Kenyon's "drive for 25" has successfully reached its destination. The Lords' quest for an unprecedented 25th consecutive Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships team title was never really in doubt as the kings of Division III swimming opened up a big lead early and coasted to a 232-point win over second-place Emory. Carnegie-Mellon finished third.

Principia College hosted the meet March 18-20 at the St. Peter's Rec-Plex in St. Louis.

The Lords' drive for 25 was led by Marc Courtney-Brooks' drive for three. The two-time-defending swimmer of the year made it a triple by winning six of the seven events he entered. Courtney-Brooks won the 100-yard freestyle for the third straight year and added a win in the 200-yard individual medley. He also swam on four winning relay teams, including the record-setting 400-yard medley group.

The Lords' streak of 25 straight national titles is older than all but one member of the Kenyon team. The next closest active streak of national titles is six, a string owned by the Methodist College women's golf team. Coach Jim Steen collected his 41st national title (23 with men, 18 with women), more than any other coach in NCAA history.

Courtney-Brooks was pushed by teammate Andrejs Duda, a sophomore who also won six of seven events and handed Courtney-Brooks his only loss, beating him to the wall in the 100-yard butterfly. Duda also won the 200-yard butterfly and swam on four winning relay teams.

Elliot Rushton added two wins in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles, the latter in a record time of 15:21.69, six seconds better than former teammate Michael Bonomo's two-year-old mark.

In all, Kenyon won 11 of the 20 championship events, including sweeping the five relays for the third straight season.

Kenyon opened the first day by winning four of the six events contested, signaling to the field that it would not be toyed with. The day began with a convincing win in the 200-yard freestyle relay and ended with a record-setting time of 3:16.70 in the 400-yard medley relay. In addition to the four first-day wins, Kenyon posted seven top-five finishes to put the team title quickly out of reach.

The Lords won three more events on day two. Duda won the 100-yard butterfly, an event in which Kenyon took the top three spots, and the Lords also captured two more relay titles in the 200 medley and 800 freestyle, the latter for the eighth year in a row.

Emory finished second in the team standings for the second time in four years. The standout for the Eagles was Chris Halstead, who won the 200-yard backstroke and placed fifth in the 100-yard backstroke. Richard Kinnett also earned top-five points in the distance freestyles.

Brian McCarthy and Christopher Pearson paced Carnegie Mellon -- the former with a record-setting performance in the 400-yard individual medley, and the latter with a win in the 200-yard freestyle and a second-place finish in the 500.

Amherst, which placed seventh in the team standings, had a double winner in Mike Pohorylo, who swept the two breaststroke events.

Joel Meyer of Merchant Marine and Springfield's Mike Shaw traded wins in the two diving events. Meyer, who was named diver of the year, won the one-meter dive and Shaw took the three-meter event.

Team results

1. Kenyon, 678 ¹/2; 2. Emory, 446; 3. Carnegie Mellon, 307; 4. Denison, 246; 5. Johns Hopkins, 229 ¹/2; 6. Williams, 191; 7. Amherst, 185; 8. Wheaton (Ill.), 141; 9. Gust. Adolphus, 119 ¹/2; 10. Washington (Mo.), 102; 11. (tie) Kalamazoo and Whitworth, 96; 13. Wis.-Stevens Point, 87; 14. TCNJ, 79; 15. Hamilton, 76; 16. Hope, 75; 17. Springfield, 52; 18. Wis.-Oshkosh, 47; 19. Merchant Marine, 37; 20. Mount Union, 35; 21. Wash. & Lee, 34; 22. North Central (Ill.), 32; 23. (tie) Wis.-La Crosse and St. Olaf, 31; 25. MIT, 30; 26. Redlands, 29; 27. Millikin, 28; 28. Bowdoin, 27; 29. Rowan, 25; 30. (tie) Brandeis and Claremont-M-S, 23; 32. Chicago, 22; 33. Grinnell, 20; 34. Alfred, 18; 35. (tie) Ithaca and Rochester Inst., 17; 37. (tie) New York U. and Wittenberg, 16; 39. Allegheny, 15; 40. (tie) Calvin and Bates, 14; 42. Albion, 10; 43. St. John's (Minn.), 9 ¹/2; 44. Hartwick, 9; 45. Wesleyan (Conn.), 6; 46. (tie) Rensselaer and Case Reserve, 5; 48. (tie) Union (N.Y.), Middlebury, Sewanee and Tufts, 4; 52. Carthage, 2; 53. Loras, 1.

