2014 DIII National Championship Day Three Finals Real Time Recaps

Follow along with us as we breakdown each race as it happens over the course of the night.  Tonight’s events are the 200 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and the 800 freestyle relay. Tonight also features the senior recognition starting at 5:45 EST.

You can read the Prelims Recap here.

NCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP

• Dates: Wednesday, March 19th – Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
• Location: IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
• Defending Champs: Kenyon Men / Emory Women
• Meet Schedule/Time Line
• Live Results
• Live Video (if available): Available

MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY

Competing in the consolation finals: Hooker, Brebrick, Ku, Josephson, Tatum, Ortyn, Breitigam and Wahl. First event of the night. OUt to the 50 first is Hooker over in lane one with a 24.21. Second is Tatum with Ortyn in third. Coming up it looks like Tatum leading the way – but it’s Brebrick to the 100 in 51.86. Tatum in second with Hooker in third. Pulling forward is Ortyn at the 150. Second is Breitigam with Brebrick in third. The field is still very close. It looks like Ortyn is losing his lead and it goes to Tatum with Josephson in second. Tatum finishes in 1:49.33. Josephson is 1:49.47. In third is Ku at 1:49.77.

And now for the finalists…Mock, Bulakul, Anderson A, Depew, Mering, Ricotta, Schlueter and Anderson J. Though he’s the top seed, Depew is easily the shortest in this heat, by several inches. He’s just good at what he does, I guess. Out to the early lead is Mering to the wall in 23.38. Right on his hip is Ricotta and Anderson A keeping up with him. Off the 75, Mering pulls away from Ricotta but even with Anderson A. Anderson A takes the lead. 50.38. At the 150, it’s all Anderson, with Mering right on top of him, and Depwe beginning to move up. Depew just split a 26.78 mid race to the 27s around him. Anderson A is powering, but Depew is fighting for that wall. And it goes to Anderson in 1:45.36. Depew is second by .02 in a 1:45.38. Third to Mering in 1:45.78. Depew came home in a 26.78!

WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY

Competing in the consolation final: Rafferty-Millett, Stadermann, Brown, Pierce, Jessen, Sanchez-Aizcorbe, York and Bailey. Pierce dropped tons of time last night in the 400 IM in finals, and it’s sort of expected that she will do something similar tonight. Emory and Wash U both have two qualifiers in this heat. Out to the early lead is Brown. She’s out in 27.6 with Stadermann right on her hip and across the pool Bailey is in third. Coming off the 75 it looks like Brown holds the lead with Sanchez-Aizcorbe moving up. Stadermann still second. Sainchez-Aizcorbe making moves towards being in the lead at the 125. Stadermann pulls ahead of Brown. It’s Sanchez-Aizcorbe with Stadermann second and Brown in third as they head into the last 50. Still pretty tight – they’re beginning to fade down the homestretch. Looks like Brown is going to – yes! Brown powers home in a 2:03.96 for first. Second is Sanchez-Aizcorbe in 2:04.58. Third to Stadermann in 2:04.78.

And now for the finalists… Osmulski, Howell, Erdmann, Zook, Dillione, Newsum-Schoenberg, Williamson and Conklin. Zook picked a stellar walk out song; let’s see what she’s got ready for us now. Williamson is up right away and falls back a bit. Looks like IT’s Erdmann and Conklin in the lead. At the 50 it goes to Conklin with Erdmann second and Zook in third. Out in 26.6 for COnklin. Zook starts moving. She’s holding those underwaters pretty well. Erdmann is first at the 100 in 56.99. Zook second with Newsum-Schoenberg third. Erdmann powering for the 150. At the 150 it’s Erdmann and Newsum-Schoenburg with Zook in third. It looks like they’re beginning to struggle a bit. And here comes the stretch – With Erdmann in first in a 2:01.35. Second to Newsum-Schoenburg and third to Dillione, with respective times of 2:02.16 and 2:03.02.

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE

Competing in the consolation final: Heise, Porrazzo, Welch, Simon, Bowen, Winget, Anderson and Francis. With no Denison in these finals, Kenyon will be able to make up the points they are currently down and make it into the lead for the first time at this meet. Out first to the wall is Simon. He’s building up a little lead. First to the 50 is Simon in 23.41 with Welch second and Bowen in third. Simon holds the lead through the 75 but it looks like the others are pressing on him – it goes to Simon in a 48.66. Seecond to Bowen in 48.86. Third to Welch with a 49.11.

And now for the finalists… Curley, Davis, Mattix, Spock, Gill, Llin, Williams and Lindgren. Gill won the 100 fly last night. He’s got about 2 tenths on anyone in this heat after prelims. Let’s see what’s up. Gill is up and out. Right with him is Spock. The two of them are in the thick of it all. IT’s Gill first and Spock second with Williams in third. Out in 22.84 for Gill. Coming home it’s so freaking tight – it looks like – it’s a tie! 47.62 for first place between Spock and Gill. They are both just a hair over the NCAA record. Third is Williams with a 48.09.

