{"id":638540,"date":"2026-03-12T12:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638540"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:05:37","slug":"ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-3-prelims-kristina-orban-positioned-for-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-3-prelims-kristina-orban-positioned-for-double\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division II Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Kristina Orban Positioned for Double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Division II Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Kristina Orban Positioned for Double<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the big pieces in Nova Southeastern\u2019s pursuit of a fourth straight NCAA Division II title is <strong>Kristina Orban.<\/strong> And Thursday is the big day for the sophomore in the water, with two individual events.<\/p>\n<p>Orban came through the morning prelims with flying colors, securing the second seed in the 100 butterfly and the top seed in the 200 freestyle that she won last year, though she didn\u2019t attempt the double last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks sit atop the women\u2019s team standings after the first two days with a chance to move on Thursday. The night session includes the women\u2019s 3-meter diving finals and the 400 medley relays.<\/p>\n<p>All the prelims action:<\/p>\n<h4>NCAA Division II Championships Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 10                     \r\n  1. Nova S'Eastern                    163   2. Tampa                           129.5\r\n  3. Drury                              94   4. Indy                               87\r\n  5. West Florida                       81   6. Findlay                          72.5\r\n  7. Catawba                            59   8. Wingate                            55\r\n  9. Grand Valley                       53   9. Colorado Mesa                      53\r\n  9. Delta State                        53  12. Simon Fraser                       48\r\n 13. Lynn                               31  14. Umsl                               22\r\n 14. Saginaw Valley                     22  16. Mines                              16\r\n 17. Oklahoma Christi                   12  18. Davenport                          10\r\n 19. Carson-Newman                       7  20. Concordia                           5\r\n 20. Csu East Bay                        5  22. McKendree                           4\r\n 23. Emmanuel                            3<\/pre>\n<pre> Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 11                      \r\n  1. Drury                             152   2. Tampa                             149\r\n  3. Colorado Mesa                     139   4. Indy                              120\r\n  5. McKendree                        86.5   6. Findlay                            66\r\n  7. Grand Valley                       64   8. Lynn                               61\r\n  9. Wingate                            58  10. Clarion                            54\r\n 11. Florida Southern                   49  12. Catawba                            41\r\n 13. Nmu                                34  14. Delta State                        31\r\n 15. St. Cloud St.-M                    29  16. Rollins                          27.5\r\n 17. Wayne State                        27  18. West Chester                       20\r\n 19. Mines                               8  20. Davenport                           7\r\n 21. Florida Tech                        6  22. Barry U                             2\r\n 23. Missouri S &amp; T                      1<\/pre>\n<h4>NCAA Division II Championships Links<\/h4>\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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-2-prelims-emilia-ronningdal-looks-to-regain-im-crown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-night-2-finals-maurice-grabowski-wins-50-free-powers-relay-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Kristina Orban<\/strong> entered the meet as the only swimmer under 53 seconds. She remains thus, going 52.77 in prelims. She was .98 seconds clear of Wingate freshman <strong>Mathilda Sandberg,<\/strong> who made a big jump from the 10th seed to second in 53.75. CSU East Bay\u2019s <strong>Tehani Kong<\/strong> was third in 53.90.