NCAA Division II Championships, Day Five Prelims: Nova Southeastern Women, Tampa and Drury Men Battling for Team Titles

Henderson State's Lamar Taylor will seek the 100 freestyle title at the NCAA Division II Championships.

NCAA Division II Championships, Day Five Prelims: Nova Southeastern Women, Tampa and Drury Men Battling for Team Titles

The final prelims session of the Division II Championships will go a long way in determining whether the Nova Southeastern women will be able to defend their title from a year ago. More, Tampa and Drury are locked in a tight battle for the men’s championship, with Tampa holding a slim 13-point advantage entering the final day of competition.

Here is an event-by-event breakdown of the Day Five prelims:

Team Scores

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 30                     
 
  1. Nova S'Eastern                    381   2. Colorado Mesa                   332.5
  3. Drury                           287.5   4. Indy                            260.5
  5. Lynn                              152   6. Tampa                             132
  7. Findlay                         125.5   8. West Florida                      125
  9. Augustana (W)                     118  10. Simon Fraser                    102.5
 11. Wingate                            94  12. Wayne State                        86
 13. Delta State                        77  14. Wcu                                72
 15. Clarion                            63  16. Nmu                                59
 17. Grand Valley                       50  18. Henderson St.                      49
 19. Carson-Newman                      47  19. Msu Mankato                        47
 21. McKendree                          46  22. Azusa Pacific                    41.5
 23. Oklahoma Christi                   31  24. Mines                              29
 25. Lewis                              25  26. Csu East Bay                       22
 27. Florida Southern                 18.5  28. Emmanuel                           15
 28. Umsl                               15  30. Truman St.                         10
 31. Southern Conn                       7  32. Northern State                      5
 33. Hillsdale                           4  34. Iup                               3.5
 35. Unc- Pembroke                       3  36. Umary                               2
 36. Davenport                           2  36. Jewell                              2
 39. Bentley                             1

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 31                      
 
  1. Tampa                             349   2. Drury                             336
  3. Indy                              302   4. McKendree                         246
  5. Colorado Mesa                     206   6. Grand Valley                      156
  7. Henderson St.                     146   8. Findlay                           142
  9. Nova S'Eastern                  141.5  10. Lewis                             121
 11. Missouri S & T                  119.5  12. Florida Southern                  104
 13. Oklahoma Christi                   91  14. Wayne State                        84
 15. Clarion                            71  16. Nmu                                65
 17. Wingate                            56  18. Wcu                                51
 19. Delta State                        43  20. St. Cloud St.-M                    38
 21. Carson-Newman                      36  22. Saginaw Valley                     30
 23. Simon Fraser                       28  24. Florida Tech                       23
 25. Rollins                            20  26. UT of the Permian Basin            16
 27. Catawba                            13  28. Umsl                               12
 29. Ouachita                            9  30. Iup                                 7
 31. Mines                               6  31. Montevallo                          6
 31. Davenport                           6  31. Fresno Pacific                      6
 35. Lynn                                3

Women’s 100 Freestyle

Henderson State’s Kiara Pozvai, who was third in the 50 freestyle, nailed down the top seed for the final with a mark of 49.08. Four women dipped under the 50-second barrier, with the Lynn University tandem of Luna Mertins (49.32) and Laura Dekoninck (49.81) going two-three for the morning.

 Event 34  Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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     NCAA DII: N 48.16  3/16/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 48.16  3/16/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Pozvai, Kiara          JR Henderson St.       48.82      49.08  
             23.51        49.08 (25.57)
  2 Mertins, Luna          SR Lynn                49.80      49.32  
             23.65        49.32 (25.67)
  3 Dekoninck, Laura       JR Lynn                49.94      49.81  
             23.80        49.81 (26.01)
  4 Moore, Ashlyn          SO Drury               49.93      49.91  
             23.48        49.91 (26.43)
  5 Mears-Bentley, Emily   SO Findlay             50.37      50.08  
             24.25        50.08 (25.83)
  6 Greenwaldt, Bryn       SO Augustana (W)       50.41      50.14  
             24.22        50.14 (25.92)
  7 Hedley, Lucy           SO Grand Valley        50.02      50.18  
             24.04        50.18 (26.14)
  8 White, Montana         JR Azusa Pacific       50.57      50.22  
             24.21        50.22 (26.01)

Men’s 100 Freestyle

Henderson State’s Jack Armstrong (42.63) and Nova Southeastern’s Marcel Snitko (42.95) turned in the only sub-43 efforts of the prelims, while Lamar Taylor was in the third position following a mark of 43.11. Taylor was the top seed for the final of the 50 freestyle before being disqualified in the final. The senior will be hungry for some redemption.

