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During the night two finals session at the 2018 NJCAA swimming championships, Indian River continued its domination over the circuit with wins in all but one of the events contested.
The Indian River women have already accumulated 590 points, more than double the total of South Georgia State (287). Southwestern Oregon sits in third (202). For the men, Indian River is again more than doubling up South Georgia State, 630 to 275.5, with Monroe sitting in third (243).
Women’s 4×50 Free Relay
The Indian River women opened the evening with a dominant win in the 4×50 free relay. The team of Sophia Diagne, Courtney Stewart, Courtney Perrett and Camryn Wheals put up a time of 1:32.77, just off the NAIA record of 1:32.39 set by Indian River in 2016.
Iowa Central’s team of Jana Burner, Grace Nordquist, Kailie Valentine and Sandra Alonso Rivas took second in 1:40.61, and South Georgia State’s Jessilyn Graham, Skylar Tafelski, Brittany Herndon and Delaney Smith took third in 1:41.28.
Event 13 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NJCAA Record: * 1:32.39 3/3/2016 Indian River State College
T Lovemore, O McReed, Y Ware, L Sims
2:14.99 QUAL Qualifying Standards
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Indian River-FL 'A' 1:34.39 1:32.77 QUAL 40
1) Diagne, Sophia 19 2) Stewart, Courtney 20
3) Perrett, Courtney 20 4) Wheals, Camryn 20
23.11 46.42 (23.31)
1:09.64 (23.22) 1:32.77 (23.13)
2 Iowa Central-IA 'A' 1:41.13 1:40.61 QUAL 34
1) Burner, Jana 20 2) Nordquist, Grace 20
3) Valentine, Kailie 19 4) Alonso Rivas, Sandra
24.84 50.78 (25.94)
1:16.99 (26.21) 1:40.61 (23.62)
3 SGSC-GA 'A' 1:40.48 1:41.28 QUAL 32
1) Graham, Jessilyn 2) Tafelski, Skylar
3) Herndon, Brittany 4) Smith, Delaney
24.78 50.58 (25.80)
1:15.86 (25.28) 1:41.28 (25.42)
4 Swocc-OR 'A' 1:45.85 1:43.02 QUAL 30
1) Krahn, Rena 19 2) Falk, Mya 19
3) Robinson, Jessica 19 4) Hoyer, Khalani 20
26.60 52.59 (25.99)
1:18.08 (25.49) 1:43.02 (24.94)
5 Erie-NI 'A' 1:46.96 1:44.01 QUAL 28
1) Roblee, Haley 19 2) DeBiase, Allie 20
3) Ettinger, Abbie 18 4) Smith, Tabby 20
27.54 53.20 (25.66)
1:19.27 (26.07) 1:44.01 (24.74)
6 Lincoln-IL 'A' 1:44.01 1:47.03 QUAL 26
1) Kindhart, Miranda 2) Neuhaus, Kayleigh 18
3) Homann, Nicole 18 4) Chalifoux, Kenzie 18
26.65 53.67 (27.02)
1:20.86 (27.19) 1:47.03 (26.17)
7 FIT-MR 'A' 1:48.05 1:47.61 QUAL 24
1) Smith, Sabine 2) Miglino, Julia
3) King, Leah 4) O'Connell, Maggie
27.37 54.97 (27.60)
1:21.00 (26.03) 1:47.61 (26.61)
8 Genesee 'A' 1:50.74 1:48.58 QUAL 22
1) Priest, Angel 2) Alberto, Zuwena
3) Amico, Natalie 4) Shiozawa, Nanako
26.28 55.81 (29.53)
1:22.81 (27.00) 1:48.58 (25.77)
Men’s 4×50 Free Relay
The Indian River men also opened up their Friday night session with a relay win as the team of Ruben Van Leeuwen, Ryen Van Wyk, Guillaume Bolivard and Luka Tomic put up a time of 1:20.97, more than five seconds ahead of their closest competiton.
South Georgia State’s Zac Elz, Jackson Bloom, Ryan Buczkowski and Andrew Brown took second in 1:25.98. Third went to the Barton squad of Elijae Draper, Dawson Gantenbein, William Spitz and Keagan Wilson in 1:26.75.