<\/p>\n<p>Both of the swimmers who came in 53-second seeds made the finals, Findlay\u2019s <strong>Emily Mears-Bentley<\/strong> in fifth and <strong>Lydia Douthit<\/strong> of Lynn in sixth. Tampa has a swimmer in the A final with <strong>Madalee Roberts<\/strong> fifth, as does Indy with <strong>Caprice Schlueter<\/strong> eighth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 12  Women 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 51.78  3\/13\/2025 Luna Mertins, Lynn\r\n         Meet: M 51.78  3\/13\/2025 Luna Mertins, Lynn\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Orban, Kristina        SO Nova S'eastern      52.94      52.77  \r\n    r:+0.66  24.23        52.77 (28.54)\r\n  2 Sandberg, Mathilda     FR Wingate             54.65      53.75  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.16        53.75 (28.59)\r\n  3 Kong, Tehani           JR CSU East Bay        54.44      53.90  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.24        53.90 (28.66)\r\n  4 Mears-Bentley, Emily   SR Findlay             53.57      54.06  \r\n    r:+0.65  25.51        54.06 (28.55)\r\n  5 Roberts, Madalee       FR Tampa               54.24      54.32  \r\n    r:+0.68  25.11        54.32 (29.21)\r\n  6 Douthit, Lydia         SO Lynn                53.51      54.33  \r\n    r:+0.78  25.74        54.33 (28.59)\r\n  7 Scheibelhoffer, Olivi  SO Findlay             54.91      54.34  \r\n             24.87        54.34 (29.47)\r\n  8 Schlueter, Caprice     FR Indy                54.40      54.51  \r\n    r:+0.81  25.44        54.51 (29.07)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>Lynn has a chance to jump in the team standings thanks to <strong>Maurice Grabowski,<\/strong> the 50 free champ who finished second in prelims of the 100 fly on Thursday in 46.10. He is the second choice behind Findlay\u2019s <strong>Camillo Marrugo Montano<\/strong> in 45.93. Lynn also has <strong>Vitaly Kostin<\/strong> in fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa has two A finalists, led by <strong>Will Beckstead-Holman<\/strong> in third in 46.55 and <strong>Tibor Tistan<\/strong> in eighth. Colorado Mesa has <strong>Oskar Sawicki<\/strong> in the A final in sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Drury has just one B finalist, with <strong>Ivan Adamchuk<\/strong> 12th. Ditto UIndy, with <strong>Elias Noe<\/strong> 16th, his prelims time a second slower than his seed.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 13  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 44.32  3\/14\/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)\r\n         Meet: M 44.32  3\/14\/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Marrugo Montano, Cami  5Y Findlay             45.70      45.93  \r\n    r:+0.66  21.16        45.93 (24.77)\r\n  2 Grabowski, Maurice     SR Lynn                46.12      46.10  \r\n    r:+0.62  20.73        46.10 (25.37)\r\n  3 Beckstead-Holman, Wil  SR Tampa               46.83      46.55  \r\n    r:+0.60  21.64        46.55 (24.91)\r\n  4 Morales, Gabriel       JR Carson-Newman       47.14      46.64  \r\n    r:+0.41  21.89        46.64 (24.75)\r\n  5 Kostin, Vitaly         5Y Lynn                46.81      46.72  \r\n    r:+0.67  21.87        46.72 (24.85)\r\n  6 Sawicki, Oskar         SR Colorado Mesa       46.76      46.73  \r\n    r:+0.67  21.24        46.73 (25.49)\r\n  7 Pieterse, Antonie      SO Roberts Wesleyan    46.94      46.76  \r\n    r:+0.66  21.82        46.76 (24.94)\r\n  8 Tistan, Tibor          SR Tampa               47.84      46.82  \r\n    r:+0.66  21.07        46.82 (25.75)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Grand Valley\u2019s <strong>Katie O\u2019Connell<\/strong> took home the top seed in 4:18.04 in the morning, .03 up on Tampa\u2019s <strong>Burlingtyn Bokos.<\/strong> Bokos had entered the meet as the top seed. Second seed <strong>Celina Schmidt<\/strong> barely got into the A final, five seconds slower than her seed in 4:21.85 for just seventh place for UIndy.<\/p>\n<p>It was worse for others. Third seed <strong>Anna Bream<\/strong> of Colorado School of Mines didn\u2019t make the top eight, losing six seconds from her seed to finish ninth. Seventh seeded <strong>Livia Rodrigues<\/strong> of West Florida struggled mightily and didn\u2019t make it back at all, 9.91 seconds slower than her seed for 31st. Rodrigues had been fourth in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p>Drury has two in the A final, with <strong>Maria Fe Munoz<\/strong> third in 4:18.57 and <strong>Gwen Bergum<\/strong> fourth in 4:19.30. It was a full two-second gap back to <strong>Vittoria Proietti<\/strong> in fifth for Grand Valley.