Men's Swimming Sends 11 to Finals at CAAs

Five Swimmers Will Challenge For Conference Titles

02/16/07 3:35PM

FAIRFAX, VA - William and Mary’s men’s swimming team sent a swimmer to the finals of each event on Friday, and sent six other athletes to the consolation finals in a strong morning of action at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships.

Sophomore Jeff Collier (Salem, Va.) was just behind personal-record pace in the 400 IM, advancing to the championship finals after swimming 4:06.08 this morning. Junior Alex Jendzejec (Reston, Va.) timed 4:09.22 to advance to the consolation finals in the event, and sophomore David Mangini (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) also advanced to the consolation finals after swimming 4:10.49 in the prelims.

Senior Peter King (Falls Church, Va.) is the fifth seed in tonight’s championships in the 100 fly after swimming 50.91 this morning, the third-fastest performance in school history. Sophomore Nader Amer (Yorktown, Va.) had the 10th-best all-time performance by a Tribe athlete, 51.77, to qualify for the consolation finals. Also qualifying for the consolation finals was freshman Kevin Lynch (Roanoke, Va.), who swam 52.11 to go into this evening as the 12th seed.

Sophomore Jason Brisson (Richmond, Va.) will swim in the championship heat of the 100 breaststroke after advancing with a qualifying time of 57.65. Sophomore Shawn Matthews (Rumson, N.J.), the surprise bronze-medalist of the 500 free last night, will take aim at a gold medal tonight in the 100 back, after swimming a personal-best 52.31 in the preliminaries. Freshman Marshall Raiskin (Apopka, Fla.) advanced to the consolation finals of the 100 back, swimming the eight-best time in school history in the prelims, 52.92.

The finals of the 200 free, 400 IM, 100 fly, 100 back, 100 breast, and the 200 free relay are tonight.

Team Standings
1 UNC WILMINGTON 327
2 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY 312
3 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY 297
4 WILLIAM AND MARY 220
5 TOWSON 200
6 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY 184
7 DAVIDSON COLLEGE 158
8 DELAWARE 142
9 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 133
10 DREXEL UNIVERSITY 33