NCAA Division II Championships: Ann Carozza Smashes 200 Fly National Record; Queens Women Building Lead
At the NCAA Division II Championships in Greensboro, the Queens women have build a lead of greater than 90 points over top rival Drury in the quest for a seventh straight national title. During the third night of racing, Queens saw Danielle Melilli earn a national title in the 100 breaststroke while the team also notched a 2-3 finish in the 500 free before ending the night with a win in the 800 freestyle relay.
The 500 free was actually one of the top races of the day as Wingate’s Kate Agger used a phenomenal come-from-behind surge to claim the win, while the top women’s performance came from West Chester’s Ann Carozza, who took down the DII national record in the 200 butterfly.
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Women’s Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 30 1. Queens (Nc) 405.5 2. Indy 312 3. Nova S'Eastern 298.5 4. Drury 261.5 5. Colorado Mesa 168 6. West Chester 164 7. Lindenwood 149 8. Simon Fraser 133 9. Carson-Newman 114 10. Tampa 111 11. Wingate 96 12. West Florida 83 13. Nmu 82 14. Lynn 80 15. Delta State 75 16. Wayne State 57 17. Msu Mankato 54 18. Iup 50 19. Saint Leo 37 20. McKendree 32 21. Florida Tech 30 22. St Cloud St 22 23. Azusa Pacific 18 24. Florida Southern 17 25. Rollins 16.5 26. Grand Valley 15 26. Augustana 15 28. Umsl 14 29. Mines 5 29. Henderson St. 5 29. Saginaw Valley State Univ 5 32. Clarion University 4 33. Umary 3 34. Gannon 1 34. Sioux Falls 1
Women’s 500 Freestyle
Queens sophomore Sophie Lange took over the lead from Wingate senior Kate Agger just after the 300-yard mark of the 500 free final, and Lange extended the lead to more than six tenths with 50 yards to go. But Agger had another gear left, and she dropped from 29.54 to 27.59 on the final 50, out-splitting Lange by a large margin. That allowed Agger to get to the wall in 4:48.02, two hundredths ahead of Lange in 4:48.10.Another Queens swimmer, Monica Gumina, finished well back in third in 4:51.07.
Event 21 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 4:39.28 3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 4:39.28 3/11/2016 Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Agger, Kate SR Wingate 4:51.51 4:48.02 20
r:+0.74 26.21 54.62 (28.41)
1:23.58 (28.96) 1:52.77 (29.19)
2:22.05 (29.28) 2:51.62 (29.57)
3:21.20 (29.58) 3:50.89 (29.69)
4:20.43 (29.54) 4:48.02 (27.59)
2 Lange, Sophie SO Queens (NC) 4:51.72 4:48.10 17
r:+0.62 26.36 54.79 (28.43)
1:23.91 (29.12) 1:52.96 (29.05)
2:22.31 (29.35) 2:51.65 (29.34)
3:20.83 (29.18) 3:50.42 (29.59)
4:19.80 (29.38) 4:48.10 (28.30)
3 Gumina, Monica JR Queens (NC) 4:52.06 4:51.07 16
r:+0.75 25.45 53.72 (28.27)
1:22.31 (28.59) 1:51.60 (29.29)
2:20.97 (29.37) 2:50.54 (29.57)
3:20.56 (30.02) 3:51.03 (30.47)
4:21.47 (30.44) 4:51.07 (29.60)
4 Amorim, Marina JR Drury 4:53.90 4:52.83 15
r:+0.81 27.19 56.16 (28.97)
1:25.56 (29.40) 1:55.20 (29.64)
2:24.74 (29.54) 2:54.50 (29.76)
3:24.03 (29.53) 3:53.68 (29.65)
4:23.54 (29.86) 4:52.83 (29.29)
5 Fox, Jordan JR Wayne State 4:55.35 4:53.70 14
r:+0.81 26.50 55.68 (29.18)
1:25.17 (29.49) 1:55.36 (30.19)
2:25.48 (30.12) 2:55.57 (30.09)
3:25.47 (29.90) 3:55.17 (29.70)
4:24.92 (29.75) 4:53.70 (28.78)
6 Weber, Allison SR Drury 4:54.31 4:55.12 13
r:+0.69 26.94 55.81 (28.87)
1:25.38 (29.57) 1:55.13 (29.75)
2:25.01 (29.88) 2:55.04 (30.03)
3:25.34 (30.30) 3:55.68 (30.34)
4:26.00 (30.32) 4:55.12 (29.12)
7 Goldthorpe, Megan SR Tampa 4:55.10 4:56.03 12
r:+0.43 27.28 56.56 (29.28)
1:26.05 (29.49) 1:55.86 (29.81)
2:25.95 (30.09) 2:55.97 (30.02)
3:26.26 (30.29) 3:56.37 (30.11)
4:26.46 (30.09) 4:56.03 (29.57)
8 Matoskova, Katerina SO Colorado Mesa 4:55.15 4:56.18 11
r:+0.87 26.84 55.88 (29.04)
1:25.60 (29.72) 1:55.53 (29.93)
2:25.81 (30.28) 2:56.04 (30.23)
3:26.39 (30.35) 3:56.90 (30.51)
4:27.10 (30.20) 4:56.18 (29.08)
Women’s 100 Backstroke
Nova Southeastern’s Cassie Wright was in a tight battle with teammate Celina Marquez and Drury’s Laura Pareja at the halfway point of the 100 back final, but Wright was not to be denied coming home. Wright finished in 52.48 to capture the NCAA title, while Marquez and Pareja both finished in 53.05 to tie for second place.
