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NCAA Division III Championships: NYU Up as Challengers Rattle off 1-2 Results

For the last 40 or so years, give or take, you’ve only needed to know three names in NCAA Division III swimming when it comes time for team trophies.

There’s Kenyon. There’s Emory. And there’s Denison.

This year at NCAA, the NYU women are threatening to upset that triumvirate.

While the three powers are clustered within three points in what seems like an intriguing battles, it’s currently for third, with NYU entering the Friday night session at the NCAA Division III Championships in Greensboro with the lead. Its 242 points is ahead of MIT’s 216, with Denison third in 175.

NYU’s women have never been higher than third, achieved last year. Before that, the Violets were fifth in 2019 and 2023. But they have a big night ahead, having gone 1-2 in the 200 fly and as the reigning champ in the 800 free relay. Kenyon, in fourth, counters with a 1-2-3 seeding in the 100 breast, while MIT pulled off a 1-2 in the 100 back.

Kenyon has won two of the last three titles, sandwiching Denison. Before that was a run of 10 straight for Emory. The three have won every NCAA Division III women’s title since Williams College’s triumph in 1983.

On the men’s side, Emory has won the last three, Denison the two before that, then some jockeying from the three after Denison in 2011 broke Kenyon’s title streak that dated back uninterrupted to 1980. But Emory started Friday mired in fifth, nearly 60 points back of Denison, which is 40 points up on Kenyon.

All the action from the Greensboro Aquatic Center on a pivotal double-relay night that featured a tie in the men’s medley relay:

 Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 17                     
  1. Nyu                               242   2. Mit                               216
  3. Denison                           175   4. Kenyon                            173
  5. Emory                             172   6. Chicago                            93
  7. Williams                           89   8. Pomona-Pitzer                      66
  9. Hope                               64  10. Swarthmore                         53
 11. Calvin                             48  12. Tufts                              46
 13. C-M-S                              41  14. Bowdoin                            37
 15. Case Western                       27  16. Amherst                            21
 17. Ithaca                             20  18. Johns Hopkins                      16
 18. Carleton                           16  20. Trinity University (Tx)            13
 21. Suny Geneseo                       12  21. Albion                             12
 23. Rowan                               9  24. Middlebury                          7
 25. Gettysburg                          6  25. Wash U                              6
 27. Salisbury                           5  27. Loras                               5
 29. Wheaton IL                          4  29. Hamilton                            4
 29. Kean University                     4  32. Colby                               2
 33. Chapman                             1
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 18                      
  1. Denison                           166   2. Kenyon                            126
  3. Chicago                           124   4. Nyu                             121.5
  5. Emory                           116.5   6. Carnegie Mellon                   105
  7. Calvin                             88   8. Centre                             60
  9. Mit                                59  10. Conn College                       58
 11. Coast Guard                        56  12. Rit                                55
 13. Bates                              49  14. Williams                           48
 15. Tufts                              45  16. Johns Hopkins                      42
 17. Wash U                             39  17. Suny Geneseo                       39
 19. W&L                                31  19. Tcnj                               31
 21. Hamilton                           27  22. UC Santa Cruz                      25
 23. C-M-S                              20  23. St. Mary's MD                      20
 25. Swarthmore                         19  26. Hope                               18
 27. Rhodes                             15  28. Pomona-Pitzer                      14
 28. Grinnell                           14  30. Alfred State                       12
 31. Saint Vincent                      11  32. Amherst                             8
 33. Case Western                        7  34. John Carroll                        6
 35. Carleton                            5  35. Augustana                           5
 37. Grove City                          4  37. Trinity University (Tx)             4
 39. St. John's                          3  39. Asbury                              3
 41. Hobart                              2  42. Whittier                            1
 42. Uw-Eau Claire                       1

Women’s 200 medley relay

The night is book-ended by the specialties for each of the top two on the women’s side. MIT is first, and they backed it up by setting an NCAA record of 1:39.51, clipping .04 under the old mark to defend their title. Kate Augustyn, Sarah Bernard, Annika Naveen and Ella Roberson comprised the quartet.

NYU limited the damage to 10 points by finishing fourth. In between was Kenyon (in 1:40.26) and Denison (in 1:40.77). Kenyon, with its glut of breaststrokers, is poised to move Friday night.

