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Colonial Athletic Association Championships - Day 3
February 21, 2003

Blue Hens Place Eighth in 800 Freestyle Relay

  

Robert Frey placed 12th in the 400 individual medley

Complete Results

FAIRFAX, VA - Junior Sarah Peffer won an individual title for the second straight day and the University of Delaware women set two more school records on the third day of the Colonial Athletic Association Swimming & Diving Championships Friday night at George Mason University's McKay Natatorium.

Peffer (Newark/Newark, DE), a transfer from the University of Nebraska who captured the CAA 500 freestyle title Thursday night, won the 400 individual medley relay Friday night, breaking her own school record by almost nine seconds with a time of 4:26.78. She also set a record in winning the 500 freestyle. The Hens have now captured three individual titles at the meet as Julie Van Deusen won the three-meter diving event Wednesday night.

The UD women currently stand in fourth place with 305.5 points heading into the fourth and final day of action Saturday. The preliminaries will begin at 10 a.m. with the finals set for 6 p.m. Defending champion George Mason holds the team lead with 487 points followed by UNC Wilmington and William & Mary in the nine-team field. Delaware placed fourth a year ago.

The Delaware men are currently in ninth place with 85 points. Defending champion UNC Wilmington holds the team leadership with 443 points followed by James Madison and George Mason in the nine-team field.

Van Deusen (Glasgow HS/Hill School, Pa./Bear, DE), last year's CAA Female Diver of the Year, put herself in position to win the award again as she placed second in the one-meter dive Friday, an event she won last season, with a point total of 272 points.

The UD women posted eight top 10 finishes Friday night as Sandy Stephens (St. Mark's/Wilmington, DE) was second in the 100 breaststroke, breaking her own school record with a time of 1:04.26; Sara Stephens (St. Mark's/Wilmington, DE) was third in the 100 butterfly (57.62), Jill Fitzgerald (Archbishop Wood/Warminster, PA) was third in the 200 freestyle (1:54.88); the 200 medley relay team of Kristen Avioli (Bishop Shanahan/West Chester, PA), Sara Stephens, Sandy Stephens, and Fitzgerald was fourth in 1:47.35; the 800 freestyle relay team of Meghan Petry (Villa Walsh/New Providence, NJ), Chrissy Kapelewski (Severna Park/Millersville, MD), Erin Colbert (Newark/Newark, DE) and Peffer was sixth in 7:52.42; and Avioli was eighth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.84.

The Delaware men had two top 10 finishes as the 800 freestyle relay team of Kevin Weisser (Franklin Regional/Murrysville, PA), Adam Goldstein (Vernon Twp./Highland Lakes, NJ), Sam Blacker (West Potomac/Alexanderia, VA), and Kevin Kotowski (Salesianum/Wilmington, DE) placed eighth in 7:09.80 and the 200 medley relay team of Alex Skacel (Holy Cross/Moorestown, NJ), Tim Wasiewski (Conestoga Valley/Lancaster, PA), Rick Dressel (McKean/Wilmington, DE), and Kotowski was ninth in 1:39.18.

The Hens also earned their highest individual finish of the meet when Robert Frey (East/West Chester, PA) was 12th in the 400 individual medley (4:10.82).

AGATE:

Men's Team Standings After Day Three: 1. UNC Wilmington - 443; 2. James Madison - 423; 3. George Mason - 378; 4. Drexel - 263; 5. Towson - 261; 6. William & Mary - 246; 7. Old Dominion - 151; 8. Davidson - 137; 9. Delaware - 85.

Top Delaware Finishers: 8th Place - 800 freestyle relay (Weisser, Goldstein, Blacker, Kotowski - 7:09.80); 9th Place - 200 Medley Relay (Skacel, Wasiewski, Dressel, Kotowski, 1:39.18); 12th Place - Robert Frey - 400 individual medley (4;10.82); 13th Place - Tim Wasiewski - 100 breaststroke (59.89).