Event 23 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA DII: N 52.07 3/14/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 52.07 3/14/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Wright, Cassie 5Y Nova S'eastern 53.11 52.48 20
r:+0.75 25.74 52.48 (26.74)
2 Pareja, Laura SR Drury 53.38 53.05 16.5
r:+0.66 25.61 53.05 (27.44)
2 Marquez, Celina SR Nova S'eastern 53.18 53.05 16.5
r:+0.63 25.85 53.05 (27.20)
4 White, Lauren JR Colorado Mesa 54.06 53.90 15
r:+0.77 26.18 53.90 (27.72)
5 McCoy, Katie SR Indy 54.01 54.15 14
r:+0.64 26.56 54.15 (27.59)
6 Maznytska, Vladyslava 5Y Queens (NC) 54.57 54.74 13
r:+0.72 26.06 54.74 (28.68)
7 Marks, Stephanie SO Lindenwood 55.12 54.92 12
r:+0.74 26.48 54.92 (28.44)
8 Daka, Anett SO Saint Leo 55.16 55.67 11
r:+0.71 26.64 55.67 (29.03)
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
Queens captured its first event victory of the night as Danielle Melilli held off a furious final surge from Indy’s Marizel Van Jaarsveld to win the 100 breast by two tenths. Melilli touched in 1:00.11, just ahead of Van Jaarsveld’s 1:00.32. That brought Queens’ lead in the team competition to 70 points after it was just 30 at the beginning of the night. Third went to Nova Southeastern’s Savanna Best in 1:00.96.
Event 25 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA DII: N 59.51 3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
Meet: M 59.51 3/10/2017 Theresa Michalak, West Florida
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Melilli, Danielle JR Queens (NC) 1:00.94 1:00.11 20
r:+0.70 27.97 1:00.11 (32.14)
2 Van Jaarsveld, Marize 5Y Indy 1:01.33 1:00.32 17
r:+0.63 28.41 1:00.32 (31.91)
3 Best, Savanna SR Nova S'eastern 1:01.51 1:00.96 16
r:+0.73 28.53 1:00.96 (32.43)
4 Morgan, Kailee JR Carson-Newman 1:01.86 1:01.14 15
r:+0.76 29.13 1:01.14 (32.01)
5 Mikesell, Claire 5Y IUP 1:01.54 1:01.30 14
r:+0.61 28.65 1:01.30 (32.65)
6 Roth, Isabelle FR Simon Fraser 1:01.87 1:01.74 13
r:+0.75 29.16 1:01.74 (32.58)
7 Konstapel, Zara JR UMSL 1:02.06 1:01.91 12
r:+0.73 28.80 1:01.91 (33.11)
8 Borgenheimer, Lily SR Colorado Mesa 1:01.95 1:02.18 11
r:+0.72 29.28 1:02.18 (32.90)
Women’s 200 Butterfly
One day after West Chester’s Ann Carozza broke the 100 fly national record in prelims but finished second with a slower performance in the final, Carozza saved her best performance for the big moment. She finished just two tenths off the national record in prelims, and in the final, she was well behind Lynn’s Luca Mertins in the early portion of the race, only to catch her rival at the halfway point and then pull away. Carozza finished in 1:55.98, crushing the NCAA Division II record of 1:56.89 set by Queens’ Mckenzie Stevens in 2018.
