NCAA Division II Championships: Alex Kunert Wins Third 200 Fly Title; Ward Lockhart Scores Second Win of Meet
The Queens men lead the team standings by more than 80 points at the NCAA Division II Championships, but Drury continues to lurk after finishing just 30 points behind Queens at last year’s meet. On Friday, Queens captured two individual wins, from Finn Howard in the 100 backstroke and Alex Kunert in the 200 butterfly, and Kunert’s national title was his third in the event after previously winning in 2019 and 2021 (while the 2020 national meet was cancelled). Queens had a lead of 85.5 points by the end of the night after winning the 800 freestyle relay for a third relay win this week.
Meanwhile, Rollins’ Ward Lockhart captured the win in the 500 free for his second title of the meet after winning the 1000 free Wednesday while Florida Southern freshman Ludo Viberti was the winner in the 100 breaststroke.
2022 NCAA Division II Championship Links
Men’s Team Scores
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 31 1. Queens (Nc) 470.5 2. Drury 385 3. Indy 338 4. McKendree 236 5. Colorado Mesa 200 6. Lindenwood 156 7. Findlay 153 8. Florida Southern 143 9. Wingate 133.5 10. Nova S'Eastern 117 11. Grand Valley 96 12. Oklahoma Christian 94 13. Delta State 91 14. Simon Fraser 84 15. Wayne State 72 16. Rollins 67 17. Carson-Newman 54 18. Missouri S & T 52 19. Henderson St. 28 20. Nmu 27 21. St Cloud St 26 22. Lewis 16 22. Clarion University 16 24. Florida Tech 15 25. Saint Leo 8 26. UT Permian Basin 7 27. Lenoir-Rhyne 5 28. Saginaw Valley State Univ 4 29. Southern Conn 3 30. Fresno Pacific 1 30. Lynn 1 30. Emmanuel 1
Men’s 500 Freestyle
Rollins’ Ward Lockhart, already the winner of the 1000 free at the Division II Championships, was in a tight battle with Oklahoma Christian’s Victor Rosado and Nova Southeastern’s Luca Alessandrini, but he took off over the final 150 yards of the race and pulled away to capture a second title. Lockhart touched in 4:20.44, more than 2.5 seconds ahead of his competition. Rosado claimed second in 4:23.11, while Alessandrini took third in 4:23.71.
Event 22 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 4:17.09 3/11/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 4:17.09 3/11/2016 Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Lockhart, Ward SO Rollins 4:23.84 4:20.44 20
r:+0.70 24.13 50.24 (26.11)
1:16.85 (26.61) 1:43.79 (26.94)
2:10.79 (27.00) 2:37.59 (26.80)
3:04.38 (26.79) 3:30.42 (26.04)
3:55.66 (25.24) 4:20.44 (24.78)
2 Rosado, Victor FR OCU 4:24.56 4:23.11 17
r:+0.67 24.02 50.28 (26.26)
1:16.99 (26.71) 1:43.74 (26.75)
2:10.51 (26.77) 2:37.47 (26.96)
3:04.47 (27.00) 3:31.34 (26.87)
3:57.87 (26.53) 4:23.11 (25.24)
3 Alessandrini, Luca FR Nova S'eastern 4:23.81 4:23.71 16
r:+0.70 24.03 50.19 (26.16)
1:16.65 (26.46) 1:43.45 (26.80)
2:10.27 (26.82) 2:37.11 (26.84)
3:04.00 (26.89) 3:31.23 (27.23)
3:58.05 (26.82) 4:23.71 (25.66)
4 Erwee, Luke SR Queens (NC) 4:24.50 4:23.74 15
r:+0.69 23.93 50.18 (26.25)
1:16.89 (26.71) 1:43.77 (26.88)
2:10.85 (27.08) 2:37.92 (27.07)
3:04.67 (26.75) 3:31.71 (27.04)
3:58.22 (26.51) 4:23.74 (25.52)
5 Oliveira, Elder JR Florida Southern 4:24.08 4:24.16 14
r:+0.74 23.68 49.60 (25.92)
1:15.89 (26.29) 1:42.59 (26.70)
2:09.42 (26.83) 2:36.34 (26.92)
3:03.56 (27.22) 3:31.00 (27.44)
3:58.24 (27.24) 4:24.16 (25.92)
6 Marcos, Miguel FR Wingate 4:24.15 4:24.65 13
r:+0.69 24.25 50.66 (26.41)
1:17.58 (26.92) 1:44.51 (26.93)
2:11.55 (27.04) 2:38.72 (27.17)
3:05.87 (27.15) 3:33.00 (27.13)
3:59.26 (26.26) 4:24.65 (25.39)
7 Wenk, Sebastian SR Indy 4:25.16 4:28.32 12
r:+0.69 24.14 50.34 (26.20)
1:17.43 (27.09) 1:44.56 (27.13)
2:11.90 (27.34) 2:39.32 (27.42)
3:06.53 (27.21) 3:33.94 (27.41)
4:01.42 (27.48) 4:28.32 (26.90)
8 Hegazy, Mohamed SR Queens (NC) 4:25.00 4:32.94 11
r:+0.76 24.06 50.34 (26.28)
1:17.36 (27.02) 1:44.96 (27.60)
2:12.88 (27.92) 2:41.05 (28.17)
3:09.14 (28.09) 3:37.34 (28.20)
4:05.64 (28.30) 4:32.94 (27.30)
Men’s 100 Backstroke
In the team competition between Queens and Drury, Queens got a big win here as Finn Howard held off a pair of Drury sophomores to win the national title. Howard finished in 45.82 to beat out a surging Karol Ostrowski, who ended up just eight hundredths back in 45.90. Third place went to Drury’s Mikita Tsmyh in 46.12.
