NCAA Division II Champs (Women): Danielle Melilli, Queens Finish Off Title Run
Queens University entered the last night of the NCAA Division II Championships in Greensboro with a nearly 100-point lead over Indianapolis and by the time it was over, the Royals had expanded that margin. Behind Danielle Melilli and the right complement of top-flight talent and depth, Queens cruised to the team championship.
Queens finished the four-day meet with 536.5 points, well clear of Indy, which ended with 423 points. Melilli not only won the 100 freestyle on the last day of competition, she helped Queens punctuate its title with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay.
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Team Scores 1. Queens (Nc) 536.5 2. Indy 423 3. Nova S'Eastern 368.5 4. Drury 342.5 5. Colorado Mesa 241 6. West Chester 231 7. Lindenwood 213 8. Simon Fraser 187 9. Tampa 150 10. Carson-Newman 148 11. Wingate 144 12. West Florida 125 13. Nmu 108 14. Lynn 97 15. Delta State 85 16. Wayne State 81 17. Iup 67 18. Msu Mankato 58 19. McKendree 56 20. Saint Leo 46 21. Grand Valley 45 22. Azusa Pacific 43 23. St Cloud St 37 24. Augustana 30 24. Florida Tech 30 26. Florida Southern 26 27. Rollins 16.5 28. Mines 16 28. Henderson St. 16 30. Umsl 14 31. Clarion University 11 32. Saginaw Valley State Univ 8 33. Umary 7 34. Csu East Bay 6 35. Oklahoma Christian 4 36. Sioux Falls 1 36. Gannon 1
1650 Freestyle
Queens’ pursuit of the team championship received an immediate boost when Sophie Lange cruised to a dominant victory in the 1650 freestyle. Lange checked in with a time of 16:32.44, which handed her a win by nearly eight seconds over Drury’s Allison Weber (16:40.08). Queens added two more scorers in the event and saw its edge in the team-title race soar to 123.5 points.
Event 32 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 16:17.66 3/15/2008 Kristen Frost, Southern Conn St
Meet: M 16:17.66 3/15/2008 Kristen Frost, Southern Conn St
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Lange, Sophie SO Queens (NC) 16:30.04 16:32.44 20
r:+0.64 26.76 55.96 (29.20)
1:25.63 (29.67) 1:56.07 (30.44)
2:26.23 (30.16) 2:56.68 (30.45)
3:27.16 (30.48) 3:57.62 (30.46)
4:28.02 (30.40) 4:58.56 (30.54)
5:28.91 (30.35) 5:59.12 (30.21)
6:29.57 (30.45) 7:00.04 (30.47)
7:30.13 (30.09) 8:00.42 (30.29)
8:30.71 (30.29) 9:00.93 (30.22)
9:31.23 (30.30) 10:01.47 (30.24)
10:31.67 (30.20) 11:01.91 (30.24)
11:31.95 (30.04) 12:01.91 (29.96)
12:31.91 (30.00) 13:02.21 (30.30)
13:32.49 (30.28) 14:02.72 (30.23)
14:32.87 (30.15) 15:03.04 (30.17)
15:33.31 (30.27) 16:03.36 (30.05) 16:32.44 (29.08)
2 Weber, Allison SR Drury 16:44.68 16:40.08 17
r:+0.69 27.27 56.85 (29.58)
1:27.19 (30.34) 1:57.68 (30.49)
2:28.38 (30.70) 2:58.64 (30.26)
3:29.33 (30.69) 3:59.86 (30.53)
4:30.17 (30.31) 5:00.55 (30.38)
