2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championship
Welcome to the penultimate finals session of the 2025 DII NCAA Championships, and the women’s lead could shift based on tonight’s performances.
We also have the chance to see an NCAA Record in the men’s 500 freestyle thanks to Tampa’s Jacob Hamlin, who has already won two events this meet, one of which in record breaking fashion.
The session will end with the women’s 3-Meter followed by the 200 freestyle relay.
Women’s 500 Freestyle — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 4:39.28 — Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) (2016)
- Meet Record: 4:39.28 — Patri Castro Ortega, Queens (NC) (2016)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Tori Meklensek (Simon Fraser)- 4:44.87
- Lucy Hedley (Grand Valley)- 4:47.57
- Montana White (Azusa Pacific)- 4:48.78
- Hailey Williams (Nova S’eastern)- 4:50.20
- Justice Beard (USML)- 4:50.40
- Laura Hodgson (Tampa)- 4:51.64
- Olivia Hansson (Colorado Mesa)- 4:51.67
- Ilaria Murzilli (Nova S’eastern)- 4:53.86
Tori Meklensek won her first event of this championships, after she just barely got out touched in the 1000 on night two. She continued her exceptional senior season with her swim tonight of 4:44.87. This was a little more than two seconds faster than her previous best time of 4:47.08 from last month. Coming into the season, her best time in the event was 4:47.76, which she did at last year’s championships. This was also her first ever NCAA title, redeeming her runner-up finish from last year.
Lucy Hedley from Grand Valley came in 2nd in the event, almost three seconds back, at 4:47.57. Hedley was actually head of Meklensek for the first 200 of the race, flipping a few tenths ahead. She wasn’t able to hold onto that speed, however, and dropped to 29s for the rest of the race.
Montana White from Azusa Pacific held very consistent splits throughout, allowing her to stay ahead of Hailey Williams in fourth, and finish a little more than a second behind Hedley.
With that event alone, Nova has officially moved ahead of Drury in the team rankings.
Men’s 500 Freestyle — Finals
NCAA DII Record: 4:15.16 — Cedric Buessing, Indy (2025)Meet Record:4:17.09 — Dion Dreesens, Queens (NC) (2016)
Top 8 finishers:
- Jacob Hamlin (Tampa): 4:14.62 *NEW NCAA and Meet Record
- Fernando Dehaudt (Wingate)- 4:20.83
- Rafael Ponce De Leon (Tampa)- 4:21.73
- Matteo Vissotto (Drury)- 4:21.76
- Luca Alessandrini (Nova S’eastern)- 4:21.79
- Nazar Heraschenko (Catawba)- 4:22.13
- Vladislav Kazakin (Mines)- 4:22.27
- Barnabas Fluck (Tampa)- 4:23.53
Jacob Hamlin won his 4th gold medal of the meet and his 3rd individual title in the men’s 500 in record breaking fashion. He and Cedric Buessing had been trading the record back and forth this season, and while we missed the race that could have been between this two in the final, Hamlin made it exciting nonetheless with his 4:14.62 swim to win the event. He led from start-to-finish, making it clear from the beginning he was going to win the race, and he dropped more than two seconds from his previous best of 4:16.84.
Freshman Fernando Dehaudt from Wingate took 2nd in the event, after hanging back from the leaders for the first part of the race. He picked up the pace around the 250-300 mark and ultimately finished 2nd ahead of 3rd, 4th, and 5th by a second.
The next three swimmers were all separated by less than a tenth of a second. Rafael Ponce De Leon finished 3rd for Tampa at 4:21.73, Matteo Vissotto took 4th for Drury at 4:21.79, and Luca Alessandrini from Nova finished 5th in 4:21.79
Women’s 100 Backstroke — Finals
Top 8 Finishers:
- Agata Naskret (Colorado Mesa)- 51.52 **New NCAA and Meet Record**
- Luna Mertins (Lynn)- 52.37
- Bryn Greenwaldt (Augustana)- 52.49
- Oleksandra Melnyk (Findlay)- 53.72
- Isabella Revstedt (Indy)- 53.91
- Taylar Hooton (Colorado Mesa)- 54.17
- Abby Gronholz (MSU Mankato)- 54.88
- Camilla Carbone (NMU)- 55.57
After setting the NCAA record while leading off the medley releay last night, Agata Naskret, a junior from Colorado Mesa, came back in tonight’s final and re-broke her own record by a hundredth of a second. Naskret’s previous best time was 51.86 from November of this year.