Individual results

50-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Eddis Singleton, Mount Union, 20.39; 2. Jade Sobek, Denison, 20.75; 3. Ryan Carpenter, Claremont-M-S, 20.85; 4. Leandro Monteiro, Kenyon, 21.00; 5. (tie) Scott Hagemeyer, Gust. Adolphus, and Brian Jucha, Carnegie Mellon, 21.10; 7. Christopher Pai, Brandeis, 21.15; 8. Chris Press, Emory, 21.22. Consolation -- 9. Sam Gyorfi, Wheaton (Ill.), 21.09; 10. Tyler Harris, Johns Hopkins, 21.18; 11. Andrew Kurtz, Kalamazoo, 21.32; 12. Kurt Blohm, Hope, 21.34; 13. James Berger, Kenyon, 21.35; 14. Bryan Woo, Amherst, 21.37; 15. Alex Anderson, Wis.-Stevens Point, 21.46; 16. Aran Lawrence, Hamilton, disqualified.

100-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Marc Courtney-Brooks, Kenyon, 44.23; 2. Thomas Ashby, Kenyon, 45.77; 3. Brian Seymour, Emory, 46.05; 4. Eddis Singleton, Mount Union, 46.12; 5. Brian Jucha, Carnegie Mellon, 46.13; 6. Jade Sobek, Denison, 46.19; 7. Eric Triebe, Washington (Mo.), 46.36; 8. Christopher Pai, Brandeis, 46.54. Consolation -- 9. Northe Saunders, Chicago, 46.25; 10. James Berger, Kenyon, 46.53; 11. (tie) Evan Powell, Carnegie Mellon, and Kyle Robinson, Johns Hopkins, 46.65; 13. Scott Hagemeyer, Gust. Adolphus, 46.71; 14. Michael Ginder, Wash. & Lee, 46.72; 15. Bryce Peterson, Denison, 46.73; 16. Andrew Callam, Emory, 47.20.

200-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Christopher Pearson, Carnegie Mellon, 1:37.70; 2. Bryce Peterson, Denison, 1:39.65; 3. Eric Triebe, Washington (Mo.), 1:40.66; 4. Michael Ginder, Wash. & Lee, 1:41.13; 5. Mike Slavik, Washington (Mo.), 1:41.37; 6. Northe Saunders, Chicago, 1:41.68; 7. Louis Arruda, Springfield, 1:41.93; 8. Scott Whitebeck, Kalamazoo, 1:42.81. Consolation -- 9. Brian Seymour, Emory, 1:40.96; 10. Stephen Spinelli, Williams, 1:41.77; 11. David Dehart, Kenyon, 1:42.15; 12. Patrick Fell, Rochester Inst., 1:42.49; 13. Steve Rader, Wittenberg, 1:42.61; 14. Kyle Robinson, Johns Hopkins, 1:42.75; 15. Matthew Jacobssen, Kenyon, 1:43.11; 16. Brad Brecher, Williams, 1:43.71.

