ATHENS, Ga. (TheCCSA.com) – The Florida Gulf Coast University women won the 2016 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday at the University of Georgia’s Gabrielson Natatorium with a total of 1,670 points.

Liberty University finished second with a total of 1,358 points, followed by Georgia Southern University with 925 points. Fourth went to Gardner-Webb University with 898 points. Campbell finished fifth with 715 points, while Incarnate Word earned 683 points for sixth and UNC Asheville saw seventh with 506 points. North Florida finished in eighth place with 470 points, followed by Howard with 183 points and North Carolina A&T with 177 points. Virginia Military Institute rounded out the field with 166 points.

Lauren Oglesby of Gardner-Webb claimed victory in the very first event of the finals session Saturday night. She swam the 1650-yard freestyle in 16:41.17 to earn a first place finish for the Runnin’ Bulldogs. FGCU’s Lani Cabrera finished in second with a time of 16:43.03, while Liberty senior, Kristin VanDeventer, saw third place in 16:49.89.

FGCU standout freshman, Elise Haan, took first place in the 200-yard backstroke as she finished in 1:54.76. Victoria Tschoke from Liberty touched the pads in 1:58.11 for second place, while Georgia Southern’s Mykala Arnold finished third in 1:58.52. All three swimmers finished under the NCAA ‘B’ cut standard of 1:59.19.

Haan’s teammate, Fanny Teijonsalo, followed up Haan’s victory with a first place finish of her own. Teijonsalo took first place in the 100-yard freestyle as she finished in 48.72, while teammate Katie Latham saw second place in 49.37. Liberty senior, Kendall Hough, touched in 49.45 to claim third for the Lady-Flames. All three competitors stayed under the NCAA ‘B’ cut standard for the 100-yard freestyle of 49.99.

Katie Armitage of FGCU finished the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:11.51 for a first place finish, while UNC Asheville’s Morgan Rulevich took second with a time of 2:15.45. Both Armitage and Rulevich stayed below the NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 2:15.99.

In the 200-yard butterfly, FGCU freshman, Christina Elmgreen took home the conference crown after touching the pads in 1:57.63 and set the FGCU program record in the event.  Liberty’s Alicia Finnigan finished second for the Lady-Flames with a time of 1:59.53 to keep herself and Elmgreen under the 1:59.59 ‘B’ cut standard.

In the final event of the night, FGCU continued to dominate as Elise Haan, Barbara Caraballo, Katie Latham and Fanny Teijonsalo claimed victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay. FGCU finished with a time of 3:18.49. Liberty’s Kendall Hough, Natalie Beale, Prudence Rooker and Chelsea Pond completed the even in 3:21.33. Finishing in third place was Georgia Southern’s Kylee Parsons, Kaylyn Thomas, Athena Cimino and Mykala Arnold with a time of 3:24.67.

Elise Haan and Fanny Teijonsalo of FGCU took home Women’s Most Outstanding Freshman Performer of the Championship award. Both Haan and Teijonsalo saw first place in three individual events and participated in four FGCU relay victories.

Georgia Southern’s Emma Weisel took home the Diver of the Year award after establishing a new CCSA record of 300.40 in the 1-meter dive on Friday. She also won the 3-meter dive with a score of 294.90.

The 2015-16 CCSA Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year award saw five recipients of Neal Studd of FGCU, Georgia Southern’s Nate Kellogg, Shawn Hendrix of North Carolina A&T, North Florida’s Ian Coffey and Elizabeth Lykins of UNC Asheville.

David Giambra from Georgia Southern was voted the 2015-16 CCSA Women’s Diving Coach of the Year as he lead Emma Weisel to sweep both women’s diving events.