Mary Washington Men's Swimming Wins 17th Straight CAC Championship; Frostburg State's Christian March Named Swimmer of the Year
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Mary Washington secured its 17th straight CAC men's swimming championship by winning 11 events and totaling 890 points on its way to the 2017 title on Sunday at St. Mary's.
York finished second in the team standings with 635.5 points, followed by Salisbury in thid at 489. St. Mary's (388) edged Marymount (384.5) in a close battle for fourth, with Frostburg State rounding out the team scores with 230 points.
Frostburg State junior Christian March was selected as the CAC Swimming Athlete of the Year after capturing three individual titles. March won the 50 freestyle on Friday, the 100 breaststroke on Saturday, and wrapped up his championship with gold in the 200 breaststroke on Sunday in an NCAA 'B' cut time of 2:03.25. March is the first Frostburg State swimmer to earn Athlete of the Year accolades.
York head coach Greg Doyle was tabbed as the Coach of the Year for the first time. Doyle's award marks the fourth a York coach has received the honor, as Gina McHenry won COTY honors three times from 2004-07.
UMW's Austin Farrar was named the Rookie of the Year, becoming the 12th Eagle overall and second straight to claim the award.
On Sunday, UMW's Tyler Gimple began the action with a victory in the 1650 freestyle, touching in an NCAA 'B' cut time of 16:10.54. Salisbury Pete Moyer also notched a 'B' cut mark of 16:16.60, finishing second.
UMW's Christian Berardo followed with a CAC and championship meet record time of 52.88 in the 100 IM.
Dallas Tarkenton completed a highly-successful weekend for UMW with a triumph in the 200 butterfly in an NCAA 'B' cut mark of 1:51.09. Tarkenton also anchored the winning 400 freestyle to conclude the meet along with Jake Schroth, Gimple, and Dylan Gore in 3:06.87. Tarkenton totaled six golds throughout the meet, three individually and three on relays.
York's Morgan Schreiber then notched his third overall and second individual gold of the weekend, winning the 200 backstroke in 1:52.62. Schreiber also won the 100 backstroke on Saturday, marking the second straight year that he secured gold in both backstroke events.
York's Ian Kruper gave the Spartans their second victory of the day and fourth of the championship in the 100 freestyle, finishing in 47.49.