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T.J. Southmayd claimed the CAA Championship in the 200 IM while Ian Jevnick won the 1-meter dive
Dragons Off to Big Start at CAA Swimming & Diving Championships
2/26/2010 10:12:02 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
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Fairfax, Va. - Drexel Swimming & Diving has seen program records shattered and personal bests accomplished in the first two days of the 2010 Colonial Athletic Association Swimming & Diving Championships. Highlighting the outstanding start has been a conference championship and a new school record in the 200 IM from T.J. Southmayd as well as Ian Jevnick's 1-meter diving championship. Nine different Drexel women's swimmers recorded personal bests while Doga Celik in the 50 free and the 400 medley relay team of Southmayd, Sherif Madkour, Mert Karsiyakalilar and Celik broke school records.
After qualifying sixth in the prelims, the senior came through as he shaved more than two seconds off of his prelims time of 1:52.57 to finish at 1:50.46 as he edged top qualifier David Kiss of George Mason by 0.67 seconds. Madkour finished 14th in the prelims with a time of 1:53.78 as he qualified for the consolation finals. He nearly gave Drexel first-place finishes in both the championship finals and the consolation finals but was edged by 0.42 seconds by Old Dominion's Joshua Kinas as Madkour was credited with a time of 1:52.46.
Jevnick, the reigning CAA Diver of the Year, was a favorite coming into the conference championships but was expected to be pushed until the final dive by reigning 1-meter champion Bryan Bahr and his teammate Derrick Butts, both of whom were diving in their home well at Mason. Jevnick won prelims with a score of 322.70 while Butts and Bahr both eclipsed the 310-point mark. In the finals, Butts and Bahr kept the pressure on with both topping 320 points but Jevnick improved in the championship finals as well as he totaled 340.30 to claim his first conference title. Freshman Stephen Cal qualified for the finals by placing fifth in the prelims before finishing eighth in his first career conference championships appearance.
On the women's side, nearly every event seemed to feature a Drexel swimmer establishing a new personal best. Jessica Csakai clipped four seconds off of her previous best time in the 500 free as she recorded a 5:03.38 to finish in the top 25 overall. The time was also the third-fastest in Drexel women's swimming history. In the same event, Victoria Mayer and Megan Bush also notched new personal bests with times of 5:25.87 and 5:34.49, respectively. Malin Wiberg and Nicole Pirrella accomplished similar feats in the 200 IM as Wiberg dipped her personal best to 2:09.82 while Pirrella can now claim a 2:13.09 as her fastest career time. Wiberg's time was the third fastest time ever swam by a Drexel women's swimmer. Maria Coman picked up a personal best in the 50 free event with a time of 24.79 before taking even more time off as she led off the 200 free relay with a time of 24.65. Morgan Cichewicz and Meg Smith also recorded personal bests in the 50 free prelims with times of 25.05 and 25.11, respectively, while Amanda Brown took two full seconds off of her previous best time, an enormous amount of time for the sprint event. Brown's new personal best now stands at 25.87.
Personal bests were also a theme on the men's side. Cole Gindhart, David Boodey and Dan Durazo showed that tapering has paid off for them as the three trimmed significant time of their 500 free personal bests. Gindhart and Boodey each trimmed 10 seconds off of their personal bests as Gindhart finished in 18th place with a time of 4:43.60 while Boodey took 21st with a time of 4:44.47. Durazo also finished in the top 30 as he clipped three seconds off of his previous best time to finish at 4:53.12. Five swimmers, Aramagan Yavuz, Jesse McGrath, Paul Bonnevie, Dan Zalkind and Ian Preschel, established personal bests in the 50 free in addition to Celik's new school record in the event.
For updates from the 2010 CAA Swimming & Diving Championships, visit www.drexeldragons.com.
Fairfax, Va. - Drexel Swimming & Diving has seen program records shattered and personal bests accomplished in the first two days of the 2010 Colonial Athletic Association Swimming & Diving Championships. Highlighting the outstanding start has been a conference championship and a new school record in the 200 IM from T.J. Southmayd as well as Ian Jevnick's 1-meter diving championship. Nine different Drexel women's swimmers recorded personal bests while Doga Celik in the 50 free and the 400 medley relay team of Southmayd, Sherif Madkour, Mert Karsiyakalilar and Celik broke school records.
After qualifying sixth in the prelims, the senior came through as he shaved more than two seconds off of his prelims time of 1:52.57 to finish at 1:50.46 as he edged top qualifier David Kiss of George Mason by 0.67 seconds. Madkour finished 14th in the prelims with a time of 1:53.78 as he qualified for the consolation finals. He nearly gave Drexel first-place finishes in both the championship finals and the consolation finals but was edged by 0.42 seconds by Old Dominion's Joshua Kinas as Madkour was credited with a time of 1:52.46.
Jevnick, the reigning CAA Diver of the Year, was a favorite coming into the conference championships but was expected to be pushed until the final dive by reigning 1-meter champion Bryan Bahr and his teammate Derrick Butts, both of whom were diving in their home well at Mason. Jevnick won prelims with a score of 322.70 while Butts and Bahr both eclipsed the 310-point mark. In the finals, Butts and Bahr kept the pressure on with both topping 320 points but Jevnick improved in the championship finals as well as he totaled 340.30 to claim his first conference title. Freshman Stephen Cal qualified for the finals by placing fifth in the prelims before finishing eighth in his first career conference championships appearance.
On the women's side, nearly every event seemed to feature a Drexel swimmer establishing a new personal best. Jessica Csakai clipped four seconds off of her previous best time in the 500 free as she recorded a 5:03.38 to finish in the top 25 overall. The time was also the third-fastest in Drexel women's swimming history. In the same event, Victoria Mayer and Megan Bush also notched new personal bests with times of 5:25.87 and 5:34.49, respectively. Malin Wiberg and Nicole Pirrella accomplished similar feats in the 200 IM as Wiberg dipped her personal best to 2:09.82 while Pirrella can now claim a 2:13.09 as her fastest career time. Wiberg's time was the third fastest time ever swam by a Drexel women's swimmer. Maria Coman picked up a personal best in the 50 free event with a time of 24.79 before taking even more time off as she led off the 200 free relay with a time of 24.65. Morgan Cichewicz and Meg Smith also recorded personal bests in the 50 free prelims with times of 25.05 and 25.11, respectively, while Amanda Brown took two full seconds off of her previous best time, an enormous amount of time for the sprint event. Brown's new personal best now stands at 25.87.
Personal bests were also a theme on the men's side. Cole Gindhart, David Boodey and Dan Durazo showed that tapering has paid off for them as the three trimmed significant time of their 500 free personal bests. Gindhart and Boodey each trimmed 10 seconds off of their personal bests as Gindhart finished in 18th place with a time of 4:43.60 while Boodey took 21st with a time of 4:44.47. Durazo also finished in the top 30 as he clipped three seconds off of his previous best time to finish at 4:53.12. Five swimmers, Aramagan Yavuz, Jesse McGrath, Paul Bonnevie, Dan Zalkind and Ian Preschel, established personal bests in the 50 free in addition to Celik's new school record in the event.
For updates from the 2010 CAA Swimming & Diving Championships, visit www.drexeldragons.com.
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