{"id":638343,"date":"2026-03-11T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638343"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:42:01","slug":"ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-2-prelims-emilia-ronningdal-looks-to-regain-im-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-2-prelims-emilia-ronningdal-looks-to-regain-im-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division II Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Emilia Ronningdal Looks to Regain IM Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Division II Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Emilia Ronningdal Looks to Regain IM Crown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a freshman in 2023, <strong>Emilia Ronningdal<\/strong> burst onto the Division II scene by winning the 200 individual medley at NCAAs. She finished third and fifth the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>But in the first prelims session of the 2026 meet Wednesday, Ronningdal took the top seed in her quest to return to the top step of the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Ronningdal led the way in 2:00.15 at Evansville\u2019s Deaconess Aquatic Center, setting the stage for a busy second night of finals.<\/p>\n<p>The finals session will include the fastest heats of the 1,000 free for both men and women, plus men\u2019s 1-meter diving and the 200 medley relays.<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-night-1-tampa-sets-800-free-relay-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Emilia Ronningdal<\/strong> of Nova Southeastern led thew ay for the Sharks, clocking in at 2:00.15. She had been the fifth seed entering the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Second was <strong>Gwen Bergum<\/strong> of Drury in 2:00.56. The top seed entering the meet, <strong>Livia Rodrigues<\/strong> of West Florida, was fifth in the morning. Just ahead of her was Indy\u2019s <strong>Celina Schmidt<\/strong> in third and <strong>Emily Mears-<\/strong>Bentley of Findlay.<\/p>\n<p>Drury has there A finalists, with <strong>Nikol Maniko<\/strong> joining Bergum in sixth and <strong>Maria Fe Munoz<\/strong> in eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa\u2019s <strong>Caroline Foltz,<\/strong> the fourth seed, slipped to 11th in prelims in 2:03.36, exactly two seconds slower than her seed.<\/p>\n<p>Only Ronningdal and Fe Munoz, who finished fifth and sixth last year respectively, return as A finalists.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 5  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 1:55.63  3\/9\/2016  Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)\r\n         Meet: M 1:55.63  3\/9\/2016  Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Ronningdal, Emilia     SR Nova S'eastern    2:01.97    2:00.15  \r\n    r:+0.72  26.22        56.29 (30.07)\r\n        1:31.13 (34.84)     2:00.15 (29.02)\r\n  2 Bergum, Gwen           JR Drury             2:01.22    2:00.56  \r\n    r:+0.76  26.50        57.09 (30.59)\r\n        1:31.44 (34.35)     2:00.56 (29.12)\r\n  3 Schmidt, Celina        5Y Indy              2:00.03    2:01.64  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.27        57.21 (30.94)\r\n        1:31.98 (34.77)     2:01.64 (29.66)\r\n  4 Mears-Bentley, Emily   SR Findlay           2:04.53    2:01.77  \r\n    r:+0.66  25.85        56.33 (30.48)\r\n        1:32.81 (36.48)     2:01.77 (28.96)\r\n  5 Rodrigues, Livia       FR West Florida      1:59.85    2:01.80  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.55        55.64 (30.09)\r\n        1:31.82 (36.18)     2:01.80 (29.98)\r\n  6 Maniko, Nikol          SO Drury             2:02.57    2:02.51  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.14        56.75 (30.61)\r\n        1:32.99 (36.24)     2:02.51 (29.52)\r\n  7 Meister, Sidni         JR Tampa             2:03.68    2:02.65  \r\n    r:+0.76  26.34        55.16 (28.82)\r\n        1:31.49 (36.33)     2:02.65 (31.16)\r\n  8 Fe Munoz, Maria        SR Drury             2:02.52    2:02.82  \r\n    r:+0.64  25.95        56.35 (30.40)\r\n        1:32.34 (35.99)     2:02.82 (30.48)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jeremias Pock<\/strong> laid down a marker in prelims by going 1:43.09, the Indy sophomore validating his top seed entering the meet in the quest to improve from second place last year. He was a tenth ahead of the winning time from last year\u2019s final, set by <strong>Ivan Adamchuk<\/strong> of Drury.