FGCU S&D: CCSA Championship Day One Recap

Claiming two events Wednesday evening, the FGCU swimming and diving team sits in fourth place after day one of the CCSA Championships at the Liberty Natatorium.

"A lot of great performances today," head coach Dave Rollins said. "We had 10 lifetime bests swims either individually or on relays, plus we had two event wins. You hate to see a relay disqualification, but it's part of our sport and we have to focus on being better moving forward. Each session is a new opportunity. Tomorrow is a great day for us and we're looking forward to it."

FGCU kicked off the first finals event of the evening taking first in the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet of seniors Doris Eichhorn and Gracie Redding, sophomore Petra Halmai and sophomore Rebecca Moynihan combined for a swim of 1:38.71, a new season-best mark. Eichhorn (50 back), Halmai (50 breast), and Moynihan (50 free) all produced lifetime best swims.

Halmai's trial time in the 200 breast (2:11.54) became the second-fastest time in program history, just missing the record by three-tenths of a second.

In the diving portion, sophomore Megan Wakefield claimed first in the 1-meter dive with a score of 284. The score gives Wakefield a season-best mark. In the final event of the evening, the 800 free relay, the Eagless were not able to score due to a disqualification.

The CCSA Championships will continue Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. with the 500-yard freestyle preliminaries. The event finals for day two will start at 6:00 p.m. (200 free relay, 3-meter dive, 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free.).

Standings
1. Liberty-245
2. University of Incarnate Word-244
3. Georgia Southern-197
4. FGCU-153
5. UNC Asheville-134
6. Howard-122
7. Campbell-120
8. Gardner-Webb-110
9. UNF-102