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:
Welcome to the penultimate finals session of the 2025 DII NCAA Championships, and the women’s lead could shift based on tonight’s performances.
We also have the chance to see an NCAA Record in the men’s 500 freestyle thanks to Tampa’s Jacob Hamlin, who has already won two events this meet, one of which in record breaking fashion.
The session will end with the women’s 3-Meter followed by the 200 freestyle relay.
Women’s 500 Freestyle — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 4:39.28 — Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) (2016)
- Meet Record: 4:39.28 — Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) (2016)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Tori Meklensek (Simon Fraser)- 4:44.87
- Lucy Hedley (Grand Valley)- 4:47.57
- Montana White (Azusa Pacific)- 4:48.78
- Hailey Williams (Nova S’eastern)- 4:50.20
- Justice Beard (USML)- 4:50.40
- Laura Hodgson (Tampa)- 4:51.64
- Olivia Hansson (Colorado Mesa)- 4:51.67
- Ilaria Murzilli (Nova S’eastern)- 4:53.86
Tori Meklensek won her first event of this championships, after she just barely got out touched in the 1000 on night two. She continued her exceptional senior season with her swim tonight of 4:44.87. This was a little more than two seconds faster than her previous best time of 4:47.08 from last month. Coming into the season, her best time in the event was 4:47.76, which she did at last year’s championships. This was also her first ever NCAA title, redeeming her runner-up finish from last year.
Lucy Hedley from Grand Valley came in 2nd in the event, almost three seconds back, at 4:47.57. Hedley was actually head of Meklensek for the first 200 of the race, flipping a few tenths ahead. She wasn’t able to hold onto that speed, however, and dropped to 29s for the rest of the race.
Montana White from Azusa Pacific held very consistent splits throughout, allowing her to stay ahead of Hailey Williams in fourth, and finish a little more than a second behind Hedley.
With that event alone, Nova has officially moved ahead of Drury in the team rankings.
Men’s 500 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA DII Record: 4:15.16 — Cedric Buessing, Indy (2025)Meet Record:4:17.09 — Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC) (2016)
Top 8 finishers:
- Jacob Hamlin (Tampa): 4:14.62 *NEW NCAA and Meet Record
- Fernando Dehaudt (Wingate)- 4:20.83
- Rafael Ponce De Leon (Tampa)- 4:21.73
- Matteo Vissotto (Drury)- 4:21.76
- Luca Alessandrini (Nova S’eastern)- 4:21.79
- Nazar Heraschenko (Catawba)- 4:22.13
- Vladislav Kazakin (Mines)- 4:22.27
- Barnabas Fluck (Tampa)- 4:23.53
Jacob Hamlin won his 4th gold medal of the meet and his 3rd individual title in the men’s 500 in record breaking fashion. He and Cedric Buessing had been trading the record back and forth this season, and while we missed the race that could have been between this two in the final, Hamlin made it exciting nonetheless with his 4:14.62 swim to win the event. He led from start-to-finish, making it clear from the beginning he was going to win the race, and he dropped more than two seconds from his previous best of 4:16.84.
Freshman Fernando Dehaudt from Wingate took 2nd in the event, after hanging back from the leaders for the first part of the race. He picked up the pace around the 250-300 mark and ultimately finished 2nd ahead of 3rd, 4th, and 5th by a second.
The next three swimmers were all separated by less than a tenth of a second. Rafael Ponce De Leon finished 3rd for Tampa at 4:21.73, Matteo Vissotto took 4th for Drury at 4:21.79, and Luca Alessandrini from Nova finished 5th in 4:21.79
Women’s 100 Backstroke — Finals
NCAA DII Record: 51.53 — Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa (2025)Meet Record: 51.53 — Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa (2025)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Agata Naskret (Colorado Mesa)- 51.52 **New NCAA and Meet Record**
- Luna Mertins (Lynn)- 52.37
- Bryn Greenwaldt (Augustana)- 52.49
- Oleksandra Melnyk (Findlay)- 53.72
- Isabella Revstedt (Indy)- 53.91
- Taylar Hooton (Colorado Mesa)- 54.17
- Abby Gronholz (MSU Mankato)- 54.88
- Camilla Carbone (NMU)- 55.57
After setting the NCAA record while leading off the medley releay last night, Agata Naskret, a junior from Colorado Mesa, came back in tonight’s final and re-broke her own record by a hundredth of a second. Naskret’s previous best time was 51.86 from November of this year.
Luna Mertins, from Lynn, finished 2nd, fresh off her own NCAA record in the women’s 100 fly from last night. She came in at 52.37 to touch just over a tenth ahead of another record breaker in Bryn Greenwaldt. Greenwaldt, an Augustana senior, set the 50 freestyle record on the first day of the meet.