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE

 Competing in the consolation final: Willingham, Bennett, Reynolds, Nennig, Rogers, Lovrensky, Liu, and Harris. Two Eagles in this pack. Out and up it’s Liu and Lovrensky. Also across the pool Bennett is coming up. To the 50 first it’s Liu with Bennett in second and Lovrensky third. 26.6 for Liu to be out in. It loks like sehs’ getting tired but Lovrensky is building. Can she catch her? It’s Bennett in 55.57! Lovrensky takes second with a 55.58 and third to Liu in 55.95. 

And now for the finalists…Tinklenberg, Rosenbaum, Slagel, Kitayama, Oberholzer, Nitz, Thompson and Flinn. This is a freakishly stacked field, and should be a fantastic race! Nitz set the record in the 100 fly last night. Let’s see what she’s got for us now. Out and up it loojks like Nitz is the early leader to the 25. Oberholzer is right with her. But Kitayama is coming up. It’s Nitz to the wall first with Kitayama second and Slagel in third. Nitz out in 26.12. At the 75 Kitayama begins to take over. Oberholzer keeping up but Slagel is right with them! It goes to Oberholzer in 54.33! She takes it home in a 27.93! Second is Kitayama in 54.48. Third to Slagel in 54.55.

MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE

Competing in the consolation final: Kubat, Tamposi, Beckwith, Bonney, Shangle, WIlkerson, Walthall and Gleason. With two in this event (one in this heat, one in the next) Kenyon will be able to continue building the point lead over Denison who only has one A finalist. Right out to the wall is Bonney with Kubat close up on him. To the first 50 it goes to Bonney with a 25.7. Second is Tamposi with Kubat in third. Taking it to the 75 it looks like it’s Beckwith moving up on Bonney. And Tamposi is stretching it out. It goes to Tamposi with Bonney in second and Beckwith takes third. Tamposi put up a 55.69, Bonney a 55.70 and Beckwith a 55.72. Such a tight race!

And now for the finalists…Manz, Card, Wilson, Cochran, Lagieski, Rosenburg, Van Deventer and Liao. Rosenburg has the NCAA record from December. Let’s see if he can get under that 54.27 meet record too. Slow off the blocks is Cochran. To the wall first it looks like Rosenburg. He’s beginning to advance and Wilson is with him. It’s Rosenburg in first with Liao second and Wilson. Rosenburg out in 25.49. Wilson looks to be moving up on him and Lagieski. And at the wall it goes to Lagieski in 54.10 for the NCAA meet record! Second is Wilson also under the record going a 54.26 and third is Cochran with a 54.53.

WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE

Competing in the consolation final: Strom, Geyer, Medeiros, Hyde, Collins, Bagley, Bednarek and Ngo. With one up and one down in these heats, Big Red will try to make up some ground on Kenyon and JHU. Off the blocks it looks like it’s the outside lanes – Strom and Ngo. Hyde joins them on the way to the 50. It’s Strom first to the wall in 29.8 with Hyde second and Ngo third. At the 75 Strom continues her lead with Hyde second. Third looks like Collins now. And it goes to Strom in 1:03.11. Second to Hyde in 1:03.78. Third goes to Collins in 1:04.18.

And now for the finalists…Kaestner, Aronoff, Punyko, Spaay, Lugg, Kowalsky, Hillas, and McKenzie. Emory has three in this final. They are going to continue distancing themselves from the pack with the points they’ll take away tonight. Spaay needs to be out in a 28 to duplicate her time from last year of 1:00. She’s up early and out quickly ahead of the pack. It looks like Kaestsner and Kowalsky are up with her. IT’s Spaay out in 28.9 with Lugg in second and Kowalsky third. Kowalsky looks like she may catch and pass spay. Lugg is right with them. Kowalsky is gaining and putting Lugg into a race. It’s a five way race – and it’s Lugg first with Kowalsky second and Aronoff in third. 1:02.27 for Lugg. Kowalsky is 1:02.52 and third to Aronoff with a 1:02.53.

MEN’S 1 METER DIVING

Competing in tonight’s final: Lewis, Dignan, Schmidt, Levy, Stevick, Blease, Morrison and White. After round one, it’s Lewis and Dignan with Schmidt third. After round two, it’s Dignan in the lead with Lewis second and Schmidt third. After round three, Lewis leads the group with Stevick second and Schmidt in third. Dignan has dropped to seventh after a poor dive. Round four sees Schmidt at the top of the board with Lewis in second and Dignan is back in the game in third. Less than 12 points between Schmidt and Dignan. Fifth round and Schmidt retains his lead. Dignan has moved up to second, just 5 points behind. Lewis is in third. In the final round, Dignan does an incorrect dive, which will leave him at the bottom of the diving scores. The scores go up and it’s Schmidt with a 522.95, Lewis in second with 521.75 and Stevick in third at 510.80.

MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE RELAY

Swimming in tonight’s final for the men’s 800 freestyle relay will be: DePauw, Keene St, Kenyon, Denison, JHU, TCNJ, Chicago and Emory. After the point boost that diving just gave to Kenyon, the Lords need to do something about that Big Red Relay if they want to stay in it. Emory’s men have consistently surprised us this meet in relays, so even though they’re outside, they’re may pull off something cool. TCNJ has also been a surprise this meet, so let’s keep them in mind, too. It’s a long race.

