Dukes Claim Second in CAA Championships

Wednesday, February 24

Richmond, Va.

James Madison University

CAA Swimming Championships

400 Freestyle Relay Team at CAA championships

2/27/2016 10:36:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

RICHMOND, Va. – James Madison finished second at the 2016 Colonial Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships after completing the final events Saturday night at the Swim RVA Center.

The Dukes racked up 681.50 points over the course of the four-day championship meet that began on Wednesday, Feb. 24 combined with diving results from the previous weekend in Delaware. JMU's final total was 50 points behind first-place William & Mary.

The 400 freestyle relay team of seniors Kristen Zielinski, Carli Molano, Camilla Czulada and sophomore Quinn MacMillan took home a gold medal with a time of 3:50.51 in the final event of the championship meet.

Zielinski also took third in the 100 freestyle, clocking a personal-best 50.10 seconds, just ahead of Czulada (50.13) in fourth.

Senior Cameron Martin closed her JMU career with a fourth-place finish in the 200 butterfly with a personal-best time of 2:02.11.

After making a NCAA B cut time in the preliminaries (2:15.32), sophomore Katie Parker recorded a personal-best 2:13.16 in the 200 breaststroke, taking home a bronze medal.

Junior MaryElizabeth Warhol won the bronze medal in the 200 backstroke with a NCAA B cut and new school record time of 1:58.24.

Junior Claire Adkins took fifth in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:00.61 rounding out the top finishes for the Dukes.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. William & Mary - 731.50
2. James Madison - 681.50
3. Towson - 515.50
4. Delaware - 458
5. Northeastern - 422.50
6. UNCW - 278
7. Drexel - 258
For full results visit here.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS
The senior class of Carli Molano, Carly Alexander, Danni Wilson, Amanda Presgraves, Ashley Clark, Lindsay Bosek, Kristen Zielinski, Cameron Martin, Kacy Edsall and Camilla Czulada closed their team careers as Duke Dogs. In their four seasons at JMU, they have won a total of seventeen dual meets, including a first place finish at the West Virginia Invitational in the 2013-14 season. The closed the 2015-16 season undefeated in head-to-head competition with a 7-0 record. In four years, they have remained undefeated in CAA Pod Meets outscoring conference foes William & Mary, UNCW and Delaware 2,699.5 to 1,364.5, and earned seven first place finishes at the CAA Championships.

PHOTOS OF THE DAY
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TWEETS OF THE DAY

JMU wins the 400 freestyle relay! pic.twitter.com/7kOf4xojz4
— JMU Swimming&Diving (@JMUSwimDive) February 28, 201

Outstanding job by @JMUSwimDive at the #CAAChamps! So proud of our girls. pic.twitter.com/f5v6NAMlTa
— Lisa D. Martin (@LisaMartinNC) February 28, 2016

FULL FINAL RESULTS
200 Backstroke
9th – Abby Ortman (2:00.43)
12th – Logan Haddock (2:01.54)

100 Freestyle
7th – Quinn MacMillan (51.04)
9th – Carli Molano (50.88)

200 Breaststroke
9th – Amanda Presgraves (2:16.40)
10th – Maddy Murphy (2:19.69)

200 Butterfly
11th – Maddie Massey (2:03.91)

PRELIMINARY TIMES
200 Backstroke
Kacy Edsall (2:03.28)
Nina Tremols (2:03.30)
Jennifer Vieni (2:05.63)

100 Freestyle
Jennifer Vieni (52.45)

200 Breaststroke
Shannon Harper ( 2:22.36)