Denison’s Jack Hill Breaks 2nd D3 Record Of The Meet With 42.87 100 Freestyle

2026 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 18-21, 2026
• Location: IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
• Defending Champs: MIT women (1x) & Denison men (1x)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Results on Meet Mobile: “NCAA DIII Championships”
• Live Video
• Live Recaps:
• Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2

Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle – Prelims

• Division III Record: 42.88, Max Cory (Bates), 2025
• 2025 Champion: 42.88, Max Cory (Bates)

Top 8 Qualifiers

1. Jack Hill (DEN) — 42.87 **New National Record
2. Djordje Dragojlovic (KEN) — 43.11
3. Nick Hensel (DEN) — 43.47
4. John Butler (CHIC) — 43.57
5. Sam Brozek (WILL) — 43.72
6. Charles Platt (CALV) — 43.73
7. Max Cory (BATE) — 43.76
8. Jacob Dzurica (SVC) — 43.80

Denison’s Jack Hill swam to his 2nd Division III NCAA record of the week, touching in a 42.87 in prelims of the men’s 100 freestyle. That broke the previous NCAA record of a 42.88 set by Max Cory of Bates during last year’s final.

Split Comparison

Hill was out slower than Cory’s record but brought it home with a 22.26 to sneak under the old record by 0.01.

Hill will have a chance to lower the record tonight in the final as he is the top seed. Cory is also in the final after swimming the 7th fastest time of the morning with a 43.76. The Denison men have not won the title in the 100 free in 26 years when Aaron Cole won in a 44.21.

This is Hill’s 2nd record of the week after he also swam to a 1:33.94 in the 200 freestyle on Thursday night. The Denison men currently have a 30.5 point lead ahead of NYU heading into the final night of competition.