At the inaugural Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Drury senior Agnieszka Ostrowska has put the new conference on the map in a big way, knocking down the Division II national record in the 200 breast on the final day of racing.
Ostrowska, who was the NCAA runner-up last season, chopped a whopping 7 seconds off her prelims swim to shock the nation with a 2:12.70, a tenth under the old NCAA record in what’s becoming a runaway Drury win at the conference championships.
The old record was set by Ana Gonzalez Pena of Wayne State back in 2011 at 2:12.89. Ostrowska will presumably have two more shots at Division II nationals to set the record even lower.
The Polish swimmer also won the 100 breast on Friday with a 1:02.42, which is just a second off the Division II national record in that event, well within striking distance depending on how much she has left in the tank for nationals.