5:30.85 (30.30) 6:01.21 (30.36)
6:31.65 (30.44) 7:01.89 (30.24)
7:32.09 (30.20) 8:02.43 (30.34)
8:32.82 (30.39) 9:02.87 (30.05)
9:33.12 (30.25) 10:03.55 (30.43)
10:33.90 (30.35) 11:04.47 (30.57)
11:34.86 (30.39) 12:05.50 (30.64)
12:36.14 (30.64) 13:06.84 (30.70)
13:37.58 (30.74) 14:08.33 (30.75)
14:39.02 (30.69) 15:09.88 (30.86)
15:40.70 (30.82) 16:11.23 (30.53) 16:40.08 (28.85)
3 Agger, Kate SR Wingate 16:41.69 16:40.44 16
r:+0.74 27.83 57.69 (29.86)
1:27.91 (30.22) 1:58.46 (30.55)
2:29.06 (30.60) 2:59.70 (30.64)
3:30.33 (30.63) 4:01.19 (30.86)
4:31.83 (30.64) 5:02.38 (30.55)
5:33.03 (30.65) 6:03.73 (30.70)
6:34.46 (30.73) 7:05.15 (30.69)
7:35.70 (30.55) 8:06.10 (30.40)
8:36.70 (30.60) 9:07.47 (30.77)
9:38.09 (30.62) 10:08.49 (30.40)
10:39.26 (30.77) 11:09.68 (30.42)
11:40.29 (30.61) 12:10.74 (30.45)
12:40.96 (30.22) 13:11.29 (30.33)
13:41.63 (30.34) 14:11.83 (30.20)
14:42.14 (30.31) 15:12.44 (30.30)
15:42.76 (30.32) 16:12.59 (29.83) 16:40.44 (27.85)
4 Beagle, Taylor 5Y Augustana 16:58.27 16:45.83 15
r:+0.77 28.33 58.95 (30.62)
1:29.65 (30.70) 2:00.52 (30.87)
2:31.86 (31.34) 3:02.92 (31.06)
3:34.07 (31.15) 4:05.26 (31.19)
4:36.30 (31.04) 5:07.16 (30.86)
5:38.10 (30.94) 6:08.91 (30.81)
6:39.73 (30.82) 7:10.26 (30.53)
7:40.93 (30.67) 8:11.40 (30.47)
8:41.78 (30.38) 9:12.16 (30.38)
9:42.54 (30.38) 10:12.92 (30.38)
10:43.18 (30.26) 11:13.61 (30.43)
11:43.91 (30.30) 12:14.34 (30.43)
12:44.60 (30.26) 13:14.82 (30.22)
13:45.17 (30.35) 14:15.43 (30.26)
14:45.69 (30.26) 15:16.18 (30.49)
15:46.86 (30.68) 16:16.76 (29.90) 16:45.83 (29.07)
5 Amorim, Marina JR Drury 17:02.38 17:01.56 14
r:+0.83 28.50 59.17 (30.67)
1:30.01 (30.84) 2:01.10 (31.09)
2:32.33 (31.23) 3:03.64 (31.31)
3:34.90 (31.26) 4:06.30 (31.40)
4:37.54 (31.24) 5:08.68 (31.14)
5:39.84 (31.16) 6:10.57 (30.73)
6:41.73 (31.16) 7:12.91 (31.18)
7:44.13 (31.22) 8:15.48 (31.35)
8:46.76 (31.28) 9:17.46 (30.70)
9:48.89 (31.43) 10:19.83 (30.94)
10:50.90 (31.07) 11:21.99 (31.09)
11:52.76 (30.77) 12:23.82 (31.06)
12:55.25 (31.43) 13:25.95 (30.70)
13:57.29 (31.34) 14:28.35 (31.06)
14:59.77 (31.42) 15:31.37 (31.60)
16:02.09 (30.72) 16:32.80 (30.71) 17:01.56 (28.76)
6 Rydzewski, Amber FR Queens (NC) 16:58.32 17:02.54 13
r:+0.73 27.79 57.93 (30.14)
1:28.66 (30.73) 2:00.00 (31.34)
2:31.62 (31.62) 3:03.27 (31.65)
3:34.95 (31.68) 4:06.56 (31.61)
4:38.31 (31.75) 5:10.17 (31.86)
5:41.35 (31.18) 6:12.56 (31.21)
6:43.79 (31.23) 7:15.10 (31.31)
7:46.51 (31.41) 8:17.48 (30.97)
8:48.25 (30.77) 9:19.17 (30.92)
9:50.35 (31.18) 10:21.49 (31.14)
10:52.40 (30.91) 11:23.32 (30.92)
11:54.14 (30.82) 12:25.17 (31.03)
12:56.24 (31.07) 13:27.29 (31.05)
13:58.07 (30.78) 14:28.89 (30.82)
14:59.89 (31.00) 15:30.90 (31.01)
16:02.03 (31.13) 16:32.74 (30.71) 17:02.54 (29.80)
7 Peden, Rachel JR Carson-Newman 17:11.32 17:02.99 12