In the team battle, Tampa put a pair of athletes in the final to help the program’s pursuit of a championship. Ian Cooper was fifth in the morning, while Blake Moran was sixth.

 Event 35  Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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     NCAA DII: N 41.25  3/20/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury
         Meet: M 41.25  3/20/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Armstrong, Jack        5Y Henderson St.       42.76      42.63  
             20.14        42.63 (22.49)
  2 Snitko, Marcel         5Y Nova S'eastern      43.57      42.95  
             20.42        42.95 (22.53)
  3 Taylor, Lamar          SR Henderson St.       43.09      43.11  
             20.51        43.11 (22.60)
  4 Cooper, Ian            5Y Tampa               43.82      43.12  
             20.26        43.12 (22.86)
  5 Bosch, Matthew         JR Grand Valley        43.45      43.21  
             20.92        43.21 (22.29)
  6 Moran, Blake           5Y Tampa               43.86      43.29  
             20.23        43.29 (23.06)
  7 Bialecki, Jan          JR Fresno Pacific      43.57      43.41  
             20.48        43.41 (22.93)
  8 Grabowski, Maurice     SO Lynn                44.51      43.53  
             20.58        43.53 (22.95)

Women’s 200 Backstroke

Alexandra Waller of Drury narrowly claimed the top seed in the 200 backstroke, as her swim of 1:57.69 was a tenth quicker than West Florida’s Nina Imboden. Lurking in third place is Colorado Mesa’s Agata Naskret, who went 1:57.86 for her prelim outing. Naskret won the 100 backstroke earlier in the meet and is one of three Colorado Mesa athletes to qualify for the final. Colorado Mesa entered Day Five in second place in the team race.

 Event 36  Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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     NCAA DII: N 1:54.48  3/11/2017 Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC)
         Meet: M 1:54.48  3/11/2017 Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Waller, Alexandra      5Y Drury             1:56.62    1:57.69  
             28.00        57.77 (29.77)
        1:27.92 (30.15)     1:57.69 (29.77)
  2 Imboden, Nina          SO West Florida      1:57.67    1:57.79  
             28.09        57.77 (29.68)
        1:27.83 (30.06)     1:57.79 (29.96)
  3 Naskret, Agata         SO Colorado Mesa     1:56.07    1:57.86  
             27.55        57.40 (29.85)
        1:27.81 (30.41)     1:57.86 (30.05)
  4 Beesmans, Marta        JR Wingate           1:58.55    1:57.94  
             27.73        57.22 (29.49)
        1:27.54 (30.32)     1:57.94 (30.40)
  5 White, Lauren          5Y Colorado Mesa     1:57.84    1:58.02  
             27.72        57.70 (29.98)
        1:28.18 (30.48)     1:58.02 (29.84)
  6 Gillan, Sierra         JR Tampa             1:58.38    1:58.62  
             28.22        58.65 (30.43)
        1:28.87 (30.22)     1:58.62 (29.75)
  7 Louder, Lindsey        FR Tampa             1:59.31    1:58.64  
             28.20        57.60 (29.40)
        1:27.56 (29.96)     1:58.64 (31.08)
  8 Matoskova, Katerina    SR Colorado Mesa     1:58.06    1:58.74  
             27.93        57.96 (30.03)
        1:28.24 (30.28)     1:58.74 (30.50)

Men’s 200 Backstroke

The Tampa duo of Parker Knollman (1:42.08) and Santiago Corredor (1:43.07) fueled their school’s team-title chances by advancing as the first and third seeds. Meanwhile, Colorado Mesa’s Ben Sampson moved on as the second seed and will try to earn his fourth solo championship of the meet during the night session. Sampson has already won both medley events, along with the 100 backstroke.

 Event 37  Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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     NCAA DII: N 1:40.73  11/19/2022Ben Sampson, Colorado Mesa
         Meet: M 1:40.74  3/15/2014 Matthew Josa, Queens (NC)
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Knollman, Parker       JR Tampa             1:43.53    1:42.08  
             24.10        50.10 (26.00)
        1:16.03 (25.93)     1:42.08 (26.05)
  2 Sampson, Benjamin      JR Colorado Mesa     1:39.63    1:43.02  
             24.43        50.31 (25.88)
        1:16.73 (26.42)     1:43.02 (26.29)
  3 Corredor, Santiago     SR Tampa             1:43.28    1:43.07  
             24.72        50.85 (26.13)
        1:16.97 (26.12)     1:43.07 (26.10)
  4 Hendriks, Raf          SR St. Cloud St.-M   1:44.32    1:43.19  
             24.49        50.72 (26.23)
        1:17.16 (26.44)     1:43.19 (26.03)
  5 Rozenek, Patryk        JR McKendree         1:44.03    1:43.27  
             24.20        50.23 (26.03)
        1:16.93 (26.70)     1:43.27 (26.34)
  6 Adamchuk, Ivan         FR Drury             1:42.19    1:43.44  
             24.13        50.41 (26.28)
        1:17.08 (26.67)     1:43.44 (26.36)
  7 Nagy, Roland           FR Barry U           1:44.82    1:44.23  
             24.34        50.52 (26.18)
        1:17.34 (26.82)     1:44.23 (26.89)
  8 Rollen, Eli            FR Oklahoma Christi  1:44.17    1:44.37  
             24.47        50.71 (26.24)
        1:17.45 (26.74)     1:44.37 (26.92)

