The NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships kicked off its Day 3 preliminaries.
The events for the Day 3 prelims are the women’s and men’s 100 butterfly, 400 IM and 200 free.
NCAA DII Women’s 100 Butterfly
Nova Southeastern sophomore Rafaela Raurich was one of two swimmers to break 54 seconds. She got to the wall in 53.54 to earn the top seed in the 100 fly heading into finals.
Lynn senior Luna Mertins also broke 54, touching the wall in 53.62 to claim the second seed.
Tampa senior Isabelle Sering took the third seed in 54.01, followed by Findlay sophomore Emily Mears-Bentley (54.15).
Event 12 Women 100 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 52.06 3/10/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester Meet: M 52.06 3/10/2022 Ann Carozza, West Chester Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Raurich, Rafaela SO Nova S'eastern 53.15 53.54 24.98 53.54 (28.56) 2 Mertins, Luna SR Lynn 53.30 53.62 24.91 53.62 (28.71) 3 Sering, Isabelle SR Tampa 54.39 54.01 25.88 54.01 (28.13) 4 Mears-Bentley, Emily SO Findlay 53.83 54.15 25.64 54.15 (28.51) 5 Kong, Tehani FR CSU East Bay 54.67 54.33 25.40 54.33 (28.93) 6 Wijk, Mellie JR Drury 53.84 54.37 25.12 54.37 (29.25) 7 Barnes, Madysen SR Tampa 54.56 54.44 25.41 54.44 (29.03) 8 Kloth, Mikayla SO Delta State 54.21 54.47 25.14 54.47 (29.33) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Borchardt, Kiara SO Colorado Mesa 54.72 54.48 25.53 54.48 (28.95) 10 Yermishyna, Anastasiy FR Drury 55.39 54.69 25.52 54.69 (29.17) 11 Ungo, Susana SR Emmanuel 55.01 54.78 25.50 54.78 (29.28) 12 Wager, Alysa SR Grand Valley 54.50 54.99 25.17 54.99 (29.82) 13 Osmun, Anne SR Mines 54.52 55.19 25.51 55.19 (29.68) 14 Pinkowicz, Alicja FR Davenport 55.48 55.21 25.68 55.21 (29.53) 15 de Alencar, Mariana SO Drury 54.86 55.28 25.66 55.28 (29.62) 16 Glasgow, Justice JR Southern Conn 55.23 55.44 26.37 55.44 (29.07)
NCAA DII Men’s 100 Butterfly
Findlay junior Camilo Marrugo claimed the top spot in the men’s event, going a 45.86, the only swimmer in the field to break 46.
It was part of a 1-3 finish for the Oilers as fifth-year Timothy Stollings snagged the third seed in 46.19.
Henderson’s Jase Pinckney took the second spot in 46.19.
Drury sophomore Alejandro Villarejo took the fourth seed in 46.48, while Tampa’s Adrian Aguilar took the fifth spot in 46.54.
Event 13 Men 100 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 44.32 3/14/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) Meet: M 44.32 3/14/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Marrugo Montano, Cami JR Findlay 46.73 45.86 21.08 45.86 (24.78) 2 Pinckney, Jase 5Y Henderson St. 46.02 46.02 21.08 46.02 (24.94) 3 Stollings, Timothy 5Y Findlay 46.37 46.19 21.40 46.19 (24.79) 4 Villarejo, Alejandro SO Drury 46.76 46.48 21.75 46.48 (24.73) 5 Aguilar, Adrian 5Y Tampa 46.69 46.54 21.56 46.54 (24.98) 6 Lustig, Jackson JR McKendree 46.65 46.63 21.88 46.63 (24.75) 7 de Oliveira, Daniel FR Carson-Newman 46.91 46.65 8 Armstrong, Jack 5Y Henderson St. 46.74 46.99 21.47 46.99 (25.52) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Cary, Connor 5Y Clarion 47.26 47.00 21.72 47.00 (25.28) 10 Robles Ruiz, Alejandr 5Y Saginaw Valley 46.99 47.23 22.04 47.23 (25.19) 11 Sawicki, Oskar SO Indy 47.14 47.40 21.58 47.40 (25.82) 12 Ambre, Mihir JR Indy 46.83 47.42 22.10 47.42 (25.32) 13 Bialecki, Jan JR Fresno Pacific 47.19 47.43 21.46 47.43 (25.97) 14 Rozenek, Patryk JR McKendree 47.71 47.52 22.08 47.52 (25.44) 15 Moran, Blake 5Y Tampa 48.47 47.53 21.72 47.53 (25.81) 16 Dinges, Luke SO Rollins 48.00 47.54 22.78 47.54 (24.76)
NCAA DII Women’s 400 IM
Colorado Mesa fifth-year Benedict Nagy dominated the women’s 400 IM prelims, getting to the wall in 4:13.99.
