NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships: Day four – Preview
Ten preliminary rounds of Men and Women on the fourth day of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Swimming and Diving Championship will be conducted today, at the Allan Jones Aquatic Centre in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The morning session will start with the preliminary rounds of Men and Women in the events of the 100-yard freestyle, followed by the 200-yard back-stroke, 200-yard breast-stroke, 400-yard freestyle relay and the 1650-yard freestyle event.
In the Women’s 100-yard freestyle, Carthage’s senior Amanda Croix is expected to dominate the preliminary rounds, as she has a time of 50.04 seconds that is clearly ahead of Amherst’s senior Kendra Stern and Emory’s Mary Claire Pavlak, who are expected to
be the second and third fastest swimmers in a time of 50.43 and 50.81 seconds, respectively.
In the Men’s corner, Kalamazoo’s senior Craig Fleming, is the most favourite swimmer with a timing of 44.02 seconds. He will be followed by Kenyon’s junior David Somers in a close fight, as he has a time of 44.69 seconds ahead of Amherst’s senior Alex Fraser’s,
who clocked in 45.07 seconds.
Next will be the Women’s 200-yard back-stroke, which is expected to be won by Emory’s Anne Culpepper with a timing of 2:00.77 minutes. Denison’s junior Emily Schroeder and IWU’s junior Andrea Peterson are the second and third favourites to qualify in a time
of 2:00.99 and 2:01.14 minutes, respectively.
On the other hand, Denison’s Quinn Bartlett is the hot favourite to dominate the Men’s 200-yard back-stroke in a wonderful time of 1:47.85 minutes. Bartlett’s time is considerably ahead of Connecticut’s junior Timothy Walsh, who has a seed time of 1:48.47
minutes, which puts him slightly ahead of the third favourite swimmer, Olaf’s Chris Bateman, who posted a time of 1:48.61 minutes.
The fifth event of the day will be the Women’s 200-yard breast-stroke, where Denison’s senior Ksenia Golovkina is most likely to dominate the event as she has a time of 2:16.40 minutes. Emory’s senior April Whitley will give Golovkina a tough time, as she
will also be looking forward to wear the crown of the fastest qualifying swimmer with her timing of 2:16.92 minutes. Westminster’s senior Courtney Herdt, who has a participation time of 2:19.24 minutes, will follow them for the third fastest spot in the final.
In the Men’s corner, the equivalent event will be conquered by Emory’s Peter O’ Brien, who has a time of 2:00.26 minutes ahead of Williams Paul Dyrkacz and Claremont’s Vincent Pai, who registered a time of 2:00.35 and 2:00.37 minutes, respectively.
Next will be the heats of the Women’s 400-yard freestyle relay, where the team of Denison is expected to qualify in the fastest time of 3:25.40 minutes. They will be followed by Emory and Stevens, who have a time of 3:25.99 and 3:26.71 minutes, respectively.
In the Men’s event, Kenyon is the top contender for the fastest qualification in a time of 3:00.16 minutes, which is comfortably ahead of Kalamazoo and Emory, who have a time of 3:01.83 and 3:02.05 minutes, respectively.
The next meet will be the Women’s 1650-yard freestyle, where Elizabeth Horvat will be qualifying as the fastest swimmer with her timing of 16:51.21 minutes ahead of Carolin Wilson and Erin Altenburger, who are expected to be the second and third fastest
swimmers in a time of 16:54.11 and 16:54.46 minutes, respectively.
The Men’s 1650-yard freestyle will be the last event of the session, which expects Drew Ledwith to qualify as the fastest contestant in 15:30.16 minutes. He will be followed by James Lichtenfels and Allen Weik in a time of 15:31.84 and 15:32.02 minutes,
respectively.
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