NCAA Division II Champs (Men): That’s a 7-Up For Queens; Karol Ostrowski Shines For Drury
NCAA Division II Champs (Men): That’s a 7-Up For Queens
Unbeatable at the NCAA Division II Men’s Championships over the past six seasons, Queens University made it Seven-Up in Greensboro on Saturday night. The Royals went into the last night of the meet with a sizable lead and didn’t look back en route to beating Drury and Indy. Queens finished with 607.5 points, with Drury at 522 and Indy scoring 413.
Queens made sure its latest championship arrived with flair as it won the final event of the night, paced by the duo of Alex Kunert and Matej Dusa. Drury’s Karol Ostrowski had the biggest individual win of the night, as he rolled to the 100 freestyle crown
Team Scores 1. Queens (Nc) 607.5 2. Drury 522 3. Indy 413 4. McKendree 310 5. Florida Southern 225 6. Colorado Mesa 221 7. Lindenwood 216 8. Wingate 194.5 9. Findlay 161 10. Grand Valley 144 11. Oklahoma Christian 139 12. Nova S'Eastern 138 13. Delta State 105 14. Simon Fraser 103 15. Wayne State 93 16. Carson-Newman 85 17. Rollins 69 18. Nmu 65 19. Missouri S & T 59 20. St Cloud St 40 21. Henderson St. 31 22. Lewis 25 23. Florida Tech 18 24. Clarion University 16 25. Saint Leo 8 26. UT Permian Basin 7 27. Lenoir-Rhyne 5 28. Saginaw Valley State Univ 4 29. Southern Conn 3 30. Lynn 1 30. Emmanuel 1 30. Fresno Pacific 1
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1650 Freestyle
Northern Michigan’s Ondrej Zach had no trouble prevailing in the mile, as the junior covered the distance event in 15:09.55, which was good for a comfortable triumph over Wingate’s Miguel Marcos, who registered a time of 15:13.57. Queens totaled 11 points behind Aidan Henry and Luke Erwee, who finished 11th and 12th.
Event 33 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= NCAA DII: N 14:55.12 3/20/2021 Fabio Dalu, McKendree Meet: M 14:55.12 3/20/2021 Fabio Dalu, McKendree Name Year School Seed Finals Points ========================================================================= 1 Zach, Ondrej JR NMU 15:12.42 15:09.55 20 r:+0.71 25.77 53.49 (27.72) 1:21.23 (27.74) 1:49.04 (27.81) 2:16.91 (27.87) 2:44.69 (27.78) 3:12.42 (27.73) 3:40.11 (27.69) 4:07.79 (27.68) 4:35.57 (27.78) 5:03.28 (27.71) 5:31.00 (27.72) 5:58.76 (27.76) 6:26.46 (27.70) 6:54.22 (27.76) 7:21.92 (27.70) 7:49.58 (27.66) 8:17.21 (27.63) 8:44.97 (27.76) 9:12.68 (27.71) 9:40.36 (27.68) 10:07.95 (27.59) 10:35.68 (27.73) 11:03.33 (27.65) 11:30.97 (27.64) 11:58.58 (27.61) 12:26.18 (27.60) 12:53.79 (27.61) 13:21.32 (27.53) 13:48.87 (27.55) 14:16.47 (27.60) 14:43.82 (27.35) 15:09.55 (25.73) 2 Marcos, Miguel FR Wingate 15:21.52 15:13.57 17 r:+0.68 25.48 53.94 (28.46) 1:22.18 (28.24) 1:50.40 (28.22) 2:18.62 (28.22) 2:46.83 (28.21) 3:14.97 (28.14) 3:43.15 (28.18) 4:11.35 (28.20) 4:39.38 (28.03) 5:07.10 (27.72) 