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Text Box: Recent Headlines Howard Falls to Towson in Season Opening Meet Howard’s Miguel Orellana Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Bulldogs Split At Limestone; Men Nearly Knock Off Saints While GWU Women Dominate The College of Charleston Men Post Win Against Pfeiffer Davidson’s Scott Frantz Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Swimming and Diving Competes At Radford Gardner-Webb Teams Sweep VMI At Radford VMI Hosts Gardner-Webb and Radford in CCSA Competition Martin Breaks Pair of School Records in Davidson Swimming's Dual-Meet Loss at Emory Davidson’s Fiete Stegger named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Men’s Recaps From Meets Oct. 26-27, 2007 College of Charleston’s Randy Buchanan Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Oct. 30, 2007 Men’s Recaps From Nov. 3, 2007 meet College of Charleston’s Larry Buchanan and Jordan Toopes Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week Men’s Recaps from Nov. 7-11 Gardner-Webb’s Steven Caudill and VMI’s Jeff Turner Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week Men’s Recaps from Nov. 16-18 College of Charleston’s Randy Buchanan Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Men’s Recaps from Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 Davidson’s Scott Frantz Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Howard’s Miguel Orellano Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Men’s Recaps from Jan. 5, 2008 (Gardner-Webb, Florida A&M) Gardner-Webb’s Abram Miller Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Men’s Recaps from Jan. 11-13 2008 (College of Charleston, Davidson, Florida A&M, VMI) College of Charleston’s Randy Buchanan Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Men’s Recaps from Jan. 17 - 20, 2008 Davidson’s Scott Frantz Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Men’s Recaps from Jan. 24 - 27, 2008 Gardner-Webb’s Steven Caudill Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer of the Week Men’s Recaps from Jan. 28 - Feb. 3 Davidson’s Fiete Stegger and VMI’s Jeff Turner Named CCSA Men’s Swimmer and Diver of the Week CCSA Championship Preliminary Recap - Day One Davidson Women and College of Charleston Men Lead After Day One of CCSA Championships CCSA Championship Preliminary Recap - Day Two Davidson Women and College of Charleston Men Still No. 1 After Day Two of CCSA Championships CCSA Championship Preliminary Recap - Day Three Text Box: DAVIDSON WOMEN AND COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON MEN CAPTURE INAUGURAL CCSA SWIMMING TITLE Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 Results HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – The inaugural CCSA Swimming Championships concluded on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 with the Davidson women taking home the women’s title with 660 points and the College of Charleston men earning the victory with 846 points, with Davidson coach, John Young taking home women’s coach of the year and College of Charleston coach, Bruce Zimmerman earning the men’s coach of the year award. In addition, North Florida’s Melissa Hyams grabbed the female diving coach of the year award, while Florida A&M’s Dr. E. Newton Jackson Jr. earned male diving coach of the year. The top individual performances included Florida Gulf Coast freshman Viktoria Hyddmark, who took home women’s most outstanding swimmer honors, as well as outstanding freshman honors, while Florida A&M junior Mujahid El-Amin earned men’s outstanding swimmer honors. In addition, College of Charleston’s Marc Herbert garnered most outstanding freshman performer. On the diving side, Florida A&M sophomore William McKnight and VMI sophomore Jeff Turner tied for men’s men’s most outstanding diver, while North Florida junior Emily Eisenhower grabbed the honor for the female. In just his second year as head coach at Davidson College, Young led his team to the inaugural CCSA title and a 7-7 overall regular season record. In his ninth season as head coach at the College of Charleston, Zimmerman led his men’s team to the first-ever CCSA men’s championship title. North Florida diving coach, Hyams earned women’s diving coach of the year after guiding diver of the year, Eisenhower, to two first-place finishes. Florida A&M diving coach, Jackson earned men’s diving coach of the year after leading McKnight to a first-place finish and a second-place finish. Hyddmark swam her fastest times this season in every event she competed in, earning her three first-place finishes, 73 points and a NCAA Division I B cut time. On day one, she earned her first gold medal, swimming a 2:07.45 in the 200-yard individual medley (20 points). On day two she took first in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking in at 57.11 and earning her another 20 points for the meet. On the final day of competition, the rookie had her best race of the meet and took home her third win in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing three seconds ahead of the second-place finisher (2:00.69) and earning her the NCAA Divison I B cut time. She also earned nine bonus points for setting Conference records in each event and four more bonus points for earning the B cut time. El-Amin also swam season best times in all three of his events, which earned him three gold medals, 73 points and a NCAA Division I B cut time. El-Amin started of the meet winning the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 20.52 for 20 points. On day two of competition, he captured an NCAA Division I B cut time in the 100-yard butterfly and finished over two seconds faster then the second-place swimmer with a time of 48.17, earning him another 20 points. He ended the meet with the 100-yard freestyle, clocking in at 45.50 for his third victory. The junior earned 60 points for his first-place victories, nine points for setting Conference records and four points for securing a B cut time. Herbert tallied one first-place triumph, one second-place finish and one third-place finish for a total of 56 points. He earned his victory in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in a time of 50.40 giving him 20 points for the win and three points for setting a Conference record. In the men’s 50-yard freestyle, he earned 17 points with a second-place finish in a time of 21.19 and added 16 points with a third-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:51.40. McKnight and Turner each tallied 37 points, with one win and one second-place finish. McKnight earned his first-place finish in the 3-meter dive by collecting 186.10 points, while Turner grabbed the gold in the 1-meter dive by accumulating 196.00 points. Each victory earned the men 20 points. McKnight earned his second-place finish in the 1-meter dive (186.50), while Turner placed second in the 3-meter dive (152.05). Eisenhower earned two victories and 40 points in the meet, which helped lead her team to a fifth-place finish. In the 1-meter dive she earned 236.25 points in the victory, and earned 266.90 points in the 3-meter dive. 2008 CCSA Individual Honors Most Outstanding Swimmer Women – Viktoria Hyddmark, Florida Gulf Coast University Men – Mujahid El-Amin, Florida A&M University Most Outstanding Diver Women – Emily Eisenhower, University of North Florida Men – Jeff Turner, VMI William McKnight, Florida A&M University Most Outstanding Freshman Performer Women – Viktoria Hyddmark, Florida Gulf Coast University Men – Marc Herbert, College of Charleston Swimming Coach of Year Women – John Young, Davidson College Men – Bruce Zimmerman, College of Charleston Diving Coach of the Year Women – Melissa Hyams, University of North Florida Men – Dr. E Newton Jackson Jr., Florida A&M University

