FAIRFAX, Virginia, February 25. FOUR records fell on Thursday at the 2010 CAA Swimming and Diving Championships at George Mason University.<\/p>\n
UNC Wilmington is on its way to yet another title run, as the Seahawks' 242 points leads George Mason by 42 and the defending champion Towson women hold a slim 14-point advantage over UNCW.<\/p>\n
The Seahawks, who have won eight-consecutive men's titles, broke the lone record thus far in the men's championship, taking the 200 freestyle relay in 1:20.13, besting second-place Delaware by .46 seconds.<\/p>\n
Towson's Meredith Budner was part of two of the three record-breaking races on the women's side.<\/p>\n
Budner placed first in the 500 freestyle (4:42.92), but it was her preliminary time of 4:39.71 that shattered her previous meet record of 4:45.99 (2009). All three medalists in the 500 were Tigers, as Brooke Golden (4:47.96) and Kayla Zeller (4:49.10) took silver and bronze.<\/p>\n
Budner also swam the freestyle leg of Towson's winning 400 medley relay. The time of 3:41.99 was a B-cut time that broke Mason's 2009 CAA record (3:43.21).<\/p>\n
Mason's Ashley Danner took the 200 individual medley for the second-straight championship, breaking her own CAA record, with a B-cut time of 1:58.32. Danner hit the wall over two-and-a-half seconds ahead of any other swimmer.<\/p>\n
Also around the pool on day two, both the men's and women's 50 freestyle was decided by one .01 seconds with a pair of Seahawks taking home the titles. UNCW's Caitlin Kirsteier's time of 22.73 edged out 2009 champion Katie Radloff from William & Mary and fellow Seahawk Robert Anderson touched the wall in 20.04, beating teammate Alex Aguilar.<\/p>\n
Other champions crowned were Mason's Preston Wolter in the 500 freestyle (4:27.70), Drexel's T.J. Southmayd in the 200 individual medley (1:50.46), Drexel's Ian Jevnick on the 1-meter board (340.30), the UNCW men in the 400 medley relay (3:15.83), and the UNCW women in the 200 free relay (1:31.77).<\/p>\n
Session three preliminaries get underway tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., followed by the preliminaries of the women's 1-meter diving at 1 p.m. Session four will commence at 6 p.m., as 11 more swimmers and four relay squads will be crowned champions<\/p>\n
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