2025 CAA Swimming and Diving Championship
- February 26 – March 2
- Hampton Virginia Aquaplex
- Psych Sheets
- Meet Central
- Live Results on Meet Mobile – “2025 CAA Swimming and Diving Championship”
- Livestream
- Defending Champions: Men – UNC Wilmington (3x), Women – UNC Wilmington (2x)
Day Two of the 2025 CAA Swimming and Diving Championships is now behind us, and two new conference relay records were rewritten: UNCW in the women’s 400 medley and Drexel in the men’s version of the same event.
In the team race, the women’s meet still looks to be a three-way race between defending champions UNCW, Delaware, and William & Mary. UNCW currently leads the way.
On the men’s side, the Seahawks are also leading with Delaware trailing slightly behind them.
Women’s Meet
Freshmen got the best of the field in the first two individual events on the women’s side. First, Drexel first-year Brittany Corbett posted a 4:48.38 to win the 500. She was the only swimmer below 4:50, and she beat her previous school record of 4:48.98 from the 2024 Bruno Invite. Northeastern’s Emily Gjertsen. William & Mary sophomore Lauren Tucker, got out to an early lead, but ultimately settled for third clocking a 4:50.32.
In the 200 IM, UNCW freshman Maeren McGonigal claimed victory. Mcgonigal had a phenomenal 2.5 second time drop today to win, going from a 2:01.33 best time to 1:58.98. Joining her under two minutes and on the top three podium was William & Mary junior Sophia Heilen (1:59.22) as well as Delaware junior Victoria Novinskiy (1:59.94).
After McGonigal took the IM, she and her Seahawk teammates didn’t take their feet off the gas for the rest of the night. McGonigal’s team mate Cameron Snowden blasted a 22.26 50 freestyle win. This is over a quarter second faster than her 22.53 best time from this meet last year. May Bradburn, a Northeastern sophomore, captured second with a 22.49. Bradburn also beat her best time of 22.63.
Snowden, McGonigal, and their teammates capped off the night with a major victory and conference record in the 400 medley relay. Their total time of 3:35.16 undercut William & Mary’s 3:36.15 record from 2023 by nearly a second. The splits went as follows: McGonigal (54.02), Gil Shaw (1:00.45), Snowden (50.96), and Emily Waite 49.73. Snowden was the fastest butterflies in the field by a long shot.
William & Mary ended their session on a strong note, notching second with a 3:37.08. Their breaststroker, Ellie Scherer, split 59.99 to become the only sub-minute of the field. Flynn Truskett, the Tribe’s freestyler, was also the fastest for her leg (49.21). Delaware finished third in 3:38.04. They got off to a great first place start from Angi Ragazzoni 53.36 lead-off.
Team Standings After Day 2
- UNCW — 476
- Delaware — 444
- William & Mary — 441
- Northeastern — 392
- Towson — 326
- Drexel — 239
- Campbell — 158
- Stony Brook — 139
- Monmouth — 114
Men’s Meet
Coming into the session trailing Delaware, the UNCW Seahawk men started night two with two back-to-back statement wins.
The Seahawks’ first win, the 500 freestyle, went to sophomore William Carrico. Carrico pulled off a four second win and two second PB. He stopped the clock in 4:19.83. Four seconds later, a pair of 4:23s scored second and third: Drexel’s Alessio Gianni (4:23.78) and Delaware’s Denys Mialkovskyl (4:23.97).
UNCW followed it up with another decisive win in the 200 IM. This time, it was senior Jacob Duracinsky who got the job done. His 1:46.41 was far from his 1:45.29 best from this championships two years ago, but it was still good enough for a one-second lead over second place finisher Sean Colson of Towson (1:47.20). Mason Hetzell, also a Seahawk, dropped a new best by three tenths to place third. His time was 1:47.52
The UNCW party was broken up in the most competitive event of the night, the 50 free. Delaware Junior Matvei Namakonov shaved three-tenths off his best time to take the cake, going from 19.72 to 19.43. It wasn’t an easy win though. He was neck-and-neck with Drexel’s Sebastian Smith, who finished second with a 19.53.
Smith was the star of the show one event later, however. He anchored Drexel to a massive 3:07.40 win and conference record in the 400 medley relay. Smith anchored in a 42.00. The Dragons’ other splits included Theo Andrepoulos (46.85), Bart Loter (52.94), and Kuba Kwasny (45.61). The previous record stood at 3:07.92 by Delaware’s 2023 team.
The Blue Hens nearly got under their old record too, touching second in 3:07.96. They boasted the fastest middle 200 of the heat thanks to breastroker Toni Sabev (51.71) and Matvei Namakonov (45.13).
Team Standings After Day 2
- UNCW — 287.5
- Delaware — 265
- Drexel — 216.5
- Towson — 196.5
- William and Mary — 129
- Monmouth — 85.5
