NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships: Day two - Swimming News
After a record improvement in the Women’s 500-yard freestyle yesterday, day two of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Swimming and Diving Championships is believed to increase the ferociousness of the championships. The competition
will conclude on March 26 at the Allan Jones Aquatic Centre in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The first session of the second day will include the preliminary rounds of Men and Women in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard Individual Medley (IM), 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard freestyle categories.
The first event of the day will be the Women’s 200-yard freestyle relay, where the team of Denison is likely to dominate the preliminary rounds, as it has a seed time of 1:32.50 minutes. Denison’s time is comfortably ahead of Gustavus and Emory, who are
likely to qualify as the second and third fastest teams in a time of 1:33.66 and 1:33.72 minutes, respectively.
Kenyon is expected to dominate the equivalent Men’s event, as it has the fastest seed time of 1:20.78 minutes that is satisfactorily ahead of College of NJ and M.I.T, who are projected to be the second and third fastest teams in the heats in a time of 1:21.66
and 1:21.86 minutes, respectively.
In Women’s 400-yard IM, Elizabeth Horvat is likely to dominate the swim with her seed time of 4:18.48 minutes, which places her far ahead of Emily Schroeder and Caroline Wilson, who have a seed time of 4:22.88 and 4:23.97 minutes, respectively. Horvat is
only two seconds away from improving the NCAA record of the event, which was made by Liz Horvat in 2009.
In the Men’s corner, Paul Dyrkacz is expected to occupy the equivalent event, as he has a seed time of 3:53.41 minutes against his followers John Hu and Christopher Bateman, who have a time of 3:56.05 and 3:57.21 minutes, respectively.
In the Women’s 100-yard butterfly, Laura Pierce is projected to qualify as the fastest swimmer with her 55.56 seconds effort, which is slightly away from Michele Kee and Leslie Hackler, who are the expected second and third fastest qualifiers in 55.74 and
55.76 seconds, respectively.
Kenyon’s James Chapman is expected to be the fastest qualifying male swimmer in a time of 48.52 seconds, which is comfortably ahead of Jason Adams and Wyatt Ubellacker, who are projected for the second and third fastest qualification in 49.07 and 49.14 seconds,
respectively. Chapman is only a second away to improve the record for the same event that was made by Denison’s Aaron Cole in 2000.
Pacesetter for the 500-yard freestyle at the championships, Kendra Stern, is also expected to dominate the Women’s 200-yard freestyle with a timing of 1:46.80 minutes, ahead of Amanda Croix and Alyssa Swanson, who have a time of 1:49.73 and 1:50.17 minutes,
respectively.
In the Men’s corner, Craig Fleming will be dominating the equivalent event in a time of 1:38.34 slightly ahead of David Somers, who has a time of 1:38.68. Tyler Harp is expected to qualify as the third fastest swimmer in a time of 1:39.08 minutes.
The finals of the same events will be conducted in the evening session of the second day of the championships.
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