Denison vs. Kenyon
- November 9, 2024
- James A. Steen Aquatic Heart, Gambier, Ohio
- Brief Course Yards (25 yards)
- Full Meet Outcomes (Internet)
- Crew Outcomes:
- Ladies: #1 Kenyon 180 def. #4 Denison 120
- Males: #8 Denison 203 def. #4 Kenyon 97
Some of the storied rivalries in faculty swimming two campuses situated solely 25 miles aside produced a pair of lopsided selections over the weekend in a D3 energy matchup.
The boys’s upset, notably, was notable as Kenyon had received the earlier 5 common season matchups between the 2.
Males’s Recap
The Denison males received 13 out of 16 occasions to interrupt Kenyon’s common season profitable streak, led by an ideal four-for-four from freshman Nick Hensel from Houston.
Hensel received the 50 free in 20.90 and 100 free in 45.69, however his largest end result got here on the closing 200 free relay. There he cut up 20.54, which is a brand new private finest time for him. The NCSA lengthy course finalist had a better of 20.65 in highschool at St. John’s. He has a knack for swimming effectively on relay leadoffs – his finest time within the 100 free and 200 free each got here on relay leadoffs in meets the place relays aren’t usually the main focus.
On the different finish of the spectrum is senior and 2024 NCAC Swimmer of the Yr Patrick Daly, who received the 100 breaststroke in 55.95. That’s over a second forward of the place he was at this meet final season earlier than occurring to complete tenth on the NCAA Championships. Final 12 months, he was a greater 200 breaststroker at nationals, however thus far this season his pace has been extra evident within the 100s than the 200s.
That point within the 100 ranks him sixth in D3 this season.
Different highly-ranked outcomes for Denison embody Lucas Conrads, who received the 1000 free in 9:39.21 – which ranks him seventh in D3 this season.
Nick Fogle swept the diving occasions for Denison as effectively. He was eighth on 1-meter ultimately 12 months’s NCAA D3 Championships.
The intense spot for Kenyon was junior Ethan Manske, who received two particular person occasions. He first took the 200 fly title in 1:50.75, and bookended that with a 4:02.42 to win the 400 IM within the final particular person occasion of the meet.
Charlie Inexperienced was Kenyon’s different winner in 51.11.
Ladies’s Recap
The highest-ranked Kenyon Owls reversed the script within the ladies’s meet, profitable 11 out of 16 occasions on the day. For the Kenyon ladies, breaststroker Jennah Fadely was a quadruple winner.
The defending NCAA D3 Champion within the 100 breaststroke, Fadely on Saturday received the 100 breast in 1:02.48 and 200 breast in 2:17.04. These are her first breaststroke swims of the season.
She additionally cut up 28.33 on the breaststroke leg of Kenyon’s 200 medley relay and 28.30 on a leg of Kenyon’s profitable 200 free relay, each of which received. Fellow senior Sydney Geboy anchored that profitable relay in 23.39 to tug away from Denison.
Kenyon’s breaststroke group is deep – not far behind Fadely in each races was fellow senior Gabby Wei, who was 1:02.97 within the 100 breast and a pair of:17.16 within the 200 breast. She is the defending D3 champion within the 200 breast.
The Kenyon ladies return all 4 of their particular person nationwide champions from final 12 months’s title-winning group. Apart from Fadely and Wei, sophomore Bengisu Caymaz is again with a vengeance. She received the 1000 free (10:10.70) by over 11 seconds and the five hundred free (4:56.84) by greater than 5.
These are each NCAA D3 main occasions for the defending 500 and 1650 free champion from Turkey.
Regardless of Kenyon profitable the medley relay, the Denison ladies carried out effectively within the particular person dash stroke occasions. Jassy Park received the 100 again in 56.81 and Amber Croonquist received the 100 fly in 57.29.
Park additionally cut up 26.01 main off the Denison runner-up 200 medley relay, which was the quickest within the area by a full second.
Denison’s different winner in swimming was Emily Harris within the 200 fly (2:05.65), whereas the Massive Crimson additionally swept the ladies’s diving occasions with Lu-si Minnich profitable on 1-meter and Kerstyn Johnson profitable on 3-meter.
The 2 applications, which by rivalry and comfort wind up competing a number of occasions a season, will probably be again collectively on the Denison Invitational in early December on the Trumbull Aquatics Heart.
