The Denison Men’s team took home the 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships, marking their 4th title in 8 years. The Big Red won their first team title in 2011, repeated as champs in 2012, and won again in 2016. This win came over runner-up Emory, while the others all came over Kenyon. It was also their largest margin of victory to date, coming in at 227 points over Emory.
Denison is still well off Kenyon’s total titles, of which they’ve won 34 (31 consecutive), but The Big Red now has the 2nd most titles ever, ahead of Johns Hopkins with 3 titles. Another interesting note is that this is the first year since 1978 that Kenyon hasn’t finished in the top 2 at the NCAAs.
Longtime Denison head coach Gregg Parini was at the helm, winning his 7th Coach of the Year award for men (he’s won 4 for women as well). Parini was helped by assistant coaches Kellen Beckwith and Kim Lloyd, as well as head diving coach Russ Bertram.
Denison had 3 event winners in the men’s meet:
- Kymani Senior – 100 fly – 48.03
- Drake Horton, Stuart Hohm, Robert Wang, Ryan Stevenson – 800 free relay – 6:29.59
- Robert Wang – 200 back – 1:45.37
Congratulations to the entire Denison Men’s Swimming and Diving Team:
| Gus Anderson | Free | So. | Ardmore, Pa. / Friends’ Central |
| Ryan Anderson | Distance | Jr. | Gibsonia, Pa. / Pine-Richland |
| James Baker | Free | So. | Honeoye Falls, N.Y. / Honeoye Falls-Lima |
| Jake Ball | Breast | Jr. | Stafford, Va. / Colonial Forge |
| Kevin Benson | Free | Sr. | Glenview, Ill. / Glenbrook South |
| Jackson Berman | Distance | Jr. | Sammamish, Wash. / Eastlake |
| Francis Biagioli | Free/IM/Fly | So. | Allendale, N.J. / Northern Highland |
| Ben Burdick | Free | Sr. | Carmel, Ind. / Carmel |
| Carson Clear | Back/Free | Jr. | Fort Collins, Colo. / Fossil Ridge |
| PJ Desmet | Back/Fly/Free | So. | Shelby Twp., Mich. / De La Salle Collegiate |
| Tiernan Foster-Smith | Breast | Jr. | Edina, Minn. / The Blake School |
| Kenny Fox | Fly/Free/Breast | Jr. | Juneau, Alaska / Thunder Mountain |
| Nick Froemming | Fly/Free | So. | Marietta, Ga. / Walton |
| Peyton Gaumer | Breast/Fly | Jr. | Ankeny, Iowa / Dowling Catholic |
| Eric Gerlach | Free/Fly | So. | Naperville, Ill. / Naperville Central |
| Zach Hammond | Breast | So. | Shorewood, Wisc. / Shorewood |
| Matt Hedman | IM/Free/Fly | Jr. | Anoka, Minn. / Anoka |
| Stuart Hohm | Free | Sr. | Springfield, Ill. / Glenwood |
| Drake Horton | Free | Fr. | Madison, Wis. / James Madison Memorial |
| Christien Kelly | Sprint Free | So. | Toronto, Ontario / Royal St. George’s College |
| Ryan Klemptner | Free/Fly | So. | Saline, Mich. / Saline |
| Thomas Locke | Back/Fly | Sr. | Marietta, Ga. / Kennesaw Mountain |
| Victor Lowe | Free/Fly | Sr. | Mount Vernon, Ohio / Mount Vernon |
| Adrian Maher | Free/IM | Fr. | Keller, Texas / Keller |
| Liam Marsden-Readford | Fly/Free | Sr. | Sydney, Australia / Arden Anglican School |
| Liam McCullogh | Diving | Jr. | Chapel Hill, N.C. / East Chapel Hill |
| Matt McHugh | Free/Fly/Back | So. | Charlottesville, Va. / St. Anne’s Belfield |
| Sam O’Malley | Breast/IM | Jr. | Paradise Valley, Ariz. / Chaparral |
| Evan Ostojic | Diving | Fr. | Fort Collins, Colo. / Fossil Ridge |
| Matt Reed | Fly | So. | Naperville / Meet Valley |
| Aaron Saccurato | Free/IM/Fly | Sr. | Cross River, N.Y. / Horace Greeley |
| Trent Schulten | Sprint Free | So. | Louisville, Ky. / St. Xavier |
| Kymani Senior | Free/Fly/Back | So. | White Plains, N.Y. / Woodlands |
| Chas Sigloh | Back/Free | Fr. | Charlottesville, Va. / Woodberry Forest |
| John Spencer | Back/Free | Fr. | Springfield, Ohio / Springfield |
| John Stauffer | IM/Free/Back | Fr. | Skillman, N.J. / Montgomery |
| Ryan Stevenson | Breast/Free | Jr. | Madeira, Ohio / Madeira |
| Brandt Swanson | Fly/Free | Sr. | Eden Prairie, Minn. / Eden Prairie |
| Kyle Verstandig | Sprint Free | Fr. | Albany, N.Y. / Albany Academy |
| Jacob von der Lippe | Breast/IM | Jr. | Loveland, Colo. / Thompson Valley |
| Zach Wagner | Sprint Free | Sr. | Seattle, Wash. / Lakeside |
| Oli Waldram | Breast/Free | Jr. | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England / Farnborough 6th Form College |
| Bebe Wang | IM/Free/Back | So. | Naperville, Ill. / Metea Valley |
| Brett Weicht | Fly/Free | Jr. | Edina, Minn. / Edina |
| Jason Wesseling | Back/Free | Sr. | Hudsonville, Mich. / Jenison |
| Mitch Williams | Fly | So. | Columbus, Ohio / Loyola Blakefield |