Time Trials Results

CLEVELAND - The 21st New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championships kicked off Wednesday at the DSU Aquatics Center with time trials. After the first day of time trails, the Statesmen are in second with 82, six points behind leader Missouri S&T. The Lady Statesmen are in third after day one of time trials with an 81, seven behind leader Henderson State.

Freshman Adam Dajka was the man of the night. Dajka won the 1000 yard freestyle in a NCAA Division II B-cut time of 9:20.78, setting a new school record. He wasn't through, two events later he jumped in the pool first and along with Ben Rayner, Alex Lorenz and Justin Ingvoldstad, finished third in the 200 yard medley relay with a A-cut time of 1:32.90.

Wolfgang Mairinger took home a NCAA Division II B-cut time in the 1000 yard freestyle as well with a 9:35:24 fourth place finish.

On the Lady Statesmen side, the quad of Alyce Meador, Stormi Valentine, Amanda Guidry and Sam Fajardo finished third in the 200 yard medley relay with a nationals A-cut time of 1:47.15

With three new swimmers qualifying for nationals and a school record broken, day one of the NSISC Championships was a positive one in the eyes of coach Brian Hein.

"Its a great start for us, we are right where we want to be point wise." Hein said. "Swimming against this level of competition really gets you ready for that nationals competition."

The Lady Statesmen and Statesmen are back in the pool Thursday morning at 10 AM for more preliminaries and Thursday night at 6 PM for the finals of the day. Stay locked on GoStatesmen.com for updates for the NSISC Championships.


Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 47
1. Henderson State University 88 
2. Ouachita Baptist University 85
3. Delta State University 81 
4. Truman State University 76

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 47
1. Missouri S&T 88 
2. Delta State University 82
3. Ouachita Baptist University 65 
4. Henderson State University 57
5. Truman State University 52 
6. Drury University 28