{"id":638324,"date":"2026-03-10T20:40:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638324"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:29:39","slug":"ncaa-division-ii-championships-night-1-tampa-sets-800-free-relay-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-night-1-tampa-sets-800-free-relay-record\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division II Championships, Night 1: Tampa Sets 800 Free Relay Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Division II Championships, Night 1: Tampa Sets 800 Free Relay Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NCAA Division II Championships are a slow burn, with just the 800 freestyle relay to start the meet Tuesday night, the first of five days at Evansville\u2019s Deaconess Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n<p>It was a record-setting start, with Tampa setting the NCAA record on the men\u2019s side in a thrilling finish and Nova Southeastern claiming the fourth consecutive title in the women\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/NCAA-Division-II-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division II Championships Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/liveschedule\/2026\/03\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Stream Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2026-ncaa-division-ii-psych-sheet\/ncaa-college\/2026\/March\/10?rtn=%2Fmeets%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-preview-two-sides-of-meet-a-study-in-contrasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-nova-southeastern-chasing-fourth-title-psych-sheets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Meet Information Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/_flysystem\/public-s3\/files\/M%20Selected%20Swimmers%20By%20Team%20022526.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Men\u2019s Entries by School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/_flysystem\/public-s3\/files\/W%20Selected%20Swimmers%20By%20Team%20022526.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Women\u2019s Entries by School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/ncaa-division-ii-coverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division II Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sharks went 7:08.52, just .02 off the NCAA record set in 2024. The squad was <strong>Emilia Ronningdal, Zsofia Kurdi, Hailey Williams <\/strong>and <strong>Kristina Orban.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orban, the reigning 200 free champ, recorded the fastest split of the meet in 1:45.74. Williams and Orban were on the winning team last year, while Ronningdal has been part of all four championships squads.<\/p>\n<p>Second was Colorado Mesa, albeit more than five seconds back. <strong>Ada Qunell,<\/strong> the top seed in the 200 free, led off 1:48.61. Grand Valley was third in 7:14.24, with Tampa fourth in 7:15.49. Among the other team title contenders, Drury was fifth and Indy, in probably its weakest relay, was 10th.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 1  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 7:08.50  3\/12\/2024 Nova S'eastern\r\n                          E Ronningdal, R Raurich, M Lowy, E Trieschmann\r\n         Meet: M 7:08.50  3\/12\/2024 Nova S'eastern\r\n                          E Ronningdal, R Raurich, M Lowy, E Trieschmann\r\n                 7:27.03  DIIB 2026 Provisional\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Nova S'eastern                7:11.17    7:08.52 DIIB    40  \r\n     1) Ronningdal, Emilia SR         2) r:0.37 Kurdi, Zsofia 5Y      \r\n     3) r:0.38 Williams, Hailey SR    4) r:0.27 Orban, Kristina SO    \r\n    r:+0.73  24.89        51.75 (51.75)\r\n      1:19.05 (1:19.05)   1:46.19 (1:46.19)\r\n        2:10.79 (24.60)     2:37.96 (51.77)\r\n      3:05.99 (1:19.80)   3:34.43 (1:48.24)\r\n        3:58.73 (24.30)     4:25.79 (51.36)\r\n      4:54.12 (1:19.69)   5:22.78 (1:48.35)\r\n        5:46.36 (23.58)     6:12.79 (50.01)\r\n      6:40.47 (1:17.69)   7:08.52 (1:45.74)\r\n  2 Colorado Mesa                 7:13.47    7:13.88 DIIB    34  \r\n     1) Qunell, Ada SR                2) r:0.38 Sasivarevic, Hanna JR \r\n     3) r:0.13 Wilkinson, Kendyll SO  4) r:0.49 Hansson, Olivia SR    \r\n    r:+0.75  25.25        52.51 (52.51)\r\n      1:20.39 (1:20.39)   1:48.61 (1:48.61)\r\n        2:13.21 (24.60)     2:40.46 (51.85)\r\n      3:08.16 (1:19.55)   3:36.07 (1:47.46)\r\n        4:00.78 (24.71)     4:28.66 (52.59)\r\n      4:56.86 (1:20.79)   5:25.07 (1:49.00)\r\n        5:50.03 (24.96)     6:17.20 (52.13)\r\n      6:45.31 (1:20.24)   7:13.88 (1:48.81)\r\n  3 Grand Valley                  7:22.05    7:14.24 DIIB    32  \r\n     1) Hedley, Lucy SR               2) r:0.31 Proietti, Vittoria JR \r\n     3) r:0.27 Angilletta, Anglica SR 4) r:0.34 O'Connell, Katie SR   \r\n    r:+0.75  24.83        51.57 (51.57)\r\n      1:19.18 (1:19.18)   1:46.57 (1:46.57)\r\n        2:11.11 (24.54)     2:38.31 (51.74)\r\n      3:06.30 (1:19.73)   3:34.73 (1:48.16)\r\n        3:58.86 (24.13)     4:26.26 (51.53)\r\n      4:54.92 (1:20.19)   5:24.69 (1:49.96)\r\n        5:49.75 (25.06)     6:17.62 (52.93)\r\n      6:46.03 (1:21.34)   7:14.24 (1:49.55)\r\n  4 Tampa                         7:20.95    7:15.49 DIIB    30  \r\n     1) Patrick, Mckenna SO           2) r:0.33 Louder, Lindsey JR    \r\n     3) r:0.41 Hodgson, Laura JR      4) r:0.49 Frece, Avery SO       \r\n    r:+0.73  25.18        52.66 (52.66)\r\n      1:20.46 (1:20.46)   1:48.49 (1:48.49)\r\n        2:13.36 (24.87)     2:41.11 (52.62)\r\n      3:08.68 (1:20.19)   3:36.38 (1:47.89)\r\n        4:01.86 (25.48)     4:29.36 (52.98)\r\n      4:57.65 (1:21.27)   5:25.68 (1:49.30)\r\n        5:50.41 (24.73)     6:18.32 (52.64)\r\n      6:46.99 (1:21.31)   7:15.49 (1:49.81)\r\n  5 Drury                         7:20.58    7:16.18 DIIB    28  \r\n     1) Morales, Maria SO             2) r:0.28 Maniko, Nikol SO      \r\n     3) r:0.35 Bergum, Gwen JR        4) r:0.33 Moore, Ashlyn SR      \r\n    r:+0.76  25.10        52.55 (52.55)\r\n      1:20.44 (1:20.44)   1:48.43 (1:48.43)\r\n        2:13.14 (24.71)     2:40.84 (52.41)\r\n      3:09.32 (1:20.89)   3:37.57 (1:49.14)\r\n        4:02.35 (24.78)     4:29.75 (52.18)\r\n      4:58.23 (1:20.66)   5:26.59 (1:49.02)\r\n        5:50.70 (24.11)     6:17.98 (51.39)\r\n      6:46.62 (1:20.03)   7:16.18 (1:49.59)\r\n  6 Simon Fraser                  7:19.86    7:17.16 DIIB    26  \r\n     1) Vetter, Delrae SR             2) r:0.12 Andrews, Abigail JR   \r\n     3) r:0.46 Whitmore, Alyssa SR    4) r:0.56 Dreghici, Jessica FR  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.47        53.41 (53.41)\r\n      1:22.10 (1:22.10)   1:51.30 (1:51.30)\r\n        2:15.84 (24.54)     2:43.16 (51.86)\r\n      3:10.82 (1:19.52)   3:39.30 (1:48.00)\r\n        4:03.53 (24.23)     4:30.76 (51.46)\r\n      4:59.44 (1:20.14)   5:28.88 (1:49.58)\r\n        5:53.83 (24.95)     6:21.47 (52.59)\r\n      6:49.34 (1:20.46)   7:17.16 (1:48.28)\r\n  7 Catawba                       7:22.69    7:19.77 DIIB    24  \r\n     1) Reckmann, Marit SR            2) r:0.29 Regina Pera dosanda FR\r\n     3) Gutenwik, Ella JR             4) r:0.33 Meinema, Danielle SR  \r\n    r:+0.71  24.94        52.76 (52.76)\r\n      1:20.45 (1:20.45)   1:48.32 (1:48.32)\r\n        2:13.14 (24.82)     2:40.85 (52.53)\r\n      3:08.78 (1:20.46)   3:36.87 (1:48.55)\r\n        4:02.89 (26.02)     4:31.78 (54.91)\r\n      5:01.40 (1:24.53)   5:30.88 (1:54.01)\r\n        5:56.25 (25.37)     6:23.94 (53.06)\r\n      6:52.19 (1:21.31)   7:19.77 (1:48.89)\r\n  8 Wingate                       7:25.04    7:21.11 DIIB    22  \r\n     1) Azirovic, Nina SR             2) r:0.18 Ozolam, Elizabeaula SO\r\n     3) r:0.28 Serdar, Nisagul FR     4) r:0.38 Garcia, Giulianna SR  \r\n    r:+0.73  25.27        52.69 (52.69)\r\n      1:21.28 (1:21.28)   1:50.19 (1:50.19)\r\n        2:14.65 (24.46)     2:41.73 (51.54)\r\n      3:10.08 (1:19.89)   3:39.19 (1:49.00)\r\n        4:04.04 (24.85)     4:31.82 (52.63)\r\n      5:00.60 (1:21.41)   5:29.92 (1:50.73)\r\n        5:55.22 (25.30)     6:23.22 (53.30)\r\n      6:51.85 (1:21.93)   7:21.11 (1:51.19)<\/pre>\n<p>Tampa won this relay for the third straight year. They were more than a second faster than last year\u2019s record, going 6:16.64 with the team of<strong> Barnabas Fluck, Joshua Noll, Jacob Hamlin <\/strong>and <strong>Nicholas Cavic.<\/strong> Hamlin is the only holdover from last year\u2019s record-setting team. He split 1:33.32 on the end, then Cavic went faster in 1:33.14. The record from 2025 NCAAs was 6:17.93.<\/p>\n<p>It took all of that record to deny Drury in what may be a harbinger of a thrilling meet to come. Drury\u2019s <strong>Lucas Minuer, Matteo Vissotti, Alvaro Zornoza Quiros <\/strong>and <strong>Joao Nogueira<\/strong> were also under the old record by more than a second in 6: 16.80. Minuer had Drury out front, and it was more than a second at the midway point. Hamlin pushed the Trojans to the lead on the third leg, and Cavic held off Nogueira, who split 1:32.85, at every wall to finish it off.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Mesa was third in 6:19.80. Indy was fourth, followed by McKendree. But McKendree\u2019s swim included the best leg of the night, with <strong>Volodymyr Gavrysh<\/strong> leading off in 1:32.40. That takes down the Division II record in the 200 free, which had held at 1:32.46 in the hands of Queens\u2019 <strong>Dion Dreesens<\/strong> since 2016. (Hamlin won the 200 free in 1:33.38 last year with Gavrysh second in 1:33.63.)<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 2  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 6:17.93  3\/11\/2025 Tampa\r\n                          C Brandon, P Knollman, J Hamlin, R Ponce De Leon\r\n         Meet: M 6:17.93  3\/11\/2025 Tampa\r\n                          C Brandon, P Knollman, J Hamlin, R Ponce De Leon\r\n                 6:33.68  DIIB 2026 Provisional\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Tampa                         6:23.50    6:16.64NDIIB    40  \r\n     1) Fluck, Barnabas SR            2) r:0.17 Noll, Joshua JR       \r\n     3) r:0.46 Hamlin, Jacob JR       4) r:0.24 Cavic, Nicholas FR    \r\n    r:+0.71  22.22        46.11 (46.11)\r\n      1:10.88 (1:10.88)   1:35.58 (1:35.58)\r\n        1:56.92 (21.34)     2:21.11 (45.53)\r\n      2:45.69 (1:10.11)   3:10.18 (1:34.60)\r\n        3:31.17 (20.99)     3:54.44 (44.26)\r\n      4:19.10 (1:08.92)   4:43.50 (1:33.32)\r\n        5:04.57 (21.07)     5:28.71 (45.21)\r\n      5:52.73 (1:09.23)   6:16.64 (1:33.14)\r\n  2 Drury                         6:21.25    6:16.80NDIIB    34  \r\n     1) Minuer, Lucas SR              2) r:0.40 Vissotto, Matteo JR   \r\n     3) r:0.36 Zornoza Quiros,varo JR 4) r:0.26 Nogueira, Joao SR     \r\n    r:+0.67  21.71        45.23 (45.23)\r\n      1:09.76 (1:09.76)   1:34.88 (1:34.88)\r\n        1:56.37 (21.49)     2:20.11 (45.23)\r\n      2:44.62 (1:09.74)   3:08.98 (1:34.10)\r\n        3:30.45 (21.47)     3:54.46 (45.48)\r\n      4:19.37 (1:10.39)   4:43.95 (1:34.97)\r\n        5:05.07 (21.12)     5:28.84 (44.89)\r\n      5:53.04 (1:09.09)   6:16.80 (1:32.85)\r\n  3 Colorado Mesa                 