By Cathleen Pruden, Swimming World College Intern
NCAA D3 teams continue the exciting action this weekend as a few ranked teams are set to race each other.
Saturday’s Hope Quad Meet will feature Hope, Lake Forest, the 10th ranked Wheaton (IL) Thunder and the 18th ranked Kalamazoo Hornets. Though not ranked, Hope narrowly defeated Kalamazoo at a dual meet early in the fall. Wheaton’s senior star Kirsten Nitz holds the nation leading time in the 100 butterfly, while Kalamazoo’s Colleen Orwin is two seconds behind with the 17th ranked performance. In the 100 breaststroke, the Hornets’ Tristyn Edsall (1:06.46) is within two seconds of the Thunder’s Kayla Roberson (1:06.03) and Erin Bagely (1:04.04), and could have some close races. This meet’s relays could be even more exciting. Kalamazoo’s top 200 medley relay this season has posted a time of 1:45.35, just ahead of Wheaton’s 1:45.71. In the 400 freestyle relay, Wheaton has swum a 3:32.31, Hope a 3:34.98, and Kalamazoo a 3:36.20.
The 12th ranked Stevens Ducks will travel south to the fourth ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays on Saturday. Steven’s Ravi Sun could face the nation’s fastest 200 IMer. Sun’s 1:50.87 performance in December earned him Empire 8 Swimmer of the Week, and he’ll face tough competition in JHU’s Evan Holder (1:46.82). Sun has a nation leading time of his own in the 100 backstroke (48.97), though the Blue Jays’ Jan Hagemeister (50.22) is not far behind. The teams are also less than a second apart in both of the short relays. The Ducks have the edge in the 200 medley relay (1:30.30 to 1:30.37), while the Blue Jays lead the way in the freestyle event (1:22.03 to 1:22.86).
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