GRANVILLE, Ohio (February 12, 2022) – Denison University picked up one more event championship and nine all-conference performances on Saturday night, but it was not enough to catch up to Kenyon College as the Big Red placed second overall. Denison entered the final night trailing the Ladies by 88 points (1,256-1,168), but saw Kenyon push its lead to as many as 240 points while holding off the Big Red in the end. Kenyon totaled 1,958 points with DU trailing with 1,749.

Over the course of the four-day meet, Denison totaled four event wins by four different athletes, and posted 28 all-conference finishes.

The 1,650 freestyle started off the final night, and Denison claimed the top-two spots as Alix O'Brien won it with an NCAA Division III National "B" cut time of 16:48.22 and Tara Witkowski got second with a National "B" cut time of 16:48.89.

Esme Wright earned an all-conference certificate in the 100 IM with a time of 57.63 seconds to take second place.

Grace Kacmarek placed fifth in the 200 backstroke in 2:06.11 and Claire Moody touched in sixth in 2:07.95.

Denison placed six simmers in the top-10 of the standings in the 100 freestyle to cut Kenyon's lead from 240 points (1,560-1,320) to 177 points (1,654-1,477). Annalise Cheshire earned all-conference with a third-place time of 51.01 seconds, and right behind her in fourth was Tara Culibrk with a time of 51.21 seconds. Natalie English was sixth in 51.68 seconds, making it three Big Red swimmers with National "B" cut times in the event. In the 8-9-10 spots were Grace Kadlecik (52.19) Annie Pfeufer (52.86) and Lauren Richner (52.05; first in the B-final).

In the 200 breaststroke, Devin Javens (2:20.31) and Christina Crane (2:20.40) both earned an all-conference certificate by finishing in second and third place, respectively, and then Savannah Sargent (2:21.06) finished right behind in fourth place as all three ladies had National "B" cut times. The 2-3-4 finish for the Big Red cut Kenyon's lead down a little bit further from 177 points to 148 points (1,715-1,567).

The 200 butterfly rounded out the individual events in the pool as Emma Pritchett was all-conference in second place with a National "B" cut time of 2:02.75, and Emma Berdelman earned a National "B" cut time as well of 2:05.46 to take fifth place.

On Thursday night, Denison's duo of Kerstyn Johnson and Maggie Seftenberg finished in second and third place, respectively, to both earn an all-conference nod on the 1-meter board. The same occurred on Saturday night on the 3-meter board as Johnson posted an 11-dive score of 475.50 points while Seftenberg finished with 457.85, both of which were National "B" cuts.

The meet was closed out by DU's second-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay as Cheshire, Culibrk, English and Wright posted a National "B" cut time of 3:23.39.
 
NCAC Championships:
Alix O'Brien – 1,650 freestyle – 16:48.22
 
All-NCAC Performances (Top-3):
Alix O'Brien – first place in the 1,650 freestyle – 16:48.22
Tara Witkowski – second place in the 1,650 freestyle – 16:48.89
Esme Wright – second place in the 100 IM – 57.63
Annalise Cheshire – third place in the 100 freestyle – 51.01
Devin Javens – second place in the 200 breaststroke – 2:20.31
Christina Crane – third place in the 200 breaststroke – 2:20.40
Emma Pritchett – second place in the 200 butterfly – 2:02.75
Kerstyn Johnson – second place in 3-meter diving – 475.50
Maggie Seftenberg – third place in 3-meter diving – 457.85
Annalise Cheshire, Tara Culibrk, Natalie English, Esme Wright – second place in the 400 freestyle relay –  3:23.29
 
NCAA Division III National "B" cuts:
Alix O'Brien – 1,650 freestyle finals – 16:48.22
Tara Witkowski – 1,650 freestyle finals – 16:48.89
Annalise Cheshire – 100 freestyle finals – 51.01
Annalise Cheshire – 100 freestyle prelims – 51.62
Tara Culibrk – 100 freestyle finals – 51.21
Natalie English – 100 freestyle finals – 51.68
Grace Kadlecik – 100 freestyle prelims – 51.64
Devin Javens – 200 breaststroke finals – 2:20.31
Devin Javens – 200 breaststroke prelims – 2:21.29
Christina Crane – 200 breaststroke finals – 2:20.40
Christina Crane – 200 breaststroke prelims – 2:21.83
Savannah Sargent – 200 breaststroke finals – 2:21.06
Savannah Sargent – 200 breaststroke prelims – 2:20.75
Emma Pritchett – 200 butterfly finals – 2:02.75
Emma Pritchett – 200 butterfly prelims – 2:04.98
Emma Berdelman – 200 butterfly finals – 2:05.46
Kerstyn Johnson – 3-meter diving finals – 475.50
Kerstyn Johnson – 3-meter diving prelims – 446.15
Maggie Seftenberg – 3-meter diving finals – 457.85
Maggie Seftenberg – 3-meter diving prelims – 462.80
Annalise Cheshire, Tara Culibrk, Natalie English, Esme Wright – 400 freestyle relay – 3:23.29
 
Day Four Results
Full Meet Results