SAVANNAH, Georgia, December 7. THE Savannah College of Art and Design women and the Wingate University men won the College Invitational swimming meet Sunday (Dec. 7) at the Chatham County Aquatics Center.<\/p>\n
SCAD won the eight-team women's field with 1,405 points while Wingate captured the six-team men's field with 908 points. The Bees finished in second place in the men's competition with 858. After a weeklong training trip to Sarasota, Fla., the Bees break for the holidays and return to the pool Jan. 10 in Gainesville, Ga., for a 1 p.m. double dual against Brenau University and Asbury College.<\/p>\n
SCAD won seven events on the final day of competition. Senior Cassie Dixon was a double winner for the Bees as she capture the women's 200-yard backstroke (2:09.47) and 100 freestyle events. Dixon's time in the backstroke also set a meet and college record. Other wins for the women included Stephanie McNicol (500 freestyle – meet record 5:06.24) and Kelsey Brosseau (200 butterfly – 2:13.78).<\/p>\n
The Bees also picked up three wins on the men's side. Mike Lawrence won the 100 breaststroke in a meet-record time of 56.30 while Danny Recordon the men's 100 freestyle with a time of 46.66. SCAD also claimed the 200 medley relay as the quartet of Vitali Pushkar-Verbitsky, Nat Emmett, Leonardo Del Solar and Recordon won in a time of 1:36.07.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to SCAD for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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