Prelims of the 2014 Division II National Championships has wrapped up for the morning and it’s time to take a look at the swing of competitors that may have helped or hurt their team scores going into tonight’s finals.
Went up
- Hannah Mattar (Ashland) 200 IM- Mattar used an .7 second drop to swing from the 22nd seed all the way up to making the “A” final in the 8th position.
- Gloria Martinez Perez (Wayne State) 200 IM– similar to Mattar mentioned above, Perez dropped .7 seconds to swing from a 31st seed to swimming in tonight consolation final.
- Tatiana Shepel (Bridgeport) and Emily Reh (Limestone) 50 Free- both of these ladies were bubble “A” final swimmers when they entered the championships this morning but huge swims by both allowed them to be seeded 4th and 6th respectively going into tonight’s finals.
- Marko Blazevski (Wingate) 200 IM– we knew that he would compete, but he used a full 2 second drop from his seed time to be entering tonight’s “A” final in the 5th position.
- Oscar Pereiro (Bridgeport) 50 Free- using a solid morning swim to break the 20 second barrier in 19.73, Pereiro swung all the way from the 21st seed to being tonight’s top dog.
Went Down
- Kelsey Gouge (Florida Southern) 50 Free- Gouge was sitting as one of the top seeded ladies going into these championships but a mishap in the morning has put her in the “B” final
- Tamara Garriock (LIU Post) 200 IM- added a little over 2 seconds in the prelims to be sitting on the outside looking in as she is seeded 13th going into tonight’s “B” final.
- Joshua Hanson (Cal Baptist) 200 IM- added 1.5 seconds to swing down from a 4th seed going in to now sitting in 13th going into tonight.
- Matheus Assis (Saint Leo) 50 Free- kind of a borderline down here, but Assis was entered in the meet as the only swimmer under the 20 second barrier and now he sits as the 8th seed going into finals tonight.
- Kent Olsen-Stavrakas (Colorado Mesa) 50 Free- adding .6 seconds in prelims can be detrimental in any event but in the 50 Free it’s almost deadly. Olsen-Stavrakas dropped from a 3rd seed all the way down to a 32nd place finish.
