2022 NCAA Division II Males’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Day One will start with timed finals of the 200 medley relay and finish with timed finals of the 200 free relay. The boys’s particular person occasions embody the 1000 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 1-meter diving.
Males’s 200 Medley Relay – Timed Finals
- NCAA DII Document: 1:24.69 – Drury (2021)
- Meet Document: 1:24.69 – Drury (2021)
- 2021 Champion: Drury – 1:24.69
Podium:
- Drury – 1:24.87
- Queens (NC) – 1:25.19
- Indy – 1:25.22
- Findlay – 1:25.66
- McKendree – 1:25.71
- Colorado Mesa – 1:27.00
- Missouri S&T – 1:27.19
- Florida Southern – 1:27.26
Drury efficiently defended their title within the 200 medley relay, although they fell simply in need of the NCAA Division II document that they set a yr in the past. Mikita Tsmyh (21.44), Dawid Nowodworski (23.62), Dominik Karacic (20.29), and Alex Bowen (19.52) mixed for 1:24.87 to safe their second consecutive gold medal within the occasion.
Queens obtained to the wall simply forward of Indy, ending second in 1:25.19. Finn Howard (21.12), Balazs Berecz (24.24), Matej Dusa (20.63), and Skyler Prepare dinner-Weeks (19.20) contributed to the trouble.
Indy completed .03 behind the Royals with Jeron Thompson (21.70), Jan Zuchowicz (23.34), Kael Yorke (20.99), and Diego Mas (19.19).
Grand Valley and Missouri-St. Louis had been disqualified for early take-offs.
Males’s 1000 Freestyle – Quickest Warmth
- NCAA DII Document: 8:54.10 – Fabio Dalu, McKendree (2021)
- Meet Document: 8:54.10 – Fabio Dalu, McKendree (2021)
- 2021 Champion: Fabio Dalu, McKendree – 8:54.10
Podium:
- Ward Lockhart, Rollins – 9:00.93
- Cedric Buessing, Indy – 9:03.42
- Miguel Marcos, Wingate – 9:05.29
- Victor Rosado, Oklahoma Christian – 9:06.39
- Jonas Soerensen, Wingate – 9:07.69
- Eric Hieber, Grand Valley – 9:08.53
- Ondrej Zach, Northern Michigan – 9:08.57
- Aidan Henry, Queens – 9:09.71
The motion came about within the exterior lanes within the quick warmth of the boys’s 1000 free. Indy freshman Cedric Buessing took it out early and set the tempo from lane 1. He held the lead for the primary 700 yards, whereas Rollins sophomore Ward Lockhart steadily closed the hole from lane 8. Lockhart took over on the 750 and constructed his lead over the ultimate 250 yards to finish up with 9:00.93 for the nationwide title. Buessing held on for second place, clocking a 9:03.42.
Miguel Marcos of Wingate took third place with 9:05.29 from lane 2. Oklahoma Christian freshman Victor Rosado was subsequent (9:06.39), beating final yr’s bronze medalist Jonas Soerensen of Wingate (9:07.69).
Aidan Henry of Queens, who posted the highest time in morning heats, made the top-8 together with his 9:09.71.
Males’s 200 Particular person Medley – Finals
- NCAA DII Document: 1:41.61 – Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2018)
- Meet Document: 1:41.61 – Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2018)
- 2021 Champion: Emanuel Fava, Delta State – 1:43.92
Podium:
- Alex Kunert, Queens – 1:43.95
- Collyn Gagne, Simon Fraser – 1:45.03
- Emanuel Fava, Delta State – 1:45.80
- Matheo Mateos-Mongelos, Lindenwood – 1:46.19
- Andrew Rodriguez, Drury – 1:46.92
- Balazs Berecz, Queens – 1:47.09
- James Brown, Drury – 1:47.29
- Jarryd Baxter, Nova S’japanese – 1:47.76
2021 runner-up Alex Kunert of Queens secured the gold medal over defending champion Emanuel Fava with a dominant efficiency from lane 4. Kunert led the whole race, splitting 21.8-26.5-30.3-25.2 for a 1:43.95. Fava was in second place by the primary half of the race, however Simon Fraser’s Collyn Gagne out-split Fava by 1.5 seconds on the breaststroke to maneuver previous him headed into the freestyle. Gagne got here house in 24.9 to take second place over Fava by .77.
JT Amrein of Oklahoma Christian received the B closing with 1:46.15.
Males’s 50 Freestyle – Finals
Podium:
- Matej Dusa, Queens – 18.88
- Karol Ostrowski, Drury – 19.18
- Skyler Prepare dinner-Weeks, Queens – 19.42
- Alex Bowen, Drury – 19.51
- Abe Townley, St. Cloud State – 19.60
- Tim Stollings, Findlay – 19.64
- Luka Cvetko, Wayne State – 19.69
- Kyle Micallef, Florida Southern – 19.73
It was Matej Dusa all the best way within the closing of the 50 free. Swimming in lane 5 subsequent to NCAA Division II record-holder Karol Ostrowski of Drury, the Queens sophomore ripped a 18.88 to win the nationwide title and take down Ostrowski’s meet and division marks of 18.92. Dusa was out in 9.19 and residential in 9.69 to complete .30 forward of Ostrowski.
Ostrowski got here in second with 19.18, .24 forward of third-place Skyler Prepare dinner-Weeks of Queens. Drury’s Alex Bowen was fourth (19.51). Abe Townley of St. Cloud State (19.60), Tim Stollings of Findlay (19.64), Wayne State’s Luka Cvetko (19.69), and Kyle Micallef of Florida Southern (19.73) got here to the wall inside .13 of one another.
McKendree’s Gregg Lichinsky received the B closing (19.67) for a second yr in a row.
Males’s 1-Meter Diving – Finals
- NCAA DII Document: 70 – Dario DiFazio, Oakland (1994)
- Meet Document: 70 – Dario DiFazio, Oakland (1994)
- 2021 Champion: Ammar Hassan, Colorado Mesa – 568.50
Podium:
- Cade Hammond, Indy – 525.20
- Julio Osuna, Indy – 520.55
- Jason Lenzo, Indy – 454.80
- Isaiah Cheeks, Colorado Mesa – 440.55
- David Molina-Fregenal, Lindenwood – 427.10
- Noah Luna, Colorado Mesa – 424.35
- Cyrus Irwin, Grand Valley – 423.35
- Jawone Blankenship, Delta State – 422.90
UIndy swept the rostrum in 1-meter diving, profitable the occasion for the primary time. Cade Hammond earned the nationwide title with an enormous closing dive that earned 71.4 factors, taking his whole to 525.20. Teammate Julio Osuna, who had led till the ultimate spherical, scored 64.5 factors on his final dive. Whereas it wasn’t sufficient to catch Hammond, it was ok for second place. Jason Lenzo got here in third with 454.80 factors.
Colorado Mesa, who had received this occasion in every of the final three championships, picked up a fourth with Isaiah Cheeks (440.55) and a sixth from Noah Luna (424.35).
David Molina-Fregenal of Lindenwood (427.10), Cyrus Irwin of Grand Valley (423.35), and Jawone Blankenship of Delta State (422.90) rounded out the top-8.
Males’s 200 Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals
- NCAA DII Document: 1:16.90 – Drury (2021)
- Meet Document: 1:16.90 – Drury (2021)
- 2021 Champion: Drury – 1:16.90
Podium:
