4 Swimmers End Preparation for the NCAA Division II Nationwide Championships

WEST CHESTER, PA – West Chester University is sending 4 swimmers, two males and two ladies, to the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships in Evansville, Ind., this week. Seniors Paul Demesy (Saint Ulrich, France) and Lenya Ryan (Wilmington, Del./Mt. Pleasant) lead the lads’s and girls’s groups as returning members within the nationwide meet whereas freshmen Marti Rosell Diez (L’Albiol, Spain) and Greta Saville (Mordialloc, Australia) are making their first journeys to the NCAAs.
 
“The four who are here aren’t here by accident,” West Chester Swimming Head Coach Steve Mazurek stated. “They each bring an exceptional work ethic to the pool each day. They all have things they’d like to accomplish, but these four also understand that effort and attitude are the only two things they can control right now. This group does an outstanding job with that.”   
 
Demesy has swam the 500-yard, 1000-yard and 1650 freestyles on the NCAAs in every of the previous three years. He was runner-up within the 1650, fourth within the 1000 and tenth within the 500 a yr in the past. That landed him a pair of All-America certificates and one honorable point out quotation. His occasions within the 1000 and the 1650 each set new Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) data making him the quickest distance swimmer in PSAC historical past. In 2025, he positioned third within the mile, sixth within the 1000 and tenth within the 500 whereas additionally swimming the 200. That effort produced two extra All-America plaudits and one honorable point out. He was fourth within the 1650 in 2023 and tenth within the 1000 his first time at nationals. Demesy has acquired eight All-America paperwork whereas swimming within the ‘A’ Finals in 5 of the 9 occasions at nationals in his school profession. He will swim all three distance occasions once more this week (500, 1000 and 1650).
 
Ryan returns to the NCAA Championships having swam the 200 particular person medley and the 200 breaststroke on the 2024 championships. Her greatest end that yr was fifteenth within the 200 breast that earned her an honorable point out All-America quotation. She will swim these two occasions once more this time round in her senior yr whereas including the 400 IM, which she certified for, however was scratched from, her sophomore yr as a result of sickness.
 
“The training leading into nationals should feel like a natural step forward,” Mazurek added. “But, it’s a different energy with only four. The challenge is keeping that team feel without the numbers. The key is to not change too much. These four are doing a great job.”
 
Diez will be a part of Demesy within the three distance occasions (500, 1000 and 1650 free) whereas additionally swimming the 200 free. Saville may even swim the three distance occasions on the ladies’s aspect.
 
“Paul and Lenya have been here before and it shows,” Mazurek continued. “Marti and Greta are taking their cues from the seniors. I think Paul and Lenya take some pride in knowing they are shaping the national teams of the future.”
 

West Chester will hit the water on the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships on Wednesday with the 1000 free and 200 IM. Each may have a prelim race within the morning at 10 a.m. with the finals scheduled for the night at 5:30 p.m. On Thursday, Ryan will swim the 400 IM whereas Diez swims the 200 free. The 500 free will happen on Friday with the 1650 free and 200 breast going off on Saturday.