500-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Elliot Rushton, Kenyon, 4:24.57; 2. Christopher Pearson, Carnegie Mellon, 4:26.30; 3. Bryce Peterson, Denison, 4:31.07; 4. Tim Newton, Emory, 4:34.24; 5. Richard Kinnett, Emory, 4:35.11; 6. Matthew Jacobssen, Kenyon, 4:35.16; 7. Stephen Spinelli, Williams, 4:35.58; 8. Dan Weissman, Emory, 4:40.81. Consolation -- 9. Brian Sneed, Johns Hopkins, 4:34.56; 10. Ted Hamilton, Emory, 4:34.68; 11. Jon Kleinman, Johns Hopkins, 4:35.40; 12. Gabriel Rodrigues, Kenyon, 4:36.71; 13. Oliver Buccicone, Johns Hopkins, 4:37.63; 14. Kevin Paavola, Carnegie Mellon, 4:38.75; 15. Chris Vollmond-Carstens, 4:41.19; 16. Loren Killgore, Whitworth, 4:42.56.

1,650-yard freestyle: Final -- 1. Elliot Rushton, Kenyon, 15:21.69 (meet record: old record 15:25.73, Michael Bonomo, Kenyon, 2002); 2. Richard Kinnett, Emory, 15:44.44; 3. Ted Hamilton, Emory, 15:46.83; 4. Loren Killgore, Whitworth, 15:48.30; 5. Scott Whitbeck, Kalamazoo, 15:52.75; 6. Dan Weissman, Emory, 15:53.48; 7. Jon Kleinman, Johns Hopkins, 15:53.95; 8. Stephen Spinelli, Williams, 15:54.79; 9. Matt Chana, Johns Hopkins, 15:59.77; 10. Christian Wolfgruber, Claremont-M-S, 15:59.82; 11. Ben Byers, Wesleyan (Conn.), 16:02.80; 12. Steve Barnes, Ithaca, 16:05.01; 13. James Prescott, Washington (Mo.), 16:05.20; 14. Rob Hillas, Middlebury, 16:05.58; 15. David Whitbeck, Case Reserve, 16:05.78; 16. Scott Sampson, Loras, 16:09.14.

100-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Will Cunningham, Williams, 49.45; 2. Russell Hunt, Kenyon, 49.54; 3. Leandro Monteiro, Kenyon, 49.66; 4. Craig Edwards, MIT, 50.57; 5. Chris Halstead, Emory, 50.71; 6. Tyler Dobelbower, Wheaton (Ill.), 51.04; 7. Eric Ritter, Wash. & Lee, 51.07; 8. Rick Estacio, Amherst, 51.68. Consolation -- 9. Mark Schmitt, North Central (Ill.), 51.02; 10. Robert Lisy, Denison, 51.39; 11. John Balfour, Johns Hopkins, 51.80; 12. Fernando Rodriguez, Kenyon, 51.94; 13. DJ Hogenkamp, Union (N.Y.), 52.03; 14. Ian Kobes, Hope, 52.07; 15. Adam Ulrich, Denison, 52.27; 16. Kurt Blohm, Hope, 52.91.

200-yard backstroke: Final -- 1. Chris Halstead, Emory, 1:48.13; 2. Leandro Monteiro, Kenyon, 1:48.48; 3. Mark Schmitt, North Central (Ill.), 1:49.21; 4. Craig Edwards, MIT, 1:50.76; 5. Tyler Dobelbower, Wheaton (Ill.), 1:50.89; 6. Travis Brennion, Kenyon, 1:51.36; 7. Rick Estacio, Amherst, 1:51.43; 8. Brandon Burke, Emory, 1:51.55. Consolation -- 9. John Balfour, Johns Hopkins, 1:50.47; 10. Brian McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon, 1:50.48; 11. Adam Ulrich, Denison, 1:50.69; 12. Fernando, Kenyon, 1:52.39; 13. Eric Ritter, Wash. & Lee, 1:52.56; 14. Kevin Wang, Whitworth, 1:53.64; 15. Nathaniel Chapman, Carthage, 1:54.70; 16. Dan Weissman, Emory, 1:56.27.

