Close Team Battles Brewing at CAA Champs

The CAA Swimming and Diving Championships continued at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center.

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The Colonial Athletic Association swimming and diving championships continues on Friday night in Blacksburg, VA. Events tonight include the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, Men’s 3m diving, and 400 Medley Relay.

Women’s Team Scores Through Day Three:

  1. James Madison – 425
  2. William & Mary – 421
  3. Towson – 383
  4. Delaware/Drexel – 294
  6. UNCW – 215
  7. Northeastern – 171

Men’s Team Scores Through Day Three:

  1. William & Mary – 606.5
  2. UNCM – 568
  3. Drexel – 414
  4. Towson – 365.5
  5. Delaware – 210

Day 1 Recap

Day 2 Recap

CAA Meet Page

Women’s 400 Individual Medley

Sarah Margaret Locke, a senior for Towson, swam to a decisive win in the 400 IM, touching in 4:19.33. She was followed by Delaware’s Audrey Duvall (4:21.00) and William & Mary’s Grace Tramack (4:22.02).

Elizabeth Intehar of William & Mary grabbed the B final in 4:24.84.

women's 400 IM

Men’s 400 Individual Medley

William & Mary senior Ben Skopic completed the IM sweep, winning the longer distance in 3:50.12. He touched ahead of teammate Chris Balbo (3:51.07) and Drexel Dragon Jason Arthur (3:51.65).

Freshman Noah Fields of William & Mary snuck under the 4:00 barrier to win the B final (3:59.59).

men's 400 IM

Women’s 100 Butterfly

Morgan Whaley added to the Dukes’ lead, touching first in the 100 fly (54.37). Finishing behind her were a pair of Towson teammates: Megan Cowan (54.48) and Maddi Mangum (54.81).

Hailey Ritter, also of Towson, took the B final in 55.91.

women's 100 fly

Men’s 100 Butterfly

William & Mary senior Jack Doherty took the 100 fly title, swimming a 47.24 to touch first. Paris Raptis of Drexel followed in 47.43, with Nick McClure from Towson grabbing third (47.90).

Dave Kneiss swam a 48.90 to win the B final.

men's 100 fly

Women’s 200 Freestyle

Bonnie Zhang led from start to finish, taking top honors in the 200 free in 1:46.44. Mira Selling of Delaware (1:47.43) and Megan Bull of William & Mary (1:48.33) placed second and third, respectively.

Northeastern senior Megan Clark swam the second-fastest time of the evening, 1:47.60, to win the B final.

women's 200 free

Men’s 200 Freestyle

William & Mary’s Colin Wright swam to an easy victory in the 200 free, touching first in 1:35.04. Finishing second was Stathis Malamas of Drexel (1:37.27), with Christopher Pfuhl of William & Mary grabbing third (1:38.18).

Graham Hertweck of William & Mary took the top spot in the B final (1:39.54).

men's 200 free

Women’s 100 Breaststroke

Gab Rudy of Drexel won a close race in the 100 breast, out touching Towson’s Jacalyn Schoening 1:00.44 to 1:00.77. Megan Marsh (1:02.57) finished third.

Delaware’s Taylor Draganosky swam a 1:03.54 to win the B final.

women's 100 breast

Men’s 100 Breaststroke

Gianmichel D’Alessandro from UNCW won the 100 breast (53.86) over teammate Josh Rigsbee (54.15) and William & Mary’s Ian Bidwell (54.99).

Delaware’s Eric Veit raced to a 54.86 and the B final win.

men's 100 breast

Women’s 100 Backstroke

Drexel senior Alexa Kutch dominated the 100 back, touching in 53.20. Anna Kenna of William & Mary (54.58) and Maddi Mangum of Towson (54.79) were over a second behind.

Sonora Baker of William & Mary swam a 56.33 in the B final for first.

women's 100 back

Men’s 100 Backstroke

UNCW senior Will Countie out touched William & Mary senior Colin Demers for the win, 46.49 to 46.69. Owen Robinson of Towson was third (48.22).

Jake Kealy of William & Mary broke 50 seconds to win the B final (49.89).

men's 100 back

Men’s 3m Diving

UNCW freshman Kolbein Bjugan added the 3m title to his 1m title from Thursday, putting up 345.80 points. Towson’s Will Canny (322.10) and UNCW’s Trent Igoe (308.15) rounded out the top three.

AJ Dorner of Towson scored 258.65 to win the B final.

men's 3m diving

Women’s 400 Medley Relay

Drexel’s foursome of Kutch (52.85), Rudy (1:00.90), Alicia Diaz (54.27), and Lera Nasedkina (50.40) combined to win the medley relay in 3:38.42. Towson was second with a 3:40.32, followed by James Madison’s 3:41.50. After the Dukes came William & Mary, Delaware, and Northeastern. UNCW was disqualified.

women's 400 medley relay (1-4)

women's 400 medley relay (5-7)

Men’s 400 Medley Relay

It was a dominant performance by William & Mary, with Demers (46.43), Bidwell (54.11), Doherty (47.48), and Wright (41.87) combining for a 3:09.89. UNCW was second with a 3:12.48, followed by Drexel’s 3:14.25. Towson and Delaware rounded out the final.

men's 400 medley relay

 

Women’s Team Scores Through Day Three:

  1. James Madison – 425
  2. William & Mary – 421
  3. Towson – 383
  4. Delaware/Drexel – 294
  6. UNCW – 215
  7. Northeastern – 171

Men’s Team Scores Through Day Three:

  1. William & Mary – 606.5
  2. UNCW – 568
  3. Drexel – 414
  4. Towson – 365.5
  5. Delaware – 210

Prelims begin tomorrow morning at 10:00am EST.

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DEE JACOBSON
DEE JACOBSON
4 years ago

My grandson is Gianmichel

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