2025 DII NCAA Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championship

• March 11-15, 2025
• IU Natatorium — Indianapolis, IN 
• SCY (25 Yards) 
• Defending Champions: 
  • Women: Nova Southeastern (2x)
  • Men: University of Tampa (1x)
• Women’s Psych Sheets
• Men’s Psych Sheets
• Live Results 
• Live Stream
• Recaps:
  • Finals: Day 1
  • Prelims: Day 2

It’s time for the Day 2 finals of the 2025 NCAA Championships, and we have yet to go any session without a new DII record.

Last night, the Tampa men broke the 800 freestyle relay record, and this morning Bryn Greenwaldt set a new 50 freestyle record in the preliminaries of the event.

On top of getting to see Greenwaldt swim again this evening, we also have the potential to see another new record in the form of Jacob Hamlin’s 1000 freestyle.

Hamlin already owns the record in this event from earlier this year, but he is only seeded first by about a second, which in a 1000 is not a significant lead.

We will also get to see the women’s 1-meter diving and the 200 medley relays.

WOMEN’S 1000 FREESTYLE — TIMED FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 9:38.98 – Emily Trieschmann, Nova S’eastern (2024)
• Meet: 9:38.98 – Emily Trieschmann, Nova S’eastern (2024)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Andrea Gomez Espinosa (Indy)- 9:44.90
2. Tori Meklensek (Simon Fraser)- 9:44.93
3. Hailey Williams (Nova S’Eastern)- 9:51.28
4. Justice Beard (USML)- 9:55.52
5. Montana White (Azusa Pacific)- 9:56.64
6. Olivia Hansson (Colorado Mesa)- 9:58.91
7. Allison Vassilakos (Wayne State)- 10:00.66
8. Laura Hodgson (Tampa)- 10:00.99

That. Was. Close. Andrea Gomez Espinosa took the women’s 1000 for Indy in 9:44.90 by only three-hundredths of a second ahead of Simon Fraser’s Tori Meklensek who swam 9:44.93.

Meklensek led for most of the race, getting out fast and trying to hold off the consistent speed from Gomez Espinosa. At the 900 mark, Gomez Espinosa took the lead over Meklensek, coming in just over three tenths ahead. She maintained the same lead through the next 50, but Meklensek was not giving up easy.

On the final 50 of the race, the Simon Fraser senior turned on the gas in a very close attempt to chase down the leader, who is also a senior. Meklensek actually split faster on the final 50 than the Gomez Espinosa, coming in at 27.69 to the other girl’s 27.94, bringing the finish down to the touch. Gomez Espinosa ultimately finished first by just three-hundredths, marking Indy’s first ever NCAA title in this event.

Hailey Williams from Nova S’eastern finished 3rd overall seven seconds back in 9:51.28.

MEN’S 1000 FREESTYLE — TIMED FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 8:53.99 – Jacob Hamlin, Tampa (2025)
• Meet: 8:54.10 – Fabio Dalu, McKendree (2021)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Jacob Hamlin (Tampa)- 8:47.23 **New NCAA Record**
2. Cedric Buessing (Indy)- 8:48.18
3. Luca Alessandrini (Nova S’eastern)- 9:00.29
4. Paul Demesy (West Chester)- 9:01.47
5. Christian Davidson (McKendree)- 9:01.98
6. Rafael Ponce De Leon (Tampa)- 9:02.41
7. Vladislav Kazakin (Mines)- 9:07.50
8. Jon Katzenbach (Grand Valley)- 9:09.33

Jacob Hamlin absolutely annihilated his previous NCAA record en route to winning the men’s 1000. Earlier this year, Hamlin swam 8:53.99 in the event to come in just under the previous record of 8:54.10. Tonight, he dropped more than six-and-a-half seconds from his previous time to finish in 8:47.23.

Despite coming in more than six seconds under the previous NCAA record, Hamlin won the event by less than a second. Cedric Buessing came in at 8:48.18 for 2nd, which would have been more than five seconds under the record if Hamlin hadn’t been in the event.

Luca Alessandrini came in 12 seconds behind Buessing for 3rd at 9:00.29.

WOMEN’S 200 IM –FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 1:55.83 – Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) (2016)
• Meet: 1:55.83 – Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) (2016)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Mellie Wijk (Drury)- 1:57.97
2. May Lowy (Nova S’eastern)- 1:59.39
3. Jonette Lagreid (Drury)- 1:59.98
4. Claire Conover (Drury)- 2:00.16
5. Emilia Ronningdal (Nova S’eastern)- 2:00.23
6. Maria Fe Munoz (Drury)- 2:00.92
7. Aurora Duncan (Drury)- 2:01.84
8. Shanah Dillman (West Florida)- 2:02.70

Drury absolutely dominated the ‘A’ final in this event, finishing 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th. Mellie Wijk, a senior for the Panthers won the event by more than a second with her final time of 1:57.97. This time was three hundredths ahead of her best time in the event of 1:58.00 she went at her conference championships last month.