CCSA All-Conference

 

500 Yard Freestyle

Andrew Carlson, Jr., Davidson

Will Broughton, Sr., Davidson

Merritt Peele, Jr., Davidson

 

200 Yard IM

Randy Buchanan, So., CofC

Greg Greer, So., College of Charleston

Nate Ladner, So., Davidson

 

50 Yard Freestyle

Mujahid El-Amin, Jr., Florida A&M

Marc Herbert, Fr., CofC

Fiete Stegger, Sr., Davidson

 

1-meter Diving

Jeff Turner, So., VMI

William McKnight, So., Florida A&M

Corey Morgan, So., VMI

 

400 Yard IM

Chris Lietzow, Jr., CofC

Eric Lehman, Jr., College of Charleston

Adam Topaz, Sr., Davidson

 

100 Yard Butterfly

Mujahid El-Amin, Jr., Florida A&M

Greg Greer, So., College of Charleston

Patrick Elerding, So., Gardner-Webb

 

200 Yard Freestyle

Merritt Peele, Jr., Davidson

Andrew Carlson, Jr., Davidson

Kyle Hooley, Fr., Gardner-Webb

 

100 Yard Breaststroke

Randy Buchanan, So., CofC

Nate Ladner, So., Davidson

Patrick Elerding, So., Gardner-Webb

 

100 Yard Backstroke

Marc Herbert, Fr.,  CofC

Scott Frantz, Jr., Jr., Davidson

Chris Rogers, So., CofC

 

1650 Yard Freestyle

Adam Suggs, Fr., Gardner-Webb

Merritt Peele, Jr., Davidson

Will Broughton, Sr., Davidson

 

200 Yard Backstroke

Scott Frantz, Jr., Jr., Davidson

Chris Rogers, So., CofC

Marc Herbert, Fr., CofC

 

100 Yard Freestyle

Mujahid, El-Amin, Jr., Florida A&M

Fiete Stegger, Sr., Davidson

Miguel Rodriguez, Jr., Davidson

 

200 Yard Breaststroke

Randy Buchanan, So.,  CofC

Nate Ladner, So., Davidson

Craig South, Fr., Gardner-Webb

 

200 Yard Butterfly

Greg Greer, So., College of Charleston

Steven Caudill, Fr., Gardner-Webb

Miller Williams, So., Davidson

 

3-meter Diving

William McKnight, So., Florida A&M

Jeff Turner, So., VMI

Corey Morgan, So., VMI