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Drury’s Ostrowski Posts #1 100 Free of Year in Breaking D2 Records with 41.25

2021 NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

Day Four

Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle – Finals

  • NCAA DII: 41.50 – Karol Ostrowski, Drury (2020)
  • Meet: 41.73 – Marius Kusch, Queens (NC) (2019)

Top 8:

  1. Karol Ostrowski, Drury – 41.25
  2. Matej Dusa, Queens (NC) – 42 87
  3. Gregg Lichinsky, McKendree – 42.97
  4. Raphael De Paiva, Carson-Newman – 43.27
  5. Alex Bowen, Drury – 43.42
  6. Viacheslav Ohnov, Wingate – 43.47
  7. Patryk Winiatowski, Lindenwood – 43.48
  8. Luka Cvetko, Wayne State – 43.88

Drury’s Karol Ostrowski broke the NCAA Division II Meet Record and lowered his own NCAA Division II Record in one fell swoop in the final of the men’s 100 free on Saturday night.

Ostrowski had first broken the NCAA Record in November at the 2020 SMU Invitational when he won the 100 free in 41.50. That took down the 41.73 mark set by Marius Kusch of Queens in 2019 at the NCAA Division II Championships.

Ostrowski earned the matching set tonight with 41.25 to erase both his NCAA Record and Kusch’s Meet Record.

Out in 19.83, Ostrowski came home in 21.42, winning by nearly a body and a half.

  • Kusch – March 2019: 19.86 / 21.87 = 41.73
  • Ostrowski – November 2020: 19.89 / 21.61 = 41.50
  • Ostrowski – March 2021: 19.83 / 21.42 = 41.25

Already ranked second in the 100 free among all NCAA swimmers for the season, Ostrowski moves up to #1, ahead of Texas junior Daniel Keueger.

  1. Karol Ostrowski, 2021 NCAA Division II Championships, 41.25
  2. Daniel Krueger, Big XII Conference Championships, 41.33
  3. Ryan Hoffer, Pac-12 Men’s Championships, 41.57
  4. Matthew King, Southeastern Conference Men’s Championships, 41.66
  5. Shaine Casas, American Short Course Championships, 41.68

Ostrowski ranks 12th all-time in the NCAA, all divisions combined:

Time Swimmer   Team Meet Date City
39.90 Dressel, Caeleb SR Florida 2018 NCAA DI – Men 3/24/2018 Minneapolis
40.76 Morozov, Vladimir JR Southern Cali 2013 NCAA DI – Men 3/28/2013 Indianapolis
40.80 Farris, Dean JR Harvard 2019 NCAA DI – Men 3/30/2019 Austin
40.83 Becker, Bowe SR Minnesota 2019 NCAA DI – Men 3/30/2019 Austin
40.84 Adrian, Nathan JR California 2009 Duel in the Pool 12/18/2009 Manchester
40.92 Cielo, Cesar JR Auburn 2008 NCAA DI – Men 3/27/2008 Federal Way
40.95 Chadwick, Michael SR Missouri 2017 NCAA DI – Men 3/25/2017 Indianapolis
41.05 Held, Ryan SR NC State 2018 NCAA DI – Men 3/24/2018 Minneapolis
41.06 Jackson, Tate SR Texas Texas Hall of Fame Swimming In 12/1/2018 Austin
41.16 Pieroni, Blake SR Indiana 2018 NCAA DI – Men 3/24/2018 Minneapolis
41.18 Bilis, Simonas SR NC State 2016 NCAA DI – Men 3/26/2016 Atlanta
41.25 Ostrowski, Karol SO Drury 2021 NCAA DII 3/20/2021 Birmingham
41.26 Krueger, Daniel SO Texas 2020 Big 12 Champs 2/29/2020 Morgantown
41.34 Ress, Justin JR NC State 2018 NCAA DI – Men 3/24/2018 Minneapolis
41.36 Apple, Zach JR Auburn 2018 NCAA DI – Men 3/24/2018 Minneapolis
41.45 Hoffer, Ryan JR California 2020 PAC-12 Champs  men 3/7/2020 Federal Way
41.46 Chierighini, Marcelo SR Auburn 2014 SEC Champs 2/22/2014 Athens
41.49 Feigen, Jimmy FR Texas 2009 NCAA DI – Men 3/26/2009 College Station
41.49 Blaskovic, Bruno JR Indiana 2020 B1G 10 Champs men 2/29/2020 Bloomington
41.52 Gkolomeev, Kristian JR Alabama 2016 NCAA DI – Men 3/26/2016 Atlanta

 

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KSW
3 years ago

He should transfer to a D1 school

BearlyBreathing
Reply to  KSW
3 years ago

He’s definitely going to get a ton of scholarship offers dangled in front of him. Will be interesting to see what he does.

ISpeakTheTruth
Reply to  KSW
3 years ago

Why? It looks like where he is now is working well for him.

The Importer AND Exporter
Reply to  ISpeakTheTruth
3 years ago

But have you ever been to Springfield MO? Other than Andy’s Frozen Yogurt and the drive through cave tour there is nothing else memorable or nice about the place. I’d swim fast to get out of there…

The Importer AND Exporter
Reply to  The Importer AND Exporter
3 years ago

To be fair though, its better than Jefferson City…

ISpeakTheTruth
Reply to  The Importer AND Exporter
3 years ago

I agree that Springfield is better than Jefferson City. However, what makes Drury unique is that the Swimming Team is highly regarded by the school and community. This is not typically the case for other schools. At most other schools, they seem to not care much about the Olympic sports.

Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

It’s be pretty cool if he beat the D1 guys in the final tally. Reminds me of Doug Russell, who swam for then tiny UT-Arlington, won the NCAA 100 fly. He ended up beating Spitz at the 68 Olympics in the 100 fly.

Royals pride
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn
3 years ago

It could be like Marius Kusch in 2019 in the 100 fly where he would have won by .5 if he went that time at d1’s. It is a truly an incredible feat when a D2 swimmer outperforms D1, it is rare but when it happens it is truly incredible.

DrSwimPhil
Reply to  Royals pride
3 years ago

Ben Michaelson 2003 100Fly.

He actually came in as a legit D2 swimmer and developed/improved to that level.

Alexander Popov
3 years ago

Seeing this race brought tears to my eyes

PFA
3 years ago

-Guy is only a “freshman”
-I don’t recall Adrian breaking 41.
Also Karol split 41.10 on the 400 free relay.

Last edited 3 years ago by PFA
DCSwim
Reply to  PFA
3 years ago

I think Adrian’s time is converted

TheSwimSuitGuy
Reply to  DCSwim
3 years ago

Was a 45.0 in shiny suit

Drury pledge
Reply to  PFA
3 years ago

41.25 straight up is better

That guy
Reply to  PFA
3 years ago

He’s also already 21

Curious swimmer
Reply to  That guy
3 years ago

But how many 21 year olds do you know that go 41.2? His age is irrelevant when we are talking elite times. His class is another thing all together, but there are 20-21 year old freshies in D1 too. So at the end of the day elite times are elite regardless of age.

Alabama S & C/part time lover
Reply to  Curious swimmer
3 years ago

Yeet

Sam Kendricks
3 years ago

That is Boomshakalaka worthy swim for sure! Nice!

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