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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - With the third day of the 2023 CCSA Men's Swimming and Diving Championship in the books, Queens is still leading the field with 669.5 points. FAU remains in second with 600.0 points while Gardner-Webb's 337.5, Old Dominion's 318.0 and Bellarmine's 3230.0 round out the team standings heading into the final day of competition on Saturday.
The Royals added to the records collection inside Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn., as the team rewrote the 800-Freestyle Relay record (6:24.43) and Alex Kunert scored his second meet record time of 1:42.34) in the 200-Yard Butterfly.
Team Scores Through Day Three
| Place | Team | Points |
| 1. | Queens | 669.5 |
| 2. | Florida Atlantic | 600.0 |
| 3. | Gardner-Webb | 337.5 |
| 4. | Old Dominion | 318.0 |
| 5. | Bellarmine | 230.0 |
CCSA Men's Championship Meet Records Broken
Queens - 200-Yard Medley Relay (1:25.39)
Matej Dusa, Queens - 50-Yard Freestyle (19.20)
Queens - 200-Yard Freestyle Relay (1:17.57)
Alex Kunert, Queens - 200-Yard Freestyle (1:34.02)
Queens - 400-Yard Medley Relay (3:08.47)
Queens - 800-Yard Freestyle Relay (6:24.43)
Alexander Bauch, Queens - 100-Yard Backstroke (46.04)
Alex Kunert, Queens - 200-Yard Butterfly (1:42.34)
CCSA Championship Event Winners
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
2023 Champion: Queens (6:24.43)
Next Two Finishers: Florida Atlantic (6:32.57) | Old Dominion (6:39.78)
Event Note: Queens continued to have a strong relay showing in the championship with its fourth conference and championship meet record to begin day three
1-Meter Diving
2023 Champion: Brandon Shepherd, Florida Atlantic (336.30)
Next Two Finishers: Ethan Crim, Florida Atlantic (250.45) | Bennett Balogh, Florida Atlantic (128.05)
Event Note: Shepherd scored the ninth-best championship score in the event leading his teammates to the Owls' second Diving event sweep of the week
100-Yard Backstroke
2023 Champion: Alexander Bauch, Queens (46.36)
Next Two Finishers: Finn Howard, Queens (47.63) | Andreas Marz, Queens (48.17)
Event Note: Queens continued to dominate in the pool earning its first event sweep of the championship after Bauch recorded a meet record time of 46.04 in the morning session
100-Yard Breaststroke
2023 Champion: Jan Delkeskamp, Queens (53.23)
Next Two Finishers: Balazs Berecz, Queens (53.67) | Noah Beladi, Queens (53.67)
Event Note: Queens swept the second-straight event of the night while FAU's Dalton Lillibridge (53.78) joined the three podium finishers to reach 'B' cut times
200-Yard Butterfly
2023 Champion: Alex Kunert, Queens (1:42.34)
Next Two Finishers: Rateb Hussein, Florida Atlantic (1:44.15) | Yannick Plasil, Queens (1:45.06)
Event Note: Kunert grabbed his second conference and meet record of the championship with a B-cut time of 1:42.34 to beat out 2022 Champion Rateb Hussein; all three podium finishers earn B-cut times
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
2023 Champion: Queens (1:17.57)
Next Two Finishers: Florida Atlantic (1:19.98) | Gardner-Webb (1:20.74)
Event Note: Queens earned its second Relay gold medal of the championship with a new conference and meet record with a 'B' qualifying time of 1:17.57, besting a nine-year record held by Incarnate Word (2014)
100-Yard Butterfly
2023 Champion: Rateb Hussein, Florida Atlantic (46.81)
Next Two Finishers: Jacob Dray, Bellarmine (47.44) | Alexander Bauch, Queens (47.44)
Event Note: Hussein captured his second consecutive 100-Yard Butterfly title with a 46.81; 0.26 seconds faster than his first title last season
400-Yard Individual Medley
2023 Champion: Jan Delkeskamp, Queens (3:47.81)
Next Two Finishers: Nick Shaffer, FAU (3:48.79) | Yannick Plasil, Queens (3:50.56
Event Note: All three medalists reached NCAA 'B' standards as Delkeskamp adds to the Royals gold collection and Shaffer adds his second-straight silver in the event
200-Yard Freestyle
2023 Champion: Alex Kunert, Queens (1:34.02)
Next Two Finishers: Noah Wilkins, Old Dominion (1:36.31) | Luke Erwee, Queens (1:36.33)
Event Note: Kunert became the fourth Royal to break a meet record and conference record that was set in the prelims earlier in the day by teammate Daniel Meszaros who finished fourth
400-Yard Medley Relay
2023 Champion: Queens (3:08.47)
Next Two Finishers: Florida Atlantic (3:13.82) | Gardner-Webb (3:15.90)
Event Note: Queens made it 3-for-3 in broken relay records with a time of 3:08.47 improving on their previous record of 3:09.68 set earlier in the prelims
200-Yard Medley Relay
2023 Champion: Queens (1:25.39)
Next Two Finishers: Gardner-Webb (1:27.17) | Florida Atlantic (1:27.66)
Event Note: The Royals broke a championship record in the first finals race of the 2023 event, besting Gardner-Webb's 1:27.25 record set last season
3M Diving
2023 Champion: Brandon Shepherd, Florida Atlantic (300.55)
Next Finisher: Ethan Crim, Florida Atlantic (229.75)
Event Note: Florida Atlantic was guaranteed to earn its fourth event title and first since 2021 as Brandon Shepherd edged out teammate Ethan Crim with a winning score of 300.55
500-Yard Freestyle
2023 Champion: Luke Erwee, Queens (4:24.03)
Next Two Finishers: Logan Thornsberry, Florida Atlantic (4:27.82) | Matt Shanahan, Queens (4:29.16)
Event Note: Erwee picked up his second gold medal of the night besting his qualifying time by almost 2.5 seconds to stand atop the podium as the Royals' first DI individual event champion
200-Yard Individual Medley
2023 Champion: Alex Kunert, Queens (1:44.67)
Next Two Finishers: Balazs Berecz, Queens (1:46.15) | Nick Shaffer, Florida Atlantic (1:46.82)
Event Note: FAU's Alec Peckmann's three-peat was denied, finishing fourth in the event while Queen's Alex Kunert claimed the second Men's individual title of the evening
50-Yard Freestyle
2023 Champion: Matej Dusa, Queens (19.20)
Next Two Finishers: Brady Fields, Gardner-Webb (19.92) | Daniel Meszaros, Queens (19.94)
Event Note: Dusa obliterated the previous meet record in a blistering 19.20 time to make the NCAA 'B' cut and was just .06 from tying his conference record set earlier this season
The 2023 edition marks the 16th championship for the CCSA in Men's Swimming and Diving and the fourth time the event has been hosted by the University of Tennessee.
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: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and 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.