         
                             2003 CAA Swimming & Diving Championships
                          Sponsored by Hyatt Fair Lakes
         
                Meet Results for Session 4 -Friday Finals -Yards
 
 
Event 14  Men  200  R-Medley 
CAA Top Perf: * 1:30.99 JMU 02/2003
CAA Meet Rec: ! 1:30.99 JMU 02/2003
A:    ------     1:27.21
B:    ------     1:29.82
 
 PL    Meet ID       Name                     Team            Finals     Points
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1     3054       James Madison A            JMU            1:30.99*      40  
 HICKS, JEFF-JR     NESTER, AARON-JR   NICHOLAS, Mike-JR  MCLAREN, JOHN-SR     
      23.82              25.34              22.43              19.40           
  2     3076       Towson A                   TU             1:31.76       34  
 KRAUSE, AARON-SO   TRIONFO, FRANK-SO  MILLER, JOHN-JR    BEAVER, JEB-SR       
      22.70              25.69              22.38              20.99           
  3     3026       George Mason A             GMU            1:32.56       32  
 KELLOGG, NATE-JR   CHARLTON, C.-SR    EBANKS, WES-SR     LONG, TODD-JR        
      24.21              25.74              22.07              20.54           
  4     3018       UNC Wilmington A           UNCW           1:32.86       30  
 BRENNEMAN, ADAM-FR BURRELL, SCOTT-SR  DENMAN, TUYLE-SR   SOKOLOFSKY, D.-SR    
      23.74              26.22              23.12              19.78           
  5     3036       Drexel A                   DREX           1:35.23       28  
 HARRIS, SAM-SO     NAGY, GERGELY-FR   ANDREPONT, D.-SR   PAINTER, DAN-SR      
      24.73              26.61              23.02              20.87           
  6     3046       William and Mary A         W&M            1:36.12       26  
 ALBRIGHT, JACOB-FR SGRO, GAETAN-JR    KING, PETER-FR     SINDER, MARK-SR      
      24.85              26.82              23.25              21.20           
  7     3006       Old Dominion A             ODU            1:37.26       24  
 MCGRAW, PAUL-JR    JONES, JIMMY-FR    LUNDGREN, M.-SO    JULICH, BRIAN-FR     
      25.33              28.00              22.82              21.11           
  8     3086       Davidson A                 DAV            1:38.23       22  
 FLOWERS, M.-SO     MATTHEWS, F.-SO    MAZZA, MIKE-JR     TOLSON, STEVE-FR     
      25.53              27.34              24.20              21.16           
  9     3070       Delaware A                 DEL            1:39.18       18  
 SKACEL, ALEX-SO    WASIEWSKI, TIM-SR  DRESSEL, Rick-SR   KOTOWSKI, KEVIN-SO   
      26.22              27.90              23.79              21.27           
 
         
Event 16  Men  400  IM
CAA Top Perf: * 3:48.02 Frederick Hviid - AU 03/1994
CAA Meet Rec: ! 3:50.58 Frederick Hviid - AU 02/1994
A:    ------     3:47.29
B:    ------     3:54.10
 
 PL    Meet ID       Name                 Yr  Team            Finals     Points
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Finals
  1     1107       NORTON, TIM            FR  GMU            3:56.91       20  
               24.98       28.22       30.10       29.59                       
               34.16       33.93       28.30       27.63                       
  2     1190       MEYER, GEOFF           JR  JMU            4:02.47       17  
               25.06       29.20       30.02       30.22                       
               35.73       36.28       28.84       27.12                       
  3     1174       NOBLE, CLARK           JR  W&M            4:03.91       16  
               25.88       29.92       32.43       31.96                       
               34.38       34.62       28.05       26.67                       
  4     1048       COEN, ANDREW           JR  UNCW           4:06.72       15  
               26.77       30.78       31.61       31.74                       
               33.62       34.80       29.02       28.38                       
  5     1273       HARRELL, RYAN          FR  TU             4:07.36       14  
               25.68       29.20       31.99       31.40                       
               35.79       36.74       29.02       27.54                       
  6     1090       NATOLI, CHRIS          SR  GMU            4:08.21       13  
               26.13       30.02       31.18       30.53                       
               36.68       36.02       29.36       28.29                       
  7     1050       NORMAN, KEVIN          SO  UNCW           4:09.95       12  
               26.28       29.49       31.14       31.04                       
               37.81       37.82       28.65       27.72                       
  8     1077       CHRABOT, MATT          SO  GMU            4:11.39       11  
               26.88       30.88       31.80       31.39                       
               36.25       36.48       29.20       28.51                       
* Consolations
  9     1183       WOLFF, OTTO            FR  W&M            4:07.78        9  
               26.66       30.77       32.67       32.33                       
               34.69       34.90       28.20       27.56                       
 10     1170       LAURENCE, NOAH         JR  W&M            4:09.76        7  
               25.50       30.33       33.14       33.23                       
               35.62       35.93       28.59       27.42                       
 11     1192       MOYER, SCOTT           SR  JMU            4:10.21        6  
               25.80       30.59       31.85       31.93                       
               36.36       37.25       28.42       28.01                       
 12     1252       FREY, ROBERT           SO  DEL            4:10.82        5  
               26.30       31.34       32.43       32.68                       
               34.71       35.58       29.21       28.57                       
 13     1037       BURRELL, SCOTT         SR  UNCW           4:11.23        4  
               26.85       30.10       33.77       33.16                       
               34.60       35.27       29.29       28.19                       
 14     1196       BURTON, Brad           FR  JMU            4:11.26        3  
               26.15       29.75       32.26       31.96                       
               36.44       37.23       28.78       28.69                       
 15     1014       TSCHOHL, NATHAN        FR  ODU            4:11.27        2  
               26.10       29.66       32.76       32.58                       
               36.48       36.91       29.09       27.69                       
 16     1267       COGDILL, RYAN          SO  TU             4:12.62        1  
               25.76       29.92       31.75       31.87                       
               35.72       36.86       31.11       29.63                       
 
