{"id":638836,"date":"2026-03-18T12:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638836"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:35:46","slug":"ncaa-division-iii-championships-day-1-prelims-veterans-in-search-of-crowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-day-1-prelims-veterans-in-search-of-crowns\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Division III Championships, Day 1 Prelims: Veterans In Search of Crowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Division III Championships, Day 1 Prelims: Veterans In Search of Crowns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Greta Gidley<\/strong> has been a fixture in finals at the NCAA Division III Championships in her four years at Hope College. Ditto Denison\u2019s <strong>Emily Harris.<\/strong> NYU\u2019s <strong>Kaley McIntyre<\/strong> and her eight individual national titles need no introduction in that department.<\/p>\n<p>The slate of veteran female swimmers lined up to vie for championships on the first day of the NCAA Division III championships is long and impressive. They\u2019ve put themselves in strong positions off the first morning session at the IU Natatorium. All the action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2026-ncaa-division-iii-psych-sheet\/ncaa-college\/2026\/March\/18?rtn=%2Fmeets%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Psych Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-division-iii-championships-preview-denison-looking-for-repeat-nyu-seeking-breakthrough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/sports\/2013\/11\/5\/division-iii-men-s-and-women-s-swimming-and-diving.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Meet Information Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/indianasportscorp.org\/ncaa-division-iii-swimming-diving-championship-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/championships\/sports\/swimdive\/d3\/2025-26D3XSW_SelectedSwimmersByTeam-Men.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Men\u2019s Entries by School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com\/championships\/sports\/swimdive\/d3\/2025-26D3XSW_SelectedSwimmersByTeam-Women.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 Women\u2019s Entries by School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2025-ncaa-division-iii-championships-mens-results\/ncaa-college\/2025\/March\/18?rtn=%2Fresults%2Fresultlist.aspx%3Fmanage%3Dtrue%26orderBy%3DResult.EmailAddress%26sortDirection%3D0%26page%3D1%26q%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Division III Championships Men\u2019s Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2025-ncaa-division-iii-championships-womens-results\/ncaa-college\/2025\/March\/18?rtn=%2Fresults%2Fresultlist.aspx%3Fmanage%3Dtrue%26page%3D1%26orderBy%3DResult.EmailAddress%26sortDirection%3D0%26q%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Division III Championships Women\u2019s Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meetresults.greensboroaquaticcenter.com\/2025NCAA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Division III Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/history\/swimming-men\/d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division III Men\u2019s Championship History\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/history\/swimming-women\/d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division III Women\u2019s Championship History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/ncaa-division-iii-coverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division III Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>George Goins<\/strong> of Denison set the fastest time in the morning with a 4:22.17. That\u2019s quicker than the time that <strong>Justin Finkel<\/strong> used last year to win his second straight title (4:22.43).<\/p>\n<p>The prelims were full of surprises, like Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Teodor Jaworski<\/strong> bounding from the 27th seed up to second in 4:25.57, dropping 5.4 seconds off his seed time after placing 24th in this event last year. Or last year\u2019s runner-up <strong>Ryan Nunez,<\/strong> the second seed out of Williams, plummeting to 12th place in 4:27.21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parker Chan<\/strong> of Washington University was third in 4:25.73, .17 up on Trinity\u2019s <strong>Luke Fender. Grant Hu<\/strong> of MIT and <strong>Alex Schwartz<\/strong> of Chicago are in the A final for the second straight year.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Denison senior <strong>Emily Harris<\/strong> has six career NCAA A finals but remains in search of her first individual national title. This may be her chance, leading the way in 4:49.19 in prelims. The top seed entering edged Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Molly Haag<\/strong> by nearly 2.5 seconds. Harris was fifth in this event as a freshman in 2023, but opted for the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly last year.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyon has two A finalists, Haag followed by <strong>Nora Lee Brown<\/strong> in fourth. Denison\u2019s Harris is joined by <strong>Quinn Brown<\/strong> in fifth. NYU has three in the A final. Freshman <strong>Llew Ladomirak<\/strong> is third in 4:52.21, up from eighth. <strong>Anaya Wala<\/strong> is ninth, and <strong>Emery Muller<\/strong> made a huge jump from 15th seed to eighth. NYU also has <strong>Bethan Spangler<\/strong> in 10th.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s going to be a star-studded 200 IM final, even if the leader out of the prelims is maybe a little unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>Washington University\u2019s <strong>Marco Minai<\/strong> led the way in 1:46.33 in prelims. He entered as the fifth seed and was 11th last year. Second is the reigning champion, Carnegie Mellon\u2019s <strong>Brayden Morford.