Grand Canyon Sweeps Team Titles, Awards at CSCAA Collegiate Classic

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Photo Courtesy: Kyle Staggs

ROCKWALL – Grand Canyon University swept the men’s and women’s team standings, Swimmer of the Year and Coach of the Year awards as the CSCAA Collegiate Classic came to a close at the Rockwall ISD Aquatic Center in Rockwall, Texas.

Hannah Kastigar and Iegor Lytvenok took home the women’s and men’s Swimmer of the Year awards, while GCU head coach Steve Schaffer was recognized as both the men’s and women’s Coach of the Year during the final day of racing at the Division I invitational meet.

Kastigar had an outstanding meet for the Antelopes, setting meet records in the women’s 200 IM (1:58.36), 400 IM (4:10.77), 200 fly (1:57.36) and 100 breast (1:01.02). She won the first three events and competed as an exhibition swimmer in the 100 breast.

Lytvenok picked up individual wins in the men’s 200 IM (1:47.13) and 400 IM (3:48.74) and also swam legs on Grand Canyon’s meet record-setting medley relays. He joined Youssef El Kamash, Illya Glazunov and Mazen El Kamash to break the 400 medley relay record with a 3:14.03. Then, Lytvenok, Youssef El Kamash, Glazunov and Jacob Lambros teamed up to set a new 200 medley relay record at 1:27.56.

Seven other meet records fell at the meet:
Women’s 500 free: Erin Flanigan, Rice, 4:48.59
Men’s 500 free: Connor Hennessy, Incarnate Word, 4:25.15
Women’s 50 free: Lana Nguyen, Incarnate Word, 22.86
Women’s 100 fly: Haley Bertoldo, Brigham Young, 54.21
Men’s 100 breast: TJ Bland, Western Kentucky, 53.42
Women’s 1650 free: Mollie McNeel, Western Kentucky, 16:40.73
Men’s 200 fly: Stanislav Saiko, Grand Canyon, 1:46.89

Grand Canyon won the women’s meet with 618 points, ahead of Rice (550) and BYU (440). The Antelopes also took home the men’s team title, scoring 788.5 points to top Incarnate Word (559) and Western Kentucky (413).

2015 CSCAA Collegiate Classic – Results

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