Event 14 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NJCAA Record: * 1:17.70 3/8/2012 Indian River State College
B. Tandy, L. Mosley, L. Flores, C. Weir
1:58.99 QUAL Qualifying Standards
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Indian River-FL 'A' 1:20.92 1:20.97 QUAL 40
1) Van Leeuwen, Ruben 20 2) Van Wyk, Ryen 19
3) Bolivard, Guillaume 20 4) Tomic, Luka 19
20.66 40.36 (19.70)
1:00.41 (20.05) 1:20.97 (20.56)
2 SGSC-GA 'A' 1:28.02 1:25.98 QUAL 34
1) Elz, Zac 2) Bloom, Jackson
3) Buczkowski, Ryan 4) Brown, Andrew
21.11 42.39 (21.28)
1:04.13 (21.74) 1:25.98 (21.85)
3 Barton Cougars-ZZ 'A' 1:30.28 1:26.75 QUAL 32
1) Draper, Elijae 20 2) Gantenbein, Dawson 20
3) Spitz, William 20 4) Wilson, Keagan 19
23.01 44.42 (21.41)
1:05.79 (21.37) 1:26.75 (20.96)
4 MCC 'A' 1:29.04 1:26.89 QUAL 30
1) Knaut, Gabriel 19 2) Parks, Alexander 19
3) Stone, Parker 19 4) Metzger, Benjamin 22
21.20 43.42 (22.22)
1:05.68 (22.26) 1:26.89 (21.21)
5 Iowa Central-IA 'A' 1:28.08 1:27.45 QUAL 28
1) Emery, Mitch 2) Shimon, Karter
3) Sunberg, Joshua 4) Jorgensen, Lasse
21.41 44.08 (22.67)
1:06.71 (22.63) 1:27.45 (20.74)
6 Lincoln-IL 'A' 1:31.83 1:30.04 QUAL 26
1) Neinas, Macoy 19 2) Eyre, Kalen 18
3) Kidd, Nick 4) Dominovic, Marko 20
22.07 43.80 (21.73)
1:07.07 (23.27) 1:30.04 (22.97)
7 Swocc-OR 'A' 1:31.95 1:30.38 QUAL 24
1) Scaglione, Christian 18 2) Hole, Timothy 18
3) Kraemer, Timmy 18 4) Fujii, Shin 22
22.65 45.88 (23.23)
1:08.02 (22.14) 1:30.38 (22.36)
8 Genesee 'A' 1:32.05 1:32.52 QUAL 22
1) Vacanti, Benjamin 2) Mahaney, Ryan
3) Langerman, Matthew 4) Brown, Brandon
23.82 51.44 (27.62)
1:09.88 (18.44) 1:32.52 (22.64)
Men’s 3-meter diving
Indian River’s Gavrilo Blijden took home the title in men’s 3-meter diving, recording a score of 480.40. Rounding out the top three were Indian River’s Jordan Grovers (402.10) and Lincoln’s Logan Santiago (396.40).
Event 10 Men 3 mtr Diving
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NJCAA Record: * 623.65 3/1/2017 Robbie Costine, Indian River
Name Age School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Blijden, Gavril 21 Indian River-FL 474.60 480.40 20
2 Groves, Jordan 18 Indian River-FL 419.70 402.10 17
3 Santiago, Logan 19 Lincoln-IL 367.50 396.40 16
4 Rosinski, Casey 18 Erie-NI 311.05 307.05 15
5 Maldonado, Juan 20 Lincoln-IL 286.25 298.20 14
6 Searle, Loren 18 MCC 308.20 275.40 13
Women’s 50 Back
Indian River’s Courtney Stewart finished two tenths ahead of Southwestern Oregon’s Piper Engler for the title in the women’s 50 back, 26.56 to 26.78. Third place went to another Indian River Pioneer, Jullian Contich in 27.29.
