2023 NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN’S AND MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, March 15 – Saturday, March 18, 2023
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
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The Denison women led from start to finish at the NCAA Division III Championships last weekend en route to their first national title since 2001.
The Big Red totaled 464.5 points, cruising past Emory (385) and defending champion Kenyon College (383). The victory marked just their second D-III crown in program history.
Denison sophomore Taryn Wisner earned runner-up finishes in the 200 free (1:48.80), 500 free (4:49.84), and 1650 free (16:40.24), racking up 51 points for the Big Red. Denison senior Tara Culibrk collected top-three finishes in the 50 free (22.81), 100 free (49.88), and 200 free (1:49.03), while junior Tara Witkowski added third-place finishes in the 500 free (4:49.84) and 1650 free (16:45.27) as well as a fifth-place showing in the 400 IM (4:21.69).
Denison head coach Gregg Parini was awarded Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time in his 37 seasons with the Big Red, and his first since 2001.
FINAL WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES
- Denison 464.5
- Emory 385
- Kenyon 383
- Williams 307
- NYU 301
- Tufts 296.5
- Chicago 266.5
- MIT 222
- Pomona-Pitzer 202.5
- Hope College 132
- Johns Hopkins 126.5
- Amherst 101
- Claremont MS 74
- Ithaca 69
- Carnegie Mellon 68
- (TIE) Bowdoin / St. Kate’s 58
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- Calvin 45
- Trinity University 42
- Bates 39.5
- Mary Washington 36
- Gustavus 30.5
- Swarthmore 28
- Hamilton 22
- Colorado College 20
- Case Western 19
- Wash U. MO 16
- (TIE) Wheaton (Ma) / Springfield 12
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- St Olaf 9
- SUNY Geneseo 8
- Colby 6.5
- (TIE) Kean / Centre 4
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- Rowan 2
- Albion 1
On the men’s side, Emory repeated as champions to bring home the program’s third-ever national title (2017 and 2022).
The Eagles essentially clinched their team victory by placing three in the top four of the 200 breast, led by now-three-time champ Jason Hamilton (1:53.77). In the 100 breast on Friday night, Hamilton placed third in the 100 breast (53.26) behind junior teammate Jake Meyer (52.87). Emory also broke a pair of D-III records in the 200 medley relay (1:25.85) and 800 free relay (6:26.98).
FINAL MEN’S TEAM SCORES
- Emory 532
- Kenyon 495.5
- Chicago 318
- Johns Hopkins 217
- (TIE) MIT / Williams 214.5
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- Wash U. MO 187.5
- Denison 163
- Calvin 153.5
- Tufts 148.5
- Carnegie Mellon 140
- Tcnj 137.5
- Nyu 132
- Bates 104
- John Carroll 87
- Pomona-Pitzer 84
- Suny Geneseo 71
- Whitman 56
- Conn College 51
- Claremont MS 47
- Colby 37
- Birmingham Southern 31
- Trinity University 25
- Wheaton (Il) 21
- Brandeis 19
- Rowan 18
- (TIE) Alfred State / Swarthmore 17
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- Bowdoin 16
- Rhodes 14
- Millsaps 13
- RIT 12
- Coast Guard 10
- Redlands 9
- USMMA 8
- (TIE) Franklin / Ithaca 7
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- Caltech 6
- (TIE) Hamilton / St. Mary’s MD / Washington & Lee 5
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- Whitworth 4.5
- (TIE) Chapman / Drew 4
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- (TIE) UW Eau Claire / WPI 2
Eagz rolled
Emory women didn’t have a great meet. But Denison was fantastic – good enough that they probably would have won even if Emory was on.
Emory qualified 23 swimmers and Kenyon only had a meager 14 qualify. For such a small team they gave Emory one hell of a battle for a title that they expected to roll away with. Congrats on a fun NCAA’s
You conveniently ignore that Emory was only allowed to bring 17 of their qualifying swimmers, and Kenyon qualified three divers to Emory’s one.
Anyone know the diving coaches of the year?
Kontura took men’s. Don’t recall women’s.
Thomaz Rossa, first year diving coach at Emory, was women’s diving coach of the year.
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Congrats also to men’s coach of the year Jason Weber of Chicago!
Chicago was something special to watch this season. And the Tufts women – hecking heck that was fun.
Denison women were the first to break the Kenyon title streak, in 2001. Going in to the final relay, the Denison team just had to have a legal swim to win. Word was that Coach Parini told his swimmers that he was going to time the exchanges only, and that all three exchanges had to add up to MORE than 1.00 seconds. This was to assure them of having safe starts that would lead to a win. IIRC, the total time on the exchanges was something like 1.2 seconds.
That’s how to avoid throwing away a team title. Smart move.