Swimming and Diving | 2/17/2016 9:56:00 PM
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ATHENS, GA. – Georgia Southern Swimming & Diving opened the 2016 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Championships in fourth place after three events at the end of day one.
Emma Weisel carried the flag for the Eagles by winning the 3M Diving event with a school record score of 294.90. The Eagles closed the evening with a third place finish in the 800 Free Relay in a school record time of 7:26.10.
A senior from Lawrenceville, Ga., Weisel earned her first CCSA Championships as she opened her final conference appearance and broke her own school record from 2014. Weisel was brought to tears following her win as she bested her previous best third place finish at the conference meet.
What The Coaches SaidHead Coach Nate Kellogg"Overall, today was a solid first session. Emma winning 3-meter and setting a new school record was the highlight. Our relays were good and we're off to a good start. I think we are set up for great day tomorrow."
Diving Coach David Giambra"The divers dove great today. Emma (Weisel) came out strong winning prelims and then coming back in finals to put together a list that broke the school record as well as beat her nearest competitor by 30 points. Her last dive was the highest scoring dive of the contest scoring over 58 points."
"Hannah (Mudge) started her career great by securing 5th place. Hannah put together some fantastic dives throughout prelims and finals highlighted by a 50 point back one-and-a-half."
TEAM STANDINGS1. FGCU – 189
2. Liberty – 179
3. Incarnate Word - 169
4. Georgia Southern – 163
5. Gardner-Webb - 106
6. Campbell – 98
7. UNC Asheville - 94
8. North Florida – 90
9. Howard - 80
t10. VMI – 66
t10. North Carolina A&T – 66
Individual Results
3M Diving
Emma Weisel1st – 294.90 (School Record)
Hannah Mudge5th –228.95
Relay Results
200 Medley Relay4th – 1:42.97
Mykala Arnold – 25.78
Amber Cortazzo – 28.96
Anna Battistello – 25.28
Athena Cimino – 22.95
800 Free Relay3rd – 7:26.10 (School Record)
Kylee ParsonsKaylyn ThomasRachel PelzekMykala Arnold Day two of the CCSA Championships starts on Thursday morning at 10 a.m. with prelims at the Gabrielson Natatorium. Live video and live results are available at TheCCSA.com. Up to the minute updates on twitter are available at @GSAthletics_SD and @CCSA_Swim_Dive.
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