100-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Mike Pohorylo, Amherst, 56.20; 2. Andrew Kurtz, Kalamazoo, 56.26; 3. Josepha Gosselar, Kenyon, 56.27; 4. Yusuke Iimori, Wis.-Oshkosh, 56.51; 5. Matt Wilson, Allegheny, 56.65; 6. Thomas Sur, Millikin, 56.86; 7. Tyler Harris, Johns Hopkins, 57.11; 8. Dave Dettmann, Wis.-La Crosse, 57.68. Consolation -- 9. Davis Zarins, Kenyon, 55.92; 10. Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins, 56.91; 11. Steve Swenson, TCNJ, 57.24; 12. Alex Anderson, Wis.-Stevens Point, 57.74; 13. (tie) Paul Kaminsky, Kenyon, and Luke Prokop, St. John's (Minn.), 58.06; 15. John Ancona, Amherst, 58.15; 16. Matt Sievers, Wis.-Stevens Point, 59.20.

200-yard breaststroke: Final -- 1. Mike Pohorylo, Amherst, 2:00.97; 2. Joseph Gosselar, Kenyon, 2:01.93; 3. Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins, 2:02.32; 4. Thomas Sur, Millikin, 2:02.80; 5. Cory Bergman, Whitworth, 2:03.08; 6. Yusuke Iimori, Wis.-Oshkosh, 2:03.30; 7. Alex Anderson, Wis.-Stevens Point, 2:04.81; 8. Tyler Harris, Johns Hopkins, 2:05.28. Consolation -- 9. Davis Zarins, Kenyon, 2:02.68; 10. Steve Swenson, TCNJ, 2:03.95; 11. Luke Prokop, St. John's (Minn.), 2:04.34; 12. Alex Murry, Denison, 2:04.96; 13. Petar Krvaric, Kenyon, 2:05.01; 14. Pat Rodjom, Case Reserve, 2:05.34; 15. Brian Hunter, Carnegie Mellon, 2:05.55; 16. Matt Wilson, Allegheny, 2:05.92.

100-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Andrejs Duda, Kenyon, 48.07; 2. Marc Courtney-Brooks, Kenyon, 48.08; 3. Justin Hake, Emory, 48.54; 4. Russell Hunt, Kenyon, 48.84; 5. Thomas Ashby, Kenyon, 49.66; 6. Brian Jucha, Carnegie Mellon, 49.72; 7. Peter Boumgarden, Calvin, 50.00; 8. Chris Press, Emory, 50.61. Consolation -- 9. Seumas Quinn, Rowan, 50.02; 10. Bryan Woo, Amherst, 50.35; 11. Will Sutor, Gust. Adolphus, 50.36; 12. Andrew Schapiro, Emory, 50.45; 13. Matt Martelli, Sewanee, 50.53; 14. David Krzeminski, Carnegie Mellon, 50.73; 15. Jade Sobek, Denison, 50.93; 16. Ryan Carpenter, Claremont-M-S, disqualified.

200-yard butterfly: Final -- 1. Andrejs Duda, Kenyon, 1:47.32; 2. Christopher Pearson, Carnegie Mellon, 1:49.60; 3. Seumas Quinn, Rowan, 1:51.27; 4. Ethan Treat, Amherst, 1:52.05; 5. Andrew Schapiro, Emory, 1:52.12; 6. Roger Burleigh, Bowdoin, 1:52.26; 7. Steve Rader, Wittenberg, 1:53.24; 8. Gary Itskovich, Johns Hopkins, 1:54.34. Consolation -- 9. Justin Hake, Emory, 1:51.64; 10. Gabriel Rodrigues, Kenyon, 1:52.17; 11. Joel Rector, Denison, 1:52.21; 12. Bryan Welsh, Williams, 1:52.93; 13. Matt Cull, New York U., 1:53.72; 14. Sean Kim, Johns Hopkins, 1:53.82; 15. Louis Arruda, Springfield, 1:54.24; 16. Dan Moran, Springfield, 1:54.36.