r:+0.75 28.75 1:00.16 (31.41)
1:31.68 (31.52) 2:02.47 (30.79)
2:33.61 (31.14) 3:04.93 (31.32)
3:35.80 (30.87) 4:06.70 (30.90)
4:37.74 (31.04) 5:08.89 (31.15)
5:39.51 (30.62) 6:10.37 (30.86)
6:41.24 (30.87) 7:11.99 (30.75)
7:42.94 (30.95) 8:13.73 (30.79)
8:44.54 (30.81) 9:15.36 (30.82)
9:46.49 (31.13) 10:17.58 (31.09)
10:48.92 (31.34) 11:20.14 (31.22)
11:51.18 (31.04) 12:22.67 (31.49)
12:54.02 (31.35) 13:25.21 (31.19)
13:56.27 (31.06) 14:27.50 (31.23)
14:58.65 (31.15) 15:30.29 (31.64)
16:01.62 (31.33) 16:32.96 (31.34) 17:02.99 (30.03)
8 Slowey, Meghan JR Mines 16:58.06 17:03.11 11
r:+0.78 28.10 58.44 (30.34)
1:29.69 (31.25) 2:01.13 (31.44)
2:32.73 (31.60) 3:04.35 (31.62)
3:35.94 (31.59) 4:07.23 (31.29)
4:38.65 (31.42) 5:10.10 (31.45)
5:41.39 (31.29) 6:12.71 (31.32)
6:44.19 (31.48) 7:15.43 (31.24)
7:46.67 (31.24) 8:17.99 (31.32)
8:48.98 (30.99) 9:20.19 (31.21)
9:51.15 (30.96) 10:22.10 (30.95)
10:53.35 (31.25) 11:24.51 (31.16)
11:55.68 (31.17) 12:26.68 (31.00)
12:57.83 (31.15) 13:28.86 (31.03)
13:59.78 (30.92) 14:30.91 (31.13)
15:01.87 (30.96) 15:33.01 (31.14)
16:03.68 (30.67) 16:33.96 (30.28) 17:03.11 (29.15)
100 Freestyle
The Queens tandem of Danielle Melilli and Monica Gumina combined to add 37 points to their team’s ledger, with Melilli claiming the title in 48.91. Melilli led the race from wire to wire, going out in 23.15 and coming home in 25.76. Gumina secured runnerup honors with a time of 49.17 and was followed by West Florida’s Ester Rizzetto (49.30).
It took sub-50 to advance to the final of the 100 freestyle, but the toll of the meet showed itself at night when only five of the finalists cracked the 50-second barrier.
Event 34 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA DII: N 48.16 3/16/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 48.16 3/16/2019 Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Melilli, Danielle JR Queens (NC) 49.16 48.91 20
r:+0.67 23.15 48.91 (25.76)
2 Gumina, Monica JR Queens (NC) 49.45 49.17 17
r:+0.69 23.48 49.17 (25.69)
3 Rizzetto, Ester SR West Florida 49.60 49.30 16
r:+0.67 23.76 49.30 (25.54)
4 Caylor, Krystal 5Y Indy 49.95 49.81 15
r:+0.66 23.96 49.81 (25.85)
5 Carozza, Ann SR West Chester 49.95 49.87 14
r:+0.76 24.18 49.87 (25.69)
6 Bazarova, Elizaveta SR Tampa 49.97 50.04 13
r:+0.74 23.87 50.04 (26.17)
7 Sharkey, Kaleigh JR Simon Fraser 49.74 50.29 12
r:+0.72 24.38 50.29 (25.91)
8 Pozvai, Kiara FR Henderson St. 49.99 50.41 11
r:+0.74 24.71 50.41 (25.70)
200 Backstroke
Celina Marquez of Nova Southeastern had no difficulty winning the 200 backstroke, as her mark of 1:55.79 supplied a commanding win over Lynn’s Luna Mertins, who was the top seed in the final. Mertins was timed in 1:56.52 for runnerup honors and was followed by another Nova Southeastern competitor, as Cassie Wright went 1:57.02 for third place.