 Event 19  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                              Prelims     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
                            === Championship Final ===                            
 
  1 MIT                                 1:40.44    1:39.51   40  
     1) Augustyn, Kate SR             2) Bernard, Sarah FR            
     3) Naveen, Annika JR             4) Roberson, Ella SO            
                 25.15        53.61 (28.46)
        1:17.49 (23.88)     1:39.51 (22.02)
  2 Kenyon                              1:40.28    1:40.26   34  
     1) Eisenbeis, Gwen JR            2) Fadely, Jennah SR            
     3) Ford, Celia SR                4) Geboy, Sydney SR             
                 25.65        52.58 (26.93)
        1:17.58 (25.00)     1:40.26 (22.68)
  3 Denison                             1:41.01    1:40.77   32  
     1) Park, Jasmine SO              2) Tofflemire, Riley SO         
     3) Palmroos, Maja SR             4) Kadlecik, Grace SR           
                 25.99        53.96 (27.97)
        1:17.99 (24.03)     1:40.77 (22.78)
  4 NYU                                 1:41.84    1:40.91   30  
     1) Ranile, Nicole JR             2) Li, Anna SR                  
     3) Xayaveth, Hope SO             4) Oldham, Isabel SR            
                 25.86        54.23 (28.37)
        1:18.00 (23.77)     1:40.91 (22.91)
  5 Emory                               1:41.80    1:40.94   28  
     1) Jungers, Megan 5Y             2) Cohen, Katie SO              
     3) Greeneway, Allison FR         4) Kennedy, Ava SR              
                 25.83        54.32 (28.49)
        1:18.83 (24.51)     1:40.94 (22.11)
  6 Pomona-Pitzer                       1:42.11    1:41.97   26  
     1) Yoon, Izzy FR                 2) Coppo, Francesca SO          
     3) Calvi, Gabriella SR           4) Mello, Valerie SR            
                 26.03        54.83 (28.80)
        1:19.91 (25.08)     1:41.97 (22.06)
  7 Chicago                             1:42.24    1:42.28   23  
     1) Georgopoulou, Ioanna SR       2) Soosai, Alicia JR            
     3) Xu, Emily JR                  4) Zhao, Karen SR               
                 26.42        54.87 (28.45)
        1:19.79 (24.92)     1:42.28 (22.49)
  7 Calvin                              1:42.46    1:42.28   23  
     1) Merkel, Emma SO               2) Bajwa, Elise SO              
     3) Farrell, Maggie 5Y            4) Sonday, Sydney SR            
                 27.23        55.59 (28.36)
        1:19.77 (24.18)     1:42.28 (22.51)

Men’s 200 medley relay

It’s a tie! Tufts qualified first and was .07 slower at night in 1:26.72, and they had to play catchup to Emory, which touched in an identical time. Eric Lundgren, Everett Adams, Armaan Sikka and Soeren Euvrard were the Tufts’ four, Euvrard needing a 19.77 on the end to claw back three tenths on Emory.

The reigning champion Eagles (Tufts was ninth last year) used a hellacious 20.69 from Jeff Echols on fly. Nolan Lahmann, Henry Bonnault and Dylan Yin were the rest of the team. Yin’s anchor of 20.07 was the seventh fastest in the A final.

Carnegie Mellon finished third, .05 up on Denison. Bates was seventh despite a 19.15 from Max Cory coming home.

Event 20  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                              Prelims     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
                            === Championship Final ===                            
 