200-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Marc Courtney-Brooks, Kenyon, 1:47.72; 2. Andrejs Duda, Kenyon, 1:48.85; 3. Brian McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon, 1:50.12; 4. Russell Hunt, Kenyon, 1:51.42; 5. Chris Halstead, Emory, 1:51.43; 6. Tyler Dobelbower, Wheaton (Ill.), 1:51.97; 7. Kevin Wang, Whitworth, 1:52.51; Travis Brennion, Kenyon, 1:53.56. Consolation -- 9. David Dehart, Kenyon, 1:52.50; 10. Mark Schmitt, North Central (Ill.), 1:52.91; 11. Mike Pohorylo, Amherst, 1:53.00; 12. Ethan Treat, Amherst, 1:53.43; 13. Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins, 1:54.28; 14. Alex Murry, Denison, 1:54.34; 15. Peter Boumgarden, Calvin, 1:54.55; 16. Will Cunningham, Williams, 1:54.94.

400-yard individual medley: Final -- 1. Brian McCarthy, Carnegie Mellon, 3:53.99 (meet record; old record 3:54.45, Kevin Wang, Whitworth, 2003); 2. Wang, 3:56.20; 3. Elliot Rushton, Kenyon, 3:56.26; 4. Travis Brennion, Kenyon, 3:57.72; 5. Ethan Treat, Amherst, 3:58.85; 6. Gabriel Rodrigues, Kenyon, 4:00.60; 7. David McManic, Williams, 4:00.66; 8. Richard Kinnett, Emory, 4:01.75. Consolation -- 9. William Wakefield, Kenyon, 4:01.37; 10. Brandon Burke, Emory, 4:01.49; 11. Tim Newton, Emory, 4:02.53; 12. Jon Kleinman, Johns Hopkins, 4:03.36; 13. Joel Rector, Denison, 4:05.22; 14. Mark Glineburg, St. Olaf, 4:05.30; 15. Adam Ulrich, Denison, 4:05.39; 16. Chris Vollmond-Carstens, 4:06.68.

One-meter diving: Final -- 1. Joel Meyer, Merchant Marine, 479.30; 2. Mike Shaw, Springfield, 459.50; 3. Mike Salmon, Hamilton, 448.75; 4. Luke Bagnaschi, Redlands, 417.30; 5. Erik Baker, Bates, 414.10; 6. Eric Blevins, Grinnell, 404.60; 7. Ryan Schaefer, Rochester Inst., 366.55; 8. Brian McGregor, Bowdoin, 358.55. Consolation -- 9. John Sutter, Emory, 353.85; 10. Chad Pettis, Wis.-Stevens Point, 352.65; 11. Daniel Fradeneck, Albion, 352.40; 12. Tim Nolen, Williams, 350.25; 13. Chris Hansman, Wis.-Oshkosh, 349.80; 14. Christian Lorentzen, St. Olaf, 336.35; 15. Brandon Reiss, Albion, 335.10; 16. Scott Brateng, New York U., 328.00.

Three-meter diving: Final -- 1. Mike Shaw, Springfield, 488.15; 2. Joel Meyer, Merchant Marine, 480.10; 3. Mike Salmon, Hamilton, 430.05; 4. Chris Hansman, Wis.-Oshkosh, 408.40; 5. Luke Bagnaschi, Redlands, 404.15; 6. Christian Lorentzen, St. Olaf, 399.55; 7. Brad Wourms, St. Olaf, 369.70; 8. Scott Brateng, New York U., 261.90. Consolation -- 9. Mark Phillips, Hartwick, 378.45; 10. Eric Blevins, Grinnell, 374.70; 11. Mike Klein, Emory, 373.30; 12. Ryan Schaefer, Rochester Inst., 366.80; 13. Tim Nolen, Williams, 365.90; 14. Brian McGregor, Bowdoin, 365.10; 15. Daniel Fradeneck, Albion, 354.70; 16. Tristram Arscott, Middlebury, 340.50.

