The third day of the 2019 NAIA Championships kicked off with a full sate of events on Thursday in Columbus, Georgia.
Friday morning’s events included the 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast and 100 back.
Order of events
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 Fly
Men’s 100 Fly
Women’s 200 Free
Men’s 200 Free
Women’s 100 Breast
Men’s 100 Breast
Women’s 100 Back
Men’s 100 Back
Women’s 200 Medley Relay
Keiser started the day off with a strong swim in the 200 medley relay. Meagan Abad, Ori Freibach, Amanda Stromberg and Emma Sofie Augustsson took the top seed in 1:45.81.
It was more than a second ahead of the field.
Cumberlands took the second seed in 1:41.13, followed by the College of Idaho (1:47.90).
Event 17 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Keiser 1:45.79 1:45.81
1) Abad, Meagan JR 2) Freibach, Ori FR
3) Stromberg, Amanda FR 4) Augustsson, Emma Sofie FR
2 Cumberlands 1:46.58 1:47.13
1) Klouda, Christina SR 2) Hnidenko, Julia SO
3) De Rooi, Mendy SO 4) Burgoon, Houston SO
3 C of I 1:51.55 1:47.90
1) Kelly, Madison 2) Yannelli, Caroline
3) Watkins, Reina 4) Murphy, Maya
4 IWU 1:51.12 1:49.16
1) Darnell, Sydney FR 2) Holmgren, Linnea SO
3) Eicher, Whitley FR 4) Travis, Emma SO
5 ACU 1:50.05 1:49.60
1) Thomas, Emily 2) Labanauskaite, Vikte
3) Newell, Julia 4) Stevens, Emma FR
6 Brenau 1:47.86 1:49.96
1) 2) Steinbach, Ashlyn SO
3) Bartoletta, Haley FR 4) Toussaint, Yanne JR
7 SCAD 1:46.14 1:50.13
1) Henninger, Julie SR 2) Scargill, Sarah FR
3) McGinty, Anna Kate FR 4) Hui, Chloe SO
8 LUB 1:52.14 1:50.22
1) Merfol, Chelsea FR 2) Martens, Anna FR
3) Geck, Alina FR 4) Essmann, Amelie FR
Men’s 200 Medley Relay
The Keiser men took the top seed in the 200 medley relay as well, following the women.
Jan Suchan, Matias Lazzerini, Joel Hansson and Andrei Stukov combined to finish in 1:31.44, more than a second ahead of the field.
Midland tok the second seed (1:32.66), followed by Union (1:33.27).
Event 18 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Keiser 1:29.86 1:31.44
1) Suchan, Jan SO 2) Lazzerini, Matias SO
3) Hansson, Joel SR 4) Stukov, Andrei SR
2 Midland 1:33.83 1:32.66
1) McKelvey, Collin FR 2) Penney, Tyler SO
3) Martinez, Gabe FR 4) Cain, Scott FR
3 Union 1:33.84 1:33.27
1) Smith, Andrew SO 2) Saraceni, Henrique SO
3) Perkowski, Wiktor SO 4) Shivji, Iyas SR
4 SCAD 1:32.69 1:33.49
1) Bunner, Brogan SR 2) Harsanyi, George SO
3) Zachar, Gergo SO 4) Monori, Zoltan SO
5 Cumberlands 1:32.33 1:33.65
1) Sundeen, Daric SO 2) Smith, Jacob SR
3) Lyson, Viktor SO 4) Pierce, Bryce SR
6 LWC 1:34.97 1:33.84
1) Paetzold, Clemens SR 2) Rice, Bryce FR
3) Terra, Pedro FR 4) Olejnik, Olek SO
7 LUB 1:33.67 1:33.90
1) Baro, Santiago FR 2) Markovic, Mateja FR
3) Le Pays du Teilleul, Martin F 4) Benassila, Badr JR
8 Asbury 1:36.05 1:34.56
1) Bisher, Clay JR 2) Passman, Ronan SO
3) Wu, Alex FR 4) Jessee, Keith SR
Women’s 400 IM
Olivet Nazarene sophomore Karla Islas put herself in a strong position on Friday, taking the top seed in the 400 IM by more than two seconds.