  1 Tufts                               1:26.65    1:26.72   37  
     1) Lundgren, Eric SR             2) Adams, Emmett SR             
     3) Sikka, Armaan JR              4) Euvrard, Soeren SR           
                 22.00        45.64 (23.64)
        1:06.95 (21.31)     1:26.72 (19.77)
  1 Emory                               1:27.01    1:26.72   37  
     1) Lahmann, Nolan SR             2) Bonnault, Henri JR           
     3) Echols, Jeff SR               4) Yin, Dylan SR                
                 22.22        45.96 (23.74)
        1:06.65 (20.69)     1:26.72 (20.07)
  3 Carnegie Mellon                     1:27.04    1:27.22   32  
     1) Deshpande, Arnav JR           2) Lanuza, Christian SR         
     3) Morford, Brayden SO           4) Peitler, Matt FR             
                 22.40        46.98 (24.58)
        1:07.62 (20.64)     1:27.22 (19.60)
  4 Denison                             1:27.76    1:27.27   30  
     1) Bevill, Benjamin FR           2) Venos, Elijah SR             
     3) Narcelles, Christian SR       4) Hensel, Nickolas FR          
                 22.27        45.91 (23.64)
        1:07.90 (21.99)     1:27.27 (19.37)
  5 NYU                                 1:27.45    1:27.46   28  
     1) McQuaid, Teddy FR             2) Nechydyuk, Max FR            
     3) Watanakun, Ajay SR            4) Wehbe, Greg SO               
                 22.00        46.84 (24.84)
        1:08.13 (21.29)     1:27.46 (19.33)
  6 Chicago                             1:28.21    1:27.80   26  
     1) Chan, Armand JR               2) Xia, Chris FR                
     3) Catton, Benjamin 5Y           4) Benderskii, Igor SO          
                 22.83        47.23 (24.40)
        1:08.20 (20.97)     1:27.80 (19.60)
  7 Bates                               1:27.97    1:27.83   24  
     1) Johnson, Tim SO               2) Somridhivej, Marrich JR      
     3) Oppenheim, Nate FR            4) Cory, Max JR                 
                 22.96        47.01 (24.05)
        1:08.68 (21.67)     1:27.83 (19.15)
  8 Wash U.                             1:28.25    1:27.94   22  
     1) Wolford, Kyle 5Y              2) Rockaway, Justin SR          
     3) Bick, Austin 5Y               4) Sibley, Danny SR             
                 21.86        46.62 (24.76)
        1:07.71 (21.09)     1:27.94 (20.23)

Women’s 200 butterfly

NYU made good on its 1-2 position in in prelims. The next best thing for the Violets to Caitlin Marshall repeating as champion is junior Nicole Ranile jumping past the senior into the top spot. Ranile, fourth last year, went 1:57.72. Marshall’s time of 1:58.18 was .32 faster than her winning time from last year. Reina Gomez added to it by winning the B final in 2:01.39, but the Violets would’ve preferred that in the morning to get into the A final, Gomez posting the fifth-fastest time at night and finishing fifth last year.

Denison’s Emily Harris is third for the second straight year, in 2:00.33. Maeve Kelley of Amherst followed, with Kenyon getting points from Amelia Stevenson in fifth.

Event 21  Women 200 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Ranile, Nicole         JR NYU               1:59.85    1:57.72   20  
                 25.99        55.51 (29.52)
        1:26.08 (30.57)     1:57.72 (31.64)
  2 Marshall, Caitlin      SR NYU               1:59.89    1:58.18   17  
                 26.47        55.99 (29.52)
        1:26.30 (30.31)     1:58.18 (31.88)
  3 Harris, Emily          JR Denison           2:00.35    2:00.33   16  
                 26.69        56.62 (29.93)
        1:27.89 (31.27)     2:00.33 (32.44)
  4 Kelley, Maeve          SO Amherst           2:01.49    2:00.90   15  
                 27.22        57.96 (30.74)
        1:29.23 (31.27)     2:00.90 (31.67)
  5 Stevenson, Amelia      SO Kenyon            2:02.12    2:01.97   14  
                 27.70        58.92 (31.22)
        1:30.26 (31.34)     2:01.97 (31.71)
  6 Swartwood, Belise      FR MIT               2:02.30    2:02.21   13  
                 27.42        58.55 (31.13)
        1:30.16 (31.61)     2:02.21 (32.05)
  7 Mayfield, Mackenzie    JR C-M-S             2:02.36    2:03.55   12  
                 27.42        58.13 (30.71)
        1:30.24 (32.11)     2:03.55 (33.31)
  8 Hale, Alise            SR SUNY Geneseo      2:02.55    2:03.58   11  
                 27.22        58.26 (31.04)
        1:30.51 (32.25)     2:03.58 (33.07)

Men’s 200 butterfly

Justin Finkel is the 200 fly champion again, lower his NCAA record by a half-second to 1:42.64. He had won in 1:43.21 last year. Finkel outdueled a00 fly champ Cooper Costello of Chicago. Connecticut College’s Finkel won the 500 free and was third in the 100 fly.

