Denison Women Capture First Division III Crown Since 2001; Emory Men Go Back-to-Back

2023 NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN’S AND MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • Dates: Wednesday, March 15 – Saturday, March 18, 2023
  • Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
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The Denison women led from start to finish at the NCAA Division III Championships last weekend en route to their first national title since 2001.

The Big Red totaled 464.5 points, cruising past Emory (385) and defending champion Kenyon College (383). The victory marked just their second D-III crown in program history.

Denison sophomore Taryn Wisner earned runner-up finishes in the 200 free (1:48.80), 500 free (4:49.84), and 1650 free (16:40.24), racking up 51 points for the Big Red. Denison senior Tara Culibrk collected top-three finishes in the 50 free (22.81), 100 free (49.88), and 200 free (1:49.03), while junior Tara Witkowski added third-place finishes in the 500 free (4:49.84) and 1650 free (16:45.27) as well as a fifth-place showing in the 400 IM (4:21.69).

Denison head coach Gregg Parini was awarded Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time in his 37 seasons with the Big Red, and his first since 2001.

FINAL WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES

  1. Denison 464.5
  2. Emory 385
  3. Kenyon 383
  4. Williams 307
  5. NYU 301
  6. Tufts 296.5
  7. Chicago 266.5
  8. MIT 222
  9. Pomona-Pitzer 202.5
  10. Hope College 132
  11. Johns Hopkins 126.5
  12. Amherst 101
  13. Claremont MS 74
  14. Ithaca 69
  15. Carnegie Mellon 68
  16. (TIE) Bowdoin / St. Kate’s 58
  17. Calvin 45
  18. Trinity University 42
  19. Bates 39.5
  20. Mary Washington 36
  21. Gustavus 30.5
  22. Swarthmore 28
  23. Hamilton 22
  24. Colorado College 20
  25. Case Western 19
  26. Wash U. MO 16
  27. (TIE) Wheaton (Ma) / Springfield 12
  28. St Olaf 9
  29. SUNY Geneseo 8
  30. Colby 6.5
  31. (TIE) Kean / Centre 4
  32. Rowan 2
  33. Albion 1

On the men’s side, Emory repeated as champions to bring home the program’s third-ever national title (2017 and 2022).

The Eagles essentially clinched their team victory by placing three in the top four of the 200 breast, led by now-three-time champ Jason Hamilton (1:53.77). In the 100 breast on Friday night, Hamilton placed third in the 100 breast (53.26) behind junior teammate Jake Meyer (52.87). Emory also broke a pair of D-III records in the 200 medley relay (1:25.85) and 800 free relay (6:26.98).

FINAL MEN’S TEAM SCORES

  1. Emory 532
  2. Kenyon 495.5
  3. Chicago 318
  4. Johns Hopkins 217
  5. (TIE) MIT / Williams 214.5
  6. Wash U. MO 187.5
  7. Denison 163
  8. Calvin 153.5
  9. Tufts 148.5
  10. Carnegie Mellon 140
  11. Tcnj 137.5
  12. Nyu 132
  13. Bates 104
  14. John Carroll 87
  15. Pomona-Pitzer 84
  16. Suny Geneseo 71
  17. Whitman 56
  18. Conn College 51
  19. Claremont MS 47
  20. Colby 37
  21. Birmingham Southern 31
  22. Trinity University 25
  23. Wheaton (Il) 21
  24. Brandeis 19
  25. Rowan 18
  26. (TIE) Alfred State / Swarthmore 17
  27. Bowdoin 16
  28. Rhodes 14
  29. Millsaps 13
  30. RIT 12
  31. Coast Guard 10
  32. Redlands 9
  33. USMMA 8
  34. (TIE) Franklin / Ithaca 7
  35. Caltech 6
  36. (TIE) Hamilton / St. Mary’s MD / Washington & Lee 5
  37. Whitworth 4.5
  38. (TIE) Chapman / Drew 4
  39. (TIE) UW Eau Claire / WPI 2

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A.I
1 year ago

Eagz rolled

THEO
1 year ago

Emory women didn’t have a great meet. But Denison was fantastic – good enough that they probably would have won even if Emory was on.

D3 swim fan
1 year ago

Emory qualified 23 swimmers and Kenyon only had a meager 14 qualify. For such a small team they gave Emory one hell of a battle for a title that they expected to roll away with. Congrats on a fun NCAA’s

Ferb
Reply to  D3 swim fan
1 year ago

You conveniently ignore that Emory was only allowed to bring 17 of their qualifying swimmers, and Kenyon qualified three divers to Emory’s one.

Dressel_42.8
1 year ago

Anyone know the diving coaches of the year?

Thirteenthwind
Reply to  Dressel_42.8
1 year ago

Kontura took men’s. Don’t recall women’s.

4swmrz
Reply to  Dressel_42.8
1 year ago

Thomaz Rossa, first year diving coach at Emory, was women’s diving coach of the year.

Mugs Berdelman
Reply to  Dressel_42.8
1 year ago

Last edited 1 year ago by Mugs Berdelman
Jacob Ayers
1 year ago

Congrats also to men’s coach of the year Jason Weber of Chicago!

Thirteenthwind
Reply to  Jacob Ayers
1 year ago

Chicago was something special to watch this season. And the Tufts women – hecking heck that was fun.

BaldingEagle
1 year ago

Denison women were the first to break the Kenyon title streak, in 2001. Going in to the final relay, the Denison team just had to have a legal swim to win. Word was that Coach Parini told his swimmers that he was going to time the exchanges only, and that all three exchanges had to add up to MORE than 1.00 seconds. This was to assure them of having safe starts that would lead to a win. IIRC, the total time on the exchanges was something like 1.2 seconds.

CPG
Reply to  BaldingEagle
1 year ago

That’s how to avoid throwing away a team title. Smart move.

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