Islas finished in 4:31.82, dropping eight seconds from her seed time.
Cumberlands’ Christina Klouda took the second seed in 4:33.97, while Loyola junior Paige Carter was third (4:34.11).
Thomas University’s Kiana Molina tok the fourth spot (4:35.84), followed by SCAD freshman Kaylen Hou (4:36.01), Keiser junior Annamaria Zombai (4:37.69), Brenau sophomore Nikoletta Alvanou (4:37.71) and SCAD freshman Abigail Tankersley (4:37.80).
Event 19 Women 400 Yard IM
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Islas, Karla SO Olivet Nazarene 4:39.52 4:31.82
2 Klouda, Christina SR Cumberlands 4:29.98 4:33.97
3 Carter, Paige JR Loyola Swim Team 4:36.98 4:34.11
4 Molina, Kiana TU 4:36.17 4:35.84
5 Hou, Kaylen FR SCAD 4:45.86 4:36.01
6 Zombai, Annamaria JR Keiser 4:33.76 4:37.69
7 Alvanou, Nikoletta SO Brenau 4:34.74 4:37.71
8 Tankersley, Abigail FR SCAD 4:38.10 4:37.80
Men’s 400 IM
Four freshmen made the top eight in the men’s 400 IM, while three from Lindenwood will swim in the finals.
Keiser freshman Pol Roch took the top seed in 4:00.77, finishing just ahead of Lindenwood freshman Martin Le Pays du Teilleul (4:01.35).
Linnenwood sophomore Niels Engeln took the third seed, followed by SCAD freshman Maik Riefenstahl (4:02.10) and sophomore George Harsanyi (4:02.21).
Life University’s Gustav Lucas took the sixth seed (4:02.63), followed by Olivet Nazarene junior Seth Cripe (4:04.93) and Lindenwood freshman Thomas Granet (4:05.69).
Event 20 Men 400 Yard IM
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Roch, Pol FR Keiser 3:55.96 4:00.77
2 Le Pays du Teilleul, FR LUB 4:02.66 4:01.35
3 Engeln, Niels SO LUB 4:04.30 4:01.85
4 Rieffenstahl, Maik FR SCAD 4:06.18 4:02.10
5 Harsanyi, George SO SCAD 3:59.10 4:02.21
6 Lucas, Gustav SO LIFEU 4:05.69 4:02.63
7 Cripe, Seth JR Olivet Nazarene 4:10.96 4:04.93
8 Granet, Thomas FR LUB 4:09.08 4:05.69
Women’s 100 Fly
Cumberlands sophomore Mendy De Rooi continued her strong racing at nationals, surging to the top seed in the 100 fly in 56.42.
Indiana Wesleyan freshman Sydney Darnell was just behind at 56.69, setting up what could be an extremely close final.
College of Idaho’s Madison Kelly took the third seed in 56.90, followed by Keiser freshman Anna Herbst (57.08).
SCAD junior Lydia Reinhardt took the fifth spot (57.45), followed by Cumberlands senior Katy Smeltzer (58.10), Keiser junior Kamryn Gallowich (58.20) and Asbury senior Claire Goodrum (58.30).
Event 21 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 De Rooi, Mendy SO Cumberlands 54.67 56.42
2 Darnell, Sydney FR IWU 56.43 56.69
3 Kelly, Madison C of I 57.60 56.90
4 Herbst, Anna FR Keiser 56.56 57.08
5 Reinhardt, Lydia JR SCAD 56.92 57.45
6 Smeltzer, Katy SR Cumberlands 59.42 58.10
7 Gallowich, Kamryn JR Keiser 57.44 58.20
8 Goodrum, Claire SR Asbury 1:01.55 58.30
Men’s 100 Fly
Keiser junior Marcel Nagy didn’t better his seed time but did do enough to take the top seed in the men’s 100 fly. He finished in 48.47.
