|
2008 NCAA DIII Nationals Men—3rd Women—3rd
|
|
Contact Info: Head Swim Coach: Gregg Parini 740-587-6678 Diving Coach: Steve Ritter 740-587-6236 Mailing Address: Denison Athletics P.O. Box 810 Granville, OH 43023 |
|
Upcoming Events: Team Banquet– TBA NCAC Relays—Oct. 24th Oberlin—Oct. 31st Away Ohio Wesleyan—Oct 31st Away Kenyon—Nov. 7th Away
|
|
DU Men - 3rd at NCAA’s |
|
DU Women - 3rd at NCAA’s |
|
NCAA DIII National Results Click Here |
|
The Denison University men's swimming and diving squad secured their fourth straight top-3 finish at the NCAA Division III Championship on Saturday night from The University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Denison finished the four-day championship in third place with 308 points. The Big Red trailed only Emory University, who placed second with 402 points and conference rival, Kenyon, who took home the Walnut and Bronze with 604 points. On Saturday night senior John Geissinger had his moment to shine. Geissinger led off the night by taking second place in the 100 freestyle and he capped it off by swimming a mind-blowing 42.85 split in the anchor of the 400 freestyle relay. In that 400 free relay the team of David Curtis, Mike Barczak, Chris Bagley and Geissinger were trailing Kenyon by more than a second when Geissinger hit the water to handle the final four laps. At the mid-way point of his anchor Geissinger touched in 20.33 and would finish in 42.85, just three-tenths of a second shy of Kenyon's winning time of 2:56.56. The Lords set a new national record in the event and DU came away with their third, top-2 finish in a relay over the last four days. Had Geissinger posted that split time in the 100 free he would have set a new national record and been the story of the meet. Instead it was Grove City's Caleb Courage who put together a time of 43.62 to break Division III's oldest standing record. In 1985 Kenyon's James Born won the 100 freestyle in 43.65 and that record stood for 24 years. Geissinger's 43.81 came very close to Born's time and landed him in second place in the event. Bagley would finish 16th in 45.70. In four years as a national qualifier Geissinger leaves Denison as a 21-time All-American. Denison would also add three other top-16 finishes on Saturday night. In the 200 backstroke first-year Robert Barry finished fourth in 1:48.01, missing the school record, held by Adam Ulrich, by just one-hundredth of a second. Senior Charlie Baldwin placed 13th with a time of 1:51.18. In the 200 breaststroke it was junior John Nemeth who followed up his 16th place showing a year ago with a 14th place finish and a time of 2:03.07. Denison men's swimming and diving have posted 26-consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships. This is their second-straight third-place finish and their 19th straight top-5 finish at nationals. |
|
After four grueling days of competition at the 2009 NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championship the Denison Big Red finished in third place with 413 points and closed out the meet in style by winning the 400 freestyle relay in come-from-behind fashion. Denison finished just 53.5 points behind second-place Emory University who totaled 466.5 team points. Kenyon College defended their crown as women's team champion with 560 points. Senior Kristen Hohl, who swam a brilliant 49.85 time in the 100 freestyle earlier in the night, anchored the Big Red's 400 free relay team and when she splashed down she had half a length to make up on Emory's Claire Pavlak. It became apparent within the first 25 yards that Hohl was swimming in a different gear. It was kind of gear that maybe only a senior swimming the final race of her career could understand. Hohl brought Denison all the way back and her 49.27 split helped her team set a new national record with a time of 3:21.97. That marked the fourth national event championship of the meet for DU. Emory did hang on for second place in the relay with a time of 3:23.19. Joining Hohl on that relay team was junior Olivia Zaleski, senior Kate Rich and senior Annamarie Novinger. As mentioned earlier, Hohl did turn in a time of 49.85 in the 100 freestyle finals. That performance landed her in third place overall. It was also a new school record. Amherst's Kendra Stern set a new national record with her time of 49.37. For Hohl it marked her fourth straight All-American performance in the 100 freestyle. It was also a new school record for Hohl, who placed fourth in this same event in 2008. Denison's top individual performance of the day came from first-year Hilary Callen in the women's 1650 freestyle. After winning the North Coast Athletic Conference championship in 17:00.66 she trimmed almost 12 seconds off that time to place second overall to Emory's Liz Horvat, who obliterated the previous national record by more than 10 seconds. Horvat's time of 16:30.17 knocked off a record that had stood since 1996. Denison's Callen touched in 16:48.10 and her teammate, Jenny Cunningham, placed 13th in 17:13.23. Emily Schroeder, another DU freshman making her first appearance on the big stage, followed up her NCAC title last month with a strong sixth-place finish in the 200 backstroke. Schroeder touched in 2:20.08. Kenyon senior Carolyn Barer won the race in 2:00.15. After placing sixth in the 100 breaststroke last night, sophomore Ksenia Golovkina returned on Saturday with an eighth place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:22.67. It marked the sixth All-American swim of the meet for Golovkina and the ninth of her young career. This marks the second-straight third-place finish for the Big Red at nationals. |
|
John Geissinger placed second in the 100 free and anchored the 400 free relay with a 42.85 split helping Denison to third place in the overall standings. |
|
Kristen Hohl's anchor split in the 400 free relay helped Denison to their 4th national event title of the meet. Denison placed third overall for the second straight year. |
|
2009 Men’s and Women’s NCAC Conference Champions |
