2018 NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, March 14 – Saturday, March 17
- Swimming: prelims 10am, finals 6pm; Diving: 2pm
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
- Defending Champions: Queens (results)
- Live Results
- Championship Central
The Queens University of Charlotte men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each won their fourth consecutive NCAA Division II title on Saturday in Greensboro, North Carolina. The men’s team scored 558 points, or 251 more than second-place Cal Baptist. The women won with 574.5 points, beating runners-up Drury by 173.5 points.
The Royals won a combined 17 events and set 7 NCAA Division II records and one meet record during the four-day meet. Junior Marius Kusch, who broke NCAA records in the 200 IM and 100 free individually, and as part of the 200 medley relay, was named NCAA Male Swimmer of the Meet for the second year in a row. Queens Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Planning and Leadership Development/Director of Swimming Operations, Jeff Dugdale, was named the 2018 NCAA Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year.
Photo courtesy of Queens (NC) Athletics
Men’s Event Wins
Day 1
- 200 IM – Marius Kusch, 1:41.61 (NCAA D2 record)
- 200 medley relay – Paul Pijulet, Nick Arakelian, Marius Kusch, Dmytro Sydorchenko, 1:24.83 (NCAA D2 record)
Day 2
- 100 fly – Paul Pijulet, 45.81
- 200 free – Marius Kusch, 1:32.74
- 400 medley relay – Paul Pijulet, Nicholas Arakelian, Marius Kusch, Alen Mosic, 3:08.56
Day 3
- 100 back – Paul Pijulet, 45.88 (NCAA D2 record)
- 200 fly – Marius Kusch, 1:42.16
- 800 free relay – Marius Kusch, Alen Mosic, Nicholas Arakelian, Ben Mayes, 6:25.42
Day 4
- 100 free – Marius Kusch, 42.42 (NCAA D2 record)
- 200 back – Paul Pijulet, 1:42.17
- 400 free relay – Paul Pijulet, Alen Mosic, Ben Mayes, Dmytro Sydorchenko, 2:53.67
Photo courtesy of Queens (NC) Athletics
Women’s Event Wins
Day 1
- 50 free – Wanda Dollmayer, 22.75
- 200 medley relay – Rachel Massaro, Shelly Prayson, Georgia DaCruz, Kyrie Dobson, 1:38.65 (meet record)
Day 2
- 200 free relay –Alexandra Marshall, Kyrie Dobson, Wanda Dollmayer, Shelly Prayson, 1:30.05 (NCAA D2 record)
- 400 medley relay – Rachel Massaro, Shelly Prayson, Georgia DaCruz, McKenzie Stevens, 3:40.16
Day 3
- 200 fly – McKenzie Stevens, 1:56.89 (NCAA D2 record)
Day 4
- 400 free relay – McKenzie Stevens, Kyrie Dobson, Wanda Dollmayer, Shelly Prayson, 3:18.04 (NCAA D2 record)
Time for Queens to move into the big league, NCAA Div 1!!!
No their swimmers are all old Europeans who can’t speak English
Guy’s, we’ve only been a program for 8 years. I don’t think that anyone was looking for Drury or Truman when they were on their runs to go D-1. I’m probably wrong here.
This is the second time I’ve had to address this ignorance that we seem to have against foreign swimmers (Assuming that the person making this comment is American). They all speak English, they all attend classes, and no we don’t have any German, French, Spanish or Swedish is a second language courses. Our swimmers are only greatly enriched by the interaction that they have with these foreign student athletes.
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Nope! With only 1800 on campus I don’t think that’s going to happen. And why should they? They have built a great program with a mix of both international and US base kids. Maybe more D1 schools should take a look at how Queen’s is training their kids. They seem to be doing something right to win 4 years in a row.
Excellent review of the D2 NCAA National Championship!