Event 24 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA DII: N 45.09 3/15/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 45.09 3/15/2019 Marius Kusch, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Howard, Finn JR Queens (NC) 46.87 45.82 20
r:+0.65 21.80 45.82 (24.02)
2 Ostrowski, Karol SO Drury 46.81 45.90 17
r:+0.73 22.03 45.90 (23.87)
3 Tsmyh, Mikita SO Drury 46.64 46.12 16
r:+0.80 22.18 46.12 (23.94)
4 Sampson, Ben SO Colorado Mesa 46.95 46.38 15
r:+0.64 22.27 46.38 (24.11)
5 Dyck, Brandon 5Y Florida Southern 46.70 46.52 14
r:+0.59 22.12 46.52 (24.40)
6 Bauch, Alexander FR Queens (NC) 46.78 46.62 13
r:+0.70 22.33 46.62 (24.29)
7 Aizenberg, Daniel JR Florida Tech 46.64 46.77 12
r:+0.66 22.44 46.77 (24.33)
8 Stollings, Tim JR Findlay 46.97 46.86 11
r:+0.78 22.41 46.86 (24.45)
Men’s 100 Breaststroke
In a battle between youth and experience, Florida Southern’s Ludo Viberti came from behind to beat Indy fifth-year swimmer Jan Zuchowicz in the 100 breast. Viberti finished in 52.35, just ahead of Zuchowicz in 52.41. Not far away was another freshman, Oklahoma Christian’s JT Amrein in 52.63.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA DII: N 51.63 3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
Meet: M 51.63 3/13/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Viberti, Ludo FR Florida Southern 52.80 52.35 20
r:+0.67 24.52 52.35 (27.83)
2 Zuchowicz, Jan 5Y Indy 52.68 52.41 17
r:+0.69 24.43 52.41 (27.98)
3 Amrein, JT FR OCU 53.04 52.63 16
r:+0.65 24.63 52.63 (28.00)
4 Selvaraj Prema, Likit JR Indy 52.84 52.79 15
r:+0.61 24.77 52.79 (28.02)
5 Zampese, Matteo SO Florida Southern 53.03 53.00 14
r:+0.59 24.47 53.00 (28.53)
6 Garcia Ruiz, Juan Dan SO Findlay 53.45 53.20 13
r:+0.66 25.10 53.20 (28.10)
7 Mourao, Davi FR Drury 53.43 53.23 12
r:+0.67 25.08 53.23 (28.15)
8 Nowodworski, Dawid SR Drury 53.41 53.89 11
r:+0.69 24.54 53.89 (29.35)
Men’s 200 Butterfly
Queens’ Alex Kunert has never lost a 200 butterfly at the NCAA Division II Championships, with previous wins in 2019 and 2021 (while the 2020 meet was cancelled). Here, Kunert led wire-to-wire, and he won by more than a second in 1:42.44. He was a little over a second off his Division II record of 1:41.19 from 2019. McKendree’s Jack Lustig took second in 1:43.66, while Delta State’s Federico Bracco finished third in 1:44.18.
