Athens, Ga. (TheCCSA.com) – The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) men’s swimming and diving team is in first place with 1,033 points after the third day of the 2016 CCSA Swimming and Diving Championship at University of Georgia’s Gabrielson Natatorium.
Incarnate Word is second with 921 points and Old Dominion is third with 859.5.5 points. Gardner-Webb is fourth with 769 points, while Florida Atlantic is fifth with 685 points. NJIT is in sixth with 365.5 points and Howard is in seventh with 234 points, followed by VMI with 205 points.
David Moore of Incarnate Word kicked off day three finals action as he broke the CCSA all-time record, which he set in preliminaries earlier today (3:47.10), with a time of 3:45.24. Moore’s teammate, Beau Fusilier, finished more than five seconds back from Moore with a time of 3:50.84 to earn second place. Old Dominion’s Anton Mikaelsson swam in 3:51.38 to place third.
Following Moore’s record setting performance, Gardner-Webb’s Nathan Lile, broke the all-time record in the 100-yard butterfly; he touched the pads in the 46.52. Lile surpassed Incarnate Word’s Daniel Torres on the all-time list, who set the record at the 2014 CCSA Championship in 46.65. Old Dominion senior, Reed Matthews, finished less than one-tenth of a second behind Lile as he finished with a time of 46.61, while UMBC’s Philip Adejumo placed third in 48.43. Both Lile and Matthews made the NCAA ‘B’ cut time standard of 48.29.
UMBC saw a first place victory as Gregor Spoerlein finished the 200-yard freestyle in 1:37.63, while Florida Atlantic’s Matthieu Burtez achieved a time of 1:37.70. Old Dominion senior, Vitor Sa, finished behind Burtez by .17 seconds to claim third and place all three event winners on the NCAA ‘B’ cut list.
Leo Endes of UMBC followed up Spoerlein’s victory with a first place in the 100-yard breaststroke in 54.27. Incarnate Word’s Andrey Chechelnytski finished with a time of 54.81 to claim second place, while Old Dominion’s Jacob Zeidler saw third place as he finished in 55.12. Zeidler’s teammate, Philip Nodenberg, touched the pads in 55.19 to notch fourth place. UMBC teammates Connor Ganley and Kyle Paxton were separated by .01 as Ganley edged Paxton with a time of 55.28. All top-six finishers achieved NCAA ‘B’ cut times.
Florida Atlantic saw a pleasant surprise as their first victory came from lane eight in the 100-yard backstroke as senior, Hunter Swartsel, reached the deck in 48.53. Gardner-Webb’s Connor Bos placed second with a time of 48.69 as him and Swartsel claimed spots on the NCAA ‘B’ list. Swartsel’s teammate, John Brennock, finished in third place as he finished in 49.01.
In the final event of the night, Old Dominion claimed victory in the 400-yard medley relay as Anton Mikaelsson, Jacob Zeidler, Reed Mathews and Vitor Sa with a time of 3:14.33. UMBC senior, Gregor Spoerlein, led the Retrievers in Alexander Gliese, Leo Endres and Philip Adejumo to second place finish in 3:16.06. Incarnate Word placed third with Aaron Moran, Andrey Chechelnytsky, David Moore and Jack Hennessy with a time of 3:16.91.
The CCSA Championship will continue with the final day of competition on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 10:00 a.m., starting with the 200-yard backstroke preliminary. The event finals for day four will start at 6:00 p.m. beginning with the 1650-yard freestyle.
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