5:34.76 (27.66) 6:02.54 (27.78) 6:30.44 (27.90) 6:58.35 (27.91) 7:26.31 (27.96) 7:54.33 (28.02) 8:22.25 (27.92) 8:49.96 (27.71) 9:17.65 (27.69) 9:44.97 (27.32) 10:12.56 (27.59) 10:40.19 (27.63) 11:07.76 (27.57) 11:35.25 (27.49) 12:02.92 (27.67) 12:30.58 (27.66) 12:58.13 (27.55) 13:25.77 (27.64) 13:53.56 (27.79) 14:21.20 (27.64) 14:47.58 (26.38) 15:13.57 (25.99) 3 Buessing, Cedric FR Indy 15:19.03 15:13.86 16 r:+0.71 25.00 52.77 (27.77) 1:21.01 (28.24) 1:49.43 (28.42) 2:17.65 (28.22) 2:45.58 (27.93) 3:13.55 (27.97) 3:41.16 (27.61) 4:08.69 (27.53) 4:36.63 (27.94) 5:04.48 (27.85) 5:32.52 (28.04) 6:00.18 (27.66) 6:28.17 (27.99) 6:55.95 (27.78) 7:23.77 (27.82) 7:51.72 (27.95) 8:19.52 (27.80) 8:47.49 (27.97) 9:15.36 (27.87) 9:43.11 (27.75) 10:10.78 (27.67) 10:38.85 (28.07) 11:06.94 (28.09) 11:34.92 (27.98) 12:02.80 (27.88) 12:30.65 (27.85) 12:58.66 (28.01) 13:26.28 (27.62) 13:53.96 (27.68) 14:21.57 (27.61) 14:48.97 (27.40) 15:13.86 (24.89) 4 Rosado, Victor FR OCU 15:25.58 15:17.95 15 r:+0.67 24.95 52.63 (27.68) 1:20.85 (28.22) 1:49.06 (28.21) 2:17.22 (28.16) 2:45.18 (27.96) 3:13.42 (28.24) 3:40.61 (27.19) 4:08.41 (27.80) 4:36.40 (27.99) 5:04.39 (27.99) 5:32.41 (28.02) 6:00.06 (27.65) 6:28.13 (28.07) 6:56.32 (28.19) 7:24.05 (27.73) 7:52.46 (28.41) 8:19.91 (27.45) 8:48.03 (28.12) 9:16.05 (28.02) 9:43.59 (27.54) 10:11.42 (27.83) 10:39.25 (27.83) 11:07.47 (28.22) 11:35.64 (28.17) 12:03.50 (27.86) 12:31.52 (28.02) 12:59.75 (28.23) 13:27.36 (27.61) 13:55.10 (27.74) 14:23.17 (28.07) 14:51.37 (28.20) 15:17.95 (26.58) 5 Hieber, Eric SO Grand Valley 15:26.31 15:20.12 14 r:+0.74 24.99 53.08 (28.09) 1:21.11 (28.03) 1:49.36 (28.25) 2:17.56 (28.20) 2:45.63 (28.07) 3:13.56 (27.93) 3:41.76 (28.20) 4:09.82 (28.06) 4:37.77 (27.95) 5:05.94 (28.17) 5:34.02 (28.08) 6:02.30 (28.28) 6:30.62 (28.32) 6:58.85 (28.23) 7:27.03 (28.18) 7:55.11 (28.08) 8:23.26 (28.15) 8:51.63 (28.37) 9:19.63 (28.00) 9:47.73 (28.10) 10:15.86 (28.13) 10:44.17 (28.31) 11:12.04 (27.87) 11:40.03 (27.99) 12:08.09 (28.06) 12:36.01 (27.92) 13:04.07 (28.06) 13:31.86 (27.79) 13:59.54 (27.68) 14:27.15 (27.61) 14:54.95 (27.80) 15:20.12 (25.17) 6 Alessandrini, Luca FR Nova S'eastern 15:18.07 15:20.55 13 r:+0.70 25.06 52.72 (27.66) 1:20.62 (27.90) 1:48.92 (28.30) 2:17.19 (28.27) 2:45.16 (27.97) 3:13.02 (27.86) 3:40.95 (27.93) 4:08.69 (27.74) 4:36.42 (27.73) 5:04.24 (27.82) 5:32.19 (27.95) 6:00.21 (28.02) 6:28.27 (28.06) 6:56.54 (28.27) 7:24.60 (28.06) 7:52.80 (28.20) 8:20.90 (28.10) 8:49.03 (28.13) 9:17.31 (28.28) 9:45.54 (28.23) 10:13.56 (28.02) 10:41.89 (28.33) 11:10.32 (28.43) 11:38.58 (28.26) 12:07.09 (28.51) 12:35.29 (28.20) 13:03.66 (28.37) 13:32.09 (28.43) 14:00.54 (28.45) 14:28.62 (28.08) 14:56.07 (27.45) 15:20.55 (24.48) 7 Kantzenbach, Jon FR Grand Valley 15:18.82 15:26.04 12 r:+0.74 24.96 52.94 (27.98) 1:20.92 (27.98) 1:49.04 (28.12) 2:16.98 (27.94) 