Spring Break
Men finish 3rd, women 4th at CCSA tournament
Lanny Newton
Issue date: 3/25/09 Section: Sports
Seeking their first CCSA titles, the men's and women's swim teams came up a little short at the University of Georgia.
The men's team came in third in its second year of existence. The women's team came in fourth - despite getting faster overall from last year - due to an overall increase in the quality of the conference.
Gardner-Webb had seven swimmers take all-conference honors.
"On the guy's side we're definitely closing the gap between us and the two teams ahead of us, College of Charleston and Davidson," said Head Coach Mike Simpson. "The meet was a lot faster, it was a lot faster, but we also swam a lot faster on both the girl's and guy's side."
The men had a couple of performances that just missed the NCAA B qualifying times, including Patrick Elerding's time of 48.93 in the 100 fly.
This was less than a half-second from giving him a chance to go to the NCAA championships.
His victory was the lone first-place finish for the day for the men.
Gardner-Webb took third in both the 200 and 400 medley relays, with Samuel Woods, Collin Burchins, Elerding, and Matthew Leonard swimming the 200 and Elerding, George Partin, Casey Brutus and Woods going in the 400.
Continuing the trend the 200 free relay team of Elerding, Leonard, Partin and Burchins placed third with a time of 1:23.96.
Elerding finished third in the 50 free at the 21.13 mark.
GWU went two-three in the 100 breast as Elerding took silver and Brutus took bronze. The Bulldogs repeated the feat in the 200 breast as Burchins took second and Brutus touched the wall third. Even though he finished second, Steven Caudill still broke the old conference record in the 200 fly.
For the women, Corey Hughey headlined with an NCAA B qualifying time in the 100 back at 54.95. It also established a new conference record.
Hughey just missed another B qualifying time finishing the 50 free in 23.46, only .03 seconds off the benchmark. She took second in the event.
The Lady Bulldogs got off to a fast start as the 400 medley relay team of Hughey, Victoria Bryant, Rachel Warkentin and Stepheni Stadnik smashed the old conference record by over 4.5 seconds.
In the 200 medley relay Hughey, Stadnik, Warkentin and Sarah Steadman also broke the old conference record, but still finished second in the event.
Stadnik took third in the 100 breast while Steadman finished third in the 200 back. Hughey also placed third in the 100 free at the 51.17 mark.
Just to epitomize the speed of the meet, Hughey, Steadman, Kelly Gueltig and Veronica Case outpaced the old conference record, but still took third in the 400 free relay.
The men's team came in third in its second year of existence. The women's team came in fourth - despite getting faster overall from last year - due to an overall increase in the quality of the conference.
Gardner-Webb had seven swimmers take all-conference honors.
"On the guy's side we're definitely closing the gap between us and the two teams ahead of us, College of Charleston and Davidson," said Head Coach Mike Simpson. "The meet was a lot faster, it was a lot faster, but we also swam a lot faster on both the girl's and guy's side."
The men had a couple of performances that just missed the NCAA B qualifying times, including Patrick Elerding's time of 48.93 in the 100 fly.
This was less than a half-second from giving him a chance to go to the NCAA championships.
His victory was the lone first-place finish for the day for the men.
Gardner-Webb took third in both the 200 and 400 medley relays, with Samuel Woods, Collin Burchins, Elerding, and Matthew Leonard swimming the 200 and Elerding, George Partin, Casey Brutus and Woods going in the 400.
Continuing the trend the 200 free relay team of Elerding, Leonard, Partin and Burchins placed third with a time of 1:23.96.
Elerding finished third in the 50 free at the 21.13 mark.
GWU went two-three in the 100 breast as Elerding took silver and Brutus took bronze. The Bulldogs repeated the feat in the 200 breast as Burchins took second and Brutus touched the wall third. Even though he finished second, Steven Caudill still broke the old conference record in the 200 fly.
For the women, Corey Hughey headlined with an NCAA B qualifying time in the 100 back at 54.95. It also established a new conference record.
Hughey just missed another B qualifying time finishing the 50 free in 23.46, only .03 seconds off the benchmark. She took second in the event.
The Lady Bulldogs got off to a fast start as the 400 medley relay team of Hughey, Victoria Bryant, Rachel Warkentin and Stepheni Stadnik smashed the old conference record by over 4.5 seconds.
In the 200 medley relay Hughey, Stadnik, Warkentin and Sarah Steadman also broke the old conference record, but still finished second in the event.
Stadnik took third in the 100 breast while Steadman finished third in the 200 back. Hughey also placed third in the 100 free at the 51.17 mark.
Just to epitomize the speed of the meet, Hughey, Steadman, Kelly Gueltig and Veronica Case outpaced the old conference record, but still took third in the 400 free relay.
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