Men’s 100 Backstroke — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 45.09 — Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2019)
- Meet Record: 45.09 — Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2019)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Ivan Adamchuck (Drury)- 46.06
- Alvrao Zornoza Quiros (Drury)- 46.15
- Brandon Wilson (Florida Southern)- 46.25
- Patryk Rozenek (McKendree)- 46.54
- Andrew Scoggin (Colorado Mesa)- 46.86
- Parker Knollman (Tampa)- 46.87
- Raf Hendriks (St Cloud St)- 46.97
- William Beckstead-Holman (Tampa)- 47.68
Ivan Adamchuck won a very close final for Drury touching in 46.06 to keep his top spot from the prelims by nine-hundredths. He swam a best time of 45.93 in the prelims, and he was just off of that time tonight, but he was still faster than his pre-meet best of 46.19.
Alvaro Zornoza Quiros took 2nd, also for Drury, in 46.15. This was exactly a tenth ahead of the 3rd place finisher Brandon Wilson of Florida Southern. Zornoza Quiros was also just off his prelims best time of 46.10 but was still about three tenths under his previous best of 46.43 from his conference championships.
Brandon Wilson finished 3rd at 46.54 as the first person in the final to go a new best time. He came into the meet at 46.75 from his conference meet, and he swam 47.04 in the final to qualify 7th overall.
Women’s 100 Breaststroke — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 59.51 — Theresa Michalak, West Florida (2017)
- Meet Record: 59.51 — Theresa Michalak, West Florida (2017)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Jonette Laegreid (Drury)- 1:00.06
- Claire Gass (Nova S’eastern)- 1:00.52
- Claire Conover (Drury)- 1:01.19
- Natalia Dwojak (Wingate)- 1:01.26
- Celina Schmidt (Indy)- 1:01.36
- Nesrine Jelliti (Augustana)- 1:01.71
- Syndey McKenzie (Catawba)- 1:01.92
- Katie Susi (Findlay)- 1:01.94
Drury freshman Jonette Laegreid won the women’s 100 breaststroke by almost half-a-second i 1:00.06. She was off her personal best time in the event of 59.69 from her conference meet last month, and she was just over her prelims time of 59.97.
Claire Gass took 2nd for Nova at 1:00.52, exactly half-a-second faster than her prelims time of 1:01.02 and than her previous personal best of 1:01.03 from last month.
Claire Conover rounded out the podium for Drury in 1:01.19. This was three-hundredths off the 1:01.16 she went in prelims, but still a tenth faster than her previous best of 1:01.28 also from last month.
Men’s 100 Breaststroke — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 51.63 — Anton Lobanov, Nova Southeastern (2015)
- Meet Record: 51.63 — Anton Lobanov, Nova Southeastern (2015)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Brayden Cole (Indy)- 51.81
- David Mourao (Drury)- 51.94
- Jeremias Pock (Indy)- 52.34
- Maxim Tsyfarov (Lynn)- 52.51
- Inigo Marina (Nova)- 53.18
- Janek Barczyk (Florida Southern)- 53.24
- Miles Schulze (Ouachita)- 53.27
- Maskymil Minichowski (Catawaba)- 53.41
Indy 5th year Brayden Cole won his first NCAA title in the men’s 100 breaststroke, swimming a personal best time of 51.81, a little more than a tenth faster than his previous best of 51.97 from February. He came in just over a tenth ahead of Drury senior Davi Mourao in 51.94
Mourao has a best time of 51.88 from this meet last year, but this was his first time under 52 seconds this season.
Jeremias Pock, a freshman, came in 3rd for Indy, exactly four tenths back with his 52.34. This was a few tenths off his best of 52.08 which he swam to finish 2nd at his conference meet behind Cole.
Women’s 200 Butterfly — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 1:55.98 — Ann Carozza, West Chester (2022)
- Meet Record: 1:55.98 — Ann Carozza, West Chester (2022)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Mellie Wijk (Drury)- 1:57.28
- Andrea Gomez Espinosa (Indy)- 1:57.81
- Aurora Duncan (Drury)- 1:58.98
- Burlingtyn Bokos (Tampa)- 1:58.99
- Maria Fe Munoz (Drury)- 1:59.81
- May Lowy (Nova S’eastern)- 2:00.10
- Emily Mears-Bentley (Findlay)- 2:00.32
- Megan Corcoran (Carson-Neman)- 2:01.42
Drury had the exact performance they needed in this event to find themselves ahead of Nova, after they didn’t put any swimmers in the 500 free or 100 back finals. Mellie Wijk won her 2nd event of the meet, swimming 1:57.28 in the 200 fly to add a gold to her 200 IM gold from earlier this meet. Wijk led the whole race, starting as the only swimmer under 30 seconds on the first 50.