Costello finished second in 1:43.42, up from fifth last year. Avery Clapp of Johns Hopkins is third for the second straight year in 1:44.82. Marco Minai of Washington University St. Louis was fourth.

Event 22  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Finkel, Justin         SR Conn College      1:45.44    1:42.64   20  
                 22.98        49.34 (26.36)
        1:15.59 (26.25)     1:42.64 (27.05)
  2 Costello, Cooper       SO Chicago           1:44.36    1:43.42   17  
                 22.71        48.67 (25.96)
        1:15.63 (26.96)     1:43.42 (27.79)
  3 Clapp, Avery           JR Johns Hopkins     1:46.17    1:44.82   16  
                 23.33        49.92 (26.59)
        1:16.75 (26.83)     1:44.82 (28.07)
  4 Minai, Marco           SO Wash U.           1:46.33    1:45.21   15  
                 23.57        50.86 (27.29)
        1:18.02 (27.16)     1:45.21 (27.19)
  5 Thorsen, McKee         SO Emory             1:46.31    1:46.00   14  
                 23.45        50.21 (26.76)
        1:18.01 (27.80)     1:46.00 (27.99)
  6 Huang, Kyle            SO Pomona-Pitzer     1:46.83    1:46.75   13  
                 23.45        50.62 (27.17)
        1:18.42 (27.80)     1:46.75 (28.33)
  7 Reice, Noah            SO Coast Guard       1:46.73    1:47.75   12  
                 24.04        51.37 (27.33)
        1:19.60 (28.23)     1:47.75 (28.15)
  8 Drumm, John            JR Case Western      1:47.02    1:48.96   11  
                 24.16        51.95 (27.79)
        1:20.28 (28.33)     1:48.96 (28.68)

Women’s 100 backstroke

After serving notice with two relays wins, Kate Augustyn got her first win in the 100 back. Her time is the exact same 53.41 that she won last year, though she lowered that NCAA record to 53.29 in season.

It fell to teammate Sydney Smith to provide the bonus, then, which she did by going 54.48, up from third in prelims to second for an MIT 1-2, pulling the Engineers within 16 points of NYU. Smith was sixth last year.

Loras fifth-year Anna Durak was third in 54.66. Elisabella Forest of Chicago denied Kenyon’s Gwen Eisenbeis a chance to move up from fifth.

The best swim of the B final, by Emory’s Megan Jungers, was 54.71, which was fourth-fastest of the night session, but it only gets her and the Eagles ninth. Jungers was fourth last year.

Event 23  Women 100 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Augustyn, Kate         SR MIT                 53.76      53.41   20  
                 25.88        53.41 (27.53)
  2 Smith, Sydney          SO MIT                 54.61      54.48   17  
                 26.58        54.48 (27.90)
  3 Durak, Anna            5Y Loras               55.36      54.66   16  
                 26.29        54.66 (28.37)
  4 Forest, Elisabella     SR Chicago             54.46      55.09   15  
                 26.62        55.09 (28.47)
  5 Eisenbeis, Gwen        JR Kenyon              54.96      55.24   14  
                 26.47        55.24 (28.77)
  6 Wilson, Braelyn        FR Kean University     55.10      55.25   13  
                 26.76        55.25 (28.49)
  7 Pennington, Elizabeth  JR Rowan               54.99      55.49   12  
                 27.01        55.49 (28.48)
  8 Yang, Irene            JR Williams            55.35      56.10   11  
                 26.94        56.10 (29.16)

Men’s 100 backstroke

Carnegie Mellon’s Brayden Morford added his second individual gold medal of the meet, going 46.61 to wrest the win away from Kenyon’s Djordje Dragojlovic. The Kenyon junior, who won it last year in 46.90 with Morford second, went 47.18.

Washington’s Kyle Wolford was third in 47.22. Eric Lundgren of Tufts finished fourth, followed by three freshmen.