Event 28 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 1:41.19 3/15/2019 Alex Kunert, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 1:41.19 3/15/2019 Alex Kunert, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Kunert, Alex SR Queens (NC) 1:43.32 1:42.44 20
r:+0.65 22.65 48.67 (26.02)
1:15.19 (26.52) 1:42.44 (27.25)
2 Lustig, Jack FR McKendree 1:44.79 1:43.66 17
r:+0.68 23.23 49.34 (26.11)
1:16.04 (26.70) 1:43.66 (27.62)
3 Bracco, Federico SR Delta State 1:45.06 1:44.18 16
r:+0.67 22.92 49.40 (26.48)
1:16.69 (27.29) 1:44.18 (27.49)
4 Plasil, Yannick SO Queens (NC) 1:44.59 1:44.21 15
r:+0.63 23.05 49.17 (26.12)
1:16.20 (27.03) 1:44.21 (28.01)
5 Rodriguez, Andrew SR Drury 1:45.26 1:44.91 14
r:+0.70 23.49 50.27 (26.78)
1:17.72 (27.45) 1:44.91 (27.19)
6 Gagne, Collyn SR Simon Fraser 1:46.30 1:44.99 13
r:+0.67 23.62 50.17 (26.55)
1:17.27 (27.10) 1:44.99 (27.72)
7 Karacic, Dominik JR Drury 1:45.00 1:47.50 12
r:+0.70 22.98 49.74 (26.76)
1:17.69 (27.95) 1:47.50 (29.81)
8 Brown, James SR Drury 1:46.17 1:49.56 11
r:+0.67 23.39 50.38 (26.99)
1:18.86 (28.48) 1:49.56 (30.70)
Men’s 3-Meter Diving
Colorado Mesa went 1-3 in 3-meter diving as Isaiah Cheeks scored 537.75 to finish first, beating out Indy freshman Julio Osuna Kelly (526.15). Noah Luna, also from Colorado Mesa, was third (507.55).
Event 29 Men 3 mtr Diving
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NCAA DII: N 624.80 3/17/2018 Ammar Hassan, Colorado Mesa
Meet: M 624.80 3/17/2018 Ammar Hassan, Colorado Mesa
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Cheeks, Isaiah JR Colorado Mesa 504.25 537.75 20
2 Osuna Kelly, Julio FR Indy 515.05 526.15 17
3 Luna, Noah SR Colorado Mesa 495.75 507.55 16
4 Hammond, Cade JR Indy 486.30 506.40 15
5 Earl, Charles JR Drury 497.25 492.35 14
6 Lenzo, Jason JR Indy 455.40 467.75 13
7 Schering, Zachary FR Clarion 458.90 466.20 12
8 Belliston, Tanner SR Colorado Mesa 475.45 454.10 11
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay
The Queens men won a relay for the third time this week as Skyler Cook-Weeks, Balasz Berecz, Luke Erwee and Alex Kunert finished almost four seconds ahead of the field. McKendree had the early lead and remained ahead by almost seven tenths at the final exchange, but Kunert anchored Queens in 1:34.14, by far the fastest split of the night, to completely take over the race.
McKendree’s Xander Skinner, Alireza Yavari, Leo Gandaria-Hernandez and Souza Arthur placed second in 6:28.82, and Colorado Mesa ended up third in 6:29.29 with a team of Matheus Laperriere, Kuba Kiszczak, Dejan Urbanek and Ben Sampson.
Event 31 Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA DII: N 6:18.46 3/10/2017 Queens (NC)
Dreesens, Pijulet, Kusch, Arakelian
Meet: M 6:18.46 3/10/2017 Queens (NC)
Dreesens, Pijulet, Kusch, Arakelian
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Queens (NC) 6:26.87 6:24.97 40
1) Cook-Weeks, Skyler SR 2) r:0.32 Berecz, Balazs JR
3) r:0.32 Erwee, Luke SR 4) r:0.57 Kunert, Alex SR
r:+0.60 22.17 46.57 (46.57)
1:11.37 (1:11.37) 1:36.72 (1:36.72)
