CCSA: Day Two

February 18th, 2011     
Following day two of the 2011 Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) swimming and diving championships, the Florida Gulf Coast women continue to leads 13 teams on Friday, February 18 at the Gabrielson Natatorium on the campus of University of Georgia.
 
Florida Gulf Coast leads with 586.50 points and has had someone place in every event, while winning six events.  Davidson follows with 398 points, while Gardner-Webb is just behind in third with 314.50.  Georgia Southern is fourth with 309 points and North Florida is in fifth with 193 points.  Liberty is in sixth (184), College of Charleston in seventh (150) and Campbell in eighth (130).  Rounding out the field is Radford (91), Howard (82), VMI (47) and North Carolina A&T (40).
 
Florida Gulf Coast continued to impress in the first event of the night, by winning the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.75.  Davidson followed in second with a time of 1:43.67 and Gardner-Webb was third, 1:44.74.
 
The Eagles reigned in the 400 IM, with FGCU taking first and second and Georgia Southern took third.  Victoria Cadge won the event with a time NCAA B standard of 4:21.80, while teammate Myriam Plante followed, 4:21.80.  For GSU, Lindsay Goodman took third, clocking 4:26.66.
 
Davidson’s Emily Castle broke her CCSA record set this morning in preliminaries in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.47. Eagles’ Alessandra Cianci (56.19) and Danielle Butler (56.68) took second and third, respectively in the event. 
 
In the 200-yard freestyle, the Eagle’s Leah Daniel upset Davidson’s Lindsey Martin with a time of 1:48.70, an NCAA B standard.  Martin followed also with a B cut time of 1:48.91 and FGCU’s Jessie Porter took third with a time of 1:51.27. 
 
FGCU continued their success in the 100-yard breastroke, with Dani Beaubrun beating out GWU’s Kim Zachensky with an NCAA B cut time of 1:02.21.  Zachensky also clocked an B standard time of 1:02.55 and in third was Georgia Southern’s Courtney Harrison with a time of 1:04.52.
 
In the 100-yard backstroke the Eagles took first and second, with Viktoria Hyddmark winning with a time of 56.00 and Victoria Cadge taking second, clocking 56.02.  In third place was Lindsay Goodman of Georgia Southern, finishing with a time of 56.47.
 
The Eagles ended the day by breaking the CCSA record in the 800-yard freestyle relay with an NCAA B standard time of 7:21.08, which they have won every year since the CCSA existence.  Davidson took second place with a time of 7:31.94 and Gardner-Webb placed third, finishing 7:33.50.
 
In the preliminaries earlier in the day Castle of Davidson made NCAA B cut and broke her own CCSA record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.45.  In the 100 breast stroke, there was a tie for first place with FGCU’s Dani Beaubrun and Gardner-Webb’s Kim Zachensky, swimming NCAA B standards of 1:02.36. 
 
The final day of the CCSA Championships will begin Saturday, Feb. 19 at 10:00am, with the 200-yard backstroke trials.  The finals will take start at 6:00pm with the 1,650 freestyle.




Following day two of the 2011 Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) swimming and diving championships, the Davidson men lead the six team field on Friday, February 19 in the event contested at the Gabrielson Natatorium on the campus of University of Georgia.
 
Davidson leads by 16 points with 570 over College of Charleston, who has 566 points.  Gardner-Webb is not far behind in third place with 522 points, while in fourth place VMI has 236 points.  Howard (175) and Florida A&M (57) round out the field.
 
College of Charleston started the finals off winning the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:31.22 and Gardner-Webb following in second, clocking 1:31.53.  Howard took third place with a time of 1:36.45.  Davidson would have been first, but were disqualified due to an early take off in the event. 
 
Drew Onken helped the Wildcats get back on track by breaking his own CCSA record and making the NCAA B cut with a time of 3:49.37.  Teammate Ben Lucas took second in the event with a time of 4:05.13 and Gardner-Webb’s Tyler Nuss followed in third with a time of 4:06.13. 
 
In a very close 100-yard butterfly, College of Charleston’s Patrick Jones took the win with a time of 49.37.  Two Runnin’ Bulldogs followed Jones, Steven Caudill (49.45) and DJ Hughes (49.66) in second and third place, respectively.
 
In the 200-yard freestyle Davidson’s Curtis Chaney broke his own CCSA record and made the NCAA B standard with a time of 1:37.47. The Cougar’s Sherrier brothers took second and third, with Matt Sherrier in second (1:38.14), an NCAA B standard, and David Sherrier in third (1:41.07).
 
Casey Brutus won the Runnin’ Bulldogs their first event of the night in the 100-yard breastroke, clocking a time of 55.89, while teammate Drew Ellwanger followed in second (56.71).  In third was the Cougar’s Brantley Reynolds, finishing with a time of 56.75.
 
Davidson’s Geoffrey Peitz won his second event of the Championship and smashed his CCSA record, previously set today in the 100 back with a time of 48.02, also an NCAA B standard.  In second was College of Charleston’s Jackson Marine (50.60) and in third was Jordan Denmark of Gardner-Webb (50.64).
 
In diving, College of Charleston’s Peter Gibbons won with a score of 265.95, while Davidson’s Brian McRae took second, scoring 251.75 and in third, VMI’s Dallas Disbro scored 200.40.
 
In the last event of the night, Davidson won the 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 6:45.15, while College of Charleston followed in second, finishing with a time of 6:47.68.  In third were the Runnin’ Bulldogs with a time of 6:54.53. 
 
Earlier in the day, in the preliminary rounds, the CCSA had three swimmers make the NCAA B cut and a new CCSA record was set.  Davidson’s Onken swam 3:53.29 in the 400 IM and College of Charleston’s Matthew Sherrier clocked 1:38.20 in the 200 free, making the NCAA B cut.  The Wildcats Peitz broke his own record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 48.48 and also making the NCAA B standard.
 
The final day of the CCSA Championships will begin Saturday, Feb. 19 at 10:00am, with the 200-yard backstroke trials.  The finals will take start at 6:00pm with the 1,650 freestyle.

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