Event 36 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA DII: N 1:54.48 3/11/2017 Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC)
Meet: M 1:54.48 3/11/2017 Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC)
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Marquez, Celina SR Nova S'eastern 1:56.64 1:55.79 20
r:+0.63 26.72 55.38 (28.66)
1:25.10 (29.72) 1:55.79 (30.69)
2 Mertins, Luna SO Lynn 1:56.14 1:56.52 17
r:+0.70 26.74 56.11 (29.37)
1:26.00 (29.89) 1:56.52 (30.52)
3 Wright, Cassie 5Y Nova S'eastern 1:56.58 1:57.02 16
r:+0.74 26.92 56.74 (29.82)
1:27.71 (30.97) 1:57.02 (29.31)
4 McCoy, Katie SR Indy 1:58.41 1:57.36 15
r:+0.67 27.21 56.48 (29.27)
1:26.91 (30.43) 1:57.36 (30.45)
5 Billings, Heidi FR NMU 1:58.79 1:59.15 14
r:+0.57 27.99 57.68 (29.69)
1:28.26 (30.58) 1:59.15 (30.89)
6 Kasse, Shelby JR Lindenwood 1:59.18 1:59.42 13
r:+0.76 28.09 58.02 (29.93)
1:28.75 (30.73) 1:59.42 (30.67)
7 White, Lauren JR Colorado Mesa 1:59.30 1:59.87 12
r:+0.81 27.50 57.66 (30.16)
1:28.83 (31.17) 1:59.87 (31.04)
8 Marks, Stephanie SO Lindenwood 1:59.11 1:59.95 11
r:+0.76 27.80 57.97 (30.17)
1:29.11 (31.14) 1:59.95 (30.84)
200 Breaststroke
Top-seeded Lily Borgenheimer of Colorado Mesa wasn’t quite as fast as she was in the prelims, but she was plenty quick enough to claim first place. Borgenheimer was timed in 2:11.56, which was slightly off her morning showing of 2:11.34. Carson-Newman’s Kailee Morgan was the silver medalist, going 2:12.33, which was exactly a second clear of Indy’s Marize Van Jaarsveld.
Event 38 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA DII: N 2:09.12 3/11/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury
Meet: M 2:09.12 3/11/2017 Bailee Nunn, Drury
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Borgenheimer, Lily SR Colorado Mesa 2:11.34 2:11.56 20
r:+0.72 30.18 1:02.88 (32.70)
1:36.57 (33.69) 2:11.56 (34.99)
2 Morgan, Kailee JR Carson-Newman 2:13.86 2:12.33 17
r:+0.78 30.06 1:03.61 (33.55)
1:37.96 (34.35) 2:12.33 (34.37)
3 Van Jaarsveld, Marize 5Y Indy 2:13.73 2:13.33 16
r:+0.64 29.58 1:03.12 (33.54)
1:37.98 (34.86) 2:13.33 (35.35)
4 Mikesell, Claire 5Y IUP 2:12.96 2:13.97 15
r:+0.64 29.86 1:03.63 (33.77)
1:38.10 (34.47) 2:13.97 (35.87)
5 Roth, Isabelle FR Simon Fraser 2:14.40 2:14.84 14
r:+0.74 30.22 1:04.52 (34.30)
1:39.60 (35.08) 2:14.84 (35.24)
6 Best, Savanna SR Nova S'eastern 2:14.88 2:14.85 13
r:+0.73 29.57 1:03.32 (33.75)
1:38.11 (34.79) 2:14.85 (36.74)
7 Conover, Claire FR Drury 2:14.79 2:15.22 12
r:+0.67 30.82 1:05.07 (34.25)
1:40.06 (34.99) 2:15.22 (35.16)
8 Koehle, Maddy FR West Chester 2:16.56 2:18.03 11
r:+0.66 30.84 1:05.57 (34.73)
1:41.24 (35.67) 2:18.03 (36.79)
One-Meter Diving
Grand Valley’s Gracyn Segard was a dominant winner on the one-meter springboard, as her final score of 459.75 outdistanced the 434.50 posted by West Florida’s Kelsey DeJesus.
Event 40 Women 1 mtr Diving
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NCAA DII: N 511.55 3/10/2011 Kayla Kelosky, Clarion
Meet: M 511.55 3/10/2011 Kayla Kelosky, Clarion
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Segard, Gracyn JR Grand Valley 433.35 459.75 20
2 DeJesus, Kelsey SR West Florida 415.35 434.50 17
3 Senkus, Mikaela SO Wayne State 405.85 433.30 16
4 Brinkman, Madison GR St Cloud St 402.25 427.90 15
5 Crayne, Amy SR Azusa Pacific 405.95 422.85 14
6 Gubera, Regan SO McKendree 398.60 418.60 13
7 Harris, Jolynn SR Colorado Mesa 399.00 417.95 12
8 Stout, Melia SR Azusa Pacific 400.25 408.60 11
400 Freestyle Relay
Queens wrapped up its team crown in grand fashion as the foursome of Monica Gumina, Danielle Melilli, Anna De Boer and Kayla Tennant combined for a time of 3:19.14 to beat Indy by more than a second. Melilli and Gumina were one-two in the 100 freestyle earlier in the evening, so there was little doubt concerning the outcome. Melilli produced a split of 48.62.
