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LYNCHBURG, Va. - With the third day of the 2022 CCSA Men's Swimming and Diving Championship in the books, Incarnate Word is still leading the field with 720 points. FAU remains in second with 604.50 points while Gardner-Webb's 521, Old Dominion's 378.50 and Bellarmine's 327 round out the team standings heading into the final day of competition on Saturday.
Team Scores Through Day Three
Place | Team | Points |
1 | Incarnate Word | 720 |
2 | FAU | 604.50 |
3 | Gardner-Webb | 521 |
4 | Old Dominion | 378.50 |
5 | Bellarmine | 327 |
CCSA Men's Championship Meet Records Broken
Gardner-Webb - 200-Yard Medley Relay (1:27.25)
CCSA Championship Event Winners
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
2022 Champion: Incarnate Word (6:34.73)
Next Two Finishers: FAU (6:35.40) | Gardner-Webb (6:41.41)
Event Note: The victory by the Cardinals secured the fifth overall gold medal in the event for UIW and its fourth in the last five Championships
100-Yard Backstroke
2022 Champion: Fernando Ruvalcaba Cruz, Incarnate Word (47.66)
Next Two Finishers: Brady Fields, Gardner-Webb (48.04) | Tim Bennett, Gardner-Webb (48.75)
Event Note: This was the first gold medal in the 100 Backstroke for the Cardinals after winning their only other at the 2018 Championship
100-Yard Breaststroke
2022 Champion: Spyros Kranias, Incarnate Word (54.19)
Next Two Finishers: Enrique Prats Ruedi, FAU (55.55) | Jonathan Frye, Gardner-Webb (55.77)
Event Note: Freshman Kranias placed first in the event to help UIW earn its fourth all-time gold medal in the 100-Yard Breaststroke
200-Yard Butterfly
2022 Champion: Rateb Hussein, FAU (1:44.94)
Next Two Finishers: Matthew Sims, Bellarmine (1:46.04) | Matt Hardy, Incarnate Word (1:46.07)
Event Note: Hussein's performance in the 200-Yard Butterfly secured the first-ever gold medal in the event for the Owls
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.