Women's Swimming and Diving Wins Three Golds on Day Three of CAA Championships

Friday, February 21

Christiansburg, Va.

All Day

Drexel University

CAA Swimming & Diving Championships

Photo by: Greg Carroccio/Sideline Photos

Women's Swimming and Diving Wins Three Golds on Day Three of CAA Championships

2/21/2020 8:31:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – Day three has passed and Drexel Women's Swimming is chipping away at the lead after winning three of Friday's six events. At the end of the night, the Dragons find themselves tied for fourth place, trailing third-place Towson by 90 points.

The 400 medley relay team consisting of Alexa Kutch, Gabrielle Rudy, Alicia Diaz and Lera Nasedkina took gold after swimming a 3:38.42 to set a new program record for Drexel.

Kutch became the first swimmer to take the gold in the 100 back in all four years of eligibility. She posted a time of 53.79 in prelims and touched the wall in 53.20 in finals, beating the silver medalist by over a second.

After capturing medals in the first two days of the championships, Rudy returned on Friday and found success in the 100 breast. She was crowned champion of the event after touching the wall in 1:00.44. She trimmed almost a full second off her preliminary time to win the first individual gold medal of her career.

Diaz missed the podium of the 100 back by one-tenth of a second, finishing with a time of 54.89.

Megan Sicinski placed in the "A" Finals of the 100 breast by swimming a time of 1:03.00 in the prelims. She missed third place by two-tenths of a second (1:02.77).

The CAA Championships conclude tomorrow. Prelims will start at 10 a.m. with the finals to follow at 6 p.m.

STANDINGS THROUGH FRIDAY
1. James Madison (425)
2. William and Mary (421)
3. Towson (383)
T4. Delaware (294)
T4. Drexel (294)
6. UNCW (215)
7. Northeastern (171)

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

Wednesday – 200 medley relay, men's 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

200 Yard Medley – 1:39.26 – Wednesday - Alexa Kutch, Gabrielle Rudy, Hollie Hopf, Lera Nasedkina
100 Back – 53.20 – Friday – Alexa Kutch
100 Breast – 1:00.44 – Friday- Gabrielle Rudy
400 Medley Relay – 3:38.42 -Friday – Alexa Kutch, Gabrielle Rudy, Alicia Diaz, Lera Nasedkina

Silver (1)
200 IM – 2:01.68 – Thursday- Gabrielle Rudy

Bronze
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MEDALS BY DAY
Wednesday
Gold (1)
200 Yard Medley – 1:39.26 – Alexa Kutch, Gabrielle Rudy, Hollie Hopf, Lera Nasedkina

No silver or bronze on Wednesday

Thursday
Silver (1)
200 IM – 2:01.68 – Gabrielle Rudy

No gold or bronze medals on Thursday

Friday
Gold (3)
400 Medley Relay – 3:38.42 -Friday – Alexa Kutch, Gabrielle Rudy, Alicia Diaz, Lera Nasedkina
100 Breast – 1:00.44 - Gabrielle Rudy
100 Back – 53.20 – Friday – Alexa Kutch

Silver

Bronze

WOMEN'S RECORDS
400 Medley Relay – 3:38.42 -Friday – Alexa Kutch, Gabrielle Rudy, Alicia Diaz, Lera Nasedkina (Drexel)
200 Yard Medley– 1:39.26 – Wednesday - Alexa Kutch, Gabrielle Rudy, Hollie Hopf and Lera Nasedkina (CAA all-time, CAA meet, Drexel)
50 Free – 22.87 – Thursday – Lera Nasedkina (Drexel)
200 IM – 2:01.68 – Thursday – Gabrielle Rudy (Drexel)