Portions of this release are courtesy of Grand Valley State and Northern Michigan athletic communications
GLIAC — Grand Valley State junior Gracyn Segard and Northern Michigan junior Ondrej Zach captured individual titles at the 2022 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships this weekend, hosted at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.
Segard, in the 1 Meter Dive, and Zach, in the 1650 Freestyle, earned the top spot on the podium with their standout performances.
Gracyn Segard (Grandville, Mich.) claimed the 2022 women's 1-meter diving national championship Saturday night with a score of 433.15 points. She has claimed back-to-back national championships on the 1-meter board and has three diving national championships in two years with the Lakers.
Ondrej Zach (Rudolfov, Czech Republic), the top-ranked distance swimmer in the nation, capped his season with a national title in the longest event of the meet. His time of 15:09.55 for the 1650-yard freestyle broke his previous school record, set at last year's NCAA Championships where he was runner-up. Zach pulled away from the field at the halfway mark and never looked back, winning by four seconds over the next fastest finisher.
Grand Valley State, the 2022 GLIAC men's champion, posted the conference's top team finish, placing 10th with 144 points, followed by Wayne State (15, 93 its), Northern Michigan (18, 65 its), St. Cloud State (20, 40 pts) and Saginaw Valley State (28, 4 pts).
Northern Michigan, the 2022 GLIAC women's champion, had the conference's best finish, placing 13th with 108 points, following by Wayne State (16, 81 pts), Grand Valley State (21, 45 pts) and Saginaw Valley State (32, 8 pts).
In all, a total of 25 GLIAC athletes from four different schools received 34 All-American recognitions (see below).
Women
Gracyn Seward, Grand Valley State, 3 Meter Diving(4)/1 Meter Diving(1)
Heidi Billings, Northern Michigan, 200 Backstroke(5)
Rebecca Burrows, Northern Michigan, 200 Freestyle Relay(8)
Jenna Joerger, Northern Michigan, 800 Freestyle Relay(8)
Donna Hannig, Northern Michigan, 200 Freestyle Relay(8)/800 Freestyle Relay(8)
Michaela Nelson, Northern Michigan, 200 Freestyle Relay(8)/800 Freestyle Relay(8)
Pilar Perello Ferrer, Northern Michigan, 200 Freestyle Relay(8/800 Freestyle Relay(8)
Jordan Fox, Wayne State, 500 Freestyle(5)
Mikaela Senkus, Wayne State, 1 Meter Diving(3)
Men
Matthew Bosch, Grand Valley State, 800 Freestyle Relay(4)
Keegan Hawkins, Grand Valley State, 400 Individual Medley(6)/800 Freestyle Relay(4)
Eric Hieber, Grand Valley State, 1000 Freestyle(6)/800 Freestyle Relay(4)/1650 Freestyle(5)
Cyrus Irwin, Grand Valley State, 1 Meter Diving(7)
Jon Kantzenbach, Grand Valley State, 1650 Freestyle(7)
Roger Miret Sala, Grand Valley State, 800 Freestyle Relay(4)
Roberto Camera, Northern Michigan, 200 Breaststroke(6)
Erikas Kapocius, Northern Michigan, 400 Individual Medley(5)
Andrej Zach, Northern Michigan, 1000 Freestyle(7)/1650 Freestyle(1)
Raf Hendriks, St. Cloud State, 200 Backstroke(5)
Abe Townley, St. Cloud State, 50 Freestyle(5)
Luka Cvetko, Wayne State, 50 Freestyle(7)/200 Freestyle Relay(6)
Trevor Jones, Wayne State, 200 Freestyle Relay(6)
Stewart Nowinski, Wayne State, 200 Freestyle Relay(6)
Michael Wolsek, Wayne State, 200 Freestyle Relay(6)/100 Freestyle(5)
