{"id":638625,"date":"2026-03-14T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638625"},"modified":"2026-03-14T11:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:43:40","slug":"ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-5-prelims-200-back-may-decide-mens-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-5-prelims-200-back-may-decide-mens-race\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division II Championships, Day 5 Prelims: 200 Back May Decide Men\u2019s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Division II Championships, Day 5 Prelims: 200 Back May Decide Men\u2019s Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two and a half points are all that separate first-place Drury and second-place Tampa as we enter the fifth and final day of the NCAA Division II Championships. Drury is looking to reclaim the title it won but had vacated last year, while Tampa was the runner-up last year and the champion in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night\u2019s battle could come down to the 400 freestyle relay. Both teams put five swimmers into A finals on Saturday night. But Drury has the edge with the top two seeds in the 200 backstroke and the second seed in the 200 breaststroke. Tampa has a sixth swimmer in the top eight, with <strong>Jacob Hamlin<\/strong> as the second seed in the 1,650 free. Drury has the edge with two B finalists to Tampa\u2019s one, while Drury has swimmers ranked ninth and 10th in the mile that could swing the balance.<\/p>\n<p>The final night session includes women\u2019s 1-meter diving, the 1,650 frees and the 400 free relayst o cap the meet.<\/p>\n<p>The final prelims action of the meet at in Evansville:<\/p>\n<h4>NCAA Division II Championships Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 30                     \r\n  1. Nova S'Eastern                    374   2. Tampa                           308.5\r\n  3. Drury                             229   4. Colorado Mesa                   224.5\r\n  5. Indy                            220.5   6. West Florida                    211.5\r\n  7. Findlay                         197.5   8. Grand Valley                      154\r\n  9. Delta State                       149  10. Wingate                           145\r\n 11. Catawba                         129.5  12. Lynn                              102\r\n 13. Simon Fraser                       99  14. Clarion                            66\r\n 15. Mines                              58  16. Umsl                               49\r\n 17. Carson-Newman                      33  18. Csu East Bay                       31\r\n 19. Saginaw Valley                     26  20. Concordia                          20\r\n 20. McKendree                          20  22. Davenport                          19\r\n 23. Iup                                15  24. Augustana                          14\r\n 25. Oklahoma Christi                   12  26. Nmu                                 9\r\n 27. Msu Mankato                         7  28. Rollins                             6\r\n 29. Wayne State                         5  30. Ouachita                            4\r\n 31. Emmanuel                            3  31. Lewis                               3\r\n 33. Alaska Fairbanks                    1<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 31                      \r\n  1. Drury                             384   2. Tampa                           381.5\r\n  3. Colorado Mesa                     330   4. Indy                              324\r\n  5. McKendree                       198.5   6. Lynn                              193\r\n  7. Wingate                           135   8. Grand Valley                      128\r\n  9. Findlay                           125  10. Florida Southern                  124\r\n 11. Catawba                           107  12. Nmu                                96\r\n 13. Clarion                            81  14. Wayne State                        70\r\n 15. St. Cloud St.-M                    66  16. Delta State                        61\r\n 17. Rollins                          59.5  18. Carson-Newman                    42.5\r\n 19. West Chester                       38  20. Florida Tech                       35\r\n 21. Missouri S &amp; T                     34  22. Davenport                          24\r\n 23. Bridgeport                         20  24. Roberts Wesleyan                   12\r\n 25. Mines                               8  25. Quincy                              8\r\n 27. Barry U                             2  28. Lewis                               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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-3-prelims-kristina-orban-positioned-for-double\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-3-finals-kristina-orban-wins-100-fly-and-200-free-as-nova-southeastern-leads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-4-prelims-agata-naskret-chasing-more-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 4 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-ii-championships-day-4-finals-outside-smoke-delivers-gwen-bergum-jacob-hamlin-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 4 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Let\u2019s start at the end: A three-way tie for 15th place necessitating a swim-off. <strong>Vanessa Weatherford<\/strong> of Oklahoma Christian, <strong>Eniko Onofer<\/strong> of Catawba and <strong>Nina Azirovic<\/strong> of Wingate all went 50.73 in prelims. Weatherford won the swim-off in 50.43. She\u2019s joined by Onofer\u2019s 50.62 in the swim-off that edged Azirovic by .02.