While the time was three seconds off of her seed time, it was nearly four seconds ahead of the field.
It was part of a 1-2 finish for Colorado Mesa as junior Sophia Bains claimed the third seed in 4:18.99.
Drury sophomore Maria Fe Munoz took the second seed in 4:17.38. Nova Southeastern’s May Lowy was at 4:18.99 to finish fourth.
Event 14 Women 400 Yard IM ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 4:08.56 3/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) Meet: M 4:08.56 3/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Nagy, Benedict 5Y Colorado Mesa 4:11.00 4:13.99 26.80 57.44 (30.64) 1:29.81 (32.37) 2:01.76 (31.95) 2:37.81 (36.05) 3:13.51 (35.70) 3:44.14 (30.63) 4:13.99 (29.85) 2 Fe Munoz, Maria SO Drury 4:19.50 4:17.38 27.55 57.86 (30.31) 1:31.06 (33.20) 2:04.01 (32.95) 2:40.80 (36.79) 3:16.33 (35.53) 3:46.86 (30.53) 4:17.38 (30.52) 3 Bains, Sophia JR Colorado Mesa 4:21.19 4:18.67 27.58 58.76 (31.18) 1:32.09 (33.33) 2:04.44 (32.35) 2:41.28 (36.84) 3:18.36 (37.08) 3:48.95 (30.59) 4:18.67 (29.72) 4 Lowy, May JR Nova S'eastern 4:18.08 4:18.99 27.43 58.07 (30.64) 1:30.98 (32.91) 2:02.89 (31.91) 2:39.76 (36.87) 3:18.09 (38.33) 3:48.40 (30.31) 4:18.99 (30.59) 5 Gomez Espinosa, Andre JR Indy 4:17.62 4:20.13 27.35 58.35 (31.00) 1:31.73 (33.38) 2:04.13 (32.40) 2:41.97 (37.84) 3:20.70 (38.73) 3:51.15 (30.45) 4:20.13 (28.98) 6 Schmidt, Celina JR Indy 4:22.03 4:21.87 27.74 1:00.04 (32.30) 1:33.08 (33.04) 2:06.66 (33.58) 2:42.59 (35.93) 3:19.13 (36.54) 3:51.01 (31.88) 4:21.87 (30.86) 7 Gerhart, Sophia SR WCU 4:22.72 4:22.12 27.93 59.01 (31.08) 1:32.69 (33.68) 2:06.12 (33.43) 2:44.04 (37.92) 3:22.01 (37.97) 3:52.36 (30.35) 4:22.12 (29.76) 8 Conover, Claire JR Drury 4:16.74 4:22.56 28.07 1:00.23 (32.16) 1:35.12 (34.89) 2:09.86 (34.74) 2:45.07 (35.21) 3:21.11 (36.04) 3:52.48 (31.37) 4:22.56 (30.08) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Duncan, Aurora JR Drury 4:25.62 4:22.82 27.50 59.07 (31.57) 1:32.02 (32.95) 2:06.36 (34.34) 2:43.61 (37.25) 3:21.24 (37.63) 3:52.74 (31.50) 4:22.82 (30.08) 10 Alves, Larissa SR Lewis 4:26.72 4:23.76 28.07 1:01.80 (33.73) 1:34.55 (32.75) 2:07.60 (33.05) 2:45.30 (37.70) 3:23.51 (38.21) 3:53.96 (30.45) 4:23.76 (29.80) 11 O'Connell, Katie SO Grand Valley 4:20.53 4:24.06 28.88 1:01.81 (32.93) 1:35.46 (33.65) 2:08.43 (32.97) 2:46.01 (37.58) 3:24.25 (38.24) 3:54.70 (30.45) 4:24.06 (29.36) 12 Anderson, Amanda SR Azusa Pacific 4:24.66 4:24.27 27.37 58.57 (31.20) 1:32.39 (33.82) 2:06.06 (33.67) 2:42.90 (36.84) 3:20.80 (37.90) 3:53.19 (32.39) 4:24.27 (31.08) 13 Shiff, Neta 5Y Nova S'eastern 4:21.05 4:24.29 28.47 1:00.69 (32.22) 1:35.02 (34.33) 2:07.92 (32.90) 2:46.34 (38.42) 3:26.23 (39.89) 3:55.40 (29.17) 4:24.29 (28.89) 14 Miles, Olivia JR Florida Southern 4:25.39 4:25.23 28.27 1:00.26 (31.99) 1:34.22 (33.96) 2:07.71 (33.49) 2:45.93 (38.22) 3:25.30 (39.37) 3:55.98 (30.68) 4:25.23 (29.25) 15 Pepe Pugliese, Benede FR UNC- Pembroke 4:24.34 4:25.60 28.96 1:01.45 (32.49) 1:36.26 (34.81) 2:10.91 (34.65) 2:47.54 (36.63) 3:24.38 (36.84) 3:55.52 (31.14) 4:25.60 (30.08) 16 Dillman, Shannah SO West Florida 4:21.26 4:25.62 28.42 1:00.66 (32.24) 1:34.94 (34.28) 2:08.40 (33.46) 2:46.38 (37.98) 3:24.62 (38.24) 3:55.64 (31.02) 4:25.62 (29.98)
