Knight Named Most Outstanding Swimmer As Patriots Finish Fourth At CAA Championship :: Junior wins three events in week; UNCW, Towson claim first place overall

March 1, 2008

FAIRFAX, Va. - Junior Eric Knight picked up another first-place finish en route to being named the Colonial Athletic Association Most Outstanding Swimmer, as the 2008 CAA Swimming and Diving Championship came to a close on Saturday evening at Jim McKay Natatorium on the George Mason University campus. UNC Wilmington won the men's title with a score of 702, while the Towson women's team took home the championship with a 753.5 team score.

Mason finished in fourth place on the men's side with a score of 480.5, while the women also ended the championship in fourth with a total team score of 438.

Knight won three events on the week, culminating with a first place, NCAA B-cut time of 2:00.00 in the 200-yard breaststroke. He is the third-ever Patriot to earn the Most Outstanding Swimmer Award, as 2007 graduate Tom Koucheravy was a three-time winner while Lauren Stinnett picked up the award in 2002.

Senior Matt Kane was also a triple-event winner on the week, as he picked up his third gold medal of the championship when he completed the 1,650-yard freestyle in 15:36.89.

On the women's side, senior Sarah Bizer took second place in the 100-yard freestyle, making an NCAA B-cut with a time of 50.41 while William & Mary's Katie Radloff earned an A-cut with her winning time of 49.25. Additionally, the women's 400-yard freestyle relay team of sophomore Claire Weems, junior Mary Beth Cheslock, sophomore Caitlin Impink, and Bizer finished in third place with a 3:27.08 time.

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                    2008 CAA Swimming & Diving Championship
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                       Team Rankings - Through Event 44
                              Women - Team Scores
            Place School                                          Points
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                1 TOWSON UNIVERSITY SWIMMING         TOWS            753.5
                2 WILLIAM AND MARY                   W&M             470
                3 UNC-WILMINGTON                     UNCW            461
                4 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY            GMU             438
                5 NORTHEASTERN                       NU              341.5
                6 DELAWARE                           DEL             341
                7 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY           JMU             324
                8 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY            ODU             227
                9 DREXEL UNIVERSITY                  DREX            221
                               Men - Team Scores
            Place School                                          Points
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                1 UNC-WILMINGTON                     UNCW            702
                2 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY            ODU             586
                3 DELAWARE                           DEL             505
                4 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY            GMU             480.5
                5 DREXEL UNIVERSITY                  DREX            416
                6 TOWSON UNIVERSITY SWIMMING         TOWS            356.5
                7 WILLIAM AND MARY                   W&M             301