1:57.67 (20.95) 2:21.59 (44.87)
2:46.71 (1:09.99) 3:12.96 (1:36.24)
3:35.01 (22.05) 3:59.69 (46.73)
4:25.05 (1:12.09) 4:50.83 (1:37.87)
5:12.23 (21.40) 5:36.14 (45.31)
6:00.82 (1:09.99) 6:24.97 (1:34.14)
2 McKendree 6:30.66 6:28.82 34
1) Skinner, Xander 5Y 2) r:0.03 Yavari, Alireza SO
3) r:0.25 Gandaria Hernan Leo FR 4) r:0.16 Arthur, Souza FR
r:+0.67 22.43 47.12 (47.12)
1:11.74 (1:11.74) 1:36.23 (1:36.23)
1:57.99 (21.76) 2:22.33 (46.10)
2:47.18 (1:10.95) 3:12.01 (1:35.78)
3:34.07 (22.06) 3:58.75 (46.74)
4:23.95 (1:11.94) 4:50.18 (1:38.17)
5:13.05 (22.87) 5:38.25 (48.07)
6:04.13 (1:13.95) 6:28.82 (1:38.64)
3 Colorado Mesa 6:29.87 6:29.29 32
1) Laperriere, Matheus JR 2) r:0.49 Kiszczak, Kuba FR
3) r:0.28 Urbanek, Dejan FR 4) r:0.33 Sampson, Ben SO
r:+0.67 22.80 47.53 (47.53)
1:12.09 (1:12.09) 1:37.06 (1:37.06)
2:23.27 (46.21)
2:48.29 (1:11.23) 3:13.45 (1:36.39)
3:35.26 (21.81) 3:59.92 (46.47)
4:25.67 (1:12.22) 4:51.77 (1:38.32)
5:13.83 (22.06) 5:38.65 (46.88)
6:04.15 (1:12.38) 6:29.29 (1:37.52)
4 Grand Valley 6:30.12 6:29.99 30
1) Bosch, Matthew FR 2) r:0.22 Miret Sala, Roger JR
3) r:0.21 Hieber, Eric SO 4) r:0.20 Hawkins, Keegan SR
r:+0.74 22.36 47.15 (47.15)
1:11.85 (1:11.85) 1:36.44 (1:36.44)
1:58.52 (22.08) 2:23.16 (46.72)
2:48.47 (1:12.03) 3:14.11 (1:37.67)
3:36.14 (22.03) 4:00.81 (46.70)
4:26.51 (1:12.40) 4:51.96 (1:37.85)
5:13.67 (21.71) 5:38.47 (46.51)
6:04.12 (1:12.16) 6:29.99 (1:38.03)
5 Lindenwood 6:35.14 6:30.04 28
1) Mateos-Mongelos, Matheo SO 2) r:0.33 Linder, Zach SR
3) r:0.29 Krastev, Radostin FR 4) r:0.28 Jaworski, Vincent SO
r:+0.67 22.82 47.66 (47.66)
1:12.74 (1:12.74) 1:37.97 (1:37.97)
1:59.12 (21.15) 2:23.39 (45.42)
2:48.41 (1:10.44) 3:14.38 (1:36.41)
3:36.56 (22.18) 4:01.32 (46.94)
4:26.51 (1:12.13) 4:52.03 (1:37.65)
5:14.05 (22.02) 5:38.23 (46.20)
6:03.60 (1:11.57) 6:30.04 (1:38.01)
6 Simon Fraser 6:36.33 6:31.47 26
1) Fuller, Mathew SR 2) r:0.26 Gagne, Collyn SR
3) r:0.36 Fath, Leo JR 4) r:0.03 Zhang, Jimmy JR
r:+0.68 22.49 46.83 (46.83)
1:11.67 (1:11.67) 1:36.60 (1:36.60)
1:58.87 (22.27) 2:22.98 (46.38)
2:47.94 (1:11.34) 3:12.81 (1:36.21)
3:34.69 (21.88) 3:59.20 (46.39)
4:24.64 (1:11.83) 4:51.12 (1:38.31)
5:13.17 (22.05) 5:38.12 (47.00)
6:04.56 (1:13.44) 6:31.47 (1:40.35)
7 Drury 6:32.65 6:32.35 24
1) Ostrowski, Karol SO 2) r:0.27 Vandergraaf, Ean SR
3) r:0.19 Wahby, Ahmed 5Y 4) r:0.18 Karacic, Dominik JR
r:+0.72 22.13 47.03 (47.03)
1:12.37 (1:12.37) 1:37.98 (1:37.98)
2:00.15 (22.17) 2:24.74 (46.76)
2:49.95 (1:11.97) 3:15.34 (1:37.36)
3:37.33 (21.99) 4:02.85 (47.51)
4:29.35 (1:14.01) 4:56.04 (1:40.70)
5:17.07 (21.03) 5:41.63 (45.59)
6:06.90 (1:10.86) 6:32.35 (1:36.31)
8 Wingate 6:33.66 6:32.60 22
1) Snitko, Marcel JR 2) r:0.04 Ohnov, Slava SR
3) r:0.18 Puhalovic, Bozo SO 4) r:0.25 Marcos, Miguel FR
r:+0.71 22.66 47.49 (47.49)
1:12.70 (1:12.70) 1:37.63 (1:37.63)
1:59.23 (21.60) 2:23.68 (46.05)
2:48.83 (1:11.20) 3:14.22 (1:36.59)
3:36.21 (21.99) 4:01.74 (47.52)
4:28.02 (1:13.80) 4:54.31 (1:40.09)
5:17.00 (22.69) 5:41.83 (47.52)
6:07.10 (1:12.79) 6:32.60 (1:38.29)