NCAA DII Men’s 400 IM
Indy’s Cedric Buessing and Colorado Mesa’s Benjamin Sampson set up a intriguing final in the 400 IM.
Buessing took the top seed for finals with a 3:48.27, while Sampson was just behind at 3:48.53.
Both were well off their seed times and could make for a huge time drop tonight.
Missouri S&T’s Connor Bichsel took the third seed in 3:49.44.
Event 15 Men 400 Yard IM ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 3:42.49 3/10/2022 Collyn Gagne, Simon Fraser Meet: M 3:42.49 3/10/2022 Collyn Gagne, Simon Fraser Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Buessing, Cedric JR Indy 3:43.78 3:48.27 24.37 51.81 (27.44) 1:20.60 (28.79) 1:48.79 (28.19) 2:20.73 (31.94) 2:53.35 (32.62) 3:21.55 (28.20) 3:48.27 (26.72) 2 Sampson, Benjamin JR Colorado Mesa 3:40.20 3:48.53 23.90 51.31 (27.41) 1:20.52 (29.21) 1:49.06 (28.54) 2:20.64 (31.58) 2:52.88 (32.24) 3:21.24 (28.36) 3:48.53 (27.29) 3 Bichsel, Connor SO Missouri S & T 3:48.75 3:49.44 24.57 52.63 (28.06) 1:22.20 (29.57) 1:51.52 (29.32) 2:23.41 (31.89) 2:55.53 (32.12) 3:22.87 (27.34) 3:49.44 (26.57) 4 Aponte, Daniel JR NMU 3:53.85 3:49.99 24.70 52.89 (28.19) 1:23.17 (30.28) 1:53.39 (30.22) 2:24.99 (31.60) 2:56.69 (31.70) 3:23.88 (27.19) 3:49.99 (26.11) 5 Nogueira, Joao SO Drury 3:46.79 3:50.19 24.28 51.84 (27.56) 1:21.48 (29.64) 1:50.19 (28.71) 2:21.84 (31.65) 2:54.28 (32.44) 3:22.66 (28.38) 3:50.19 (27.53) 6 Corredor, Santiago SR Tampa 3:45.16 3:50.39 24.22 51.65 (27.43) 1:21.07 (29.42) 1:49.28 (28.21) 2:22.90 (33.62) 2:56.98 (34.08) 3:24.64 (27.66) 3:50.39 (25.75) 7 Nagy, Kolos SO WCU 3:53.61 3:51.08 24.55 52.08 (27.53) 1:20.91 (28.83) 1:49.29 (28.38) 2:22.93 (33.64) 2:56.26 (33.33) 3:24.57 (28.31) 3:51.08 (26.51) 8 Sidorko, Kirill SO Lewis 3:50.88 3:51.26 24.03 51.69 (27.66) 1:21.68 (29.99) 1:51.56 (29.88) 2:24.18 (32.62) 2:57.05 (32.87) 3:25.03 (27.98) 3:51.26 (26.23) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Bujdoso, Zsombor 5Y Ouachita 3:52.76 3:51.38 24.56 52.59 (28.03) 1:22.56 (29.97) 1:51.86 (29.30) 2:23.82 (31.96) 2:56.14 (32.32) 3:23.77 (27.63) 3:51.38 (27.61) 10 Hajagos, Akos FR Florida Tech 3:53.63 3:51.45 23.89 51.57 (27.68) 1:20.51 (28.94) 1:49.15 (28.64) 2:23.04 (33.89) 2:57.30 (34.26) 3:24.87 (27.57) 3:51.45 (26.58) 11 Buessing, Silas FR Indy 3:49.83 3:51.68 23.98 51.70 (27.72) 1:20.87 (29.17) 1:50.39 (29.52) 2:24.56 (34.17) 2:57.26 (32.70) 3:25.45 (28.19) 3:51.68 (26.23) 12 Mak, Marcus SO Simon Fraser 3:51.89 3:51.84 23.78 51.42 (27.64) 1:21.38 (29.96) 1:50.32 (28.94) 2:23.60 (33.28) 2:56.34 (32.74) 3:25.23 (28.89) 3:51.84 (26.61) 13 Lauinger, Ronan JR Mines 3:51.21 3:53.49 24.78 53.30 (28.52) 1:22.94 (29.64) 1:52.07 (29.13) 2:25.00 (32.93) 2:58.90 (33.90) 3:26.67 (27.77) 3:53.49 (26.82) 14 