Mertins took second in 1:57.79, while Drury’s Rafaela Raurich took third in 1:58.98.
Event 27 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA DII: N 1:56.89 3/16/2018 Mckenzie Stevens, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 1:56.89 3/16/2018 McKenzie Stevens, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Carozza, Ann SR West Chester 1:57.07 1:55.98N 20
r:+0.78 26.40 55.24 (28.84)
1:25.14 (29.90) 1:55.98 (30.84)
2 Mertins, Luna SO Lynn 1:57.91 1:57.79 17
r:+0.72 25.69 55.26 (29.57)
1:25.76 (30.50) 1:57.79 (32.03)
3 Raurich, Rafaela FR Drury 1:59.66 1:58.98 16
r:+0.70 26.61 56.46 (29.85)
1:27.00 (30.54) 1:58.98 (31.98)
4 Turner, Celeste SR Delta State 2:00.78 1:59.26 15
r:+0.64 26.39 56.54 (30.15)
1:27.60 (31.06) 1:59.26 (31.66)
5 Maslova, Aleksandra SR Nova S'eastern 1:58.59 1:59.45 14
r:+0.73 25.37 55.15 (29.78)
1:26.60 (31.45) 1:59.45 (32.85)
6 Jensen, Cecilie 5Y Carson-Newman 2:00.83 1:59.93 13
r:+0.73 27.37 57.71 (30.34)
1:28.32 (30.61) 1:59.93 (31.61)
7 Mikesell, Paige SR IUP 1:59.27 2:00.61 12
r:+0.70 26.66 57.22 (30.56)
1:28.80 (31.58) 2:00.61 (31.81)
8 Sherwood, Courtney SR Tampa 1:59.44 2:01.59 11
r:+0.69 26.82 57.58 (30.76)
1:29.34 (31.76) 2:01.59 (32.25)
Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay
Queens built its lead to 93.5 points after its win in the 800 free relay, the first relay win of the meet for the six-time defending national champs. The Royals team of Monica Gumina, Tova Andersson, Giulia Grasso and Caroline Lawrence took the win in 7:18.68, about 2.3 seconds off their season-best time, but it was plenty to hold off second-place West Chester by a second-and-a-half.
West Chester’s Ann Carozza, Mckenzie Hemingway, Mikayla Niness and Keeley Durkin placed second in 7:20.07, and Colorado Mesa’s foursome of Kelsea Wright, Lauren White, Lily Borgenheimer and Katarina Matoskova finished third in 7:21.12.
Event 30 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA DII: N 7:12.96 2/10/2016 Queens (NC)
Castro Ortega, Arakelian, Lorda, Stevens
Meet: M 7:14.69 3/13/2015 Queens (NC)
Castro Ortega, Gordy, Stevens, Arakelian
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Queens (NC) 7:16.31 7:18.68 40
1) Gumina, Monica JR 2) r:0.52 Andersson, Tova FR
3) r:0.38 Grasso, Giulia JR 4) r:0.47 Lawrence, Caroline FR
r:+0.73 24.27 51.59 (51.59)
1:19.51 (1:19.51) 1:48.07 (1:48.07)
2:12.30 (24.23) 2:39.61 (51.54)
3:08.50 (1:20.43) 3:38.05 (1:49.98)
4:30.91 (52.86)
4:59.39 (1:21.34) 5:27.89 (1:49.84)
5:53.06 (25.17) 6:20.71 (52.82)
6:49.60 (1:21.71) 7:18.68 (1:50.79)
2 West Chester 7:24.01 7:20.07 34
1) Carozza, Ann SR 2) r:0.20 Hemingway, Mckenzie SO
3) r:0.27 Niness, Mikayla SO 4) r:0.23 Durkin, Keeley SO