Nova S’eastern picked up 2nd in the event with May Lowy squeezing in between two Drury swimmers. Her final time of 1:59.39 was just six tenths ahead of Jonette Lagreid. This marked Lowy’s first time under 2:00 in the event, after she went 2:00.00 in the preliminaries.

Nova S’eastern also picked up 5th with junior Emilia Ronningdal coming in a little under a tenth behind the 4th place finisher, Claire Conover, at 2:00.23.

MEN’S 200 IM –FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 1:41.61 – Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2018)
• Meet: 1:41.61 – Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2018)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Ivan Adamchuk (Drury)- 1:43.19
2. Jeremias Pock (Indy)- 1:44.26
3. Alejandro Villarejo (Drury)- 1:44.36
4. Volodymyr Gavrysh (McKendree)- 1:45.13
5. Davi Mourao (Drury)- 1:45.28
6. Tom Thalau (Lewis)- 1:45.51
7. Joao Nogueira (Drury)- 1:45.89
8. Connor Bichsel (Missouri S&T)- 1:46.00

Drury held yet another masterclass in the men’s 200 IM final, putting four men’s swimmers in, who finished 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th.

Ivan Adamchuk finished 1st overall in 1:43.19. This time was just six-hundredths off his personal best time of 1:43.13 that he went in November of 2024. Adamchuk led from wire-to-wire, splitting the fastest fly and back legs. He gave up a little bit of ground on the breaststroke before coming home with a middle of the field split on his freestyle

• Adamchuk’s splits: 22.02/25.52/30.30/25.35

Jeremias Pock from Indy finished 2nd in the event at 1:44.26. This was about two tenths off his personal best of 1:44.04 from December.

Finally, Alejandro Villarejo finished 3rd for Drury at 1:44.36

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 21.92 – Bryn Greenwaldt, Augustana (2025)
• Meet: 21.92 – Bryn Greenwaldt, Augustana (2025)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Bryn Greenwaldt (Augustana)- 22.09
2. Kirabo Namutebi (Indy)- 22.26
3. Luna Mertins (Lynn)- 22.34
4. Kiara Pozvai (Henderson State)- 22.44
5. Kristina Orban (Nova S’eastern)- 22.52
6. Laura Dekoninck (Lynn)- 22.68
7. Maya Esparza (Nova S’eastern)- 22.79
8. Zsofia Kurdi (Nova S’eastern)- 22.99

Bryn Greenwaldt came back from setting the NCAA record in prelims to win the 50 freestyle in 22.09. This was almost two tenths over her time from the prelims, and it exactly ties her seed time in the event.

Kirabo Namutebi from Indy was the 2nd place finisher at 22.26, after winning the event last year. This was a-hundredth faster than her prelims time of 22.27, but was still about two tenths off her seed of 22.03.

Rounding out the podium was Luna Mertins from Lynn at 22.34, hundredths off her prelims swim

The whole 50 free ‘A’ final came finished exactly as the prelims of the event did, with everyone finishing in the same spot, with the exception of Zsofia Kurdi who tied for 7th in prelims, but came in 8th in the final.

MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 18.88 – Matej Dusa, Queens (NC) (2022)
• Meet: 18.88 – Matej Dusa, Queens (NC) (2022)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Tibor Tistan (Tampa)- 19.12
2. Maurice Grabowski (Lynn)- 19.45
3. Leo Nolles (NMU)- 19.54
4. Evan Scotto Divetta (Grand Valley)- 19.59
5. Maksymil Minichowski (Catawba)- 19.73
6. Lucas Minuer (Drury)- 19.76
7. Caleb Brandon (Tampa)- 19.77
8. Brandon Wilson (Florida Southern)- 19.94

There might have been a tie for the top spot in this morning’s prelims, but that did not happen this evening. Tibor Tistan won the event by more than three-tenths for Tampa. This win for the Spartans marks their 3rd win in four men’s events so far this Championships. The only event they have not won was the men’s 200 IM.

This was also a two-tenth drop for Tistan, improving from the 19.31 he went in November of this year.

Maurice Grabowski was the swimmer who tied with Tistan in the prelims, and he went the exact same time in finals tonight to finish 2nd for Lynn.

Leo Noles was the 3rd place finisher at 19.54 from Northern Michigan University.

WOMEN’S 1-METER DIVING — FINALS

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Luna Vejarano (Clarion)- 476.75
2. Colleen Hudson (Clarion)- 456.50
3. Madison Kooistra (Grand Valley)- 441.65
4. Alexa Gonczi (Clarion)- 441.40
5. Taelyn Tomas (Clarion)- 437.80
6. Adriana Mieses (West Florida)- 432.55
7. Aspen Warnygora (MSU Mankato)- 426.10
8. Amelia Licht (Colorado Mesa)- 388.10

The women’s 1-Meter Diving event was all about Clarion, with the Eagles putting four divers in the top-eight, and taking 4 of the top-5 positions.