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end. <strong>Kristina Orban<\/strong> is looking for another title. She\u2019s the top seed in 48.57, but four swimmers are under 50 seconds. That includes new national champ <strong>Emily Mears-Bentley<\/strong> of Findlay in 49.71. Nova Southeastern may have the points it needs to clinch a fourth straight title, with <strong>Zsofia Kurdi<\/strong> in third and <strong>Maxine Egner<\/strong> in fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Mesa\u2019s <strong>Ada Qunell<\/strong> is fourth. The co-second seed entering the meet, Delta State\u2019s <strong>Olivia Murphy,<\/strong> was ninth in 50.34.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 34  Women 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 48.07  3\/15\/2025 Luna Mertins, Lynn\r\n         Meet: M 48.07  3\/15\/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      48.90      49.57  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.65        49.57 (25.92)\r\n  2 Mears-Bentley, Emily   SR Findlay             49.38      49.71  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.01        49.71 (25.70)\r\n  3 Kurdi, Zsofia          5Y Nova S'eastern      49.22      49.85  \r\n    r:+0.73  24.29        49.85 (25.56)\r\n  4 Qunell, Ada            SR Colorado Mesa       49.40      49.99  \r\n    r:+0.77  24.00        49.99 (25.99)\r\n  5 Hedley, Lucy           SR Grand Valley        49.72      50.03  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.94        50.03 (26.09)\r\n  6 Egner, Maxine          SO Nova S'eastern      50.27      50.06  \r\n    r:+0.77  24.15        50.06 (25.91)\r\n  7 Reckmann, Marit        SR Catawba             50.14      50.31  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.13        50.31 (26.18)\r\n  7 Tapia Sahagun, Luz     SO Lynn                50.55      50.31  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.97        50.31 (26.34)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Findlay\u2019s <strong>Camillo Marrugo Montano<\/strong> was first in prelims at 42.56. But the favorite has to be <strong>Maurice Grabowski<\/strong> of Lynn after his three titles already this meet. He went 42.64 to get a middle lane. Colorado Mesa\u2019s <strong>Guillaume Guth<\/strong> was third in 42.79. Tibor Tristan has a chance to step up big for Tampa, the fourth seed in 42.86. Ditto Drury\u2019s <strong>Yuri Cabral<\/strong> in sixth. <strong>Lucas Minuer<\/strong> was ninth for the Panthers, with <strong>Marwane Sebbata<\/strong> 14th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 35  Men 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 41.25  3\/20\/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury\r\n         Meet: M 41.25  3\/20\/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Marrugo Montano, Cami  5Y Findlay             43.32      42.56  \r\n    r:+0.65  20.30        42.56 (22.26)\r\n  2 Grabowski, Maurice     SR Lynn                42.19      42.64  \r\n    r:+0.63  20.07        42.64 (22.57)\r\n  3 Guth, Guillaume        JR Colorado Mesa       42.66      42.79  \r\n    r:+0.70  20.38        42.79 (22.41)\r\n  4 Tistan, Tibor          SR Tampa               44.27      42.86  \r\n    r:+0.68  20.30        42.86 (22.56)\r\n  5 Gavrysh, Volodymyr     SO McKendree           42.90      43.04  \r\n    r:+0.60  20.81        43.04 (22.23)\r\n  6 Cabral, Yuri           JR Drury               43.86      43.05  \r\n    r:+0.63  20.59        43.05 (22.46)\r\n  7 Nolles, Leo            SR NMU                 44.02      43.15  \r\n    r:+0.65  20.55        43.15 (22.60)\r\n  8 Minichowski, Maksymil  JR Catawba             43.46      43.21  \r\n    r:+0.64  20.66        43.21 (22.55)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Agata Naskret<\/strong> is the reigning champ and the NCAA record holder. She\u2019s also the top seed in 1:54.84, looking to do the backstroke double again, this time for West Florida. <strong>Sidni Meister<\/strong> went 1:56.71 for second for Tampa, ahead of teammate <strong>Lindsay Louder.