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GRANVILLE, OH -- The Denison men and Kenyon women currently lead the team standings following the second full day of competition at the 2022 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the Trumbull Aquatics Center on the campus of Denison University. The Big Red men won three events on night two to move into first place with 732 points, while the Ladies won two individual titles and both relays to hold the lead in the team standings with 614 points. 

Kenyon sits in second with 568 points after winning two men's events on Thursday evening, followed by Wabash (332), DePauw (312), Wooster (309.5), Allegheny (239.5), Oberlin (232), Ohio Wesleyan (168), Hiram (148) and Wittenberg (129). In the women's competition, Denison moved into second with 610 points, followed by DePauw (351), Wooster (306), Oberlin (269), Ohio Wesleyan (243), Allegheny (178) and Wittenberg (178) and Hiram (155). 

To start the night off, the Denison men captured the 200-freestyle relay title and collected an NCAA "B" cut standard as seniors Kyle Verstandig (Albany, NY/Albany Academy) and Liam Picozzi (Ballston Spa, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and juniors Trey Ike (Horseheads, NY/The Peddie School) and Chase Fisher (Milford, OH/Milford) recorded a 1:19.73 finish. In the first individual event of the evening, Denison took over the lead in the men's team standings with four of the top six finishers in the 500 freestyle, while Kenyon junior Bryan Fitzgerald (West Bend, WI/West Bend East) collected the individual title in the event with an NCAA "B" cut time of 4:26.46, shaving more than five seconds off of his prelim time from earlier in the day. Kenyon sophomore Noah Althoff (Chattanooga, TN/Baylor) then took first in the 200-individual medley after touching the wall first with an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:49.55. Denison padded its lead in the men's team standings with four of the top six finishers in the 50 freestyle, as Ike posted an NCAA "B" cut time of 20.04 for first place. The Denison men closed out the night with a first-place showing in the 400-medley relay, as the foursome of Ike, Picozzi and seniors Noah Houskeeper (North Brunswick, NJ/Peddie School) and Richie Kurlich (Kent, OH/Walsh Jesuit) touched the wall in an NCAA "B" cut and NCAC- and pool-record time of 3:13.73.

The Kenyon team of seniors Crile Hart (Pepper Pike, OH/Hawken School) and Emmie Mirus (Madison, WI/West), junior Alexandra White (Greensboro, NC/Wesleyan Christian Acad.) and freshman Sydney Geboy (Milwaukee, WI/Nicolet) opened the women's swimming action by winning the 200-freestyle relay with an NCAC record and NCAA "B" cut time of 1:31.04. Denison sophomore Tara Witkowski (West Chester, OH/Lakota East) then claimed the first women's individual event of the evening after recording an NCAA "B" cut time of 4:51.39 in the 500 free. Kenyon's Hart logged her second-consecutive and third overall NCAC crown in the 200 IM in an NCAA "B" cut time of 1:59.86. Denison took over the lead in the women's team standings with four of the top seven finishers in the 50 freestyle, while Kenyon's Mirus outreached the competition for the individual title with an NCAA "B" cut time of 23.10. In the diving well, Wittenberg senior Emma Hellmann (Cincinnati, OH/Summit Country Day) captured the one-meter championship with a regional-qualifying score of 460.40 points, claiming the Tigers first diving title since Courtney Roth in 2007. Kenyon closed out night two topping the podium in the 400-medley relay with an NCAA "B" cut time. The Ladies relay team of junior Olivia Smith (Spanish Fort, AL/Daphne), freshman Jennah Fadely (Siler City, NC/Jordan Matthews), Hart and Mirus finished in 3:40.65, giving Kenyon a four-point lead heading into day three.

Visit the championship website for complete results from day two: (NCAC Championship Site) 

The 2022 NCAC Swimming & Diving Championships continue through Saturday evening. Preliminary events start at 9:30 a.m., while finals begin at 6:00 p.m.