Men's Swimming and Diving Medals Four Times on Friday at CAA Championships

Friday, February 21

Christiansburg, Va.

All Day

Drexel University

CAA Swimming & Diving Championships

Photo by: Heather Barry

Men's Swimming and Diving Medals Four Times on Friday at CAA Championships

2/21/2020 10:55:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
Results/Standings: Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday/Final
Stories: Preview | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – The Drexel Men's Swimming and Diving team returned to the Christiansburg Aquatic Center for the third day of the Colonial Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships. After three days, the Dragons are in third place and 92.5 points behind second.

Paris Raptis punched his ticket to the 'A' Finals of the 100 fly by swimming a 47.62 in the prelims. He then earned a spot on the podium after touching the wall in 47.43, good enough for second place and an improvement on his existing program record in the event.

Stathis Malamas qualified for the 'A' Finals of the 200 free by putting up a prelim time of 1:38.70. Malamas then notched a program record of 1:37.27 in the finals for his fourth-career silver medal. He also won bronze in the event in 2017.

Jason Arthur and JonPat Ransom both reached the 'A' Finals in the 400 IM. Arthur trimmed six seconds off his prelim time, setting a Drexel record and earning bronze with a mark of 3:51.65. The medal is the 15^th of Arthur's career.

Arthur, Zachary Valenzuela, Raptis and Malamas competed in the 400 medley relay and won the bronze medal for their efforts. They were clocked at 3:14.25.

David Kneiss placed himself in the "B' finals for the 100 fly by swimming a 49.17 in the prelims. He won the 'B' Finals at 48.90.

The Dragons will finish the four-day event on Saturday. Prelims will start at 10 a.m. with finals starting at 6 p.m.

STANDINGS THROUGH THURSDAY
1. UNCW (302)
2. William and Mary (294.5)
3. Drexel (202)
4. Towson (163.5)
5. Delaware (129)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The four-day meet concludes tomorrow. Prelims will take place at 10 a.m. followed by finals at 6 p.m.

Wednesday – 200 medley relay, Mens 1-meter, 800 free relay
Thursday – 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, Women's 3-meter, 200 free relay
Friday – 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, Men's 3-meter, 400 medley relay
Saturday – 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, Women's 1-meter, 400 free relay

FOLLOW ALONG
A recap of each day will be posted on drexeldragons.com. Follow Drexel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. @CAASports will also be live-tweeting the four-day meet.

A live video stream will be available on FloSwimming at the start of preliminaries each day.

Live Results are also available.

MEDAL FINISHES
Gold
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Silver
200 IM – 1:46.44 – Wednesday - Jason Arthur
100 Fly – 47.43 – Friday - Paris Raptis
200 Free – 1:37.27 – Friday – Stathis Malamas

Bronze
400 IM- 3:51.65 – Friday - Jason Arthur
200 IM – 1:47.93 – Wednesday - Paris Raptis
400 Medley Relay – 3:14.25- Friday – Jason Arthur, Zachary Valenzuela, Paris Raptis, Stathis Malamas

MEDALS BY DAY

Wednesday
No gold on Wednesday
Silver
800 free– 6:33.53 – Jason Arthur, Kevin Spear, Kiran Richardson and Stathis Malamas

No bronze on Wednesday

Thursday
No Gold on Thursday
Silver
200 IM – 1:46.44 – Jason Arthur

Bronze
200 IM – 1:47.93 – Paris Raptis

Friday
No Gold on Friday

Silver
100 Fly – 47.43 – Paris Raptis
200 Free – 1:37.27 - Stathis Malamas

Bronze
400 IM- 3:51.65 – Jason Arthur
400 Medley Relay – 3:14.25 – Jason Arthur, Zachary Valenzuela, Paris Raptis, Stathis Malamas

Men's Record
400 IM- 3:51.65 – Jason Arthur (Drexel)
100 Fly – 47.43 – Paris Raptis (Drexel)
200 Free – 1:37.27 – Stathis Malamas (Drexel)