2025 NCAA Division II Championships: Day 5 Prelims 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 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

The final day of the 2025 NCAA Division II Championships is here. We have a fairly light morning for the last prelims session of the meet, featuring the 100 free, 200 back, and 200 breast.

Drury freshman Jonette Laegreid will be racing in the women’s 200 breast today after setting the Division II record in the event earlier this season. Lagreid comes in as the top seed by more than 2 seconds with her record time of 2:08.86.

Similarly, Colorado Mesa junior Agata Naskret broke the women’s 200 back at her conference championship meet last month. Naskret enters with her mark of 1:53.97, making her the top seed by more than 2 seconds.

Lynn 5th year Luna Mertins holds a season best of 48.33 in the women’s 100 free, which puts her just off the DII record of 48.16. She leads the field coming into the meet by half a second.

U Indy freshman Jeremias Pock also has us on record watch in the men’s 200 breast. Pock has already been 1:52.08 this season, which not only makes him the top seed coming into this morning by over 2 seconds, but puts him within half a second of the DII record of 1:51.71, which has stood since 2015.

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

• NCAA DII Record: 48.16 – Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC) (2019)
• Meet Record: 48.16 – Polina Lapshina, Queens (NC) (2019)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Luna Mertins (Lynn) – 48.95
2. Bryn Greenwaldt (Augustana) – 49.03
3. Kristina Orban (Nova Southeastern) – 49.25
4. Kiara Pozvai (Henderson State) – 49.54
5. Zsofia Kurdi (Nova Southeastern) – 49.69
6. Montana White (Azusa Pacific) – 49.70
7. Lucy Hedley (Grand Valley) – 49.77
8. Abigail Williams (Simon Fraser) – 49.81

Luna Mertins led the field in the women’s 100 free this morning with a 48.95, touching as the only swimmer in the field under 49 seconds. Mertins has already been 48.33 this season, which puts her just 0.17 seconds off the DII record in the event.

Augustana’s Bryn Greenwaldt had a huge swim this morning, clocking a 49.03 for 2nd. Greenwaldt entered the meet with a season best of 50.51, so she took 1.48 seconds off her time this morning. Of course, Greenwaldt made waves earlier in the meet when she broke the DII record in the 50 free, becoming the first Division II swimmer to break 22 seconds in the event. Given her prowess in the 50, Greenwaldt will demand respect tonight in finals of the 100.

Nova Southeastern’s Kristina Orban, a freshman, came in 3rd this morning with a 49.25. Orban is the only swimmer in the field other than Mertins to have gone under 49 seconds this season, holding a season best of 48.86.

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

• NCAA DII Record: 41.25 – Karol Ostowski, Drury (2021)
• Meet Record: 41.25 – Karol Ostowski, Drury (2021)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Matthew Bosch (Grand Valley) – 42.49
2. Leo Nolles (Northern Michigan) – 42.97
3. Yassine Sebbata (Wingate) – 43.03
4. Evan Scotto Divetta (Grand Valley) – 43.04
5. Volodymyr Gavrysh (McKendree) – 43.06
6. Maksymilian Minichowski (Catawba) – 43.07
7. Gavin Lindley (Nova Southeastern) – 43.18
8. Maurice Grabowski (Lynn) – 43.19

Grand Valley’s Matthew Bosch took half a second off his season best this morning, leading the field with a 42.49. Bosch was the only swimmers in the field this morning to go under 22 seconds on the 2nd 50, coming home in 21.94.

Northern Michigan’s Leo Nolles was also under 43 seconds this morning, swimming a 42.97 for 2nd. Nolles has been as fast as 42.72 this season. Interestingly enough, Bosch and Nolles had the same opening 50 split this morning, both getting out to a 20.55 on the first 50.

Wingate freshman Yassine Sebbata made a statement swim this morning, clocking a 43.03 for 3rd. He took nearly half a second off his season best of 43.49.

Grand Valley saw a 2nd swimmer make it into the ‘A’ final, with Evan Scotto Divetta swimming a 43.04 for 4th. He blew away his season best of 43.70 with the swim.

WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS

• NCAA DII Record: 1:53.97 – Agata Naskret, Colorado Mesa (2025)
• Meet Record: 1:54.48 – Hannah Peiffer, Queens (NC) (2017)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Agata Naskret (Colorado Mesa) – 1:56.63
2. Tammy Greenwood (Oklahoma Christian) – 1:56.92
3. Katerina Matoskova (Colorado Mesa) – 1:57.71
4. Sidni Meister (Tampa) – 1:57.90
5. Mia Krstevska (U Indy) – 1:58.06
6. Sierra Gillan (Tampa) – 1:58.28
7. May Lowy (Nova Southeastern) – 1:58.33
8. Maria Fe Munoz (Drury) – 1:58.37

Colorado Mesa’s Agata Naskret clocked a 1:56.63 to lead the field in the women’s 200 back this morning. Naskret has been much faster, holding a season best of 1:53.97, which is the Division II record int he event. Morevoer, Naskret broke the DII record in the 100 back last night in finals with a 51.52 after swimming a 52.97 in prelims, so we can expect a much faster swim out of her tonight.

