Men's Swim & Dive 3/8/2016 1:08:00 PM Scott Puryear, Associate AD For Marketing & Communications

Drury Swimmers Continue Title Quest In NCAA-II Championships Wednesday In Indy

Men's Swim & Dive 3/8/2016 1:08:00 PM Scott Puryear, Associate AD For Marketing & Communications

Drury Swimmers Continue Title Quest In NCAA-II Championships Wednesday In Indy

Daniel Rzadkowski will be one of the DU swimmers to watch at the NCAA-II Championships beginning Wednesday in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS - The Drury men's and women's swimming teams will return to the scene of last year's national runner-up finishes when the Panthers open competition in the NCAA Division II Championships starting Wednesday and continuing through Saturday at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI.

Coach Brian Reynolds' Panthers finished second to Queens (N.C.) in both the men's and women's final standings in the same pool a year ago, a sting which snapped a string of 10 consecutive national titles for the DU men and five in the previous six years for the DU women.

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Drury will send 13 swimmers - plus standout senior diver Rebekah Laupp - from the women's squad to nationals, with nine DU men's swimmers qualifying for the four-day meet, which begins with preliminaries each morning at 10:30 a.m. and finals each evening at 6 p.m. All the action can be seen through free, live streaming at NCAA.com.

Defending champion Queens and UC-San Diego join Drury in sending a meet-high 13 women's swimmers to the championships, while on the men's side, Lindenwood - coached by former DU assistant Jason Owen - qualified a meet-high 13, followed by Queens with 10 and Drury and Delta State with nine each.

According to the "psych sheets" of top women's times entering the meet, Drury's Wen Xu has the best time in the 50 Free (22.60) and 100 Free (49.07) and the second best time in the 200 Free (1:48.72), while Zuza Chwadeczko has the best time in the 100 Breast (1:01.92).

Qualifiers for the DU women are Zu, Chwadeczko, Laura Brasier, Valentina Carvajal, Sylwia Ciesilska, Vera Johannson, Abigail Lunzmann, Madeline Nelson, Sophia Nelson, Megan Ouhl, Janice Poon, Sarah Pullen and Gretchen Stein, plus Laupp.

For the DU men, the list consists of Aaron Buckingham, Rodrigo Caceres, Jesus Flores, Stanislav Kuzmin, Luka Matacin, Ramiro Olivares, Alex Reinbrecht, Walter Ross and Daniel Rzadkowski.

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Players Mentioned

Zuza Chwadeczko: Sophomore; Breast/IM

Rebekah Laupp: Senior; Diving

Sophia Nelson: Sophomore; Breast/IM

Megan Ouhl: Sophomore; Free/Back

Sarah Pullen: Senior; Free

Gretchen Stein: Senior; IM/Free/Fly

Wen Xu: Junior; Free

Laura Brasier: Freshman; Free

Abigail Lunzmann: Freshman; Free/Fly

Madeline Nelson: Freshman; Free/Breast

Players Mentioned

Zuza Chwadeczko
: Sophomore; Breast/IM

Rebekah Laupp
: Senior; Diving

Sophia Nelson
: Sophomore; Breast/IM

Megan Ouhl
: Sophomore; Free/Back

Sarah Pullen
: Senior; Free

Gretchen Stein
: Senior; IM/Free/Fly

Wen Xu
: Junior; Free

Laura Brasier
: Freshman; Free

Abigail Lunzmann
: Freshman; Free/Fly

Madeline Nelson
: Freshman; Free/Breast