Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separate NYU and MIT in the women\u2019s standings.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women's Title; Denison Dominates","og_description":"Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separate NYU and MIT in the women\u2019s standings.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2025-03-22T23:07:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-23T04:08:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1884,"height":1060,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sportsdoctormd","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/"},"author":{"name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3"},"headline":"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#8217;s Title; Denison Dominates","datePublished":"2025-03-22T23:07:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-23T04:08:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/"},"wordCount":1214,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg","keywords":["Bengisu Caymaz","Caitlin Marshall","Denison","Emory","Gabrielle Wei","Jennah Fadely","Kaley McIntyre","kate Augustyn","Kenyon","MIT","Natalie Garre","NCAA Division III Coverage","NYU"],"articleSection":["College"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/","name":"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges, Denison Dominates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-22T23:07:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-23T04:08:14+00:00","description":"Entering the final day of the NCAA Division III Championships, 20 points separate NYU and MIT in the women\u2019s standings.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg","width":1884,"height":1060,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: MIT Athletics"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-night-4-is-a-saturday-lead-change-in-the-cards\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NCAA Division III Championships, Night 4: MIT Surges to First Women&#8217;s Title; Denison Dominates"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/aff20a2913cc03a514d0343a4c8788f3","name":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7cfca9cef277cfa1a9f4150330ba69a2?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Matthew De George - Senior Writer"},"description":"Matthew De George is the Americas Correspondent for Swimming World Magazine. He's the author of two books on swimming, Duels in the Pool and Pooling Talent. He's also the assistant sports editor for the Delaware County Daily Times in Pennsylvania, where he covers high school and college sports as well as the Philadelphia Union. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Athletic.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.swimmingworld.com","https:\/\/x.com\/sportsdoctormd"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/mattdg\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: MIT Athletics","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MITteam.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2ybd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608047"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608168,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608047\/revisions\/608168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}