Event 41 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA DII: N 3:18.04 3/17/2018 Queens (NC) - Also 3/16/2019
Lapshina, Lorda, Dollmayer, Prayson
Meet: M 3:18.04 3/17/2018 Queens (NC) - Also 3/16/2019
Stevens, Dobson, Dollmayer, Prayson
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Queens (NC) 3:19.09 3:19.14 40
1) Gumina, Monica JR 2) r:0.46 Melilli, Danielle JR
3) r:0.31 De Boer, Anna SR 4) r:0.31 Tennant, Kayla SR
r:+0.68 23.46 49.48 (49.48)
1:12.64 (23.16) 1:38.10 (48.62)
2:01.75 (23.65) 2:28.25 (50.15)
2:52.45 (24.20) 3:19.14 (50.89)
2 Indy 3:20.92 3:20.86 34
1) Buys, Johanna SR 2) r:0.18 Vaselli, Leticia JR
3) Van Jaarsveld, Marizel 5Y 4) r:0.25 Caylor, Krystal 5Y
r:+0.74 23.97 50.27 (50.27)
1:13.58 (23.31)
2:04.90 ( ) 2:31.00 ( )
2:54.85 (23.85) 3:20.86 (49.86)
3 West Chester 3:22.74 3:21.60 32
1) Carozza, Ann SR 2) r:0.07 Hemingway, Mckenzie SO
3) r:0.30 Niness, Mikayla SO 4) r:0.23 Durkin, Keeley SO
r:+0.74 23.82 50.29 (50.29)
1:14.13 (23.84) 1:41.02 (50.73)
2:04.79 (23.77) 2:31.11 (50.09)
2:55.18 (24.07) 3:21.60 (50.49)
4 Lindenwood 3:23.85 3:23.17 30
1) Marks, Stephanie SO 2) r:0.23 Siemiller, McKayla JR
3) r:0.41 Mensah, Joselle FR 4) r:0.25 Winnett, Lexie SR
r:+0.77 24.74 51.56 (51.56)
1:15.16 (23.60) 1:41.92 (50.36)
2:05.82 (23.90) 2:32.31 (50.39)
2:56.13 (23.82) 3:23.17 (50.86)
5 Simon Fraser 3:24.92 3:23.62 28
1) Loewen, Kennedy SR 2) r:0.40 Sharkey, Kaleigh JR
3) r:0.16 Meklensek, Tori FR 4) r:0.26 Doner, Jordan SR
r:+0.62 24.36 50.86 (50.86)
1:15.03 (24.17) 1:40.61 (49.75)
2:04.75 (24.14) 2:31.42 (50.81)
2:55.83 (24.41) 3:23.62 (52.20)
6 Drury 3:23.16 3:24.02 26
1) Preusse, Yasmin SR 2) r:0.33 Rogowska, Katarzyna JR
3) r:0.37 Raurich, Rafaela FR 4) r:0.23 Andrade, Fernanda FR
r:+0.67 24.11 50.93 (50.93)
1:14.52 (23.59) 1:41.97 (51.04)
2:06.73 (24.76) 2:33.18 (51.21)
2:57.32 (24.14) 3:24.02 (50.84)
7 Tampa 3:24.08 3:24.41 24
1) Vrijhof, Roma SO 2) r:0.44 Chestang, Emma FR
3) r:0.50 Gillan, Sierra FR 4) r:0.13 Bazarova, Elizaveta SR
r:+0.69 24.56 51.47 (51.47)
1:16.13 (24.66) 1:43.61 (52.14)
2:08.42 (24.81) 2:35.13 (51.52)
2:58.56 (23.43) 3:24.41 (49.28)
8 Wingate 3:23.23 3:24.46 22
1) Andrews, Lucie FR 2) r:0.31 Munro, Kelsea FR
3) r:0.18 Wenhold, Amanda SO 4) r:0.19 Smith, Berkley SO
r:+0.74 24.74 51.20 (51.20)
1:14.82 (23.62) 1:41.94 (50.74)
2:05.69 (23.75) 2:33.14 (51.20)
2:57.06 (23.92) 3:24.46 (51.32)
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