<\/strong> The Trojans also have swimmers seeded ninth and 11th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Megan Corcoran<\/strong> of Carson-Newman is fourth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 36  Women 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 1:53.25  3\/15\/2025 Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa\r\n         Meet: M 1:53.25  3\/15\/2025 Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Naskret, Agata         SR West Florida      1:53.84    1:54.84  \r\n    r:+0.60  26.94        55.97 (29.03)\r\n        1:25.68 (29.71)     1:54.84 (29.16)\r\n  2 Meister, Sidni         JR Tampa             1:57.63    1:56.71  \r\n    r:+0.57  27.57        56.75 (29.18)\r\n        1:26.16 (29.41)     1:56.71 (30.55)\r\n  3 Louder, Lindsey        JR Tampa             1:57.88    1:57.35  \r\n    r:+0.59  27.85        57.53 (29.68)\r\n        1:27.25 (29.72)     1:57.35 (30.10)\r\n  4 Corcoran, Megan        SO Carson-Newman     1:59.46    1:57.96  \r\n    r:+0.62  27.43        56.93 (29.50)\r\n        1:27.46 (30.53)     1:57.96 (30.50)\r\n  5 Proietti, Vittoria     JR Grand Valley      1:57.30    1:58.18  \r\n    r:+0.62  27.94        57.34 (29.40)\r\n        1:27.43 (30.09)     1:58.18 (30.75)\r\n  6 Marsicek, Amelia       SO Lewis             2:00.68    1:58.33  \r\n    r:+0.55  28.41        58.10 (29.69)\r\n        1:27.57 (29.47)     1:58.33 (30.76)\r\n  7 Stokes, Kasha          JR IUP               1:59.38    1:59.23  \r\n    r:+0.62  27.60        57.22 (29.62)\r\n        1:27.90 (30.68)     1:59.23 (31.33)\r\n  8 Masella, Valentina     FR Indy              1:58.06    1:59.31  \r\n    r:+0.62  28.14        57.94 (29.80)\r\n        1:28.14 (30.20)     1:59.31 (31.17)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p>If Drury is going to seize the national title, this might be the event to do it head to head with Tampa. The first seed in prelims was <strong>Alvaro Zornoza Quiros<\/strong> in 1:41.90. Second is fellow Panther <strong>Ivan Adamchuk,<\/strong> last year\u2019s champ, in 1:42.28. Drury has <strong>Evaldas Babakinas<\/strong> sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa\u2019s <strong>Will Beckstead-Holman<\/strong> is the third seed in 1:43.18. Teammate Joshua Noll is seventh.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 37  Men 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 1:40.34  3\/16\/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa\r\n         Meet: M 1:40.34  3\/16\/2024 Benjamin Sampson, Colorado Mesa\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Zornoza Quiros, Alvar  JR Drury             1:42.67    1:41.90  \r\n    r:+0.55  23.38        48.93 (25.55)\r\n        1:15.20 (26.27)     1:41.90 (26.70)\r\n  2 Adamchuk, Ivan         JR Drury             1:43.01    1:42.28  \r\n    r:+0.60  23.24        48.86 (25.62)\r\n        1:15.25 (26.39)     1:42.28 (27.03)\r\n  3 Beckstead-Holman, Wil  SR Tampa             1:44.25    1:43.18  \r\n    r:+0.58  23.96        49.84 (25.88)\r\n        1:16.21 (26.37)     1:43.18 (26.97)\r\n  4 Nagy, Roland           JR Nova S'eastern    1:44.86    1:43.76  \r\n    r:+0.60  24.72        50.81 (26.09)\r\n        1:17.24 (26.43)     1:43.76 (26.52)\r\n  5 Basten, Nico           SO Indy              1:44.73    1:43.83  \r\n    r:+0.71  24.45        50.30 (25.85)\r\n        1:16.78 (26.48)     1:43.83 (27.05)\r\n  6 Babakinas, Evaldas     FR Drury             1:44.81    1:44.09  \r\n    r:+0.64  24.15        50.00 (25.85)\r\n        1:16.88 (26.88)     1:44.09 (27.21)\r\n  7 Noll, Joshua           JR Tampa             1:44.89    1:44.25  \r\n    r:+0.61  24.42        50.36 (25.94)\r\n        1:17.07 (26.71)     1:44.25 (27.18)\r\n  8 Schmiedefeld, Richard  SO Colorado Mesa     1:45.02    1:44.32  \r\n    r:+0.52  24.27        50.38 (26.11)\r\n        1:17.41 (27.03)     1:44.32 (26.91)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p>Colorado Mesa\u2019s <strong>Melina Giraudeau<\/strong> led the way in prelims at 2:13.10, but this one seems open. <strong>Gwen Bergum<\/strong>, the 100 breast champ, was second in 2:13.41. Top seed <strong>Celina Schmidt<\/strong> was third in 2:14.80. <strong>Chloe Skelt<\/strong> of Delta State was fourth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 38  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n     NCAA DII: N 2:08.59  3\/15\/2025 Jonette Laegreid, Drury\r\n         Meet: M 2:08.59  3\/15\/2025 Jonette Laegreid, Drury\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Giraudeau, Melina      JR Colorado Mesa     2:11.89    2:13.10  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.88      1:03.20 (33.32)\r\n        1:37.77 (34.57)     2:13.10 (35.33)\r\n  2 Bergum, Gwen           JR Drury             2:11.78    2:13.41  \r\n    r:+0.71  30.14      1:04.08 (33.94)\r\n        1:38.89 (34.81)     2:13.41 (34.52)\r\n  3 Schmidt, Celina        5Y Indy              2:11.23    2:14.80  \r\n    r:+0.69  30.55      1:04.49 (33.94)\r\n        1:39.39 (34.90)     2:14.80 (35.41)\r\n  4 Skelt, Chloe           JR Delta State       2:17.59    2:15.29  \r\n    r:+0.77  30.68      1:04.80 (34.12)\r\n        1:39.45 (34.65)     2:15.29 (35.84)\r\n  5 Moll, Gabriella        SR Catawba           2:15.29    2:15.40  \r\n    r:+0.73  30.86      1:04.86 (34.00)\r\n        1:39.40 (34.54)     2:15.40 (36.00)\r\n  6 Acacio, Catalina       FR Emmanuel          2:16.57    2:15.59  \r\n    r:+0.79  30.68      1:04.81 (34.13)\r\n        1:39.94 (35.13)     2:15.59 (35.65)\r\n  7 Susi, Katie            SR Findlay           2:14.32    2:15.60  \r\n    r:+0.75  30.89      1:05.43 (34.54)\r\n        1:40.57 (35.14)     2:15.60 (35.03)\r\n  8 Rozova, Alena          JR West Florida      2:13.64    2:15.88  \r\n    r:+0.75  30.11      1:04.33 (34.22)\r\n        1:39.70 (35.37)     2:15.88 (36.18)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p>Will it be four titles for <strong>Jeremias Pock<\/strong>? 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