6:22.63    6:19.80 DIIB    32  \r\n     1) Guth, Guillaume JR            2) r:0.23 Vester, Ben SO        \r\n     3) r:0.23 Schmiedefeld, Rhard SO 4) r:0.34 Friess, Jonas FR      \r\n    r:+0.70  21.78        45.50 (45.50)\r\n      1:09.61 (1:09.61)   1:33.46 (1:33.46)\r\n        1:54.42 (20.96)     2:18.39 (44.93)\r\n      2:43.45 (1:09.99)   3:08.99 (1:35.53)\r\n        3:30.19 (21.20)     3:54.22 (45.23)\r\n      4:19.32 (1:10.33)   4:44.39 (1:35.40)\r\n        5:06.09 (21.70)     5:30.34 (45.95)\r\n      5:55.00 (1:10.61)   6:19.80 (1:35.41)\r\n  4 Indy                          6:24.83    6:21.74 DIIB    30  \r\n     1) Schmidt, Jan FR               2) r:0.41 Andoko, Harrison FR   \r\n     3) r:0.24 Basten, Nico SO        4) r:0.32 Plaza, Swann SR       \r\n    r:+0.67  22.18        46.51 (46.51)\r\n      1:11.29 (1:11.29)   1:35.92 (1:35.92)\r\n        1:57.31 (21.39)     2:21.19 (45.27)\r\n      2:46.41 (1:10.49)   3:12.37 (1:36.45)\r\n        3:33.55 (21.18)     3:57.43 (45.06)\r\n      4:22.20 (1:09.83)   4:47.10 (1:34.73)\r\n        5:08.77 (21.67)     5:32.83 (45.73)\r\n      5:57.49 (1:10.39)   6:21.74 (1:34.64)\r\n  5 McKendree                     6:25.51    6:23.54 DIIB    28  \r\n     1) Gavrysh, Volodymyr SO         2) r:0.26 Upton, Tyson JR       \r\n     3) r:0.30 Rynkiewicz, Jakub SO   4) r:0.10 Brooks, Caden SR      \r\n    r:+0.59  21.38        44.81 (44.81)\r\n      1:08.60 (1:08.60)   1:32.40 (1:32.40)\r\n        1:53.66 (21.26)     2:17.83 (45.43)\r\n      2:43.17 (1:10.77)   3:08.29 (1:35.89)\r\n        3:31.01 (22.72)     3:55.77 (47.48)\r\n      4:21.69 (1:13.40)   4:46.75 (1:38.46)\r\n        5:08.61 (21.86)     5:33.56 (46.81)\r\n      5:59.10 (1:12.35)   6:23.54 (1:36.79)\r\n  6 Wingate                       6:23.56    6:23.57 DIIB    26  \r\n     1) Sebbata, Yassine SO           2) r:0.20 Chemeryk, Tymofii SO  \r\n     3) r:0.29 Thompson, Joel 5Y      4) r:0.31 Witzell, Anton JR     \r\n    r:+0.70  21.76        45.79 (45.79)\r\n      1:09.81 (1:09.81)   1:35.02 (1:35.02)\r\n        1:56.31 (21.29)     2:19.94 (44.92)\r\n      2:44.96 (1:09.94)   3:11.07 (1:36.05)\r\n        3:32.61 (21.54)     3:56.84 (45.77)\r\n      4:21.76 (1:10.69)   4:47.44 (1:36.37)\r\n        5:09.18 (21.74)     5:33.59 (46.15)\r\n      5:59.00 (1:11.56)   6:23.57 (1:36.13)\r\n  7 Grand Valley                  6:30.58    6:26.42 DIIB    24  \r\n     1) Scotto Divetta, Evan SR       2) r:0.14 Gaebler, Matti FR     \r\n     3) r:0.20 Rauch, Anton Zeno SO   4) r:0.19 Ferguson, Thomas JR   \r\n    r:+0.68  22.37        46.46 (46.46)\r\n      1:11.57 (1:11.57)   1:36.78 (1:36.78)\r\n        1:58.46 (21.68)     2:22.94 (46.16)\r\n      2:48.00 (1:11.22)   3:13.58 (1:36.80)\r\n        3:35.34 (21.76)     3:59.93 (46.35)\r\n      4:25.30 (1:11.72)   4:51.21 (1:37.63)\r\n        5:12.62 (21.41)     5:36.62 (45.41)\r\n      6:01.26 (1:10.05)   6:26.42 (1:35.21)\r\n  8 Rollins                       6:28.61    6:26.44 DIIB    22  \r\n     1) Carter, Trey SR               2) r:0.18 Basinger, Seth JR     \r\n     3) r:0.31 Dinges, Luke SR        4) r:0.19 Slowey, William SR    \r\n    r:+0.69  21.97        46.24 (46.24)\r\n      1:11.28 (1:11.28)   1:36.86 (1:36.86)\r\n        1:58.01 (21.15)     2:21.98 (45.12)\r\n      2:47.24 (1:10.38)   3:12.95 (1:36.09)\r\n        3:34.91 (21.96)     3:59.58 (46.63)\r\n      4:24.14 (1:11.19)   4:49.86 (1:36.91)\r\n        5:11.32 (21.46)     5:36.44 (46.58)\r\n      6:01.73 (1:11.87)   6:26.44 (1:36.58)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA Division II Championships, Night 1: Tampa Sets 800 Free Relay Record The NCAA Division II Championships are a slow burn, with just the 800 freestyle relay to start 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