Rollen, Eli FR Oklahoma Christi 3:52.60 3:54.79 24.15 52.72 (28.57) 1:22.73 (30.01) 1:52.63 (29.90) 2:25.77 (33.14) 3:00.23 (34.46) 3:27.80 (27.57) 3:54.79 (26.99) 15 Jones, Trevor JR Wayne State 3:54.58 3:54.93 24.45 52.65 (28.20) 1:22.59 (29.94) 1:52.39 (29.80) 2:26.18 (33.79) 3:00.40 (34.22) 3:27.98 (27.58) 3:54.93 (26.95) 16 Marcos, Miguel JR Wingate 3:55.14 3:56.27 25.15 53.78 (28.63) 1:24.15 (30.37) 1:53.42 (29.27) 2:27.71 (34.29) 3:02.57 (34.86) 3:29.54 (26.97) 3:56.27 (26.73)
NCAA DII Women’s 200 Free
Nova Southeastern’s Emily Trieschmann was the top seed in the 200 free, going a 1:46.88. It was a shade faster than her seed time and a second ahead of the field.
Her teammate Emilia Ronningdal took the fifth spot in 1:48.41 and Rafaela Raurich was eighth (1:49.21) to sneak into her second final of the day.
Simon Fraser’s Tori Meklensek took the second spot in 1:47.70, ahead of Azusa Pacific’s Montana White (1:48.12), and Drury’s Josephine Buschell (1:48.38).
Event 16 Women 200 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 1:44.44 2/10/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) Meet: M 1:45.27 3/12/2015 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Trieschmann, Emily JR Nova S'eastern 1:47.08 1:46.88 24.97 51.64 (26.67) 1:18.96 (27.32) 1:46.88 (27.92) 2 Meklensek, Tori JR Simon Fraser 1:48.57 1:47.70 25.26 52.34 (27.08) 1:19.99 (27.65) 1:47.70 (27.71) 3 White, Montana JR Azusa Pacific 1:48.65 1:48.12 24.94 52.13 (27.19) 1:19.86 (27.73) 1:48.12 (28.26) 4 Bushell, Josephine SR Drury 1:49.10 1:48.38 25.51 52.81 (27.30) 1:20.41 (27.60) 1:48.38 (27.97) 5 Ronningdal, Emilia SO Nova S'eastern 1:47.70 1:48.41 25.05 52.31 (27.26) 1:20.14 (27.83) 1:48.41 (28.27) 6 Azirovic, Nina SO Wingate 1:49.78 1:48.92 25.24 52.43 (27.19) 1:20.46 (28.03) 1:48.92 (28.46) 7 Hedley, Lucy SO Grand Valley 1:48.46 1:49.11 24.91 52.24 (27.33) 1:20.50 (28.26) 1:49.11 (28.61) 8 Raurich, Rafaela SO Nova S'eastern 1:48.55 1:49.21 25.84 53.36 (27.52) 1:21.39 (28.03) 1:49.21 (27.82) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Pozvai, Kiara JR Henderson St. 1:48.75 1:49.32 25.40 53.03 (27.63) 1:21.32 (28.29) 1:49.32 (28.00) 10 Fox, Jordan 5Y Wayne State 1:48.33 1:49.36 25.47 53.03 (27.56) 1:21.31 (28.28) 1:49.36 (28.05) 11 Traube, Emily JR Truman St. 1:51.05 1:49.72 25.29 53.01 (27.72) 1:21.24 (28.23) 1:49.72 (28.48) 12 Dekoninck, Laura JR Lynn 1:50.45 1:49.74 25.51 52.96 (27.45) 1:20.68 (27.72) 1:49.74 (29.06) 13 White, Lauren 5Y Colorado Mesa 1:48.81 1:49.80 25.94 53.55 (27.61) 1:21.69 (28.14) 1:49.80 (28.11) 14 Kendzior, Sofija SO West Florida 1:50.17 1:50.03 25.64 53.13 (27.49) 1:21.73 (28.60) 1:50.03 (28.30) 15 Zgola, Jocelyn SO McKendree 1:49.94 1:50.11 25.80 53.61 (27.81) 1:21.95 (28.34) 1:50.11 (28.16) 16 Niness, Mikayla SR WCU 1:50.95 1:50.20 25.47 53.18 (27.71) 1:21.69 (28.51) 1:50.20 (28.51)
NCAA DII Men’s 200 Free
Oklahoma Christian’s Victor Rosado claimed the top seed in the 200 free, getting to the wall in 1:34.85.
