Men's Swimming & Diving Sit in Second After Day One of CCSA Championships

Day 1 Results

Lynchburg, Va. – The Florida Atlantic University men's swimming and diving team wrapped up day one of the CCSA Swimming and Diving Championships with two podium finishes. After day one of the competition, the Owl men are positioned in second with 108 points, which is 30 points behind Incarnate Word in first and three points ahead of Old Dominion in third. Michael Cannatelli and the 800-yard freestyle relay team claimed silver finishes and 11 different Owls captured lifetime best times and scores.

Notables:

The team of Colin Kozak, Connor Smoak, Reilly Maguire and Josh Fountain captured the first podium finish of the weekend with a silver medal in the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:39.43)
Freshman Cannatelli found his way to the podium with a silver medal in the 3-meter dive after capturing a score of 272.95 and besting his previous personal best score by over 30 points. Logan Downey finished in fourth (224)
In the 200-yard medley relay, the team of Reilly Maguire, Phillip Crouch III, Skyler Hamilton and Smoak finished fourth (1:30.40)
The exhibition races took place today and several Owls marked new personal best times and first place finishes, including Alex Taber in the 100 IM, Braedan Leach in the 50-yard backstroke, Crouch in the 50-yard breaststroke and Hamilton in the 50-yard butterfly

Personal Best Times/Scores

Cannatelli – 3-meter dive (272.95)
Crouch – 50 breastexhibition (25.88)
Hamilton – 50 fly exhibition (22.40)
Juan Imposimato – 50 back exhibition (24.36)
Leach – 50 backexhibition(23.59)
Michael Rahrig – 50 fly exhibition (23.20)
Jack Shapiro - 50 Back (relay leadoff) (26.04)
Taber - 100 IM (51.88)
Jacob Thompson – 50 fly exhibition (23.60)
Brandon Turner – 50 breast exhibition (26.86)
Jason Woodburn – 50 fly exhibition (23.76)

Important Links:
Day 1 Results
Live Stream Day 2 Morning
Live Stream Day 2 Night

Thursday's Event Schedule:
Starting at 10 a.m. (prelims)

500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle
200 Freestyle Relay (B heat only)

Starting at 6 p.m. (finals)

200 Freestyle Relay
500 Freestyle
200 IM
50 Freestyle

Up Next:
The Owl men will be back at it tomorrow for day two of the CCSA Championships. Prelims will commence at 10 a.m. and finals will get rolling at 6 p.m. Follow along with the live stream or live results. For complete coverage from the championships and other FAU swimming and diving news, follow along on Twitter (@FAUSwimDive), Instagram (@FAUSwimDive) and Facebook.

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