St. Mary’s Notches Third-Place Finish at CACs
St. Mary's City, Md. - The University of Mary Washington men's swim team captured the program's 15th Capital Athletic Conference championship title and ninth straight Sunday night as the three-day 2009 CAC Men's & Women's Swimming Championships came to a close.
UMW's second-year head coach Matt Sellman was selected by his peers as the CAC Men's Swim Coach-of-the-Year for the second straight season. Sophomore Stephen Clendenin (Ashburn, Va.) earned CAC Male Swimmer-of-the-Year honors after garnering rookie-of-the-year laurels in 2008, while sophomore Tyler Henderson (Purcellville, Va./Thomas Johnson) was named the CAC Rookie-of-the-Year.
Mary Washington won the title with 851.5 points as the Eagles captured 13 of 18 events. As the championship meet host, St. Mary's College of Maryland finished third in the team standings with 470 points. This is the first time since the 1999 CAC Championships that the Seahawks have listed at the third spot and it is a two-spot improvement from last year's fifth-place finish.
UMW's sophomore Brad Dunn (Williamsburg, Va./Bruton) set a CAC meet and conference record as well as an NCAA ‘B' cut in the 1650 free with his winning time of 16:18.32.
Clendenin set a CAC meet record in the 200 fly with an NCAA provisional time of 1:52.06.
St. Mary's sophomore Jackson Webb (Leonardtown, Md./Leonardtown) registered a school record in the 200 fly as Webb finished fourth in 1:59.60, surpassing Chris Goodman's mark of 1:59.74 set in 2004.
Henderson, Dunn, freshman Brian O'Donnell (Scotch Plains, N.J./Union Catholic), and junior Justin Anderson (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton) posted a CAC meet and conference record in the 400 free relay as the quarter captured the event in 3:07.58.
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Mary Washington 851.5, 2.
York (Pa.) 683, 3. St. Mary's (Md.)
470,
4. Salisbury 422.5, 5. Marymount (Va.) 370, 6. Hood 154, 7.
Gallaudet 106.
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EVENT |
FIRST TEAM ALL-CAC |
SECOND TEAM ALL-CAC |
THIRD TEAM ALL-CAC |
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1650 Free |
UMW - Brad Dunn |
UMW - Ian McCormick |
YCP - Jack Gottschalk |
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200 Back |
UMW - Tyler Henderson |
YCP - AJ Bean |
UMW - Kevin Murphy |
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100 Free |
YCP - Michael Murphy |
MMU - Greg Murtha |
YCP - Matthew Jennings |
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200 Breast |
SU - Mike Ferrari |
UMW - Cole Enser |
YCP - Steven Tobin |
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200 Fly |
UMW - Stephen Clendenin |
UMW - Ian McCormick |
UMW - Jason McCormack |
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400 Free Relay |
UMW - Tyler Henderson, Brad Dunn, Brian O'Donnell, Justin Anderson |
YCP - Michael Murphy, Ben Hilt, Jack Gottschalk, Matthew Jennings |
MMU - Brian Tinsman, Chris Watson, Bryan Morch, Greg Murtha |
SEAHAWK HIGHLIGHTS
Senior captain Joey Quase (Montgomery
Village, Md./Good Counsel) placed second in the consolation finals
of the 1650 free in 17:46.62 to finish 10th overall.
Sophomore Gabe Grace (Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Polytech) took fifth in the 200 back in 2:03.78, while sophomore Nico Pinto (Lima, Peru) finished seventh in 2:05.17. Freshman John Kitner (Great Mills, Md./Leonardtown) was third in the consolation finals in 2:10.55 to place 11th overall.
Senior Michael Preston (Pasadena, Md./Cardinal Gibbons) was sixth in the 100 free in 48.00.
Quase captured the consolation finals of the 200 breast in 2:21.18 to finish ninth overall in the event.
Freshman Joe Kelly (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) took second in the consolation finals of 200 fly in 2:02.33 to finish 10th overall.
The Seahawks finished fourth in the 400 free relay as Preston, Grace, Kitner, and Webb swam a 3:17.41.