Women’s 200 Breaststroke

Drury’s Claire Conover and Mellie Wijk qualified first and third for the final of the 200 breaststroke. Conover led the way with a time of 2:12.46, and was followed by Indy’s Celina Schmidt at 2:13.09. Helping Nova Southeastern in defense of its title, Emilia Ronningdal went 2:15.15 to finish fourth in the morning.

 Event 38  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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     NCAA DII: N 2:09.12  3/11/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury
         Meet: M 2:09.12  3/11/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Conover, Claire        JR Drury             2:14.52    2:12.46  
             29.94      1:03.17 (33.23)
        1:37.51 (34.34)     2:12.46 (34.95)
  2 Schmidt, Celina        JR Indy              2:11.07    2:13.09  
             30.36      1:04.05 (33.69)
        1:38.46 (34.41)     2:13.09 (34.63)
  3 Wijk, Mellie           JR Drury             2:14.09    2:14.40  
             29.87      1:03.49 (33.62)
        1:38.43 (34.94)     2:14.40 (35.97)
  4 Ronningdal, Emilia     SO Nova S'eastern    2:17.69    2:15.15  
             30.27      1:04.00 (33.73)
        1:39.13 (35.13)     2:15.15 (36.02)
  5 Koehle, Madelyn        JR WCU               2:15.42    2:15.34  
             31.03      1:05.06 (34.03)
        1:39.68 (34.62)     2:15.34 (35.66)
  5 Machado, Luisa         SR Drury             2:18.08    2:15.34  
             30.71      1:04.58 (33.87)
        1:39.68 (35.10)     2:15.34 (35.66)
  7 Torrent Brugada, Mart  JR Jewell            2:17.95    2:16.12  
             30.71      1:04.81 (34.10)
        1:39.86 (35.05)     2:16.12 (36.26)
  8 Nagy, Benedict         5Y Colorado Mesa     2:15.35    2:16.87  
             31.41      1:05.55 (34.14)
        1:40.78 (35.23)     2:16.87 (36.09)

Men’s 200 Breaststroke

Oklahoma Christian’s John Amrein secured the top seed for the 200 breaststroke by the slimmest of margins. Amrein covered his morning swim in 1:56.27, which was .01 faster than the mark of McKendree’s Filipe Pinheiro. Drury’s Davi Mourao and Joao Nogueira were third and fourth.

 Event 39  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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     NCAA DII: N 1:51.71  3/14/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
         Meet: M 1:51.71  3/14/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Amrein, John           JR Oklahoma Christi  1:56.00    1:56.27  
             26.39        56.16 (29.77)
        1:26.53 (30.37)     1:56.27 (29.74)
  2 Pinheiro, Filipe       SR McKendree         1:57.12    1:56.28  
             26.34        55.60 (29.26)
        1:25.86 (30.26)     1:56.28 (30.42)
  3 Mourao, Davi           JR Drury             1:56.72    1:56.75  
             26.90        56.58 (29.68)
        1:26.75 (30.17)     1:56.75 (30.00)
  4 Nogueira, Joao         SO Drury             1:56.64    1:56.76  
             26.62        56.51 (29.89)
        1:26.51 (30.00)     1:56.76 (30.25)
  5 Marina, Inigo          JR Nova S'eastern    1:55.23    1:56.98  
             26.06        55.71 (29.65)
        1:25.65 (29.94)     1:56.98 (31.33)
  6 Mindek, Jared          JR Tampa             1:58.76    1:57.31  
             26.43        55.89 (29.46)
        1:26.16 (30.27)     1:57.31 (31.15)
  7 Goh, Andrew            FR Grand Valley      1:56.28    1:57.38  
             26.04        55.55 (29.51)
        1:25.79 (30.24)     1:57.38 (31.59)
  8 Schulze, Miles         JR Ouachita          1:57.43    1:57.58  
             26.49        56.65 (30.16)
        1:26.90 (30.25)     1:57.58 (30.68)

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