 
Event 18  Men  100  Fly 
CAA Top Perf: *  48.44 Mark Gabriele - JMU 02/1995
CAA Meet Rec: !  48.44 Mark Gabriele - JMU 02/1995
A:    ------       47.34
B:    ------       48.76
 
 PL    Meet ID       Name                 Yr  Team            Finals     Points
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Finals
  1     1191       MCLAREN, JOHN          SR  JMU              49.40       20  
               23.22       26.18                                               
  2     1083       EBANKS, WES            SR  GMU              49.67       17  
               23.03       26.64                                               
  3     1277       MILLER, JOHN           JR  TU               50.57       16  
               23.64       26.93                                               
  4     1010       LUNDGREN, MARTIN       SO  ODU              50.68       15  
               23.66       27.02                                               
  5     1150       SINDER, MARK           SR  W&M              50.99       14  
               23.92       27.07                                               
  6     1115       ANDREPONT, DANIEL      SR  DREX             51.09       13  
               23.78       27.31                                               
  7     1054       CHESSEY, NATHAN        FR  UNCW             51.10       12  
               23.95       27.15                                               
  8     1049       DENMAN, TUYLE          SR  UNCW             51.90       11  
               24.50       27.40                                               
* Consolations
  9     1056       PULSKAMP, BEN          FR  UNCW             51.32        9  
               23.56       27.76                                               
 10     1012       SMITH, IAN             SO  ODU              51.69        7  
               23.96       27.73                                               
 11     1205       NICHOLAS, Mike         JR  JMU              51.71        6  
               23.70       28.01                                               
 12     1125       HANLON, STEPHEN        JR  DREX             51.87        5  
               24.63       27.24                                               
 13     1189       LANDRUM, GREG          SO  JMU              51.95        4  
               24.18       27.77                                               
 14     1040       SOKOLOFSKY, DAVID      SR  UNCW             52.02        3  
               23.81       28.21                                               
 15     1160       ELSAESSER, EVAN        FR  W&M              52.20        2  
               24.39       27.81                                               
 16     1305       HUNTER, CHARLIE        JR  DAV              52.24        1  
               24.33       27.91                                               
         
Event 20  Men  200  Free 
CAA Top Perf: * 1:37.77 AARON KRAUSE - TU 02/2003
CAA Meet Rec: ! 1:37.77 AARON KRAUSE - TU 02/2003
A:    ------     1:36.39
B:    ------     1:39.28
 
 PL    Meet ID       Name                 Yr  Team            Finals     Points
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Finals
  1     1274       KRAUSE, AARON          SO  TU             1:37.77*B     20  
               22.33       24.40       25.53       25.51                       
  2     1028       BARREIRA, TIAGO        SR  UNCW           1:40.07       17  
               23.48       24.76       25.47       26.36                       
  3     1275       MARTINETTI, CHRIS      FR  TU             1:41.79       16  
               23.18       25.43       26.46       26.72                       
  4     1175       RHODES, SCOTT          SO  W&M            1:42.28       15  
               23.34       25.56       26.61       26.77                       
  5     1186       DEPEW, MARK            JR  JMU            1:42.39       14  
               23.55       25.75       26.21       26.88                       
  6     1203       ZUROWSKI, ADAM         FR  JMU            1:42.81       13  
               23.61       25.92       26.73       26.55                       
  7     1046       HIDER, CHRIS           JR  UNCW           1:43.05       12  
               24.56       25.82       26.30       26.37                       
  8     1088       LONG, TODD             JR  GMU            1:43.20       11  
               23.98       25.89       26.58       26.75                       
* Consolations
  9     1163       HILDEBRAND, DAVID      SR  W&M            1:42.87        9  
               24.57       26.07       26.38       25.85                       
 10     1096       STEHLE, ERIC           JR  GMU            1:43.05        7  
               24.35       26.17       26.43       26.10                       
 11     1074       BOYLE, MATT            JR  GMU            1:43.24        6  
               24.63       26.53       26.47       25.61                       
 12     1055       KRAYER, MICHEAL        FR  UNCW           1:43.39        5  
               24.21       26.60       26.78       25.80                       
 13     1105       MCGILLICUDDY, MATT     FR  GMU            1:44.23        4  
               23.51       26.36       27.29       27.07                       
 14     1029       BRADFORD, PATRICK      JR  UNCW           1:44.46        3  
               24.20       27.12       27.22       25.92                       
 15     1306       KOCH, ROBERT           JR  DAV            1:44.56        2  
               24.00       26.42       27.13       27.01                       
 16     1187       HEGNA, RYAN            SR  JMU            1:45.16        1  
               24.08       26.29       27.54       27.25                       
 