200-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Andrejs Duda, James Berger, Thomas Ashby, Leandro Monteiro), 1:21.76; 2. Emory, 1:23.44; 3. Carnegie Mellon, 1:23.55; 4. Denison, 1:23.84; 5. Gust. Adolphus, 1:23.98; 6. Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:24.47; 7. Wheaton (Ill.), 1:24.57; 8. Hamilton, 1:25.08. Consolation -- 9. TCNJ, 1:24.42; 10. Hope, 1:24.43; 11. Johns Hopkins, 1:24.64; 12. Williams, 1:25.35; 13. Kalamazoo, 1:25.42; 14. Alfred, 1:25.73; 15. Tufts, 1:25.88; 16. Washington (Mo.), 1:26.54.

400-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Andrejs Duda, Russell Hunt, Leandro Monteiro, Marc Courtney-Brooks), 2:58.13; 2. Carnegie Mellon, 3:02.22; 3. Emory, 3:04.47; 4. Williams, 3:04.50; 5. Denison, 3:06.48; 6. Gust. Adolphus, 3:06.63; 7. Hope, 3:07.09; 8. Washington (Mo.), 3:08.45. Consolation -- 9. Hamilton, 3:05.67; 10. TCNJ, 3:07.31; 11. Wheaton (Ill.), 3:07.43; 12. Johns Hopkins, 3:07.71; 13. Kalamazoo, 3:08.57; 14. Whitworth, 3:08.97; 15. Alfred, 3:09.14; 16. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:11.90.

800-yard freestyle relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Mark Courtney-Brooks, Elliot Rushton, Davd Dehart, Leandro Monteiro), 6:38.87; 2. Denison, 6:48.52; 3. Emory, 6:48.94; 4. Washington (Mo.), 6:51.39; 5. Carnegie Mellon, 6:51.74; 6. Johns Hopkins, 6:52.15; 7. Williams, 6:52.97; 8. Kalamazoo, 6:56.19; 9. Whitworth, 6:56.71; 10. Amherst, 6:56.95; 11. Ithaca, 6:57.70; 12. Wheaton (Ill.), 6:58.74; 13. Alfred, 6:59.79; 14. Gust. Adolphus, 7:01.10; 15. Hamilton, 7:02.01; 16. Hope, 7:02.56

200-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Russell Hunt, Davis Zarins, Andrejs Duda, Marc Courtney-Brooks), 1:29.02; 2. Carnegie Mellon, 1:32.13; 3. Williams, 1:32.76; 4. Emory, 1:33.00; 5. Wheaton (Ill.), 1:33.15; 6. Denison, 1:33.21; 7. Amherst, 1:33.37; 8. Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:34.05. Consolation -- 9. Hope, 1:33.59; 10. Gust. Adolphus, 1:34.26; 11. Johns Hopkins, 1:34.42; 12. TCNJ, 1:34.49; 13. Wis.-La Crosse, 1:34.54; 14. Kalamazoo, 1:36.19; 15. Whitworth, 1:37.96; 16. Hamilton, disqualified.

400-yard medley relay: Final -- 1. Kenyon (Russell Hunt, Davis Zarins, Andrejs Duda, Marc Courtney-Brooks), 3:16.70 [meet record; old record 3:16.77, Kenyon (Russell Hunt, Read Boon, Duda, Courtney-Brooks), 2003]; 2. Emory, 3:22.06; 3. Amherst, 3:22.53; 4. Johns Hopkins, 3:23.35; 5. Carnegie Mellon, 3:23.95; 6. Denison, 3:24.49; 7. TCNJ, 3:26.01; 8. Gust. Adolphus, 3:26.44. Consolation -- 9. Wheaton (Ill.), 3:26.18; 10. Williams, 3:26.72; 11. Wis.-La Crosse, 3:27.10; 12. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:28.60; 13. Hope, 3:29.00; 14. Whitworth, 3:31.28; 15. Kalamazoo, 3:31.53; 16. Washington (Mo.), 3:31.68.