Nova Southeastern took to of the next three spots with Thomas Flower in second (1:35.18) and Marcel Snitko in fourth (1:35.30).
Tampa senior Caleb Brandon took the third seed (1:35.28). Grand Valley State’s Matthew Bosch was fifth (1:35.53).
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA DII: N 1:32.46 3/10/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC) Meet: M 1:32.46 3/10/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC) Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Rosado, Victor JR Oklahoma Christi 1:34.79 1:34.85 22.41 46.26 (23.85) 1:10.63 (24.37) 1:34.85 (24.22) 2 Flower, Thomas JR Nova S'eastern 1:35.66 1:35.18 21.64 45.23 (23.59) 1:09.73 (24.50) 1:35.18 (25.45) 3 Brandon, Caleb SR Tampa 1:35.55 1:35.28 22.12 46.15 (24.03) 1:10.52 (24.37) 1:35.28 (24.76) 4 Snitko, Marcel 5Y Nova S'eastern 1:34.62 1:35.30 21.88 45.70 (23.82) 1:09.81 (24.11) 1:35.30 (25.49) 5 Bosch, Matthew JR Grand Valley 1:34.53 1:35.53 22.13 46.08 (23.95) 1:10.99 (24.91) 1:35.53 (24.54) 6 Fluck, Barnabas SO Tampa 1:38.20 1:35.61 22.26 45.96 (23.70) 1:10.61 (24.65) 1:35.61 (25.00) 7 Ghaffari, Aziz 5Y Colorado Mesa 1:34.98 1:35.63 22.07 46.37 (24.30) 1:11.41 (25.04) 1:35.63 (24.22) 8 Knollman, Parker JR Tampa 1:36.75 1:35.86 22.12 46.65 (24.53) 1:11.18 (24.53) 1:35.86 (24.68) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Minichowski, Maksymil FR Catawba 1:39.15 1:36.09 21.64 45.51 (23.87) 1:10.57 (25.06) 1:36.09 (25.52) 10 Cabral, Yuri FR Drury 1:35.96 1:36.28 22.42 46.31 (23.89) 1:10.64 (24.33) 1:36.28 (25.64) 11 Wiedemeier, Adam FR Missouri S & T 1:37.42 1:36.51 22.38 47.18 (24.80) 1:11.90 (24.72) 1:36.51 (24.61) 12 Hamlin, Jacob FR Tampa 1:36.17 1:36.66 22.70 47.26 (24.56) 1:11.97 (24.71) 1:36.66 (24.69) 13 Vissotto, Matteo FR Drury 1:37.33 1:36.74 23.02 47.54 (24.52) 1:12.08 (24.54) 1:36.74 (24.66) 14 Yavari, Alireza JR McKendree 1:35.94 1:36.76 21.96 46.33 (24.37) 1:11.44 (25.11) 1:36.76 (25.32) 15 Hieber, Eric SR Grand Valley 1:36.24 1:36.89 22.36 46.96 (24.60) 1:12.07 (25.11) 1:36.89 (24.82) 16 Perez, Mario SO McKendree 1:36.95 1:36.90 22.55 47.20 (24.65) 1:12.05 (24.85) 1:36.90 (24.85)