Luna Mertins, from Lynn, finished 2nd, fresh off her own NCAA record in the women’s 100 fly from last night. She came in at 52.37 to touch just over a tenth ahead of another record breaker in Bryn Greenwaldt. Greenwaldt, an Augustana senior, set the 50 freestyle record on the first day of the meet.
Men’s 100 Backstroke — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 45.09 — Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2019)
- Meet Record: 45.09 — Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2019)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Ivan Adamchuck (Drury)- 46.06
- Alvrao Zornoza Quiros (Drury)- 46.15
- Brandon Wilson (Florida Southern)- 46.25
- Patryk Rozenek (McKendree)- 46.54
- Andrew Scoggin (Colorado Mesa)- 46.86
- Parker Knollman (Tampa)- 46.87
- Raf Hendriks (St Cloud St)- 46.97
- William Beckstead-Holman (Tampa)- 47.68
Ivan Adamchuck won a very close final for Drury touching in 46.06 to keep his top spot from the prelims by nine-hundredths. He swam a best time of 45.93 in the prelims, and he was just off of that time tonight, but he was still faster than his pre-meet best of 46.19.
Alvaro Zornoza Quiros took 2nd, also for Drury, in 46.15. This was exactly a tenth ahead of the 3rd place finisher Brandon Wilson of Florida Southern. Zornoza Quiros was also just off his prelims best time of 46.10 but was still about three tenths under his previous best of 46.43 from his conference championships.
Brandon Wilson finished 3rd at 46.54 as the first person in the final to go a new best time. He came into the meet at 46.75 from his conference meet, and he swam 47.04 in the final to qualify 7th overall.
Women’s 100 Breaststroke — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 59.51 — Theresa Michalak, West Florida (2017)
- Meet Record: 59.51 — Theresa Michalak, West Florida (2017)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Jonette Laegreid (Drury)- 1:00.06
- Claire Gass (Nova S’eastern)- 1:00.52
- Claire Conover (Drury)- 1:01.19
- Natalia Dwojak (Wingate)- 1:01.26
- Celina Schmidt (Indy)- 1:01.36
- Nesrine Jelliti (Augustana)- 1:01.71
- Syndey McKenzie (Catawba)- 1:01.92
- Katie Susi (Findlay)- 1:01.94
Drury freshman Jonette Laegreid won the women’s 100 breaststroke by almost half-a-second i 1:00.06. She was off her personal best time in the event of 59.69 from her conference meet last month, and she was just over her prelims time of 59.97.
Claire Gass took 2nd for Nova at 1:00.52, exactly half-a-second faster than her prelims time of 1:01.02 and than her previous personal best of 1:01.03 from last month.
Claire Conover rounded out the podium for Drury in 1:01.19. This was three-hundredths off the 1:01.16 she went in prelims, but still a tenth faster than her previous best of 1:01.28 also from last month.
Men’s 100 Breaststroke — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 51.63 — Anton Lobanov, Nova Southeastern (2015)
- Meet Record: 51.63 — Anton Lobanov, Nova Southeastern (2015)
Top 8 Finishers:
- Brayden Cole (Indy)- 51.81
- David Mourao (Drury)- 51.94
- Jeremias Pock (Indy)- 52.34
- Maxim Tsyfarov (Lynn)- 52.51
- Inigo Marina (Nova)- 53.18
- Janek Barczyk (Florida Southern)- 53.24
- Miles Schulze (Ouachita)- 53.27
- Maskymil Minichowski (Catawaba)- 53.41
Women’s 200 Butterfly — Finals
- NCAA DII Record: 1:55.98 — Ann Carozza, West Chester (2022)
- Meet Record: 1:55.98 — Ann Carozza, West Chester (2022)
Men’s 200 Butterfly- Finals
Women’s 3 Meter Diving
Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay
- NCAA DII Record: 1:30.05 — Queens (NC), (2018)
- Meet Record: 1:30.05 — Queens (NC), (2018)
Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay
- NCAA DII Record: 1:16.50 — Henderson State, (2024)
- Meet Record: 1:16.50 — Henderson State, (2024)