 
Event 22  Men  100  Breast 
CAA Top Perf: *  54.66 Sergio Lopez - AU 03/1991
CAA Meet Rec: !  54.98 DOMINICK SZABO - AU 02/2001
A:    ------       54.30
B:    ------       55.92
 
 PL    Meet ID       Name                 Yr  Team            Finals     Points
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Finals
  1     1076       CHARLTON, CAMERON      SR  GMU              56.21       20  
               26.59       29.62                                               
  2     1079       COOPER, DAVID          SO  GMU              56.98       17  
               27.42       29.56                                               
  3     1147       NAGY, GERGELY          FR  DREX             57.47       16  
               26.89       30.58                                               
  4     1279       TRIONFO, FRANK         SO  TU               57.56       15  
               26.67       30.89                                               
  5     1037       BURRELL, SCOTT         SR  UNCW             58.19       14  
               27.56       30.63                                               
  6     1116       BRUNNER, CHRIS         SR  DREX             58.61       13  
               27.30       31.31                                               
  7     1193       NESTER, AARON          JR  JMU              58.93       12  
               27.92       31.01                                               
  8     1195       SMITH, ROBERT          JR  JMU            1:00.46       11  
               27.90       32.56                                               
* Consolations
  9     1180       SGRO, GAETAN           JR  W&M              58.27        9  
               27.50       30.77                                               
 10     1270       FREEDMAN, JUSTIN       SO  TU               58.36        7  
               27.40       30.96                                               
 11     1308       MATTHEWS, FOSTER       SO  DAV              59.37        6  
               28.26       31.11                                               
 12     1271       GOUDY, CHET            SO  TU               59.83        5  
               28.15       31.68                                               
 13     1232       WASIEWSKI, TIM         SR  DEL              59.89        4  
               28.25       31.64                                               
 14     1158       BROFFT, BOB            SO  W&M            1:00.45        3  
               28.45       32.00                                               
 15     1268       DODDS, CHRIS           FR  TU             1:00.52        2  
               28.42       32.10                                               
 16     1136       MAZZA, MICHAEL         FR  DREX           1:01.09        1  
               28.69       32.40                                               
 
Event 24  Men  100  Back 
CAA Top Perf: *  48.13 AARON KRAUSE - TU 02/2003
CAA Meet Rec: !  48.13 AARON KRAUSE - TU 02/2003
A:    ------       47.72
B:    ------       49.15
 
 PL    Meet ID       Name                 Yr  Team            Finals     Points
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Finals
  1     1274       KRAUSE, AARON          SO  TU               48.47 B     20  
               23.50       24.97                                               
  2     1188       HICKS, JEFF            JR  JMU              50.35       17  
               24.76       25.59                                               
  3     1053       BRENNEMAN, ADAM        FR  UNCW             50.80       16  
               24.36       26.44                                               
  4     1305       HUNTER, CHARLIE        JR  DAV              52.13       15  
               25.44       26.69                                               
  5     1129       HARRIS, SAM            SO  DREX             52.19       14  
               25.31       26.88                                               
  6     1086       KELLOGG, NATE          JR  GMU              52.71       13  
               25.36       27.35                                               
  7     1189       LANDRUM, GREG          SO  JMU              52.83       12  
               25.65       27.18                                               
  8     1160       ELSAESSER, EVAN        FR  W&M              53.55       11  
               25.99       27.56                                               
* Consolations
  9     1156       ALBRIGHT, JACOB        FR  W&M              52.92        9  
               25.73       27.19                                               
 10     1059       ALLEN, BRIAN           JR  UNCW             53.08        7  
               25.47       27.61                                               
 11     1046       HIDER, CHRIS           JR  UNCW             53.83        6  
               26.67       27.16                                               
 12     1181       SHOULDERS, DAVID       JR  W&M              53.92        5  
               25.93       27.99                                               
 13     1275       MARTINETTI, CHRIS      FR  TU               54.08        4  
               26.57       27.51                                               
 14     1313       TOLSON, STEVE          FR  DAV              54.18        3  
               26.44       27.74                                               
 15     1131       WOLFF, ZACHARY         SO  DREX             54.61        2  
               26.38       28.23                                               
 16     1057       RODKEY, MATT           FR  UNCW             54.62        1  
               26.55       28.07                                               
 
