Kenyon Corona Meet
- March 13th-14th, 2020
- James A. Steen Aquatic Center, Gambier, Ohio
- SCY (25y) format
- Results on Meet Mobile – “Kenyon NCAA Invite – Corona 2020”
While the time may never enter the official USA Swimming or NCAA results database, Kenyon junior David Fitch gave a taste of what could have been on Friday.
Swimming at Kenyon’s intrasquad time trial being held this weekend to give their NCAA Championship qualifiers some closure on a canceled season, Fitch posted a 46.83 in the 100 yard fly. That’s a lifetime best for him and undercuts his NCAA Division III record of 46.92 done at last year’s NCAA Championship meet.
For Fitch, who last year won national titles in both the 100 fly and 100 back, the swim won’t officially be an NCAA record. Kenyon has, however, said that they will recognize swims from this weekend as both pool and school records, meaning that the Kenyon school record will be faster than the official NCAA D3 record. Earlier in the day, Fitch swam a 19.75 in the 50 free on a relay leadoff that broke a Steen Aquatic Center record.
Fitch, who comes from the Bluefish Swim Club in New England, came out of high school with a lifetime best of 48.77 in the 100 fly. As a freshman he improved that to 48.34 before really breaking through as a sophomore to set the D3 record.
Last year, Fitch was named the Division III Swimmer of the Year by the CSCAA.
Comparative Splits:
| 50m | 100m | Final Time | |
| Old Record | 21.74 | 25.18 | 46.92 |
| New Record | 21.73 | 25.1 | 46.83 |
If colleges/clubs are still swimming, what say Swimswam runs a virtual swim meet where teams post up their time trial results for virtual medals? Every team gets a date/time slot to swim then posts results at a set time for scoring…
Any underwater footage?
Completely irresponsible
Bravo Kenyon! Bravo!
Why is Kenyon still practicing and racing????
Because until a couple days ago this this called NCAAs was on the horizon…?
Kenyon, please post the results!
Very impressive, doing this one week before he would have been fully tapered for the D3 Championships!
Yeah, with his 19.75 relay lead off in free (a best time by .3), I bet he would have had significant further drops in his 100’s.
Watch their Instagram. They filmed many of the swims this morning. They have an awards podium and interviews. Very fun (and funny, especially if you know the kids). Love the energy of this team! Congrats to them for staying positive and racing their hearts out.