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 14  Women 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 4:08.56  3\/10\/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)\r\n         Meet: M 4:08.56  3\/10\/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 O'Connell, Katie       SR Grand Valley      4:17.12    4:18.04  \r\n    r:+0.75  27.87        59.51 (31.64)\r\n        1:32.61 (33.10)     2:05.41 (32.80)\r\n        2:42.01 (36.60)     3:18.77 (36.76)\r\n        3:48.89 (30.12)     4:18.04 (29.15)\r\n  2 Bokos, Burlingtyn      SO Tampa             4:16.17    4:18.07  \r\n    r:+0.79  26.64        56.94 (30.30)\r\n        1:29.06 (32.12)     2:01.53 (32.47)\r\n        2:38.95 (37.42)     3:17.20 (38.25)\r\n        3:48.07 (30.87)     4:18.07 (30.00)\r\n  3 Fe Munoz, Maria        SR Drury             4:18.99    4:18.57  \r\n    r:+0.67  27.11        57.47 (30.36)\r\n        1:30.27 (32.80)     2:02.86 (32.59)\r\n        2:39.31 (36.45)     3:15.82 (36.51)\r\n        3:47.24 (31.42)     4:18.57 (31.33)\r\n  4 Bergum, Gwen           JR Drury             4:20.85    4:19.30  \r\n    r:+0.74  27.60        59.55 (31.95)\r\n        1:32.99 (33.44)     2:05.64 (32.65)\r\n        2:41.70 (36.06)     3:17.88 (36.18)\r\n        3:49.38 (31.50)     4:19.30 (29.92)\r\n  5 Proietti, Vittoria     JR Grand Valley      4:18.49    4:21.30  \r\n    r:+0.78  28.26      1:00.11 (31.85)\r\n        1:32.50 (32.39)     2:04.16 (31.66)\r\n        2:43.38 (39.22)     3:22.10 (38.72)\r\n        3:52.05 (29.95)     4:21.30 (29.25)\r\n  6 Dreghici, Jessica      FR Simon Fraser      4:21.32    4:21.69  \r\n    r:+0.75  27.84        59.89 (32.05)\r\n        1:33.54 (33.65)     2:06.08 (32.54)\r\n        2:43.75 (37.67)     3:22.92 (39.17)\r\n        3:52.86 (29.94)     4:21.69 (28.83)\r\n  7 Schmidt, Celina        5Y Indy              4:16.50    4:21.85  \r\n    r:+0.69  27.76        59.33 (31.57)\r\n        1:33.92 (34.59)     2:08.82 (34.90)\r\n        2:43.82 (35.00)     3:20.05 (36.23)\r\n        3:51.56 (31.51)     4:21.85 (30.29)\r\n  8 Corcoran, Megan        SO Carson-Newman     4:26.48    4:22.05  \r\n    r:+0.77  27.14        58.64 (31.50)\r\n        1:30.86 (32.22)     2:03.34 (32.48)\r\n        2:41.65 (38.31)     3:20.58 (38.93)\r\n        3:51.90 (31.32)     4:22.05 (30.15)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jeremias Pock<\/strong> is chasing a second straight 400 IM title. The UIndy sophomore led the way in prelims at 3:46.21, though he\u2019ll have company. Within a half-second is <strong>Ben Vester<\/strong> of Colorado Mesa in 3:46.70, a reduction of more than three seconds off his seed time. Vester was 12th last year.<\/p>\n<p>Pock\u2019s runner-up last season, <strong>Connor Bichsel<\/strong> of Missouri S&amp;T, was sixth in 3:48.07. McKendree freshman <strong>Tyler Bardak<\/strong> is the third seed in 3:47.45, .02 up on Drury\u2019s <strong>Joao Nogueira,<\/strong> who was fifth last year. Teammate <strong>Belhassen Ben Miled<\/strong> was fifth.<\/p>\n<p>In all 12, swimmers broke 3:50. Two A finalists \u2013 Ben Miled and Catawba\u2019s <strong>Jules Remy<\/strong> \u2013 entered with seed times over 3:50, same for Tampa\u2019s <strong>Nicholas Cavic<\/strong> in ninth. Indy\u2019s <strong>Silas Buessing,<\/strong> the second seed, slipped to 10th. Colorado Mesa was dealt a blow with <strong>Luka Samsonov,<\/strong> the seventh seed, slipping to 20th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 15  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 3:40.22  3\/14\/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa\r\n         Meet: M 3:40.22  3\/14\/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Pock, Jeremias         SO Indy              3:43.80    3:46.21  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.93        51.48 (27.55)\r\n        1:20.78 (29.30)     1:49.15 (28.37)\r\n        2:20.01 (30.86)     2:51.16 (31.15)\r\n        3:19.52 (28.36)     3:46.21 (26.69)\r\n  2 Vester, Ben            SO Colorado Mesa     3:49.81    3:46.70  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.41        52.22 (27.81)\r\n        1:22.30 (30.08)     1:51.13 (28.83)\r\n        2:22.68 (31.55)     2:54.64 (31.96)\r\n        3:21.19 (26.55)     3:46.70 (25.51)\r\n  3 Bardak, Tyler          FR McKendree         3:48.50    3:47.45  \r\n    r:+0.62  23.86        51.47 (27.61)\r\n        1:21.24 (29.77)     1:50.68 (29.44)\r\n        2:22.40 (31.72)     2:53.95 (31.55)\r\n        3:21.29 (27.34)     3:47.45 (26.16)\r\n  4 Nogueira, Joao         SR Drury             3:49.61    3:47.47  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.25        52.13 (27.88)\r\n        1:21.53 (29.40)     1:50.22 (28.69)\r\n        2:21.46 (31.24)     2:53.32 (31.86)\r\n        3:21.06 (27.74)     3:47.47 (26.41)\r\n  5 Ben Miled, Belhassen   FR