2015 NAIA National Championships – Men’s Meet
- Dates: Wednesday, March 4 – Saturday, March 7, 2015; prelims 9:00 am, finals 5:00 pm
- Location: Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK (Central Time Zone)
- Defending Champions: Oklahoma Baptist University (results)
- Live Results: Available
- Live Video: Available
- Championship Central
If you take out the 100 free, in which OBU placed four in the championship final, and ONU, 3, the two leading teams almost looked like everyone else in terms of performance on the final morning of the 2015 NAIA National Swimming and Diving Championships.
Ups/Downs – Day Three
Not including relays, diving, or the mile, here are the ups/downs for tonight’s final session:
| Team | A Final | B Final |
| Oklahoma Baptist University | 10 | 4 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | 7 | 5 |
| SCAD Savannah | 4 | 3 |
| WVU Institute of Technology | 3 | 2 |
| Concordia University | 2 | 4 |
| St. Andrews University | 2 | 3 |
| University of the Cumberlands | 1 | 3 |
| Union College | 1 | 1 |
| Wayland Baptist University | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas University | 1 | 0 |
| Biola University | 0 | 2 |
| Lindenwood University | 0 | 2 |
| Asbury University | 0 | 1 |
| College of Idaho | 0 | 1 |
200 Backstroke
OBU’s Nico Bruno, who finished fourth in yesterday’s 100 back final, posted the top time of the morning with a 3.5-second drop for 1:47.90. SCAD freshman Tyler Prescott, last night’s 400 IM champion, went 1:48.65 for the second-fastest time. ONU’s Jacob Anderson swam a 1:48.96.
SCAD’s Karl Hegwein qualified fourth in 1:50.31, ahead of OBU’s Andrew Nelson (1:50.55), current NAIA record-holder Ryan Searles of SCAD (1:50.60), Victor Vassallo of Thomas (1:51.22), and Union’s Bradley Moore (1:52.01).
100 Freestyle
Qualifiers for the OBU-ONU show that is the 100 free include: Simon Pheasant of ONU (44.33), JP Goyetche (44.59), Daniel Ramirez (44.62), and Javier Sossa (44.81) of OBU, ONU’s Joshua Lercel (45.02), Marc Sambolin of OBU (45.18), David Lambert of St. Andrews (45.24), and ONU’s Ty Jacobs (45.37).
200 Breaststroke
Vitor da Franca of OBU, last night’s national champion in the 100 breast, led the field with 1:59.63 in prelims. Teammate Fernando Morillas qualified second with 2:00.17, ahead of Calvin Price of ONU (2:01.71).
Connor Wilson of SCAD was next with 2:02.92; then Jack Cavanagh of WVU Tech (2:03.14), Jacob Lear of Concordia (2:03.98), WBU’s Bjoern Globke (2:04.19), and Manuel Serrano Laguna of WVU (2:04.80) make up the rest of the field.
200 Butterfly
Frank Tapia and Andrew Fischer of ONU put up the two fastest times of the morning, with 1:48.72 and 1:50.68, respectively, to earn the middle lanes for tonight’s final. Juan Cuellar of OBU dropped nearly 5 seconds for the third-fastest time, 1:50.86, just ahead of teammate Javier Sossa (1:51.16).
Igor Dozortsev of Cumberlands (1:52.22) was fifth, followed by Elliot Bilsland of Concordia (1:52.56), Geoffrey Gauneau of WVU Tech (1:52.99), and Andrew Gurley of St. Andrews (1:53.37).
400 Freestyle Relay
OBU put up an easy 3:02.31 to head the list of qualifiers in the 4×100 free relay, ahead of SCAD (3:03.67), ONU (3:04.73), Concordia (3:05.82), WVU Tech (3:06.64), Cumberlands (3:06.70), St. Andrews (3:07.10), and Biola (3:07.21).
Tonight’s finals session begins at 5 p.m. Central time.
Standings After Day Two – Men
- Oklahoma Baptist University 5
- Olivet Nazarene University 381.5
- SCAD Savannah 274
- Concordia University 224
- University of the Cumberlands 151
- Wayland Baptist University 138
- Andrews University 136
- Union College 130
- Biola University 108
- WVU Institute of Technology 90
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