Junior Luna Verjano won the event with a score of 476.75, almost 20 points ahead of her teammate, sohpomore Colleen Hudson’s 456.50. Madison Kooistra finished 3rd for Grand Valley, scoring two tenths more than Clarion senior Alexa Gonczi at 441.65 to the other diver’s 441.50.

WOMEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY — FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 1:38.49- Queens (NC) (2018)
• Meet Record: 1:38.48 Queens (NC) (2018)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Indy- 1:38.30 *NEW NCAA Record**
2. Nova S’eastern- 1:38.44
3. Lynn- 1:39.18
4. Colorado Meda- 1:39.71
5. Augustana- 1:39.82
6. Findlay- 1:39.87
7. Drury- 1:40.79
8. Wingate- 1:40.86

Indy won the women’s 200 medley relay in new NCAA record fashion, stopping the clock at 1:38.30. The previous record stood at 1:38.49 from seven years ago in 2018, set by Queens.

The Indy women actually sat in 2nd to Nova S’eastern for more than half the race. Julia Magierowska led off the relay for Indy, splitting 24.87 on the backstroke to put the team in 1st ahead of Nova’s Maria Goncalves’ time of 25.17.

The breaststroke leges flipped the lead in Nova’s direction with Hannah Montgomery swimming their breast leg in 27.61 to pass Megan Gregory from Indy who split 27.95 by just four-hundredths.

Fly stayed in Nova’s favor with Kristana Orban swimming 23.56 to stay ahead of Andrea Paaske from Indy’s 23.79. At this point, Nova had almost three-tenths on Indy.

The freestyle leg was the ultimate victory for Indy thanks to Kirabo Namutebi who went 21.69 to be the only swimmer under 22 seconds. Nova’s freestyler Maya Esparza went 22.10 to bring them home in 2nd, also under the previous NCAA record at 1:38.30

MEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY — FINALS

• NCAA DII Record: 1:24.46 – Indianapolis (2024)
• Meet Record: 1:24.46 – Indianapolis (2024)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Indy- 1:24.68
2. Tampa- 1:24.71
3. Florida Southern- 1:24.87
4. Drury- 1:25.41
5. McKendree- 1:25.56
6. Grand Valley- 1:25.73
7. Lewis- 1:25.96
8. Lynn- 1:26.07

Indy took the men’s medley relay in 1:24.68, just barely holding off Tampa for the win. Mattia Rossi led them off in 21.82 on the backstroke. Brayden Cole went 23.0 on the breast. Oskar Sawicki  (20.30_, and Aqueel Joseph went 19.47 on the anchor leg.

Tampa started off in first, and then fell behind on the breaststroke. The fly and free legs started mounting a comeback, but ran out of room to finish it. Parker Knollman led off in 21.60. Richard Polasek swam the breaststroke in 23.96. Tibor Tistan went a blistering 19.96 on the fly leg, and Caleb Brandon swam 19.19 on the freestyle.

Updated Team Scores After Day 2:

Women:

1. Nova S’eastern- 170
2. Drury- 143
3. Indy- 114
4. Colorado Mesa- 104
5. Clarion- 73
6. Lynn/Grand Valley- 67
7. –
8. Tampa- 63
9. West Florida- 61
10. Augustana/Simon Fraser- 57
11. —
12. Wingate- 41
13. Azusa Pacific- 36
14. Findlay- 34
15. Wayne State- 29
16. Oklahoma Christian- 21
17. MSU Mankato- 20
18. McKendree- 16
19. Henderson State/USML- 15
20. —
21. NMU- 13
22. Delta State- 10
23. Catawba- 5
24. Florida Southern/CSU East Bay/DavenportTruman St- 2
25. Concordia- 1

Men:

1. Drury – 151
2. Tampa – 143
3. Indy – 111
4. McKendree – 89
5. Grand Valley – 82
6. Florida Southern – 50
7. Lewis – 48
8. Lynn – 46
9. Colorado Mesa – 45
10. Wingate – 41
11. Wayne State – 30
12. Nmu – 28
13. Catawba – 27
14. Nova S’Eastern – 26
15. Rollins – 25
16. St. Cloud St.-W – 23
17. Delta State/West Chester University – 15
18. —
19. Ouachita – 14
20. Mines/Barry U – 12
21. —
22. Missouri S & T – 11
23. Carson-Newman – 10
24. Simon Fraser – 9
25. Biola University – 7
26. Saginaw Valley – 4
27. Montevallo – 3
28. Henderson St. – 2