2:44.97 (27.99) 3:13.04 (28.07) 3:41.07 (28.03) 4:09.05 (27.98) 4:37.33 (28.28) 5:05.47 (28.14) 5:33.56 (28.09) 6:01.72 (28.16) 6:29.95 (28.23) 6:58.05 (28.10) 7:26.34 (28.29) 7:54.57 (28.23) 8:22.65 (28.08) 8:51.10 (28.45) 9:19.51 (28.41) 9:47.77 (28.26) 10:16.02 (28.25) 10:44.28 (28.26) 11:12.64 (28.36) 11:40.78 (28.14) 12:09.02 (28.24) 12:37.33 (28.31) 13:05.72 (28.39) 13:34.11 (28.39) 14:02.40 (28.29) 14:30.53 (28.13) 14:58.92 (28.39) 15:26.04 (27.12) 8 Moak, Gavin JR Drury 15:35.13 15:31.24 11 r:+0.70 25.35 53.08 (27.73) 1:20.74 (27.66) 1:48.95 (28.21) 2:16.94 (27.99) 2:44.90 (27.96) 3:13.11 (28.21) 3:41.15 (28.04) 4:09.02 (27.87) 4:37.05 (28.03) 5:05.00 (27.95) 5:33.27 (28.27) 6:01.06 (27.79) 6:29.42 (28.36) 6:57.71 (28.29) 7:26.10 (28.39) 7:54.33 (28.23) 8:23.27 (28.94) 8:51.74 (28.47) 9:20.02 (28.28) 9:48.72 (28.70) 10:17.40 (28.68) 10:46.39 (28.99) 11:15.08 (28.69) 11:43.31 (28.23) 12:11.96 (28.65) 12:40.81 (28.85) 13:09.23 (28.42) 13:37.95 (28.72) 14:07.00 (29.05) 14:36.11 (29.11) 15:05.06 (28.95) 15:31.24 (26.18)
100 Freestyle
Drury’s Karol Ostrowski couldn’t match his Division II record, but the sophomore flashed plenty of speed to easily beat the field. Ostrowski stopped the clock in 41.91, the only sub-42 outing, to turn back challenges by Queens’ Matej Dusa (42.23) and Alex Kunert (42.65). Ostrowski holds the record for the division at 41.21, which was set at last year’s meet.
Dusa had a lead at the midway point of the race, turning in 19.87 to the 20.01 of Ostrowski, but the Drury star had too much over the back half.
Event 35 Men 100 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= NCAA DII: N 41.25 3/20/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury Meet: M 41.25 3/20/2021 Karol Ostrowski, Drury Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === Championship Final === 1 Ostrowski, Karol SO Drury 42.87 41.91 20 r:+0.67 20.01 41.91 (21.90) 2 Dusa, Matej SO Queens (NC) 43.07 42.23 17 r:+0.62 19.87 42.23 (22.36) 3 Kunert, Alex SR Queens (NC) 42.86 42.65 16 r:+0.63 20.53 42.65 (22.12) 4 Lichinsky, Gregg SR McKendree 42.71 42.85 15 r:+0.62 20.19 42.85 (22.66) 5 Linder, Zach SR Lindenwood 43.50 43.34 14 r:+0.62 20.63 43.34 (22.71) 6 Skinner, Xander 5Y McKendree 43.48 43.79 13 r:+0.65 20.92 43.79 (22.87) 7 Ohnov, Slava SR Wingate 43.46 43.81 12 r:+0.60 20.83 43.81 (22.98) 8 Cook-Weeks, Skyler SR Queens (NC) 43.43 43.84 11 r:+0.59 20.86 43.84 (22.98)
200 Backstroke
Drury might be too far back of Queens in the team race, but its swimmers came to win championships on Night Four. Following Ostrowski’s decision in the 100 freestyle, Mikita Tsmyh eked out a victory in the 200 backstroke. Using a final 50-yard split of 26.11, Tsmyh was able to track down Colorado Mesa’s Ben Sampson and win 1:41.36 to 1:41.53. Sampson had the lead at the 50-, 100- and 150-yard points.
