2022 NCAA Division II Women’s Championships – Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

2022 NCAA Division II Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, March 9 – Saturday, March 12, 2022
• Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC (Eastern Time Zone)
• Times: Prelims 10:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM
• Defending Champs: Queens women (6x) & Queens men (6x) – (Results)
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• Psych Sheet – Women
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• Saturday Prelims Heat Sheets

It’s the last day of competition in Greensboro, with a full prelims schedule that includes heats of the 100 free, 200 back, 200 breast, and 1-meter diving. We will also have the slower heats of the 1650 free leading up to finals.

The six fastest entrants in the 100 free are all seeded with sub-50s. West Florida’s Ester Rizzetto (49.30) and Danielle Melilli of Queens (49.35), this year’s 50 free champion, are at the top of that list. We have familiar names heading the qualifiers in the 200 back: Celina Marquez (1:54.54) and Cassie Wright (1:57.11) of Nova S’eastern, Luna Mertins of Lynn (1:56.94), and Indy’s Katie McCoy (1:57.32) were four of the top five finishers in the 100 back on Friday.

Colorado Mesa’s Lily Borgenheimer heads the list of qualifiers in the 200 breast (2:10.54) but Savanna Best of Nova S’eastern (2:11.64), Carson-Newman’s Kailee Morgan (2:13.75), and Indy’s Marizel Van Jaarsveld (2:14.31) all had strong performances in the 100 breast final and are primed for a challenge.

Women’s 100 Freestyle – Prelims

• NCAA DII Record: 48.16 – Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC) (2019)
• Meet Record: 48.16 – Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC) (2019)
• 2021 Champion: Lexie Baker, Queens (NC) – 49.49

Finals qualifiers:

1. Danielle Melilli, Queens – 49.16
2. Monica Gumina, Queens – 49.45
3. Ester Rizzetto, West Florida – 49.60
4. Kaleigh Sharkey, Simon Fraser – 49.74
5. Ann Carozza, West Chester / Krystal Caylor, Indy – 49.95
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7. Elizaveta Bazarova, Tampa – 49.97
8. Kiara Pozvai, Henderson St. – 49.99
9. Jazzy Hoffmann, Florida Southern – 50.10
10. Johanna Buys, Indy – 50.24
11. Yasmin Preusse, Drury – 50.49
12. Karley Sonnenberg, McKendree – 50.64
13. Mikayla Niness, West Chester – 50.65
14. Joselle Mensah, Lindenwood – 50.73
15. Anne De Boer, Queens – 50.75
16. Manon Compagner, Carson-Newman – 50.80

Drury’s Katarzyna Rogowska dropped .4 in heat 1 to win with 51.69 with Hannah Foster of Queens (51.79), right behind her. Meredith Ginn from Carson-Newman prevailed in heat 2 with 51.82 ahead of Lenoir-Rhyne’s Lisa Boernigen (51.85).

Isabelle Sering from St. Leo dropped half a second to win heat 3 in 50.92. Wingate’s Berkley Smith went 51.18 for second. Joselle Mensah of Lindenwood edged Lucie Andrews of Wingate, 50.73 to 50.92, for the heat 4 win. Azusa Pacific’s Montana White touched third in 50.99.

Ann Carozza of West Chester won the first circle-seeded heat in 49.95. She was followed by McKendree’s Karley Sonnenberg (50.64) and Carson-Newman’s Manon Compagner (50.80).

Danielle Melilli of Queens, the 50 free champion and NCAA Division II record-holder, won heat 6 in 49.16. Kaleigh Sharkey from Simon Fraser dropped half a second to finish second in 49.74. Indy’s Krystal Caylor (49.95) touched out Tampa’s Elizaveta Bazarova (49.97) for third.

The final heat went to Monica Gumina of Queens, the 200 free champion, in 49.45. She was way out front at the 50 wall but Ester Rizzetto closed the gap over the second half and finished just .15 behind with 49.60. Jazzy Hoffmann from Florida Southern was third in 50.10.

Swim-off for 17th place:

1. Lucie Andrews – 50.72
2. Isabelle Sering – 50.80

Women’s 200 Backstroke – Prelims

• NCAA DII Record: 1:54.48 – Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC) (2017)
• Meet Record: 1:54.48 – Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC) (2017)
• 2021 Champion: Katie McCoy, Indy – 1:56.39

Finals qualifiers:

1. Luna Mertins, Lynn – 1:56.14
2. Cassie Wright, Nova S’eastern – 1:56.58
3. Celina Marquez, Nova S’eastern – 1:56.64
4. Katie McCoy, Indy – 1:58.41
5. Heidi Billings, Northern Michigan – 1:58.79
6. Stephanie Marks, Lindenwood – 1:59.11
7. Shelby Kasse, Lindenwood – 1:59.18
8. Lauren White, Colorado Mesa – 1:59.30
9. Andrea Gomez, Indy – 1:59.59
10. Isabella Revstedt, Indy – 2:00.18
11. Cheyenne Parks, Oklahoma Christian – 2:00.41
12. Melina De Cort, Grand Valley – 2:00.47
13. Morgan Sullette, Drury – 2:00.55
14. Tova Andersson, Queens – 2:00.55
15. Mady Barnes, Tampa – 2:00.60
16. Jordan Fox, Wayne State – 2:00.82

Indy’s Isabella Revstedt and Grand Valley’s Melina De Cort kicked off the 200 back heats with drops of 1.9 and 2.1 seconds, respectively, to touch with 2:00.18 and 2:00.47. Kyla Blakemore of Carson-Newman won heat 2 in 2:01.18 from the outside lane; Courtney Sherwood of Tampa finished second in 2:01.66.