Drury             3:50.36    3:47.91  \r\n    r:+0.69  23.45        51.37 (27.92)\r\n        1:19.93 (28.56)     1:48.66 (28.73)\r\n        2:20.18 (31.52)     2:52.71 (32.53)\r\n        3:20.77 (28.06)     3:47.91 (27.14)\r\n  6 Bichsel, Connor        SR Missouri S &amp; T    3:48.20    3:48.07  \r\n    r:+0.70  24.32        52.13 (27.81)\r\n        1:21.43 (29.30)     1:50.41 (28.98)\r\n        2:21.81 (31.40)     2:53.29 (31.48)\r\n        3:20.98 (27.69)     3:48.07 (27.09)\r\n  7 Basten, Nico           SO Indy              3:47.73    3:48.29  \r\n    r:+0.77  23.81        51.87 (28.06)\r\n        1:20.96 (29.09)     1:49.32 (28.36)\r\n        2:22.18 (32.86)     2:55.42 (33.24)\r\n        3:22.45 (27.03)     3:48.29 (25.84)\r\n  8 Remy, Jules            FR Catawba           3:51.67    3:49.27  \r\n             24.25        52.42 (28.17)\r\n        1:21.87 (29.45)     1:50.83 (28.96)\r\n        2:22.75 (31.92)     2:55.86 (33.11)\r\n        3:23.23 (27.37)     3:49.27 (26.04)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Leg two of the double for <strong>Kristina Orban<\/strong> is her bread and butter \u2013 she won this race in 1:45.92 last year. She\u2019s the second seed after prelims, having gone 1:47.83. Grand Valley\u2019s <strong>Lucy Hedley<\/strong> was out front in 1:47.75, the senior having finished fourth last year. Colorado Mesa\u2019s <strong>Ada Qunell,<\/strong> the top seed entering the race, was third in 1:48.16. Qunell was 8th in this race last year.<\/p>\n<p>Nova Southeastern has two A finalists, with 200 IM champ <strong>Emilia Ronningdal<\/strong> fourth in 1:48.46. It was nearly three, but <strong>Maxine Egner<\/strong> finished ninth and <strong>Hailey Williams<\/strong> was 12th. CMU has Qunell and fifth-place <strong>Hanna Sasivarevic.<\/strong> Tampa has <strong>Lindsay Louder<\/strong> in sixth plus a B finalist. Ditto for Drury, led by <strong>Maria Morales<\/strong> in eighth and a B finalist.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 16  Women 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 1:44.44  2\/10\/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)\r\n         Meet: M 1:45.27  3\/12\/2015 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Hedley, Lucy           SR Grand Valley      1:47.37    1:47.75  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.90        51.62 (26.72)\r\n        1:19.60 (27.98)     1:47.75 (28.15)\r\n  2 Orban, Kristina        SO Nova S'eastern    1:47.51    1:47.83  \r\n    r:+0.66  25.54        52.33 (26.79)\r\n        1:19.89 (27.56)     1:47.83 (27.94)\r\n  3 Qunell, Ada            SR Colorado Mesa     1:46.95    1:48.16  \r\n    r:+0.78  25.37        52.65 (27.28)\r\n        1:20.01 (27.36)     1:48.16 (28.15)\r\n  4 Ronningdal, Emilia     SR Nova S'eastern    1:47.40    1:48.46  \r\n    r:+0.77  25.51        53.01 (27.50)\r\n        1:20.56 (27.55)     1:48.46 (27.90)\r\n  5 Sasivarevic, Hanna     JR Colorado Mesa     1:48.70    1:48.64  \r\n    r:+0.74  25.33        52.83 (27.50)\r\n        1:20.50 (27.67)     1:48.64 (28.14)\r\n  6 Louder, Lindsey        JR Tampa             1:49.73    1:48.73  \r\n             25.65        53.10 (27.45)\r\n        1:20.79 (27.69)     1:48.73 (27.94)\r\n  7 Tapia Sahagun, Luz     SO Lynn              1:49.84    1:48.74  \r\n             25.64        53.10 (27.46)\r\n        1:20.70 (27.60)     1:48.74 (28.04)\r\n  8 Morales, Maria         SO Drury             1:47.77    1:48.82  \r\n    r:+0.75  24.84        51.92 (27.08)\r\n        1:20.05 (28.13)     1:48.82 (28.77)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Volodymyr Gavrysh<\/strong> is the man to beat. He entered as the top seed in 1:32.73. He set the NCAA record off the front of the 800 free relay. And the McKendree sophomore\u2019s 1:34.12 led prelims. He\u2019s looking to unseat reigning champion <strong>Jacob Hamlin<\/strong> of Tampa, to whom Gavrysh was second last year. Hamlin went 1:34.25 to take the second seed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maksymilian Minichowski<\/strong> of Catawba was third, with Drury\u2019s <strong>Matteo Vissotto<\/strong> fourth. They were fourth and fifth, respectively, last year. <strong>Daniel Meszaros<\/strong> of Florida Southern also returns from last year\u2019s A final in seventh. <strong>Guillaume Guth<\/strong> of CMU, the second seed entering, was fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Drury has two in the A final, with <strong>Luca Minuer<\/strong> sixth. Tampa pushed <strong>Joshua Noll<\/strong> into eighth. Drury, CMU and Tampa each have a B finalist. 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