Cumberlands sophomore Viktor Lyson took the second seed in 49.22, while Witkor Perkowski, a sophomore from Union, too the third spot in 49.73.
Asbury freshman Alex Wu took the fourth seed in 49.74, followed by SCAD sophomore Miles Kredich (49.97), SCAD senior Brogan Bunner (50.56), Loyola sophomore Jack Jackson (50.58) and SCAD freshman Irvin Hoost (51.12).
Event 22 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Nagy, Marcel JR Keiser 48.25 48.47
2 Lyson, Viktor SO Cumberlands 48.99 49.22
3 Perkowski, Wiktor SO Union 50.15 49.73
4 Wu, Alex FR Asbury 49.54 49.74
5 Kredich, Miles SO SCAD 50.21 49.97
6 Bunner, Brogan SR SCAD 50.94 50.56
7 Jackson, Jack SO Loyola Swim Team 51.11 50.58
8 Hoost, Irvin FR SCAD 53.22 51.12
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9 Osborne, Dylan C of I 51.42 J51.12
Women’s 200 Free
Four swimmers from the Savannah College of Art and Design reached the finals in the women’s 200 free, including the top seed.
SCAD freshman Spencer Sheridan took the top spot in 1:53.23.
Union sophomore Jessica Axford took the second seed (1:53.58), followed by Lindsey Wilson’s Jessica MacDonald (1:53.79).
A trio of SCAD seniors followed as Julie Henninger took the fourth spot in 1:53.87, followed by Shayna Salzman (1:54.17) and Sarah Dostie (1:55.08).
Asbury sophomore Hope Clark took the seventh spot (1:56.05) and Loyola freshman Ulrike Tovilla was eighth (1:56.56).
Event 23 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Sheridan, Spencer FR SCAD 1:52.35 1:53.23
2 Axford, Jessica SO Union 1:51.26 1:53.58
3 Macdonald, Jessica JR LWC 1:54.26 1:53.79
4 Henninger, Julie SR SCAD 1:57.23 1:53.87
5 Salzman, Shayna SR SCAD 1:55.73 1:54.17
6 Dostie, Sarah SR SCAD 1:55.99 1:55.08
7 Clark, Hope SO Asbury 1:55.39 1:56.05
8 Tovilla, Ulrike FR Loyola Swim Team 1:55.96 1:56.56
Men’s 200 Free
College of Idaho’s Andrew Clifford took the top spot in the 200 free, finishing in 1:40.81.
SCAD sophomore Zoltan Monori took the second seed (1:41.45), followed by Keiser senior Konstantin Byshev (1:41.82).
Loyola sophomore Sam Vasquez took the fourth spot, followed by Thomas University’s Dorian Taylor (1:42.28), Loyola junior Warren Massimini (1:42.34), Lindenwood freshman Ante Dany (1:42.36) and West Virginia Tech junior Manuel Laguna Gomez (1:43.20).
Event 24 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Clifford, Andrew C of I 1:41.58 1:40.81
2 Monori, Zoltan SO SCAD 1:41.73 1:41.45
3 Byshnev, Konstantin SR Keiser 1:42.74 1:41.82
4 Vasquez, Sam SO Loyola Swim Team 1:46.51 1:42.25
5 Taylor, Dorian FR TU 1:45.12 1:42.28
6 Massimini, Warren JR Loyola Swim Team 1:46.89 1:42.34
7 Dany, Ante FR LUB 1:41.27 1:42.36
8 Laguna Gomez, Manuel JR WV Tech 1:43.42 1:43.20
Women’s 100 Breast
Olivet Nazarene senior Andrea Vega continued her career’s strong finish, surging to the top seed in the 100 breast by more than a second.
Vega finished in 1:03.82 to hold off SCAD senior Sara Lacusky, who finished in 1:05.04.
Arizona Christian’s Vikte Labanauskaite took the third seed in 1:05.66, followed by Idaho’s Caroline Yannelli (1:05.73), Life’s Kirsten Coetzee (1:05.93), Cumberlands sophomore Julia Hnidenko (1:06.26), Brenau junior Yanne Toussaint (1:06.55) and Lindenwood’s Anna Martens (1:06.80).