Event 37 Men 200 Yard Backstroke ========================================================================= NCAA DII: N 1:40.74 3/15/2014 Matthew Josa, Queens (NC) Meet: M 1:40.74 3/15/2014 Matthew Josa, Queens (NC) Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === Championship Final === 1 Tsmyh, Mikita SO Drury 1:41.85 1:41.36 20 r:+0.84 23.51 49.12 (25.61) 1:15.25 (26.13) 1:41.36 (26.11) 2 Sampson, Ben SO Colorado Mesa 1:42.37 1:41.53 17 r:+0.68 23.40 48.71 (25.31) 1:15.12 (26.41) 1:41.53 (26.41) 3 Bighetti, Nathan SR Drury 1:42.99 1:42.31 16 r:+0.72 23.97 49.90 (25.93) 1:16.17 (26.27) 1:42.31 (26.14) 4 Bauch, Alexander FR Queens (NC) 1:43.38 1:43.48 15 r:+0.73 23.80 49.79 (25.99) 1:16.18 (26.39) 1:43.48 (27.30) 5 Hendriks, Raf SO St Cloud St 1:43.38 1:44.56 14 r:+0.77 24.61 50.83 (26.22) 1:17.56 (26.73) 1:44.56 (27.00) 6 Gagne, Collyn SR Simon Fraser 1:45.28 1:44.90 13 r:+0.75 24.73 51.05 (26.32) 1:17.86 (26.81) 1:44.90 (27.04) 7 Dyck, Brandon 5Y Florida Southern 1:45.32 1:45.33 12 r:+0.77 23.82 50.18 (26.36) 1:17.48 (27.30) 1:45.33 (27.85) 8 Marz, Andreas SO Queens (NC) 1:44.34 1:45.43 11 r:+0.70 24.42 51.29 (26.87) 1:18.99 (27.70) 1:45.43 (26.44)
200 Breaststroke
The freshmen came to battle in the last individual event of the meet, as first-year competitors occupied the top-three positions. At the wall, it was Oklahoma Christian’s J.T. Amrein who prevailed, as he managed a time of 1:55.47. That swim was good for a .02 win over Ludo Viberti of Florida Southern. Taking third place was Drury’s Davi Mourao, as he delivered a mark of 1:55.54 to the blanket finish.
Event 39 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke ========================================================================= NCAA DII: N 1:51.71 3/14/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern Meet: M 1:51.71 3/14/2015 Anton Lobanov, Nova S'eastern Name Year School Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === Championship Final === 1 Amrein, JT FR OCU 1:55.64 1:55.47 20 r:+0.65 25.79 54.79 (29.00) 1:24.57 (29.78) 1:55.47 (30.90) 2 Viberti, Ludo FR Florida Southern 1:55.55 1:55.49 17 r:+0.66 25.56 54.85 (29.29) 1:24.82 (29.97) 1:55.49 (30.67) 3 Mourao, Davi FR Drury 1:55.74 1:55.54 16 r:+0.68 25.65 55.09 (29.44) 1:25.24 (30.15) 1:55.54 (30.30) 4 Brown, Gerald SR Lindenwood 1:57.14 1:56.79 15 r:+0.67 25.75 55.41 (29.66) 1:26.01 (30.60) 1:56.79 (30.78) 5 Pinheiro, Filipe SO McKendree 1:57.89 1:57.03 14 r:+0.62 26.10 55.63 (29.53) 1:25.86 (30.23) 1:57.03 (31.17) 6 Camera, Roberto JR NMU 1:57.93 1:57.41 13 r:+0.69 26.02 56.12 (30.10) 1:26.92 (30.80) 1:57.41 (30.49) 7 Delkeskamp, Jan SR Queens (NC) 1:57.99 1:57.77 12 r:+0.69 26.29 56.26 (29.97) 1:26.85 (30.59) 1:57.77 (30.92) 8 Selvaraj Prema, Likit JR Indy 1:57.54 1:58.57 11 r:+0.62 25.79 55.54 (29.75) 1:26.13 (30.59) 1:58.57 (32.44)
400 Freestyle Relay
Queens delivered an emphatic victory in the final event to put the finishing touches on its seventh straight team crown. The power duo of Alex Kunert (42.87) and Matej Dusa (41.81) handed the Royals a commanding lead during the first two legs and Skyler Cook-Weeks and Finn Howard closed out the triumph, with the squad recording a time of 2:51.55. Drury touched second in 2:53.53.