Event 26  Men  800  R-Free 
CAA Top Perf: * 6:40.77 American 02/2001
CAA Meet Rec: ! 6:40.77 American 02/2001
A:    ------     6:26.62
B:    ------     6:38.21
 
 PL    Meet ID       Name                     Team            Finals     Points
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1     3055       James Madison A            JMU            6:44.80       40  
 MEYER, GEOFF-JR    DEPEW, MARK-JR     ZUROWSKI, ADAM-FR  HICKS, JEFF-JR       
      23.31              25.58              25.95              25.84           
      22.35              25.65              26.75              27.45           
      22.87              25.58              26.81              26.71           
      22.22              25.26              26.19              26.28           
  2     3019       UNC Wilmington A           UNCW           6:46.89       34  
 BARREIRA, TIAGO-SR KRAYER, MICHEAL-FR DENMAN, TUYLE-SR   LOCKIE, WARREN-SO    
      23.55              25.31              25.97              26.04           
      23.32              25.88              26.63              25.96           
      23.88              26.10              26.22              27.45           
      22.43              25.55              26.31              26.29           
  3     3040       Drexel A                   DREX           6:53.48       32  
 ANDREPONT, D.-SR   BRUNNER, CHRIS-SR  HANLON, STEPHEN-JR MIERKOWSKI, M.-JR    
      23.83              25.79              26.59              26.85           
      23.67              26.35              25.94              27.11           
      23.76              26.12              26.91              27.29           
      24.01              26.55              26.25              26.46           
  4     3078       Towson A                   TU             6:56.50       30  
 HARRELL, RYAN-FR   WELDON, SCOTT-FR   BEAVER, JEB-SR     MARTINETTI, C.-FR    
      23.58              25.66              26.83              27.43           
      23.86              27.20              27.39              28.25           
      22.97              26.02              27.61              27.71           
      22.63              25.61              26.75              27.00           
  5     3048       William and Mary A         W&M            6:58.71       28  
 RHODES, SCOTT-SO   HILDEBRAND, D.-SR  NOBLE, CLARK-JR    SINDER, MARK-SR      
      23.63              25.79              27.36              28.28           
      23.25              26.72              27.61              27.46           
      23.84              25.87              26.78              26.90           
      23.42              26.30              27.47              28.03           
  6     3088       Davidson A                 DAV            6:59.90       26  
 POOLE, BRAD-FR     FLOWERS, M.-SO     HUNTER, CHARLIE-JR KOCH, ROBERT-JR      
      23.73              26.18              27.13              27.47           
      23.49              26.43              26.91              27.19           
      23.87              27.23              27.75              26.73           
      23.40              26.53              27.85              28.01           
  7     3010       Old Dominion A             ODU            7:03.27       24  
 ASHBY, RYAN-FR     TSCHOHL, NATHAN-FR KLETZ, RYAN-SO     MCGRAW, PAUL-JR      
      23.45              25.56              26.49              26.62           
      24.16              26.95              27.74              27.84           
      24.67              27.16              27.93              27.91           
      23.96              27.21              27.79              27.83           
  8     3066       Delaware A                 DEL            7:09.80       22  
 WEISSER, KEVIN-SR  GOLDSTEIN, ADAM-SO BLACKER, SAM-SR    KOTOWSKI, KEVIN-SO   
      24.24              27.00              27.70              28.31           
      24.49              27.16              28.15              28.13           
      24.09              26.91              27.92              27.99           
      23.41              26.80              28.53              28.97           
  -     3028       George Mason A             GMU                DQ         -  
 COOPER, DAVID-SO   NORTON, TIM-FR     LONG, TODD-JR      EBANKS, WES-SR       
      23.97              26.01              25.94              25.96           
      22.60              25.81              26.62              26.76           
      22.99              25.55              26.47              27.04           
      22.63              25.42              26.39              26.29