2021 NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Wednesday, March 17 – Saturday, March 20, 2021
- Birmingham CrossPlex / Birmingham, AL (Eastern Time Zone)
- Defending champion: Queens (5x) – 2019 results
- Streaming
- Championship Central
- Live Results
- 2021 NCAA Division II Men’s psych sheet
Day Four
Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle – Finals
- NCAA DII: 41.50 – Karol Ostrowski, Drury (2020)
- Meet: 41.73 – Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2019)
Top 8:
- Karol Ostrowski, Drury – 41.25
- Matej Dusa, Queens (NC) – 42 87
- Gregg Lichinsky, McKendree – 42.97
- Raphael De Paiva, Carson-Newman – 43.27
- Alex Bowen, Drury – 43.42
- Viacheslav Ohnov, Wingate – 43.47
- Patryk Winiatowski, Lindenwood – 43.48
- Luka Cvetko, Wayne State – 43.88
Drury’s Karol Ostrowski broke the NCAA Division II Meet Record and lowered his own NCAA Division II Record in one fell swoop in the final of the men’s 100 free on Saturday night.
Ostrowski had first broken the NCAA Record in November at the 2020 SMU Invitational when he won the 100 free in 41.50. That took down the 41.73 mark set by Marius Kusch of Queens in 2019 at the NCAA Division II Championships.
Ostrowski earned the matching set tonight with 41.25 to erase both his NCAA Record and Kusch’s Meet Record.
Out in 19.83, Ostrowski came home in 21.42, winning by nearly a body and a half.
- Kusch – March 2019: 19.86 / 21.87 = 41.73
- Ostrowski – November 2020: 19.89 / 21.61 = 41.50
- Ostrowski – March 2021: 19.83 / 21.42 = 41.25
Already ranked second in the 100 free among all NCAA swimmers for the season, Ostrowski moves up to #1, ahead of Texas junior Daniel Keueger.
- Karol Ostrowski, 2021 NCAA Division II Championships, 41.25
- Daniel Krueger, Big XII Conference Championships, 41.33
- Ryan Hoffer, Pac-12 Men’s Championships, 41.57
- Matthew King, Southeastern Conference Men’s Championships, 41.66
- Shaine Casas, American Short Course Championships, 41.68
Ostrowski ranks 12th all-time in the NCAA, all divisions combined:
| Time | Swimmer | Team | Meet | Date | City | |
| 39.90 | Dressel, Caeleb | SR | Florida | 2018 NCAA DI – Men | 3/24/2018 | Minneapolis |
| 40.76 | Morozov, Vladimir | JR | Southern Cali | 2013 NCAA DI – Men | 3/28/2013 | Indianapolis |
| 40.80 | Farris, Dean | JR | Harvard | 2019 NCAA DI – Men | 3/30/2019 | Austin |
| 40.83 | Becker, Bowe | SR | Minnesota | 2019 NCAA DI – Men | 3/30/2019 | Austin |
| 40.84 | Adrian, Nathan | JR | California | 2009 Duel in the Pool | 12/18/2009 | Manchester |
| 40.92 | Cielo, Cesar | JR | Auburn | 2008 NCAA DI – Men | 3/27/2008 | Federal Way |
| 40.95 | Chadwick, Michael | SR | Missouri | 2017 NCAA DI – Men | 3/25/2017 | Indianapolis |
| 41.05 | Held, Ryan | SR | NC State | 2018 NCAA DI – Men | 3/24/2018 | Minneapolis |
| 41.06 | Jackson, Tate | SR | Texas | Texas Hall of Fame Swimming In | 12/1/2018 | Austin |
| 41.16 | Pieroni, Blake | SR | Indiana | 2018 NCAA DI – Men | 3/24/2018 | Minneapolis |
| 41.18 | Bilis, Simonas | SR | NC State | 2016 NCAA DI – Men | 3/26/2016 | Atlanta |
| 41.25 | Ostrowski, Karol | SO | Drury | 2021 NCAA DII | 3/20/2021 | Birmingham |
| 41.26 | Krueger, Daniel | SO | Texas | 2020 Big 12 Champs | 2/29/2020 | Morgantown |
| 41.34 | Ress, Justin | JR | NC State | 2018 NCAA DI – Men | 3/24/2018 | Minneapolis |
| 41.36 | Apple, Zach | JR | Auburn | 2018 NCAA DI – Men | 3/24/2018 | Minneapolis |
| 41.45 | Hoffer, Ryan | JR | California | 2020 PAC-12 Champs men | 3/7/2020 | Federal Way |
| 41.46 | Chierighini, Marcelo | SR | Auburn | 2014 SEC Champs | 2/22/2014 | Athens |
| 41.49 | Feigen, Jimmy | FR | Texas | 2009 NCAA DI – Men | 3/26/2009 | College Station |
| 41.49 | Blaskovic, Bruno | JR | Indiana | 2020 B1G 10 Champs men | 2/29/2020 | Bloomington |
| 41.52 | Gkolomeev, Kristian | JR | Alabama | 2016 NCAA DI – Men | 3/26/2016 | Atlanta |
He should transfer to a D1 school
He’s definitely going to get a ton of scholarship offers dangled in front of him. Will be interesting to see what he does.
Why? It looks like where he is now is working well for him.
But have you ever been to Springfield MO? Other than Andy’s Frozen Yogurt and the drive through cave tour there is nothing else memorable or nice about the place. I’d swim fast to get out of there…
To be fair though, its better than Jefferson City…
I agree that Springfield is better than Jefferson City. However, what makes Drury unique is that the Swimming Team is highly regarded by the school and community. This is not typically the case for other schools. At most other schools, they seem to not care much about the Olympic sports.
It’s be pretty cool if he beat the D1 guys in the final tally. Reminds me of Doug Russell, who swam for then tiny UT-Arlington, won the NCAA 100 fly. He ended up beating Spitz at the 68 Olympics in the 100 fly.
It could be like Marius Kusch in 2019 in the 100 fly where he would have won by .5 if he went that time at d1’s. It is a truly an incredible feat when a D2 swimmer outperforms D1, it is rare but when it happens it is truly incredible.
Ben Michaelson 2003 100Fly.
He actually came in as a legit D2 swimmer and developed/improved to that level.
Seeing this race brought tears to my eyes
-Guy is only a “freshman”
-I don’t recall Adrian breaking 41.
Also Karol split 41.10 on the 400 free relay.
I think Adrian’s time is converted
Was a 45.0 in shiny suit
41.25 straight up is better
He’s also already 21
But how many 21 year olds do you know that go 41.2? His age is irrelevant when we are talking elite times. His class is another thing all together, but there are 20-21 year old freshies in D1 too. So at the end of the day elite times are elite regardless of age.
Yeet
That is Boomshakalaka worthy swim for sure! Nice!