<\/p>\n<p>The only other swimmer under 1:44 was Drury\u2019s <strong>Alvaro Zornoza Quiros,<\/strong> who went 1:43.94. Adamchuk was fifth, a spot behind Drury teammate <strong>Belhassen Ben Miled<\/strong> in what could be a score for the Panthers, though last year\u2019s A finalist <strong>Joao Nogueira<\/strong> was only 10th despite bettering his seed time.<\/p>\n<p>Also one to watch is <strong>Volodymyr Gavrysh,<\/strong> fresh off his 200 free record Tuesday night. He went 1:44.90, the McKendree sophomore clubbing more than three seconds off his seed to get into the A final.<\/p>\n<p>Indy has Pock in the A final, though <strong>Nico Basten<\/strong> was ninth, .07 out of the A final, and <strong>Silas Buessing<\/strong> was just 16th. Tampa has two in the A final in <strong>Will Beckstead-Holman<\/strong> and <strong>Nicholas Cavic,<\/strong> though <strong>Mathias Holmann<\/strong> was locked out of the B final in 17th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 6  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 1:41.61  3\/14\/2018 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)\r\n         Meet: M 1:41.61  3\/14\/2018 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Pock, Jeremias         SO Indy              1:43.63    1:43.09  \r\n    r:+0.62  22.25        48.15 (25.90)\r\n        1:17.59 (29.44)     1:43.09 (25.50)\r\n  2 Zornoza Quiros, Alvar  JR Drury             1:44.87    1:43.94  \r\n    r:+0.65  22.23        47.70 (25.47)\r\n        1:18.08 (30.38)     1:43.94 (25.86)\r\n  3 Gavrysh, Volodymyr     SO McKendree         1:48.09    1:44.90  \r\n    r:+0.59  22.49        48.58 (26.09)\r\n        1:20.02 (31.44)     1:44.90 (24.88)\r\n  4 Ben Miled, Belhassen   FR Drury             1:47.68    1:44.97  \r\n    r:+0.69  22.37        48.15 (25.78)\r\n        1:18.61 (30.46)     1:44.97 (26.36)\r\n  5 Adamchuk, Ivan         JR Drury             1:46.14    1:45.22  \r\n    r:+0.71  21.86        47.93 (26.07)\r\n        1:19.10 (31.17)     1:45.22 (26.12)\r\n  6 Vester, Ben            SO Colorado Mesa     1:47.24    1:45.34  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.25        50.43 (27.18)\r\n        1:20.69 (30.26)     1:45.34 (24.65)\r\n  7 Beckstead-Holman, Wil  SR Tampa             1:45.52    1:45.41  \r\n    r:+0.63  22.19        48.22 (26.03)\r\n        1:18.99 (30.77)     1:45.41 (26.42)\r\n  8 Cavic, Nicholas        FR Tampa             1:47.07    1:45.58  \r\n    r:+0.67  22.06        48.18 (26.12)\r\n        1:19.97 (31.79)     1:45.58 (25.61)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>It was all pretty safe on the women\u2019s side, with 22.93 required for the A final. <strong>Troie Grubbs<\/strong> of Findlay set a season-best time of 22.55 to lead it, .04 up on <strong>Kristina Orban<\/strong> of Nova Southeastern. <strong>Kirabo Namutebi<\/strong> of UIndy, last year\u2019s runner-up and the top seed entering, is safely in the final in 22.66.<\/p>\n<p>It was good but could\u2019ve been better for Nova Southeastern. The Sharks got two in the A final, with <strong>Zsofia Kurdi<\/strong> fourth. But <strong>Maya Esparza<\/strong> was two tenths slower than her seed time to finished ninth and in the B final. She was seventh last year. <strong>Maxine Egner,<\/strong> seeded 10th, went 23.13 and finished 17th.<\/p>\n<p>In the A final, look out for double backstroke champ <strong>Agata Naskret,<\/strong> now plying her trade for West Florida, in seventh. She went 22.91 in the morning. Her seed of 22.53 was third-ranked entering the meet, though she\u2019ll have to do it from an outside lane.