Henderson State Breaks D2 Record in Men’s 200 Free Relay With 1:16.50

2024 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships

Day 4

Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

  • NCAA DII: 1:16.90 – Drury (K Ostrowski, K Glass, C Carlson, A Bowen, 2021)
  • Meet: 1:16.90 – Drury (K Ostrowski, K Glass, C Carlson, A Bowen, 2021)

Podium:

  1. Henderson State – 1:16.50
  2. Tampa – 1:17.00
  3. McKendree – 1:18.48
  4. Florida Southern – 1:18.65
  5. Grand Valley – 1:18.73
  6. Drury – 1:18.78
  7. Indy – 1:18.86
  8. Lewis – 1:18.93

Henderson State took a big .40 bite out of the NCAA Division II and meet record in the 200 medley relay with a 1:16.50 from Lamar Taylor, Jack Armstrong, Jase Pinckney, and Patryk Dabrowski.

Swimming in the fastest heat, Taylor led off for Henderson State with 19.10, putting his team out front by half a body length at the 50 over top-seeded Tampa. Taylor handed off to Armstrong, whose 18.56 increase that lead to a full body length at the 100 (37.66). Pinckney (19.17) and Dabrowski (19.67) assured the back half and the Reddies got the win with 1:16.50. They were 1.64 seconds faster than they’d been a year ago – with 3/4 of this same quartet – and their time set a new NCAA Division II national record.

Everyone was a lot faster this time around. For comparison sake, here are the relevant splits:

Henderson State, 2023 NCAA Division II Championships Drury, 2021 NCAA Division II Championships Henderson State, 2024 NCAA Division II Championships
Jack Armstrong, 19.41 Karl Ostrowski, 18.92 Lamar Taylor, 19.10
Lamar Taylor, 19.11 Kham Glass, 19.16 Jack Armstrong, 18.56
Jase Pinckney, 19.83 Caleb Carlson,19.71 Jace Pinckney, 19.17
Tim Holt, 19.79 Alex Bowen, 19.11 Patryk Dabrowski, 19.67
1:18.14 1:16.90 1:16.50

 

0
Leave a Reply

Subscribe
Notify of

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

About Anne Lepesant

Anne Lepesant

Anne Lepesant is the mother of four daughters, all of whom swam in college. With an undergraduate degree from Princeton (where she was an all-Ivy tennis player) and an MBA from INSEAD, she worked for many years in the financial industry, both in France and the U.S. Anne is currently …

Read More »