Event 25 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vega, Andrea SR Olivet Nazarene 1:04.18 1:03.82
2 Lacusky, Sara SR SCAD 1:05.76 1:05.04
3 Labanauskaite, Vikte ACU 1:04.46 1:05.66
4 Yannelli, Caroline C of I 1:05.58 1:05.73
5 Coetzee, Kirsten SR LIFEU 1:05.77 1:05.93
6 Hnidenko, Julia SO Cumberlands 1:05.23 1:06.26
7 Toussaint, Yanne JR Brenau 1:05.51 1:06.55
8 Martens, Anna FR LUB 1:06.93 1:06.80
Men’s 100 Breast
Keiser senior Joel Hansson took the top spot in the 100 breast, finishing in in 55.55 to hold off Union sophomore Henrique Saraceni (55.89).
Kaiser junior Lukas Macek took the third seed in 55.91, followed by West Virginia Tech junior Paul Dais Ignacio Jr. (56.04), Keiser sophomore Matias Lazzerini (57.31), Midland sophomore Tyler Penney (57.49), Lindsey Wilson’s Olek Olejnik (57.52) and Asbury sophomore Ronan Passman (57.54).
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hansson, Joel SR Keiser 55.91 55.55
2 Saraceni, Henrique SO Union 56.60 55.89
3 Macek, Lukas JR Keiser 55.47 55.91
4 Dias Ignacio Jr, Paul JR WV Tech 56.52 56.04
5 Lazzerini, Matias SO Keiser 57.58 57.31
6 Penney, Tyler SO Midland 58.27 57.49
7 Olejnik, Olek SO LWC 58.07 57.52
8 Passman, Ronan SO Asbury 58.46 57.54
Women’s 100 Back
SCAD freshman Allie Rassenfoss took the tops seed in the 100 back as a trio of swimmers broke 58 seconds during prelims.
Rassenfoos finished in 57.29 to hold off Brenau senior Lindsay Dowling (57.69) and Keiser freshman Anna Herbst (57.99).
Kaiser junior Meagan Abad took the fourth seed in 58.14, followed by Milligan sophomore Maggie Halloran (58.42), Keiser junior Kamryn Gallowich (58.45), SCAD senior Julie Menninger (58.71) and Milligan senior Sara Farmer (59.10).
Event 27 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Rassenfoss, Allie FR SCAD 57.94 57.29
2 Dowling, Lindsay SR Brenau 56.83 57.69
3 Herbst, Anna FR Keiser 57.52 57.99
4 Abad, Meagan JR Keiser 57.98 58.14
5 Halloran, Maggie SO MILL 59.54 58.42
6 Gallowich, Kamryn JR Keiser 57.59 58.45
7 Henninger, Julie SR SCAD 58.42 58.71
8 Farmer, Sara SR MILL 1:00.34 59.10
Men’s 100 Back
Keiser sophomore Jan Suchan took the top seed in the 100 back, finishing in 50.12.
Midland freshman Collin McKelvey took the second seed in 50.61, edging Cumberlands sophomore Daric Sundeen (50.62).
Loyola junior Trey James took the fourth seed in 50.84, followed by SCAD sophomore Gergo Zachary (51.06), Cumberlands sophomore Viktor Lyson (51.15), SCAD senior Brogan Bunner (51.18) and Asbury junior Clay Bisher (51.65).
Event 28 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Suchan, Jan SO Keiser 50.89 50.12
2 McKelvey, Collin FR Midland 52.03 50.61
3 Sundeen, Daric SO Cumberlands 50.41 50.62
4 James, Trey JR Loyola Swim Team 51.77 50.84
5 Zachar, Gergo SO SCAD 49.87 51.06
6 Lyson, Viktor SO Cumberlands 50.89 51.15
7 Bunner, Brogan SR SCAD 51.91 51.18
8 Bisher, Clay JR Asbury 51.52 51.65