r:+0.79 25.72 53.16 (53.16)
1:20.77 (1:20.77) 1:48.58 (1:48.58)
2:14.23 (25.65) 2:42.56 (53.98)
3:11.29 (1:22.71) 3:40.18 (1:51.60)
4:05.39 (25.21) 4:33.66 (53.48)
5:02.57 (1:22.39) 5:31.28 (1:51.10)
5:56.04 (24.76) 6:23.48 (52.20)
6:51.66 (1:20.38) 7:20.07 (1:48.79)
3 Colorado Mesa 7:20.44 7:21.12 32
1) Wright, Kelsea SR 2) r:0.28 White, Lauren JR
3) r:0.40 Borgenheimer, Lily SR 4) r:0.78 Matoskova, Katerina SO
r:+0.70 25.39 52.64 (52.64)
1:20.82 (1:20.82) 1:49.74 (1:49.74)
2:14.51 (24.77) 2:42.36 (52.62)
3:10.98 (1:21.24) 3:39.16 (1:49.42)
4:04.74 (25.58) 4:32.77 (53.61)
5:01.45 (1:22.29) 5:30.64 (1:51.48)
5:55.96 (25.32) 6:23.64 (53.00)
6:52.43 (1:21.79) 7:21.12 (1:50.48)
4 Simon Fraser 7:29.09 7:22.35 30
1) Loewen, Kennedy SR 2) r:0.31 Meklensek, Tori FR
3) r:0.46 Sharkey, Kaleigh JR 4) r:0.45 Roth, Isabelle FR
r:+0.64 25.51 53.64 (53.64)
1:22.35 (1:22.35) 1:50.78 (1:50.78)
2:15.82 (25.04) 2:43.42 (52.64)
3:12.04 (1:21.26) 3:40.50 (1:49.72)
4:34.07 (53.57)
5:02.33 (1:21.83) 5:29.86 (1:49.36)
5:54.97 (25.11) 6:23.12 (53.26)
6:52.56 (1:22.70) 7:22.35 (1:52.49)
5 Lindenwood 7:25.40 7:23.44 28
1) Mensah, Joselle FR 2) r:0.27 Hellenschmidt, Jana JR
3) r:0.26 Kasse, Shelby JR 4) r:0.46 Maruszczyk, Beata SO
r:+0.77 25.09 52.88 (52.88)
1:21.90 (1:21.90) 1:51.29 (1:51.29)
2:16.96 (25.67) 2:45.15 (53.86)
3:13.80 (1:22.51) 3:42.12 (1:50.83)
4:07.77 (25.65) 4:35.90 (53.78)
5:04.58 (1:22.46) 5:33.65 (1:51.53)
5:59.03 (25.38) 6:26.71 (53.06)
6:55.07 (1:21.42) 7:23.44 (1:49.79)
6 Drury 7:23.40 7:23.49 26
1) Reinertsen, Karianne SR 2) r:0.49 Amorim, Marina JR
3) r:0.20 Raurich, Rafaela FR 4) r:0.14 Andrade, Fernanda FR
r:+0.77 25.90 53.90 (53.90)
1:22.57 (1:22.57) 1:51.98 (1:51.98)
2:17.58 (25.60) 2:45.30 (53.32)
3:14.15 (1:22.17) 3:43.18 (1:51.20)
4:08.58 (25.40) 4:36.17 (52.99)
5:04.77 (1:21.59) 5:33.45 (1:50.27)
5:58.70 (25.25) 6:26.05 (52.60)
6:54.17 (1:20.72) 7:23.49 (1:50.04)
7 Indy 7:25.15 7:24.31 24
1) Traustadottir, Binna SO 2) r:0.36 Van Jaarsveld, izel 5Y
3) r:0.26 McCoy, Katie SR 4) r:0.12 Caylor, Krystal 5Y
r:+0.75 26.20 54.38 (54.38)
1:23.34 (1:23.34) 1:52.19 (1:52.19)
2:17.50 (25.31) 2:45.78 (53.59)
3:15.32 (1:23.13) 3:43.74 (1:51.55)
4:09.70 (25.96) 4:37.84 (54.10)
5:06.68 (1:22.94) 5:35.83 (1:52.09)
6:00.41 (24.58) 6:28.12 (52.29)
6:56.07 (1:20.24) 7:24.31 (1:48.48)
8 NMU 7:27.08 7:26.37 22
1) Nelson, Michaela JR 2) r:0.39 Hannig, Donna FR
3) r:0.24 Joerger, Jenna JR 4) r:0.32 Perello Ferrer,ilar JR
r:+0.65 25.78 53.85 (53.85)
1:22.14 (1:22.14) 1:50.95 (1:50.95)
2:16.56 (25.61) 2:45.19 (54.24)
3:14.21 (1:23.26) 3:42.89 (1:51.94)
4:07.96 (25.07) 4:35.97 (53.08)
5:04.85 (1:21.96) 5:34.36 (1:51.47)
5:59.67 (25.31) 6:27.92 (53.56)
6:57.29 (1:22.93) 7:26.37 (1:52.01)