Andrea Gomez Espinosa from Indy finished 2nd, half-a-second back from Wijk with her 1:57.81. This was about two tenths off her best time of 1:57.61 from last month’s conference meet.
Aurora Duncan rounded out the podium for Indy at 1:58.98, more than a second behind Gomez Espinosa, but almost a second ahead of Lowy from Nova S’eastern.
Drury officially took the lead back after that race, sitting at 348 to Nova’s 321.
Men’s 200 Butterfly- Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 1:40.75 — Jackson Lustig, McKendree (2023)
- Meet Record: 1:40.75 — Jackson Lustig, McKendree (2023)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Jackson Lustig (McKendree)- 1:40.89
- Vitaly Kostin (Lynn)- 1:43.96
- Gavrysh Volodymyr (McKendree)- 1:44.26
- Alejandro Villarejo (Drury)- 1:44.36
- Luke Dignes (Rollins)- 1:44.39
- Evan McInerny (Rollins)- 1:45.23
- Alexander Smyre (Wingate)- 1:46.45
- Archie Minto (McKendree)- 1:47.89
Jackson Lustig won his 3rd straight title in the men’s 200 fly in dominant fashion. His final time of 1:40.89 was more than three seconds ahead of the rest of the field. This was just over a tenth off his best time and NCAA record of 1:40.75 from 2023, but it was a second-and-a-half faster than the 1:42.15 he went to win the event last year.
Vitaly Kostin took 2nd for Lynn at 1:43.96. This was about a tenth faster than his previous best of 1:44.06 from last month’s conference meet.
McKendree also took the 3rd place spot with freshman Volodymyr Gavrysh’s 1:44.26, which was almost exactly a second faster than his best time of 1:45.25
Women’s 3 Meter Diving
Top 8 Finishers:
- Luna Vejarano (Clarion)- 542.55
- Alexa Gonczi (Clarion)- 520.95
- Madison Kooistra (Grand Valley)- 506.55
- Colleen Hudson (Clarion)- 505.85
- Kaitlyn Madigan (Clarion)- 491.80
- Olivia Nelson (West Florida)- 487.45
- Kenya Meyer (Colorado Mesa)- 478.05
- Kalina Ceglinski (NMU)- 462.75
Just like the 1-meter, the women’s 3-meter event was absolutely dominated by Clarion. Luna Vejarano won the event in 542.55. Alexa Gonczi finished 2nd in 520.95, both for Clarion.
The Clarion women also took 4th and 5th individually in the event.
Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay
- NCAA DII Record: 1:30.05 — Queens (NC), (2018)
- Meet Record: 1:30.05 — Queens (NC), (2018)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Indy- 1:30.37
- Lynn- 1:30.59
- Nova S’eastern- 1:30.87
- Colorado Mesa- 1:30.93
- Augustana- 1:31.09
- Findlay- 1:31.90
- Tampa- 1:32.21
- Simon Fraser- 1:32.46
Indy took the gold in the women’s 200 freestyle relay, coming in at 1:30.37 in the event to finish just over two tenths ahead of the field with their team of Kirabu Namutebi (22.12), Julia Magierowska (22.89), Andrea Paaske (22.73), and Isabella Revstedt (22.62.
Lynn finished 2nd, and Nova S’eastern finished 3d picking up crucial points on Drury, who came in at 12th in the event.
Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
- NCAA DII Record: 1:16.50 — Henderson State, (2024)
- Meet Record: 1:16.50 — Henderson State, (2024)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Grand Valley- 1:18.10
- NMU- 1:18.13
- Tampa/Florida Southern- 1:18.28
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- St Cloud State- 1:18.40
- Indy- 1:18.59
- Lewis- 1:18.87
- Drury- 1:18.88
The men’s relay was incredibly close with the top eight teams being separated by less than eight tenths of a second, and the top two teams having only three hundredths between them. and the 3rd place teams tying.
Grand Valley ultimately came out on top aat 1:18.10, just ahead of NMU at 1:18.13. Their team consisted of Evan Scotto Divetta (19.52), Esteban Nunez Del Prado (19.77), Aaron Dies (19.53), and Matthew Bosch (19.28).
Tampa tied with Florida Southern for 3rd, which helps them pick up points on Drury, but not a ton since Drury finished 8th.
Updated Team Scores After Day 4:
Top 10 Women:
- Drury- 358
- Nova S’eastern-353
- Colorado Mesa- 284
- Indy- 272
- Lynn- 174
- Tampa- 165
- Grand Valley- 158
- Findlay- 145
- Clarion- 140
- Simon Fraser- 137
Top 10 Men
- Drury- 390
- Tampa- 355
- McKendree- 262
- Indy- 239
- Grand Valley- 186
- Florida Southern- 127
- Lynn- 122
- Colorado Mesa- 119
- Lewis/Wingate- 117
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