 Event 24  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
=========================================================================
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Morford, Brayden       SO Carnegie Mellon     47.39      46.61   20  
                 22.76        46.61 (23.85)
  2 Dragojlovic, Djordje   JR Kenyon              47.84      47.18   17  
                 22.54        47.18 (24.64)
  3 Wolford, Kyle          5Y Wash U.             47.38      47.22   16  
                 22.78        47.22 (24.44)
  4 Lundgren, Eric         SR Tufts               47.36      47.27   15  
                 22.80        47.27 (24.47)
  5 McQuaid, Teddy         FR NYU                 47.45      47.31   14  
                 22.63        47.31 (24.68)
  6 Kim, Nathan            FR MIT                 48.07      47.88   13  
                 23.20        47.88 (24.68)
  7 Spicer, Zachary        FR Emory               48.05      48.03   12  
                 23.15        48.03 (24.88)
  8 Watson, Jack           5Y Rowan               48.07      48.91   11  
                 23.40        48.91 (25.51)

Women’s 100 breaststroke

It’s Kenyon’s turn, as Jennah Fadely and Gabriella Wei went 1-2 for the Owls. Freshman Kelsey Van Edlick was .03 from making it a clean sweep, Denison’s Drue Thielking probably getting a few shoulder taps from some other schools for that service.

Fadely, who went 59.80 last year and holds the NCAA record at 59.62 on an in-season time, went 1:00.13 to win by nearly a second over Wei, who was third last year. Van Eldik was 1:01.34. The Owls move within 47 points of NYU, whose lead over MIT shrunk to 10 points thanks to Sarah Bernard finishing eighth.

Event 25  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Fadely, Jennah         SR Kenyon            1:00.61    1:00.13   20  
                 27.98      1:00.13 (32.15)
  2 Wei, Gabriella         SR Kenyon            1:00.98    1:01.08   17  
                 28.36      1:01.08 (32.72)
  3 Thielking, Drue        JR Denison           1:01.78    1:01.31   16  
                 28.78      1:01.31 (32.53)
  4 Van Eldik, Kelsey      FR Kenyon            1:01.29    1:01.34   15  
                 28.80      1:01.34 (32.54)
  5 Wishnack, Charlotte    SR Williams          1:02.03    1:01.69   14  
                 29.04      1:01.69 (32.65)
  6 Cohen, Katie           SO Emory             1:02.37    1:02.65   13  
                 29.30      1:02.65 (33.35)
  7 Lamb, Nina             SR Springfield       1:02.16    1:02.77   12  
                 28.90      1:02.77 (33.87)
  8 Bernard, Sarah         FR MIT               1:02.31    1:02.80   11  
                 29.52      1:02.80 (33.28)

Men’s 100 breaststroke

It’s strengthen in numbers for Denison, whose 2-7-11 finish counters the 1-10 from Emory and stretches its lead to 36.5 points. The Eagles’ Henri Bonnault got the win in 52.61, .27 up on Denison’s Elijah Venos. Venos was fourth last year, Bonnaut seventh. Patrick Daly of Denison finished seventh, sliding down three spots from the morning and note quite maximizing return.

Five A finalists and two in the B final broke 54.

Event 26  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
=========================================================================
    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Bonnault, Henri        JR Emory               53.11      52.61   20  
                 24.49        52.61 (28.12)
  2 Venos, Elijah          SR Denison             53.64      52.88   17  
                 24.78        52.88 (28.10)
  3 Erb, Zachary           SO Bridgewater         53.19      53.73   16  
                 25.07        53.73 (28.66)
  4 Hall, Lincoln          SR Cal Lutheran        54.12      53.87   15  
                 25.27        53.87 (28.60)
  5 Somridhivej, Marrich   JR Bates               54.16      53.97   14  
                 24.97        53.97 (29.00)
  6 Einolf, Caleb          JR Grove City          54.21      54.11   13  
                 25.14        54.11 (28.97)
  7 Daly, Patrick          SR Denison             54.06      54.16   12  
                 25.18        54.16 (28.98)
  8 Adams, Emmett          SR Tufts               54.21      54.64   11  
                 25.17        54.64 (29.47)

Men’s 1-meter diving

 

 

Women’s 800 freestyle relay

 

 

Men’s 800 freestyle relay

 

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