200 Medley Relay Breaks W&M Record at CAA Championships

Tribe Men Fifth after Two Events

02/27/08 10:21PM

FAIRFAX, VA - William and Mary’s 200 medley relay dusted the school record in Wednesday’s first event at the CAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, leading the Tribe to a tie for fifth at the end of the night. UNC Wilmington and Old Dominion are tied for first with 74 team points, while W&M tallied 54 points to tie with Drexel.

Complete Wednesday Results

The medley team, comprised of Shawn Matthews (Rumson, N.J.), Jason Brisson (Richmond, Va.), Geoff Ramsdell (Richmond, Va.), and Nick Duda (Vienna, Va.), timed 1:32.94 for fifth place in the event. The performance beat out the 1:33.07 put up by the team of Daniel Mee, Dan Gowetski, Chris Hanley, and Rusty Hodgson eight years ago.

Matthews and Duda returned in the 800 free relay, swimming the anchor and second legs, respectively, around Kevin Gallagher (Bridgewater, N.J.) and Nader Amer (Yorktown, Va.) as the team finished sixth with a time of 6:50.02, fourth-best in school history. Gallagher’s lead-off 200 free was timed at 1:42.06, fifth-best all-time at the College.

UNC Wilmington won the 200 medley relay in a conference-record 1:30.83, and Old Dominion won the 800 free relay in 6:42.52.

The CAA Championships continue tomorrow with preliminaries starting at 10 AM.

CAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
T1. Old Dominion 74
T1. UNC Wilmington 74
3. George Mason 64
4. Delaware 60
T5. WILLIAM AND MARY 54
T5. Drexel 54
7. Towson 48