<\/strong> He went 1:46.47 in the morning. It took 1:45.50 for him to win it last year.<\/p>\n<p>Third is <strong>Jack Hill<\/strong> of Denison in 1:46.55. Fourth is the top seed entering the meet, <strong>Cooper Costello<\/strong> of Chicago, in 146.78. NYU freshman <strong>Connor Dean<\/strong> jammed another swimmer into the 1:46s in fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Denison has two A finalists, with <strong>Devin Testin<\/strong> sixth, plus two in the B final. Emory has two, with <strong>Carson Kalish<\/strong> seventh and <strong>McKee Thorsen<\/strong> eighth. NYU\u2019s <strong>Maksym Nechydyuk<\/strong> took the biggest fall, the sixth seed tying for 15th in the morning. He was sixth last year.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Is it <strong>Greta Gidley\u2019s<\/strong> time? The Hope College fifth-year was second in this event twice and fourth last year, but the three women who finished ahead of her have all graduated. She entered as the top seed and defended that in 2:01.07 in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Williams freshman <strong>Sophia Phelps<\/strong> was second in 2:01.39, with <strong>Kelsey Van Eldik<\/strong> of Kenyon third in 2:01.42. With a gap of seven tenths back to fourth-place <strong>Samantha Thiele<\/strong> of Emory, then another nine tenths back to fifth, that seems to be the championship contender separation.<\/p>\n<p>Emory has two in the A final,\u00a0<strong>Allison Greenway<\/strong> seventh. It could\u2019ve been better if <strong>Caitlin Crysel<\/strong> bridged .03 seconds into eighth, though at ninth, she\u2019s still way up from her seeding of 36th. Kenyon got a big jump from <strong>Ashlyn Widmer<\/strong> from 28th seed to 11th.<\/p>\n<p>Denison won\u2019t score in the event. <strong>Drue Thielking<\/strong> went from 15th seed to 17th. <strong>Phoebe Ferguson,<\/strong> the 11th seed, was disqualified.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Djordje Dragoljovic<\/strong> is looking to add to his nine national titles. He was the top seed in prelims at 19.59 seconds. Chicago\u2019s <strong>John Butler<\/strong> was second in 19.64. <strong>Max Cory,<\/strong> the top seed out of Bates, was safely third. It took 20.03 to make the final and 20.15 to make it back.<\/p>\n<p>The top four seeds made the A final, with <strong>Jacob Dzurica<\/strong> of Saint Vincent fourth. UC Santa Cruz\u2019s <strong>Kyle Reitan<\/strong> dropped two tenths to go from the 19th seed to sixth. <strong>MJ Hoban<\/strong> of TCNJ and <strong>Hayden Tupper<\/strong> of Emory round out the top eight. Tupper dropped .45 seconds from 45th to eighth in a bi score for Emory.<\/p>\n<p>NYU\u2019s <strong>Teddy Cross<\/strong> was ninth, with Hamilton&#8217;s <strong>Nathaniel Taft<\/strong> 10th. Among the big droppers was <strong>Matthew Mitros<\/strong> of Ithaca, seeded ninth but finishing 33rd, the only sub-20 seed not to earn a second swim.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the A final, the 50 was a bucket of fun. There were ties for 13th, 16th, 22nd, 25th, 27th, 33rd and a three-way for 35th. The 16th-place draw featured two title contenders. Kenyon\u2019s <strong>Spencer Stluka<\/strong> beat Denison\u2019s <strong>Cam Blevins-Mohr<\/strong> in the battle for 16th, both tying at 20.15.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves Kenyon with one A and one B finalist, and Denison and Emory with one A finalist each.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>In a rare occurrence, <strong>Kaley McIntyre<\/strong> swam an NCAA Division III Championships event in which she didn\u2019t finish first. The three-time reigning champ from NYU probably kept plenty in the tank in finishing second in 22.59, .06 behind <strong>Genine Collins<\/strong> of Swarthmore. McIntyre holds the NCAA record at 22.15 and has been 22.29 this season.<\/p>\n<p>Emory\u2019s <strong>Ava Kennedy<\/strong> and Middlebury\u2019s <strong>Anna McGrew<\/strong> tied for third. Kennedy was second last year, Collins third.<\/p>\n<p>Keyon has an A finalist in <strong>Lisa Torrecillas-Jouault.<\/strong> NYU pushed <strong>Maeve O\u2019Donnell<\/strong> up from ninth into fifth to join McIntyre, while <strong>Lian Jeong Engle<\/strong> leapt from 18th to a tie for ninth. Denison has just <strong>Olivia Morse<\/strong> in 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Eighth seed <strong>Alexandra Sotek<\/strong> of SUNY Geneseo slipped to 19th.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 400 medley relay<\/h4>\n<p>Bates has its eyes on the national record. After finishing third last year and going 3:09.84 in-season, Bates went 3:09.93 to set the top time in the morning. That\u2019s within .15 of the 2025 record of Kenyon. With <strong>Max Cory\u2019s<\/strong> 43.02 on the end, there\u2019s probably record potential in his leg alone.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago was second in 311.67. Emory was third, TCNJ fourth and NYU fifth before a tie between Denison and Kenyon for sixth. The only top-eight seed not to make the final was Carnegie Mellon, the reigning champion slipping from fifth to 12th. UC Santa Cruz, seeded 14th, was disqualified.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 400 medley relay<\/h4>\n<p>Kenyon, the top seed entering the meet, ed the way in 3:40.09, chipping .83 seconds off their in-season time. Emory was second with NYU third, with <strong>Kaley McIntyre<\/strong> on the end. Denison, the second seed entering, was fourth. NYU was second last year, with Kenyon third, Chicago fourth and Denison fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Claremont Mudd Scripps was fifth, followed by Williams, which slipped from third to sixth. Swarthmore leapt from 12th to the A final in seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning champ MIT was seeded ninth and finished 15th. 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