UIW Remains in the Lead After Day Two of Men's Championship Competition

UIW Remains in the Lead After Day Two of Men's Championship Competition

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LYNCHBURG, Va. - With the second day of the 2022 CCSA Men's Swimming and Diving Championship in the books, Gardner-Webb is still leading the field with 517 points. FAU remains in second with 451 points while Gardner Webb's 374, Old Dominion's 257 and Bellarmine's 211 round out the team standings heading into the third day of competition on Friday.


Team Scores Through Day Two

Place Team Points
1 Incarnate Word 517
2 FAU 451
3 Gardner-Webb 374
4 Old Dominion 257
5 Bellarmine 211


CCSA Men's Championship Meet Records Broken
Gardner-Webb - 200-Yard Medley Relay (1:27.25)

CCSA Championship Event Winners

200-Yard Freestyle Relay
2022 Champion:
 Gardner-Webb (1:20.25)
Next Two Finishers:
 FAU (1:20.45) | Incarnate Word (1:20.62)
Event Note:
 This year's victory earned Gardner-Webb its fifth consecutive gold medal finish in the 200 Freestyle Relay

3-Meter Diving
2022 Champion:
 Kaivon Dixon, Incarnate Word (320.55)
Next Two Finishers:
 Michael Caannatelli, FAU (318.85) | Brandon Shepherd, FAU (314.30)
Event Note:
 The junior Dixon captured his first 3M Diving gold medal and the fourth for UIW in the last five CCSA Championship

100-Yard Butterfly
2022 Champion:
 Rateb Hussein, FAU (47.07)
Next Two Finishers:
 Tim Bennett, Gardner-Webb (47.63) | Matt Hardy, Incarnate Word (47.81)
Event Note:
 Hussein secured the first 100-Yard Butterfly gold medal for FAU in program history with the fourth-best time in CCSA history

400-Yard Individual Medley
2022 Champion:
 Panos Vlachogiannakos, Incarnate Word (3:53.05)
Next Two Finishers:
 Nick Shaffer, FAU (3:54.39) | Jorge Cardenas, Incarnate Word (3:56.85)
Event Note:
 Incarnate Word captured its sixth 400 IM event victory which is the most by any program in CCSA Championship history

200-Yard Freestyle
2022 Champion:
 Fabio Fasolo, Incarnate Word (1:38.43)
Next Two Finishers:
 Timo Paisley, FAU (1:38.86) | Alec Peckmann, FAU (1:39.23)
Event Note:
 After Fasolo's performance, Incarnate Word has now captured the 200-Yard Freestyle in four of the last five CCSA Championships

400-Yard Medley Relay
2022 Champion:
 Incarnate Word (3:13.74)
Next Two Finishers:
 Gardner-Webb (3:16.10) | FAU (3:16.29)
Event Note:
 For the fifth time in CCSA Championship history, Incarnate Word won the gold medal after first winning in 2014 and three straight in 2018-20

200-Yard Medley Relay

2022 Champion:
 Gardner-Webb (1:27.25)
Next Two Finishers: Incarnate Word (1:27.33) | Old Dominion (1:29.54)
Event Note: Gardner-Webb claimed its fourth consecutive event title and broke the CCSA Championship record the program set last year

500-Yard Freestyle
2022 Champion:
 Timo Paisley, FAU (4:26.97)
Next Two Finishers: Alvaro Ibarra, Incarnate Word (4:27.04) | Sergio Duran, Incarnate Word (4:28.00)
Event Note: This was the second consecutive gold medal for the Owls and the program's third all-time event victory

200-Yard Individual Medley
2022 Champion:
 Alec Peckmann, FAU (1:47.31)
Next Two Finishers: Jorge Cardenas, Incarnate Word (1:49.27) | Nick Shaffer, FAU (1:49.31)
Event Note: Peckmann's event-winning finish secured the second consecutive 200-Yard Individual Medley title for FAU

50-Yard Freestyle
2022 Champion:
 Brady Fields, Gardner-Webb (20.16)
Next Two Finishers: Noah Wilkins, Old Dominion (20.24) | Peter Tanner, FAU (20.27)
Event Note: Fields became the first student-athlete to win the event three times after earning his third consecutive gold medal

The 2022 edition marks the 15th championship for the CCSA in Men's Swimming and Diving and the third time the event has been hosted by Liberty.


The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) is a progressive NCAA Division I conference dedicated to the enhancement of opportunities for students. The conference was founded in 2008 to provide a championship opportunity for Swimming and Diving student-athletes and extended that opportunity with the addition of Beach Volleyball in the summer of 2015. The league's footprint extends into several states: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia. The CCSA is dedicated to the student-athletes who compete in its championships and their success in the classroom, in the field of competition, and life after graduation.