Event 15 Women 50 Yard Backstroke
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NJCAA Record: * 24.93 3/2/2016 Tayla Lovemore, Indian River
1:16.99 QUAL Qualifying Standards
Name Age School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stewart, Courtn 20 Indian River-FL 26.64 26.56 QUAL 20
2 Engler, Piper 18 Swocc-OR 27.57 26.78 QUAL 17
3 Contich, Jillia 19 Indian River-FL 27.44 27.29 QUAL 16
4 Shenal, Alicia 19 MCC 28.11 27.85 QUAL 15
5 Furgeson, Colle 19 Lincoln-IL 28.01 27.92 QUAL 14
6 Kornowski, Kail SGSC-GA 29.16 29.12 QUAL 13
7 Priest, Angel Genesee 29.11 29.45 QUAL 12
8 O'Connell, Magg FIT-MR 29.58 29.75 QUAL 11
Men’s 50 Back
Indian River’s Ryen Van Wyk took home his second title of the meet, finishing a half-second ahead of the field in the men’s 50 back. He recorded a time of 23.37, and a pair of his teammates, Jared Ingram (23.81) and Guillaume Bolivard (23.97), finished second and third, respectively, for a Pioneers sweep.
Event 16 Men 50 Yard Backstroke
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NJCAA Record: * 22.38 12/15/2017Ruben van Leeuwen, Indian River
1:09.69 QUAL Qualifying Standards
Name Age School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Van Wyk, Ryen 19 Indian River-FL 23.07 23.37 QUAL 20
2 Ingram, Jared 19 Indian River-FL 23.99 23.81 QUAL 17
3 Bolivard, Guill 20 Indian River-FL 23.86 23.97 QUAL 16
4 Gantenbein, Daw 20 Barton Cougars-Z 24.81 24.94 QUAL 15
5 Neinas, Macoy 19 Lincoln-IL 24.78 24.95 QUAL 14
6 Lobrutto, Derek 20 Indian River-FL 25.60 25.11 QUAL 13
7 Buczkowski, Rya SGSC-GA 25.56 25.46 QUAL 12
8 Eyre, Kalen 18 Lincoln-IL 25.19 25.67 QUAL 11
Women’s 400 IM
Indian River’s Malin Wallen put forth a dominant effort and touched the wall in 4:26.43 to secure a title. South Georgia’s Jessica Dunton finished second in 4:43.57, and third went to Iowa Lakes’ Monique Dias in 4:47.20.
Also swimming in the final were Iowa Lakes’ Shayna Anderson (4:52.65), Monroe’s Ashley VanDermeer (4:53.74), Erie’s Allie DeBiase (5:02.03), South Georgia’s Miranda Henderson (5:08.00) and Southwestern Oregon’s Rena Krahn (5:10.07).
Men’s 400 IM
Iowa Lakes’ Hylton Collinson dominated the men’s 400 IM final, winning the race by more than six seconds in 3:57.25. Indian River did not win the event, but Pioneers swimmers did finish 2-3 with Conor Lynch taking second (4:03.36) and Nikola Milosavljevic (4:08.00).
