CSCAA Division III Ballot Led By Emory Males, Kenyon Ladies
This season in NCAA Division III swimming and diving, Emory will likely be aiming for a fourth consecutive males’s nationwide title whereas Kenyon goes for 3 straight on the ladies’s facet. Early on within the season, each groups appear like the favorites after simply topping the inaugural version of the Faculty Swimming and Diving Coaches Affiliation of America (CSCAA) top-25 twin meet ballot.
Emory’s males obtained 400 factors within the preliminary ballot, with Chicago (380) taking second and MIT (365) third. The remainder of the top-10 contains Kenyon, NYU, Williams, Carnegie Melon, Denison, WashU and Tufts. After profitable final yr’s title by 43 factors over Kenyon, Emory’s group this yr is led by Crow Thorsen, a senior who’s the defending nationwide champion within the 400 IM.
Kenyon’s girls will go for an additional title with sophomore distance freestyler Bengisu Caymaz, the defending nationwide champion within the 500 and 1650, plus the national-title-winning senior breaststroke duo of Jennah Fadely and Gabriella Wei pacing the group. Kenyon’s 394 factors completed first within the girls’s ballot, adopted by Emory (378), NYU (371), Denison, MIT, Williams, Chicago, Pomona-Pitzer, Tufts and Johns Hopkins.
The CSCAA rankings are voted upon by coaches in every division utilizing information together with head-to-head twin meet outcomes, current performances, full-season achievements and information from the SwimCloud Simulator.
The complete CSCAA rankings for Division III can be found right here.