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 7  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 21.92  3\/12\/2025 Bryn Greenwaldt, Augustana\r\n         Meet: M 21.92  3\/12\/2025 Bryn Greenwaldt, Augustana\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Grubbs, Troie          SR Findlay             22.97      22.55  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  2 Orban, Kristina        SO Nova S'eastern      22.30      22.59  \r\n         r:+0.66                       \r\n  3 Namutebi, Kirabo       JR Indy                22.14      22.66  \r\n         r:+0.63                       \r\n  4 Kurdi, Zsofia          5Y Nova S'eastern      22.80      22.68  \r\n         r:+0.71                       \r\n  5 Nimander, Zinna        SO Delta State         22.87      22.83  \r\n         r:+0.65                       \r\n  6 Morin, Tilde           SR Tampa               22.93      22.87  \r\n         r:+0.73                       \r\n  7 Naskret, Agata         SR West Florida        22.53      22.91  \r\n         r:+0.71                       \r\n  8 Weatherford, Vanessa   JR Oklahoma Christi    22.86      22.93  \r\n         r:+0.63                       \r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Top seed <strong>Maurice Grabowski<\/strong> defended that status while giving little indication he\u2019s vulnerable, going 19.19 to set the fastest time. He had been 19.13 in-season. Second was Findlay\u2019s <strong>Camilo Marrugo Montano<\/strong> in 19.43. Reigning champion <strong>Tibor Tistan<\/strong> of Tampa was third in 19.52. He won in 19.12 last year with Grabowski second.<\/p>\n<p>The A final includes two from Colorado Mesa, with <strong>Guillaume Guth<\/strong> and <strong>Richard Schmiedefield<\/strong> fourth and fifth, though being 17th and 18th stings. There were ties for sixth and eighth. Last year\u2019s bronze medalist, <strong>Leo Nolles<\/strong> of Northern Michigan, was 10th.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 8  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 18.88  3\/9\/2022  Matej Dusa, Queens (NC)\r\n         Meet: M 18.88  3\/9\/2022  Matej Dusa, Queens (NC)\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Grabowski, Maurice     SR Lynn                19.13      19.19  \r\n         r:+0.62                       \r\n  2 Marrugo Montano, Cami  5Y Findlay             19.53      19.43  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  3 Tistan, Tibor          SR Tampa               19.64      19.52  \r\n         r:+0.67                       \r\n  4 Guth, Guillaume        JR Colorado Mesa       19.56      19.54  \r\n         r:+0.67                       \r\n  5 Schmiedefeld, Richard  SO Colorado Mesa       20.05      19.57  \r\n         r:+0.70                       \r\n  6 Minuer, Lucas          SR Drury               19.58      19.65  \r\n         r:+0.64                       \r\n  6 Scotto Divetta, Evan   SR Grand Valley        19.54      19.65  \r\n         r:+0.71                       \r\n  8 Minichowski, Maksymil  JR Catawba             19.85      19.67  \r\n         r:+0.62                       \r\n  8 Cabral, Yuri           JR Drury               19.80      19.67  \r\n         r:+0.66                       \r\n Swim-Off Required ----------------------------------------------<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA Division II Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Emilia Ronningdal Looks to Regain IM Crown As a freshman in 2023, Emilia Ronningdal burst onto the Division II scene by winning the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":607333,"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":[59467,12339,12512,59285,56611,71510,137514,25449,1240,73301,2726,26636],"class_list":["post-638343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-colorado-mesa","tag-drury","tag-indy","tag-mckendree","tag-missouri-st-louis","tag-ncaa-division-ii-coverage","tag-ncaa-division-ii-coverage-indianapolis","tag-nova-southeastern","tag-tampa","tag-uindy","tag-university-of-tampa","tag-west-florida"],"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 II Championships, Day 2 Prelims: Emilia Ronningdal Looks to Regain IM Crown<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2023, Emilia Ronningdal burst onto the Division II scene by winning the 200 IM at NCAAs. 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