Event 18 Men 400 Yard IM
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NJCAA Record: * 3:47.15 1997 Marcin Malinski, Indian River
5:31.09 QUAL Qualifying Standards
Name Age School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Collinson, Hylt Iowa Lakes-IA 4:03.33 3:57.25 QUAL 20
24.57 52.75 (28.18)
1:23.39 (30.64) 1:54.20 (30.81)
2:26.41 (32.21) 2:59.44 (33.03)
3:28.23 (28.79) 3:57.25 (29.02)
2 Lynch, Conor 19 Indian River-FL 4:10.50 4:03.36 QUAL 17
24.82 53.02 (28.20)
1:24.05 (31.03) 1:54.30 (30.25)
2:29.53 (35.23) 3:06.42 (36.89)
3:35.18 (28.76) 4:03.36 (28.18)
3 Milosavljevic, 19 Indian River-FL 4:04.77 4:08.00 QUAL 16
24.72 53.83 (29.11)
1:25.08 (31.25) 1:55.75 (30.67)
2:32.36 (36.61) 3:10.09 (37.73)
3:40.09 (30.00) 4:08.00 (27.91)
4 Martinez, Ferra Genesee 4:06.76 4:08.94 QUAL 15
25.13 54.10 (28.97)
1:26.31 (32.21) 1:58.35 (32.04)
2:33.10 (34.75) 3:09.03 (35.93)
3:39.63 (30.60) 4:08.94 (29.31)
5 Nishimura, Chri 19 Indian River-FL 4:05.79 4:11.44 QUAL 14
25.08 53.30 (28.22)
1:26.56 (33.26) 2:00.12 (33.56)
2:34.64 (34.52) 3:10.91 (36.27)
3:41.37 (30.46) 4:11.44 (30.07)
6 McGuire, Collin 19 Swocc-OR 4:14.39 4:15.14 QUAL 13
26.48 57.23 (30.75)
1:31.01 (33.78) 2:04.39 (33.38)
2:42.04 (37.65) 3:19.66 (37.62)
3:47.83 (28.17) 4:15.14 (27.31)
7 Williams, Shane 19 Swocc-OR 4:15.96 4:16.23 QUAL 12
26.38 57.38 (31.00)
1:31.98 (34.60) 2:05.46 (33.48)
2:40.79 (35.33) 3:16.76 (35.97)
3:46.94 (30.18) 4:16.23 (29.29)
8 Bopp, Orion SGSC-GA 4:12.39 4:24.35 QUAL 11
26.63 56.53 (29.90)
1:30.74 (34.21) 2:04.43 (33.69)
2:41.67 (37.24) 3:19.38 (37.71)
3:52.66 (33.28) 4:24.35 (31.69)
Women’s 100 Fly
Indian River’s Sophia Diagne won her second title of the meet, touching first in the 100 fly at 56.37. Teammate Ianthe Van Der Westhuizen joined Diagne under 1:00, finishing second in 59.30, and Indian River’s Olivia Berglund made it a 1-2-3 sweep when she beat out Iowa Central’s Jana Burner for third, 1:00.68 to 1:00.89.
Event 19 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NJCAA Record: * 53.27 3/8/2013 Yurie Nakano, Indian River
1:23.99 QUAL Qualifying Standards
Name Age School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Diagne, Sophia 19 Indian River-FL 57.04 56.37 QUAL 20
26.02 56.37 (30.35)
2 Van Der Westhui 19 Indian River-FL 1:00.36 59.30 QUAL 17
27.27 59.30 (32.03)
3 Berglund, Olivi 19 Indian River-FL 1:01.58 1:00.68 QUAL 16
28.30 1:00.68 (32.38)
4 Burner, Jana 20 Iowa Central-IA 1:00.81 1:00.89 QUAL 15
27.98 1:00.89 (32.91)
5 Shiozawa, Nanak Genesee 1:01.81 1:01.40 QUAL 14
28.46 1:01.40 (32.94)
6 Garrison, Linds SGSC-GA 1:01.91 1:01.86 QUAL 13
29.40 1:01.86 (32.46)
7 Aldridge, Abiga SGSC-GA 1:01.25 1:02.09 QUAL 12
28.92 1:02.09 (33.17)
8 Nordquist, Grac 20 Iowa Central-IA 1:02.11 1:02.60 QUAL 11
28.80 1:02.60 (33.80)
Men’s 100 Fly
Indian River’s Ruben Van Leeuwen took first in the men’s edition of the four-lap fly race, dominating start-to-finish and touching in 48.07. SEcond place went to his IRSC teammate Gabriele Sasia in 49.36, and Iowa Central’s Mitch Emery took third in 49.98.
