Athens, Ga. (TheCCSA.com) – The Incarnate Word men’s swimming and diving team is in first place with 548 points after the second day of the 2016 CCSA Swimming and Diving Championship at University of Georgia’s Gabrielson Natatorium.
UMBC is second with 529 points and Old Dominion is third with 524.50 points. Gardner-Webb is fourth with 394 points, while Florida Atlantic is fifth with 345 points. NJIT is in sixth with 219.50 points and Howard is in seventh with 154 points, followed by VMI with 134 points.
In the 500-yard freestyle Incarnate Word’s Kyrylo Shvets took first place with a time of 4:25.51 followed by UMBC freshman Felix Richtsfeld who swam in 4:26.26. Connor Hennessy of Incarnate Word finished in 4:27.84 to place third.
Incarnate Word junior, David Moore, claimed first place in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:45.68. Nikola Trajkovic of UMBC finished in 1:46.63 to notch second place. Old Dominion standout, Reed Matthews, saw a third place finish for the Monarchs with a time of 1:47.14, while teammate Anton Mikaelsson placed fourth in 1:47.29. All four swimmers qualified made the NCAA ‘B’ cut list.
Senior Nathan Lile of Gardner-Webb eclipsed the NCAA ‘B’ cut list standard in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.98. Old Dominion’s Jacob Zeidler finished just behind Lile in 20.26. Florida Atlantic teammates, Matthieu Burtez and John Nolte tied for third as they finished in 20.46.
The Runnin’ Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb snatched the 200-yard freestyle relay as they were led by Nathan Lile, Connor Bos, Tyler Gomez and Hal McKay with a time of 1:20.07. Old Dominion reached second place in 1:20.12 with swimmers Jacob Zeildler, Anton Mikaelsson, Graham Thatcher and Vitor Sa.
Once again, Ryan McIntire, of Florida Atlantic set a CCSA Championship meet record, this time off of the 3-meter board in the preliminary round, with a score of 348.35. McIntire’s final round score of 347.55 was enough to take home the gold medal. Old Dominion claimed second and third place as Cory Moreno and Daniel Rabe scored 343.95 and 339.75, respectively.
The CCSA Championship will continue with the third day of action on Friday, Feb. 19 at 10:00 a.m., starting with the 400-yard Individual Medley preliminary. The event finals for day three will start at 6:00 p.m.
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