Event 42 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay ================================================================================== NCAA DII: N 2:49.98 3/16/2019 Queens (NC) M Kusch, A Kunert, A Mosic, B Heck Meet: M 2:49.98 3/16/2019 Queens (NC) Kusch, Dreesens, Mayes, Arakelian School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================== 1 Queens (NC) 2:53.21 2:51.55 40 1) Kunert, Alex SR 2) r:0.27 Dusa, Matej SO 3) r:0.26 Cook-Weeks, Skyler SR 4) r:0.36 Howard, Finn JR r:+0.64 20.52 42.87 (42.87) 1:02.52 (19.65) 1:24.68 (41.81) 1:44.67 (19.99) 2:07.60 (42.92) 2:28.11 (20.51) 2:51.55 (43.95) 2 Drury 2:54.36 2:53.53 34 1) Bowen, Alex SR 2) r:0.12 Glass, Kham SR 3) r:0.19 Bighetti, Nathan SR 4) r:0.44 Ostrowski, Karol SO r:+0.60 20.63 43.54 (43.54) 1:04.12 (20.58) 1:27.64 (44.10) 1:48.34 (20.70) 2:11.07 (43.43) 2:31.50 (20.43) 2:53.53 (42.46) 3 McKendree 2:53.59 2:54.03 32 1) Lichinsky, Gregg SR 2) r:0.10 Yavari, Alireza SO 3) r:0.31 Perez, Emilio FR 4) r:0.21 Skinner, Xander 5Y r:+0.62 20.49 43.39 (43.39) 1:04.09 (20.70) 1:27.32 (43.93) 1:48.10 (20.78) 2:11.14 (43.82) 2:31.56 (20.42) 2:54.03 (42.89) 4 Indy 2:55.34 2:54.94 30 1) Thompson, Jeron JR 2) r:0.06 Mas, Diego JR 3) Silva, Joao JR 4) r:0.24 Antonon Rodriguctor 5Y r:+0.56 20.72 44.14 (44.14) 1:04.18 (20.04) 1:27.35 (43.21) 1:47.36 (20.01) 2:11.16 (43.81) 2:31.84 (20.68) 2:54.94 (43.78) 5 Florida Southern 2:55.16 2:55.01 28 1) Zampese, Matteo SO 2) r:0.24 Dyck, Brandon 5Y 3) r:0.36 Oliveira, Elder JR 4) r:0.18 Micallef, Kyle SO r:+0.60 20.46 43.26 (43.26) 1:03.95 (20.69) 1:27.56 (44.30) 1:48.88 (21.32) 2:12.15 (44.59) 2:32.22 (20.07) 2:55.01 (42.86) 6 Lindenwood 2:55.50 2:56.67 26 1) Linder, Zach SR 2) r:0.34 Winiatowski, Patryk SO 3) r:0.29 Krastev, Radostin FR 4) r:0.17 Brown, Gerald SR r:+0.62 20.75 43.80 (43.80) 1:03.99 (20.19) 1:27.35 (43.55) 1:48.45 (21.10) 2:11.69 (44.34) 2:32.85 (21.16) 2:56.67 (44.98) 7 Carson-Newman 2:57.14 2:56.85 24 1) Bretas, Igor SR 2) r:0.16 Lenuza, Nicolas SO 3) r:0.21 Stelling, Hobson FR 4) r:0.20 George, Matthew SR r:+0.75 21.60 44.50 (44.50) 1:05.22 (20.72) 1:28.73 (44.23) 1:49.14 (20.41) 2:12.65 (43.92) 2:33.68 (21.03) 2:56.85 (44.20) 8 Wingate 2:57.47 2:56.93 22 1) Ohnov, Slava SR 2) r:0.09 Puhalovic, Bozo SO 3) r:0.21 Smyre, Alex FR 4) r:0.23 Snitko, Marcel JR r:+0.58 21.11 43.81 (43.81) 1:04.28 (20.47) 1:28.24 (44.43) 1:48.90 (20.66) 2:12.48 (44.24) 2:33.54 (21.06) 2:56.93 (44.45)