The Lindenwood swimming and diving team's both finished in 7^th place in the team competition at the 2022 NCAA Division II National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.  The Lindenwood women's team finished with 213 points, 18 point behind West Chester who finished with 231 points.  The men's team compiled 216 points, only 9 points out of the top 5.  Queens University in North Carolina swept both the men's and women's national championships. 

The Lions had several podium finishes throughout the four day event.  Here is a day- by-day recap of the teams individual performances:

Day 4 Recap:
Men's Top Performances:

• 100 Free – Zach Linder (43.34) – 5^th place; Patryk Winiatowski (43.87) – 12^th place
• 200 Breast – Jerry Brown (1:56.79) – 4^th place
• 400 Free Relay – Linder, Winiatowski, Radostin Krastev, Brown (2:56.67) – 6^th place

Women's Top Performances:

• 1650 Free – Linsey Watson (17:14.79) – 15^th place; Jana Hellenschmidt (17:14.79) – 16^th place
• 100 Free – Joselle Mensah (50.78) – 13^th place
• 200 Back – Shelby Kasse (1:59.42) – 6^th; Stephanie Marks (1:59.95) – 8^th place
• 200 Breast – Beata Maruszczyk (2:17.44) – 14^th place
• 400 Free Relay – Marks, McKayla Siemiller, Mensah, Lexie Winnett (3:23.17) – 4^th place

Day 3 Recap:
After the evening swims on Friday night, the Lindenwood's men's team remains in 6^th place in team standings with 156 points, while the women moved up a couple of spots to 7^th with 149 points.

Men's Top Performances:

• 100 Breast – Jerry Brown (53.19) – 9^th place, won consolation final heat
• 200 Fly – Patryk Winiatowski (1:46.97) – 11^th place
• 800 Free Relay – Matheo Mateos-Mongelos, Zach Linder, Radostin Krastev, Vincent Jaworski (6:30.04) – 5^th place

Women's Top Performances:

• 500 Free – Jana Hellenschmidt (4:53.51) – 9^th place, won consolation final heat, fifth fastest time in the evening swim
• 100 Back – Stephanie Marks (54.92) – 7^th place; Shelby Kasse (55.23) – 11^th place
• 100 Breast – Joselle Mensah (1:02.71) – 12^th place; Beata Maruszczyk (1:03.32) – 13^th place; Lexie Winnett (1:04.15) – 16^th Place
• 800 Free Relay – Mensah, Hellenschmidt, Kasse, Maruszczyk (7:34.44) – 5^th place, Marus

Day 2 Recap:
After Day 2 of the NCAA Division II National Championships, Lindenwood's men's team remains in 6^th place in team standings, while the women are currently 9^th.
Men's Top Performances:

• 400 IM – Matheo Mateos-Mongelos (3:49.06) – 9^th place in tournament, Matheo won his heat and had the fourth fastest time in the evening races.
• 200 Free – Radostin Krastev (1:36.25) – 10^th place
• 400 Medley Relay – Mateos-Mongelos, Jerry Brown, Patryk Winiatowski, Zach Linder (3:11.42) – 7^th place

 
Women's Top Performances:

• 400 IM – Lyssa Wood (4:20.42) – 6^th place, fantastic final lap of 28.65 to catch and pass Nova Southeastern for 6^th place
• Women's 200 Free – Beata Maruszczyk (1:51.78) – 15^th place
• 400 Medley Relay – Stephanie Marks, Beata Maruszczyk, Lexie Winnett, McKayla Siemiller (3:43.30) – 8^th place; Siemiller's anchor leg swing of 50.47 vaulted Lindenwood into 8^th place, 0.01 ahead of Colorado Mesa

 
Day 1 Recap:
The Lions got off to fast start with both the men's and women's team in the top seven following Day 1.  Behind two individual evening swims, one diver and scoring in both relays on Day 1, the men's team sits in 6^th place.  The women's team is in 7^th, but had the highest race finish as the 200 free relay used a strong anchor leg from senior Lexie Winnett to finish in 2^nd. 

Here are recaps from the evening swims on Day 1:

Men's Top Performances:

• Men's 200 Medley Relay – Matheo Mateos-Mongelos, Jerry Brown, Patryk Winiatowski and Zach Linder (1:27.49) – 10^th on the night as Linder fought back on the anchor leg passing Nova Southeastern and was barely out-touched by Wingate who finished 0.01 seconds ahead of the Lions.
• Men's 100– Radostin Krastev (9:10.35) – 10^th
• Men's 200 IM – Mateos-Mongelos (1:46.19) – 4^th
• Men's 1 Meter Diving – David Molina-Fregenal (427.10) – 5^th  
• Men's 200 Free Relay – Linder, Winiatowski, Krastev, Brown (1:19.95) – 11^th – Brown held on to beat a hard charging Florida Southern team by 0.01 seconds to capture 12 team points for the Lions..

Women's Top Performances:

• Women's 1000 – Jana Hellenschmidt (10:13.08) 13^th place, but shaved over 7 seconds off her seed time
• Women's 200 IM – Lyssa Wood (2:04.66) – 16^th
• Women's 50 Free – Joselle Mensah (23.22) – 11^th ; McKayla Siemiller (23.38) – 15^th
• Women's 200 Free Relay – Stephanie Marks, Siemiller, Mensah, Lexie Winnett (1:32.16) – 2^nd Lindenwood was tied with Drury heading in to the final leg, but senior Winnett outpaced the Panthers to gain second place