CAA Swimming and Diving Championships - Day 3

By Connect Mason Reporter Alexander Rogge

Here are the results from the third day of competition at the Jim McKay Natatorium:

Prelims

Jennifer Kane - Women's 400 IM, Second place (4:32.83)
Stephen Sullivan - Men's 400 IM, First place (4:01.23)
Ross Redcay - Men's 400 IM, Fourth place (4:08.05)
Matt Kane - Men's 400 IM, First place (4:01.95)
Sarah Bizer - Women's 100 Fly, First place (55.88)
Erica Locher - Women's 200 Freestyle, Fourth place (1:59.98)
Caitlin Impink - Women's 200 Freestyle, Second place (1:51.92)
Claire Weems - Women's 200 Freestyle, Third place (1:52.09)
Mary Beth Cheslock - Women's 200 Breaststroke, Second place (1:05.55)
Eric Knight - Men's 100 Breaststroke, First place (55:29)
Ryan David - Men's 100 Backstroke, Second place (51.78)

The Mason women's team though Event 15 ranked second place with a
combined score of 200.0, 68 points behind the team from Towson
University. The Mason men's team through Event 16 also ranked in second
place with a combined score of 217.0, trailing behind the UNCW team by
47 points.

Finals

Matt Kane - Men's 400 IM, First place (3:57.74)
Stephen Sullivan - Men's 400 IM, Second place (4:01.73)

Tad Ogren - Men's 100 Fly, First place (51:13)

Claire Weems, Women's 200 Freestyle, First place (49:23)

Caitlin Impink, Women's 200 Freestyle, Fourth place (1:50.90)

Eric Knight, Men's 100 Breaststroke, First place (54.93)

Amanda Fielding, Women's 1-mtr Diving, Second place (268.35)
Lisa Faulkner, Women's 1-mtr Diving, Third place (264.75)

The combined score for the Mason women's team through Event 27 was 311.0
points. The Towson women's lead over Mason had grown to 142 points, and
the women's team from UNCW was only 2 points behind in third place.
In the men's division through Event 26, UNCW had taken first place with
a 113-point lead, and the team from Old Dominion University had gained a
52-point lead over the Mason men's team.

The day ended with the 200 Free Relays. The women's team from Mason
narrowly took second place over the team from Towson, with a time of
1:34.12. The men's team took fifth place with a time of 1:24.35.

At the end of the day, the Mason men's team had a combined score of 347,
placing third behind ODU and 117 points behind the first-place team from
UNCW. Mason has had an excellent performance overall for the past three
days of competition.

Check back later for final day coverage of the CAA Swimming and Diving Championships held at the Aquatic and Fitness Center.