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FLORIDA GULF COAST WOMEN AND DAVIDSON MEN IN LEAD AFTER DAY TWO OF CCSA CHAMPIONSHIPS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – At the end of day two of the 2010 CCSA Championships at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatics Center on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Florida Gulf Coast women continue to lead in the championship with a score of 534.5 and Davidson is in second with 419 points. Gardner-Webb is locked in third with 363.5 points at the conclusion of day two. For the men, Davidson continues to sit in first with 648, College of Charleston is second with 568 points and Gardner-Webb is third with a score of 493.
Day two finals started off with Gardner-Webb’s women’s 200 medley relay team of Corey Hughey, Kim Zachensky, Rachel Warkentin and Elizabeth Carter setting a new CCSA record with a time of 1:42.03. Taking second-place was Davidson (Kelsi Hobbs, Caroline Curtiss, Emily Castle and Lindsey Martin) touching in 1:44.16, and Florida Gulf Coast (Viktoria Hyddmark, Dani Beaubrun, Margie Chamberlin and Line Lauridsen) finished in third with a time of 1:44.76. Another conference record fell on the men’s side as Davidson’s 200 medley team of Geoff Peitz, Drew Onken, Joe Burquist and Bryan Droll took top honors with a time of 1:30.91. Four hundredths of a second separated second and third as Gardner-Webb’s time of 1:32.23 (Samuel Woods, Casey Brutus, Steven Caudill and Kevin Koenig) inched out College of Charleston (Chris Rogers, Randy Buchanan, Greg Greer and Brantley Reynolds), who finished with a time of 1:32.27.
Florida Gulf Coast’s Myriam Plante won the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:20.03. Finishing second was teammate Vicky Cadge, who clocked in at 4:22.21 and coming in third was Lauren Parr of Georgia Southern (4:23.00). After setting a new CCSA record in the men’s 400 individual medley prelims with a time of 3:53.19, Davidson’s Drew Onken bested that time taking top honors in the finals with a time of 3:51.93. Davidson’s Ben Lucas came in second (4:07.36) and touching in third was VMI’s James Goodwillie (4:08.89).
For the second-straight year Davidson’s Emily Castle took home the gold in the women’s 100 butterfly with a time of 54.87. Castle held off a surging Elizabeth Carter of Gardner-Webb, who touched the wall just .09 seconds off the top time (54.96). Taking third-place was Florida Gulf Coast’s Danielle Butler with a time of 56.10. Davidson’s Joe Burquist captured the men’s 100 butterfly title finishing with a time of 49.43 inching Gardner-Webb’s Steven Caudill’s time of 49.54. Rounding out the top-three was Miller Williams of Davidson with a time of 50.45.
After taking the women’s 50 freestyle title on Day One, Davidson’s Lindsey Martin took the gold in the 200 freestyle on Day Two with a winning time of 1:49.02. Defending champion Lyn Ann Nelson of North Florida finished in a close second (1:49.21), while Florida Gulf Coast’s Leah Daniel (1:49.99) took third-place. Davidson’s Curtis Chaney became a back-to-back champion in the men’s 200 freestyle using a late surge to take the top spot with a time of 1:39.90. Matthew Sherrier of College of Charleston took second touching in 1:40.74, and in third was teammate Andy Puciaty (1:42.99).
After setting the new CCSA women’s 100 breaststroke record of 1:02.25 in the morning prelims, Gardner-Webb Kim Zachensky took gold in the final reaching the wall at 1:02.58. Teammate Stepheni Stadnik (1:04.73) finished second, while College of Charleston’s Casey Sweeney (1:05.56) rounded out the top-three. College of Charleston’s Randy Buchanan became a three-time men’s 100 breaststroke champion winning the final in 54.59. Buchanan’s morning preliminary time of 54.58 set a new CCSA record. Classmates Casey Brutus (55.93) and Drew Ellwanger (57.74) for Gardner-Webb took silver and bronze, respectively.
Gardner-Webb’s Corey Hughey took the women’s 100 backstroke title for the second consecutive season finishing with a time of 55.86. Florida Gulf Coast’s Viktoria Hyddmark (56.41) claimed second-place, while teammate Brittany Monaghan (56.93) rounded out the top-three. Davidson’s Geoff Peitz took gold in the men’s 100 backstroke with a CCSA record time of 50.09. Peitz broke his own record of 50.23 he set earlier in the day at morning prelims. Coming in second was Chris Rogers from College of Charleston with a time of 50.40 and Gardner-Webb’s Samuel Wood’s took third touching in 52.36.
In the men’s 1-meter dive, Davidson’s Ben Lane grabbed the gold medal for the second-straight year setting a Conference record with a point total of 293.76. College of Charleston’s Peter Gibbons took silver with a score of 253.65 and teammate Jeffrey Jankowski earned bronze with 219.09 points. Lane also won the gold in yesterday’s 3-meter event.
In the last event of the night, the 800 freestyle relay, Florida Gulf Coast (Myriam Plante, Margrete Ulvestad, Vicky Cadge and Leah Daniel) locked in first-place for the second consecutive year with a time of 7:28.13. Davidson (Anna Stringfield, Caitlin Sheetz, Jean DeOrnellas and Jessica Delgehausen) finished second in 7:31.74 and North Florida (Taylor Crosby, Megan Boudreau, Caroline Larsson and Lyn Ann Nelson) swam in third, clocking in at 7:34.31. On the men’s side, Davidson (Drew Onken, Tennant Brastow, Brad Carman and Curtis Chaney) earn the first-place finish for the third-straight year with a time of 6:47.54. College of Charleston (Matthew Sherrier, Eric Craig, Warren Clauss and Andy Puciaty) came in second, clocking in at 6:50.17 and Gardner-Webb (DJ Hughes, Steven Caudill, Mitch Turner and George Partin) completed the race in third with a time of 7:05.84.
Final day preliminaries will begin tomorrow morning at 10:00am with the finals starting at 6:00pm. The events being contested will be 1,650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, women’s 3-meter diving and 400 freestyle relay. |