Event 20 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NJCAA Record: * 46.53 3/2/2017 Nicholas Loomis, Indian River
1:05.79 QUAL Qualifying Standards
Name Age School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Van Leeuwen, Ru 20 Indian River-FL 50.27 48.07 QUAL 20
22.37 48.07 (25.70)
2 Sasia, Gabriele 20 Indian River-FL 50.26 49.36 QUAL 17
23.06 49.36 (26.30)
3 Emery, Mitch Iowa Central-IA 49.76 49.98 QUAL 16
23.15 49.98 (26.83)
4 Adams, Tucker 19 Indian River-FL 50.84 50.57 QUAL 15
23.64 50.57 (26.93)
5 Wilson, Keagan 19 Barton Cougars-Z 52.09 51.54 QUAL 14
23.80 51.54 (27.74)
6 Jorgensen, Lass Iowa Central-IA 52.46 51.71 QUAL 13
23.82 51.71 (27.89)
7 Metzger, Benjam 22 MCC 52.55 51.91 QUAL 12
24.09 51.91 (27.82)
8 Bloom, Jackson SGSC-GA 52.20 51.94 QUAL 11
24.22 51.94 (27.72)
Women’s 200 Free
Camryn Wheals picked up a two-second victory in the women’s 200 free, touching in 1:51.58. Wheals and three of her Indian River teammates swept the top four spots in the race, as she was followed by Elizabeth Watts (1:53.68), Kenzy Green (1:55.82) and Molly Layde (1:56.34).
Event 21 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NJCAA Record: * 1:47.75 3/5/2014 Yurie Nakano, Indian River
2:47.29 QUAL Qualifying Standards
Name Age School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Wheals, Camryn 20 Indian River-FL 1:53.61 1:51.68 QUAL 20
25.67 53.34 (27.67)
1:22.43 (29.09) 1:51.68 (29.25)
2 Watts, Elizabet 18 Indian River-FL 1:53.59 1:53.68 QUAL 17
25.53 53.65 (28.12)
1:23.24 (29.59) 1:53.68 (30.44)
3 Green, Kenzy 18 Indian River-FL 1:56.31 1:55.82 QUAL 16
26.11 54.96 (28.85)
1:24.99 (30.03) 1:55.82 (30.83)
4 Layde, Molly 18 Indian River-FL 1:57.03 1:56.34 QUAL 15
26.69 55.68 (28.99)
1:25.86 (30.18) 1:56.34 (30.48)
5 Neves, Brenda Iowa Lakes-IA 2:00.64 1:56.98 QUAL 14
26.82 55.98 (29.16)
1:26.59 (30.61) 1:56.98 (30.39)
6 Herndon, Britta SGSC-GA 2:04.55 1:59.21 QUAL 13
27.31 57.28 (29.97)
1:28.37 (31.09) 1:59.21 (30.84)
7 Alonso Rivas, S Iowa Central-IA 2:01.79 2:02.15 QUAL 12
28.31 59.09 (30.78)
1:31.33 (32.24) 2:02.15 (30.82)
8 Kornowski, Kail SGSC-GA 2:04.65 2:03.64 QUAL 11
28.23 59.18 (30.95)
1:31.19 (32.01) 2:03.64 (32.45)
Men’s 200 Free
Indian River’s Luka Tomic snagged the win in the final individual event of the night, winning the men’s 200 free in 1:37.09. Tomic led yet another Indian River sweep, with teammates Kevin Bargate (1:39.37) and Tiger Pilkington (1:40.43) finishing second and third, respectively.
The rest of the field included Monroe’s Gabriel Knaut (1:42.85), South Georgia State’s Zac Elz (1:45.90), South Georgia State’s Andrew Woith (1:45.98), Monroe’s Cameron Wagner (1:48.02) and South Georgia State’s Ryan Buczkowski (1:50.08).
Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay
The Indian River women completed an undefeated night as the team of Courtney Stewart, Courtney Perrett, Elizabeth Watts and Malin Wallen dominated the 4×100 medley relay in 3:49.19.
South Georgia State’s team of Casey Hall, Jessilyn Graham, Abigal Aldridge and Delaney Smith took second in 4:07.75, and third went to Southwestern Oregon’s Jessica Robinson, Piper Engler, Mya Falk and Khalani Hoyer in 4:11.69.
Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay
The Indian River men won the final event of the night by 10 seconds, with Gabriele Sasia, Christian Nishimura, Kevin Bargate and Ryen Van Wyk stopping the clock at 3:30.32.
South Georgia State’s Ryan Buczkowski, Andrew Brown, Jackson Bloom and Zac Elz took second in 3:30.81, and the team of Noah Burr, Gregory Sanders, Benjamin Metzger and Gabriel Knaut took third for Monroe in 3:32.44.
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