Cassie Wright of Nova S’eastern went 1:56.58 to improve her seed time by half a second and win heat 3 by three full seconds. Andrea Gomez of Indy stopped the clock at 1:59.59 for second place; Cheyenne Parks of Oklahoma Christian touched out Tova Andersson of Queens, 2:00.41 to 2:00.55, for third.

Luna Mertins from Lynn went a best time by .9 to win heat 4 with 1:56.14. Stephanie Marks of Lindenwood finished three seconds later with 1:59.11, just ahead of Colorado Mesa’s Lauren White (1:59.30).

Celina Marquez of Nova S’eastern took care of the final heat with 1:56.64. She was followed by Katie McCoy of Indy (1:58.41), Heidi Billings from Northern Michigan (1:58.71), and Shelby Kasse of Lindenwood (1:59.18), who dropped .8 to make the A-final.

Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Prelims

• NCAA DII Record: 2:09.12 – Bailee Nunn, Drury (2017)
• Meet Record: 2:09.12 – Bailee Nunn, Drury (2017)
• 2021 Champion: Bec Cross, Drury – 2:13.59

Finals qualifiers:

1. Lily Borgenheimer, Colorado Mesa – 2:11.34
2. Claire Mikesell, IUP – 2:12.96
3. Marize Van Jaarsveld, Indy – 2:13.73
4. Kailee Morgan, Carson-Newman – 2:13.86
5. Isabelle Roth, Simon Fraser – 2:14.40
6. Claire Conover, Drury – 2:14.79
7. Savanna Best, Nova S’eastern – 2:14.88
8. Maddy Koehle, West Chester – 2:16.56
9. Bec Cross, Drury – 2:16.60
10. Anne-sofie Nissen, Wingate – 2:17.00
11. Maike Jung, Queens (NC) – 2:17.08
12. Delaney Wihebrink, Grand Valley – 2:17.51
13. Lily Sanocki, Wingate – 2:18.07
14. Rachel Johnson, IUP – 2:18.30
15. Beata Maruszczyk, Lindenwood – 2:18.74
16. Emma Bjoernholdt, Saint Leo – 2:18.86

Rachel Johnson of IUP went 2:18.30 to win heat 1, improving her seed time by .1. In heat 2, her teammate Claire Mikesell, last year’s runner-up, took 4 seconds off her entry time to clock in at 2:12.96. That’s already 1.5 seconds faster than her finals time from the 2021 NCAA Division II Championships. Carson-Newman’s Kailee Morgan (2:13.86), Simon Fraser’s Isabelle Roth (2:14.40), and West Chester’s Maddy Koehle (2:16.56) followed.

Claire Conover of Drury went 2:14.79 to win heat 3, just edging Nova S’eastern’s Savanna Best (2:14.88). Drury’s Bec Cross (2:16.60) came in third.

Lily Borgenheimer, who was entered with the fastest time of the season, went 2:11.34 to win the last heat by two body lengths. Marizel Van Jaarsveld, who swept the IMs here in Greensboro, finished second with 2:13.73. Florida Southern’s Emily Peck (2:19.32) was third.

Women’s 1650 Freestyle – Slower Heats

• NCAA DII Record: 16:17.66 – Kristen Frost, Southern Conn St (2008)
• Meet Record: 16:17.66 – Kristen Frost, Southern Conn St (2008)
• 2021 Champion: Francesca Bains, Queens – 16:30.98

Top 8:

1. Marina Amorim, Drury – 17:01.56
2. Rachel Peden, Carson-Newman – 17:02.99
3. Binna Traustadottir, Indy – 17:06.21
4. Rebecca Dany, Queens – 17:07.85
5. Keeley Durkin, West Chester – 17:09.90
6. Andrea Lee, UMary – 17:12.06
7. Linsey Watson, Lindenwood – 17:14.79
8. Jana Hellenschmidt, Lindenwood – 17:16.41

Women’s 1-Meter Diving – Prelims

• NCAA DII Record: 511.55 – Kayla Kelosky, Clarion (2011)
• Meet Record: 511.55 – Kayla Kelosky, Clarion (2011)
• 2021 Champion: Gracyn Segard, Grand Valley – 448.35

1. Gracyn Segard, Grand Valley – 433.35
2. Kelsey DeJesus, West Florida – 415.35
3. Amy Crayne, Azusa Pacific – 405.95
4. Mikaela Senkus, Wayne State – 405.85
5. Madison Brinkman, St Cloud St – 402.25
6. Melia Stout, Azusa Pacific – 400.25
7. Jolynn Harris, Colorado Mesa – 399.00
8. Regan Gubera, McKendree – 398.60
9. Daniela Reyes, West Florida – 397.35
10. Anna Catherine Vogt, Clarion – 395.95
11. Ali Lange, Colorado Mesa – 395.30
12. Alexis Lumaj, Indy – 393.00
13. Sydney Hanson, MSU Mankato – 385.25
14. Elizabeth Caird, Saginaw – 385.20
15. Kyra Apodaca, Colorado Mesa – 385.05
16. Marissa Woida, Wayne State – 376.25