Dukes Conclude CCSA Championships with a Second Place Finish

Saturday, February 18

Knoxville, Tenn.

10 a.m. - Prelims/6 p.m. - Finals

James Madison University

Day Four

Dukes Conclude CCSA Championships with a Second Place Finish

2/18/2023 11:00:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The quest for a sixth straight team conference title fell just short, as James Madison swimming & diving claimed second place at the 2022-23 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Championships on Saturday evening at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.

Liberty took home its fifth straight CCSA title behind 1,441.5 points, edging out JMU (1,339) and Queens (1,119) in the 11-team field.

Prelims

Jordyn Schnell (50.36) and Jamie Cornwell (50.42) qualified for the A Finals, with Grace Bousum (50.71), Alex Volk (50.81) and Karen Siddoway (51.06) qualified for the B Finals. Sydni Diehl finished with a time of 51.32 to head to the C Finals.
Six Dukes once again qualified for finals, this time in the 200 Back. Madison Cottrell was the sole Duke who qualified for the A Finals with a time of 1:58.83. JMU qualified half of the B Finals field in Cameron Gring (2:00.85), Emily Drakopoulos (2:01.23), Alaina Park (2:01.23) and Lauren Aylmer (2:01.30). Riley Nugent swam a time of 2:01.96 to land in the C Finals.
Devan Taylor (2:21.76), Abby Zindler (2:22.27), Ann Chappell Ellington (2:23.79) and Suzanne Earnshaw (2:24.41) all competed in the 200 Breast.
Maddie Yager (269.90), Lindsey Hammar (254.50) and Alexa Holloway (254.35) were among the top eight on the 1-meter board to head to the finals.

Finals

The evening session began with Abby Maguire taking fourth in the 1650 Free with a time of 16:51.92. Nugent and Erin Jachym finished nine-ten with times of 17:04.44 and 17:05.38, respectively. Maguire's time makes her the seventh fastest individual in program history.
Cornwell became the third fastest individual in program history in the 100 Free after taking the bronze with a time of 49.60. Schnell finished sixth with a time of 50.36. Volk (50.27) and Bousum (50.33) finished second and third in the B Finals, while Diehl (51.57) took third in the C Finals. Siddoway swam a time of 51.83 in the B Finals.
In the 200 Back, Cottrell earned her second backstroke medal of the championships with a time of 1:57.49. Gring won the B Finals with a time of 1:59.60, with Aylmer (2:01.13), Drakopoulos (2:01.33) and Park (2:02.80) finishing fourth, fifth and eighth, respectively. Nugent finished third in the C Finals with a time of 2:01.99.
Yager became the CCSA Champion on the 1-meter board, scoring the eighth highest score in program history with a 313.00. Hammar took fourth place with a score of 281.20, while Holloway finished seventh with a score of 263.95.
To cap the night, the team of Schnell, Bousum, Volk and Cornwell set the program record in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:19.94 to win the bronze.

Team Scores

Liberty (1,441.5)
James Madison (1,339)
Queens (1,119)
FGCU (931)
UNC Asheville (791)
Campbell (546)
Georgia Southern (526)
Old Dominion (475)
Gardner-Webb (332)
North Florida (293.5)
Bellarmine (192)

With JMU's second-place finish at the CCSA Championships, finishing ahead of eighth-place Old Dominion, the Dukes earn another point in the inaugural Towne Bank Royal Rivalry Challenge. JMU extended its lead over ODU to 10.5-2.5, having claimed a point in six straight matchups across all sports, dating back to mid-November.

JMU CCSA Awards
Kongrong Li | Women's Diving Coach of the Year
Maddie Yager | Most Outstanding Female Diver of the Championship

JMU All-CCSA
Jamie Cornwell | 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
Madison Cottrell | 100 Fly*, 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay
Jordyn Schnell | 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
Grace Bousum | 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay
Jess Pryne | 200 IM, 400 IM*
Alex Volk | 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Lindsey Hammar | 3-meter
Alexa Holloway | 3-meter*
Angela Ritchie | 200 Fly
Karen Siddoway | 800 Free Relay
Maddie Yager | 1-meter*
*Denotes CCSA Champion

Up Next
JMU will compete in a Last Chance Meet next weekend on Saturday, Feb. 25 at a location to be determined.