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NCAA Division II Championship finalist Kirill Sidorko will transfer to Kenyon College to finish out his undergraduate studies and collegiate swimming career beginning this fall.
A native of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sidorko completed his first two years at Lewis University in Illinois before making the decision to transfer.
“I am excited to announce my transfer to Kenyon College, where I will be pursuing a degree in Economics,” Sidorko said. “This move represents a significant step forward in my academic and professional journey.
“I am incredibly grateful for the experiences and education I received at Lewis University, and I am now looking forward to joining the vibrant community at Kenyon. I am confident that this new chapter will bring opportunities for growth, learning, and making meaningful connections. Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way! Here’s to new beginnings and a bright future at Kenyon!”
During his time as a Flyer, Sidorko was a key point scorer at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, repeatedly finaling in his individual events. He was also named the GLVC men’s swimming and diving athlete of the week during his freshman year.
Sidorko specializes primarily in the IM and breaststroke events, as well as the 500 freestyle. While at Lewis, he qualified for the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships as both a freshman and a sophomore, making the finals in the 400 IM both years. At the 2024 championships, he placed 8th in the event with a time of 3:56.44 and helped the Flyers to a 9th-place finish overall, their best in program history.
Sidorko also excelled in the classroom while at Lewis; he was named to the CSC Academic All-District back in April.
Best Times (SCY)
- 200 IM – 1:47.78
- 400 IM – 3:50.88
- 100 Breast – 55.93
- 200 Breast – 2:01.43
- 500 Free – 4:32.70
A Division III program in Ohio, Kenyon College competes in the North Coast Athletic Conference, in which Kenyon’s men’s team took first at the conference championships this past season. Kenyon also placed 2nd on the men’s side at the NCAA Division III championships in March.
Sidorko’s top times would place him at the top of the podium in the 400 IM at the conference championships and would land him solidly in the A Final heat in the 200 IM, 500 free and 100 and 200 breast, making him sure to be a top scorer for Kenyon and giving him no shortage of events in which he could compete.
Sidorko will kick off his time at Kenyon during the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year.
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Hope he does well there tbh
It seems like D3 is more competitive than D2.
Do you guys think it’s because D3 schools are often more prestigious so they draw in swimmers who want to swim in college but also want a top notch education.
Asking as a prospective D3 swimmer (NESCAC)
Academics to quite a bit of D3 schools have certainly better academics than some D2 programs. One person I look at who’s about to go to MIT is 43.6, 1:36.2 swimmer Nathan Kim. Could have gone to most D1 schools but is choosing the D3 route now there’s more examples but that’s just one off the top of my head.
Makes sense MIT is an amazing school and they have a great swim program what’s not to like.
D3 is definitely more competitive than D2. Plus chances are you’ll get a “leadership” scholarship.
They aren’t necessarily more prestigious. Other than that, I would agree.
I can’t name a single D2 school that most people would know. Whereas with D3 you have some big dawg schools.
Uchicago, NYU, and MIT to name a few
There’s also just wayyyy more schools in division 3 than 2, so there are going to be more swim and dive teams. More teams, more depth, hence the better competition.
You left out Emory.
If you go by what it took to make their respective championships the answer is largely no.
In terms of athletic competition, that is. Academics is (ironically) a no brainer that DIII comes out on top. That’s why they’re DIII!
This is actually an insane statement. Look at the depth and top times dII comes out way ahead. DIII has amazing academics and is a wonderful option. To claim that d3 is more competitive than d2 is just wrong. When the whole A-Final of the men’s 50 in d2 is faster than the winning time in d3. There of course great athletes in d3, but to claim it’s better as a whole is absurd.
There are*
That isn’t true. The only event where the DIII Champ wouldn’t have made the A final at the DII meet is the men’s 400 IM. However i agree that at least last year DII was significantly faster than DIII.
Looking at last year there were only 2 events for the men (100 and 200 BR) and 3 events for the women (100 BR, 100 FS, and 200 Medley Relay) where the DIII champ was faster. So that is 16 out of 18 for men and 15 out of 18 for the women in favor of DII in terms of top speed.
DII was much deeper as well. In 11 out of 18 mens events and 8 out of 18… Read more »
D2 is certainly a little bit faster than D3, but it is much more comparable to D3 than it is to D1. People that think D2 is more like D1 and try to rag on D3 drive me crazy. Get real. The qualifying times for the D2 and D3 meet are almost identical. D1 is a completely different level. Usually only a few times from the D2 meet can even qualify for D1 NCAA
You simply can not go wrong in the NESCAC — for swimming, for academic reasons, for job placement. Go for it!