Right of, it looks like everyone’s pretty much equal. OUt to the 50 first is Denison out in a 22.4 with DePauw second and TCNJ in third. Denison and DePauw are going together, pulling away. It’s Denison at the 100 in 47.0. TCNJ moves into second and JHU third. At the 150 it’s still Denison with Kenyon second and JHU third. They tunder down the backstretch to the exchange and it’s going to be Denison to the wall first with TCNJ second and JHU third. 1:37.5 split from Denison’s lead off. Denison still leading with a 21.9 out of the first 50 of the second leg. Chicago in second and TCNJ third. It’s Denison at the wall in 2:24.49, JHU second and TCNJ third. The three teams are walking away from everyone else. Looks like JHU is going to take this seriously and they take the lead at the 150 of the second leg in 2:50.00. Denison second, TCNJ third. JHU making a big step forward, nearly a bodylength. It’s JHU first at 3:15.63, Denison second and TCNJ third. Jhu out in 22.21 on the third leg. The field is beginning to spread out, but Denison is beginning to run down the JHU swimmer at the 100 mark. The gap narrows to .8 apart. Chicago working on picking off TCNJ. JHU still in the lead at the 150. The gap is down to .4 with Denison still gaining. TCNJ battles off Chicago. It’s JHU to the wall in 4:54.39. Second Denison, third TCNJ. JHU gains some more lead out at 21.4 at the first 50, Denison out 22.2. TCNJ in third still out a 22.1. JHU has over two body lengths lead. Flips with 100 to go at 5:40.08 – Denison more than two seconds behind. TCNJ third. Kenyon catching up to TCNJ. At the 150 of the last leg, it’s JHU in clear control. Still outsplitting the Denison anchor. It’s going to go to JHU unless there’s a miracle inside of the Denison anchor. And maybe – but no it goes to JHU with a 6:31.50. Denison is second in 6:33.39. Third to TCNJ in 6:35.12.

WOMEN’s 800 FREESTYLE RELAY

The finalists for the women’s 800 freestyle relay tonight are Wash U, Williams, Emory, JHU, Denison, Kenyon, DePauw and MIT. No secrets here – dead run favorite to win has got to be those Blue Jays! If the Kenyon Ladies are on tonight, they may pick up second, depending on how Denison and the Eagles shake out. Again, it’s a long race.

Out right away is JHU as expected. They’re first to the wall and to the 50 it’s JHU in 25.1 with DePauw in second and Kenyon third. JHU has a body lead over everyone at the 100 – out in 53.0 with Denison taking second and WIlliams in third. At the 150 it’s JHU easily with Denison second and Williams third but Denison is moving up on that last 25. JHU pulls out of the wall and Emory is in the mix as well. IT’s JHU to the wall just barely ahead of Denison – 1:0.4 to 1:50.9 with Emory in third. JHU out in 25.1 with Denison and EMory dead tied for second. Emory moves up to take over second. It looks like KEnyon will take over third soon too. It’s JHU then EMory then Denison with Kenyon in close pursuit. Emory looks like they’re moving into the lead now. Dead even with JHU. A 50 to go and there are two races – Emory and JHU and Kenyon with Denison. Kenyon-Denison moving up on JHU and Emory. Emory taking the slight lead going for the halfway mark of the race. And Denison moving up as well . It’s Denison then Emory then JHU! It’s Emory, Denison, JHU all within .2 of one another at the first 50 of the third leg. Emory taking over with Denison right behind. DePauw is making moves upwards as well, moving into fourth, and now it looks like they may tak eover third. JHU is fading. Emory a body length ahead, Denison pulling closer. DePauw may catch JHU. It’s Emory then Denison then JHU with DePauw over Kenyon. With a 25 to go heading down the stretch it’s Emory and then Denison and then JHU. Emory to the wall at 5:32.28. Second is Denison and third is JHU. Emory making a clear case, but JHU is moving up. Emory out 24.8, JHU out 23.6 to catch up and put themselves back in second. Denison in third. JHU takes over the lead going into the last 100 of the lace! It’s JHU by .6 with Emory second and Denison in third. With a 75 to go it’s JHU moving up even farther. Denison is gaining on Emory. JHU at the turn with Emory second and Denison in third. JHU holding off Emory, trying to  down the back stretch. And it goes to – JHU! In 7:21.49. Emory is second in 7:21.92. Denison is third with a 7:24.42.

Men’s Team Scores Through Event 28

1. Denison 374
2. Kenyon 346
3. Emory 202.5
JHU 1834.
5. MIT 172
6. TCNJ 138
7. CMS 123
8. Chicago 122
9. Amherst 117
10. Keene St 108

Women’s Team Scores Through Event 29

1. Emory 411.5
2. Kenyon 299
3. JHU 298
4. Denison 276
5. Williams 180
6. Amherst 144
7. Wash U 115
8. Gustavus 99
9. MIT 93.5
10. Chicago 83