So remember when we wrote that article on how if Kate Douglass decided to clone herself three times, her best times would add up to a mark faster than every other NCAA women’s team aside from Virginia? Well, thanks to Twitter user, DIII NCAA champion, and Kenyon swimming alum Hannah Orbach-Mandel, we present you the DIII version of this article in the form of graduated Kenyon swimming legend Crile Hart.
Orbach-Mandel correctly pointed out that Hart’s best flat start times in each 100-stroke event (53.61 100 back, 1:03.78 100 breast, 53.21 100 fly, 49.51 100 free) would add up to a 3:40.11, which is faster than every DIII team in the country for the 2022-23 season with the exception of Kenyon, Hart’s former team. However, 3:40.11 isn’t just faster than most DIII teams this season, but it’s also faster than the team records for every single DIII team with the exception of Kenyon and Emory. In addition, if you replace Hart’s best 100 fly and 100 free flat start times with her best relay split times of 52.94 and 49.10 respectively, you get a total add-up of 3:39.43 which is even faster.
With Hart being the DIII record holder in the 200 IM and 200 back in addition to being an NCAA champ in the 100 back and 100 fly, it’s no surprise that her medley relay add-up time would be extremely fast. However, this stat serves as a testament to show just how good she was in her time at Kenyon.
…YES! Crile's best 100 times add up to a 3:40.11 – beating every women's DIII team in the country this season except our own Kenyon College. Even more impressively, her 100 breast time is from high school as I do not believe she swam it individually in college. #whyd3 💜
— Hannah Orbach-Mandel (@horbachmandel) February 22, 2023
Hypothetical All-Time Fastest Women’s 400 Medley Relay Teams, NCAA Division III:
- Kenyon — 3:38.05 (2022)
- Emory — 3:38.38 (2022)
- Crile Hart Relay — 3:39.43
- Denison — 3:40.48 (2020)
- Williams — 3:40.52 (2022)
Impressively enough, Hart’s add-up time was done with her best 100 breast time from high school, as she never swam the event in college. That being said, given her improvments in the 200 IM throughout her time at Kenyon from 2017 to 2022, it’s reasonable to assume that she’s capable of going much faster than her high school best.
Splits Comparison:
| Kenyon, 2022 | Emory, 2022 | Crile Hart Relay | Denison, 2020 | Williams, 2022 | |
| Back | Olivia Smith — 54.75 | Megan Jungers — 53.75 | Crile Hart — 53.61 | Angela Le — 56.29 | Sophia Verkleeren — 54.53 |
| Breast | Jennah Fadely — 1:00.92 | Eden Bates — 1:01.89 | Crile Hart — 1:03.78 | KT Kustritz — 1:00.94 | Amanda Wager — 1:01.37 |
| Fly | Crile Hart — 53.10 | Taylor Leone — 53.24 | Crile Hart — 52.94 | Maddie Hopkins — 53.78 | Samantha Kilcoyne — 53.29 |
| Free | Emmie Mirus — 49.28 | Caroline Maki — 49.24 | Crile Hart — 49.10 | Gabriella Nutter — 49.47 | Georgia Panitz — 51.33 |
| Total | 3:38.05 | 3:38.38 | 3:39.43 | 3:40.48 | 3:40.52 |
Wouldn’t the same be said about Dressel, Katie Douglas, Gretchen or Alex Walsh? Even more impressive as D1.
Who has the analysis on them?
It’s already been done an all of them
Clearly you didn’t read the first sentence of my article…
Love this! Hart’s versatility was amazing
Someone check my math, but I came up with 3:34.63 for former DII swimmer Theresa Michalak of West Florida, who in 2017 set three DII records while winning the 100 free, 100 fly, and 100 breast at NCAA’s. I believe that time would beat the DII national record.
best times:
54.35 back
59.51 breast
52.33 fly
48.44 free
She was a European champion at 17 in the SCM 100 IM, and I believe something like 12th at the 2012 Olympics in the 200 IM.
Great find. That’s a hell of a nationals lineup
Incredible! Excited to see if the “Crile Hart Relay” will be beaten in a few short weeks!
Given it already is beaten, I would assume it will. Having a 103 breast leg hurts.
Yay for D3 love. Hart is/was a phenomenal swimmer
I love the D3 content!
I do not!
Ratio
Her best 100 freestyle relay split is 48.8! From Nov 2022!
awesome! I swam with her mom (and her uncle, too!) in high school, who was awesome at everything (except breast — seemed like slow-mo as compared with the rest of her 200 IM)! so fun to see!!