Tammy Greenwood also went 1:56 this morning, swimming a 1:56.92 for 2nd. Greenwood has been as fast as 1:56.29 in the event this season.

Tampa sophomore Sidni Meister had a big swim this morning, blowing away her season best of 2:00.18 with a 1:57.90, which was good for 4th.

MEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE – PRELIMS

• NCAA DII Record: 1:40.34 – Ben Sampson, Colorado Mesa (2024)
• Meet Record: 1:40.34 – Ben Sampson, Colorado Mesa (2024)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Raf Hendriks (St Cloud State) – 1:42.38
2. Ivan Adamchuk (Drury) – 1:42.41
3. Alvaro Zornoza Quiros (Drury) – 1:42.87
4. Andrew Scoggin (Colorado Mesa) – 1:42.88
5. Parker Knollman (Tampa) – 1:43.04
6. Patryk Rozenek (McKendree) – 1:43.36
7. Silas Buessing (U Indy) – 1:43.51
8. Roland Nagy (Barry) – 1:43.71

St Cloud State 5th year Raf Hendriks clocked a 1:42.38 to earn the top seed for tonight’s final. Hendriks was just off his season best of 1:42.14, which is the fastest in the field as well.

Drury’s Ivan Adamchuk was right behind, swimming a 1:42.41 for 2nd. Adamchuk clipped his season best of 1:42.49 with the swim. Drury teammate Alvaro Zornoza Quiros came in 3rd this morning with a 1:42.87.

WOMEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS

• NCAA DII Record: 2:08.86 – Jonette Laegreid, Drury (2024)
• Meet Record: 2:09.12 – Bailee Nunn, Dury (2017)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Jonette Laegreid (Drury) – 2:10.58
2. Mellie Wijk (Drury) – 2:12.52
3. Claire Gass (Nova Southeastern) – 2:13.74
4. Claire Conover (Drury) – 2:13.75
5. Celina Schmidt (U Indy) – 2:14.52
6. Gwen Bergum (Drury) – 2:14.85
7. Alena Rozova (West Florida) – 2:14.94
8. Madelyn Koehle (West Chester) – 2:16.00

Drury freshman Jonette Laegreid swam a 2:10.58 to clock the top time of the morning in the women’s 200 breast by 2 seconds. Laegreid broke the DII record in the event back in the fall, swimming a 2:08.86. Given that, she has a shot at cracking both the DII record and the meet record, which stands at 2:09.12, tonight in finals.

Drury teammate Mellie Wijk swam a 2:12.52 for 2nd this morning. Wijk has the 2nd-fastest season best in the field as well, already having been 2:11.08 this year.

Nova Southeastern’s Claire Gass had a big swim this morning, swimming a 2:13.74, which blew away her season best of 2:16.75. Gass was actually out the fastest of anyone this morning, swimming a 1:02.67 on the opening 100 of the race.

Drury also saw Claire Conover and Gwen Bergum advance to the ‘A’ final tonight.

MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS

• NCAA DII Record: 1:51.71 – Anton Lobanov, Nova Southeastern (2015)
• Meet Record: 1:51.71 – Anton Lobanov, Nova Southeastern (2015)

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

1. Brayden Cole (U Indy) – 1:55.62
2. Davi Mourao (Drury) – 1:55.96
3. Jeremias Pock ((U Indy) – 1:56.10
4. Jared Mindek (Tampa) – 1:56.17
5. Inigo Marina (Nova Southeastern) – 1:56.58
6. Owen Stender (Davenport) – 1:56.89
7. Connor Bichsel (Missouri S&T) – 1:57.03
8. Miles Schulze (Ouachita) – 1:57.20

U Indy’s Brayden Cole had a big swim this morning, shredding his season best of 1:58.61 to clock the top time of the morning with a 1:55.62. Freshman teammate Jeremias Pock was 3rd this morning in 1:56.10. While that makes it look like Pock is right in the thick of it, the reality is that he has the fastest season best in the field by a wide margin. Pock has been 1:52.08 this year, which is just off the DII record of 1:51.71.

Dury senior Davi Mourao will be a contender tonight as well, having taken 2nd this morning with a 1:55.96. Mourao holds a season best of 1:54.38, which is the 2nd-fastest season best in the field.