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)
Night 3 of the 2025 CAA Swimming & Diving Championships saw two swimmers break their own conference records and point gaps start to form in close team races.
Specifically, the William & Mary now command a lead on the women’s side, while the UNCW Men expanded their point gap on the rest of the field.
Women’s meet recap
Cameron Snowden continued having a phenomenal meet on night 3. The UNCW Junior followed up her 50 free win with another win in the 100 fly, breaking her own conference record in the process. She’s the first woman from the Colonial Conference to go 51 (51.78 to be exact), besting her 52.05 from January.
Snowden’s teammate Maeren McGonigal also made it two for two individually. The 200 IM champ took the 100 backstroke victory in 53.62. This was a massive time drop for the freshman, as her previous best stood at 55.07 from November’s Gamecock Invitational.
Apart from the Seahawks’ two double winners, tonight’s podium was a William & Mary show. The Tribe took the only relay of the session, the 200 free relay, in 1:30.86. Their closest competition was Townsend, who almost got their first victory of the meet. They ultimately fell short by .03, in large part thanks to William & Mary anchor Caroline Burgeson blasting a 22.19 on the anchor.
The remaining individual events of the night also went to the Tribe. First-years Claire Neilly and Tess Langford took the 400 IM and 200 free, both in new best times. Neilly finished her IM in 4:14.71, good enough for first by three seconds and beating her 4:15.28 PR.
Langford, on the other hand, won a much closer race where .4 separated the top four. 1:48.42 was her winning time, better than her 1:50.16 best time from January.
The 100 breaststroke went to senior Ellie Schere, who swam a 1:00.19. In her final 100 breaststroke, she shaved over half second off her 1:00.84 personal best. Behind her, junior Lindsay Juhlin made it a 1-2 finish for the Tribe, posting a 1:00.91.
Day 3 Team Scores – Women
- Williams & Mary 904.5
- UNCW 870.5
- Delaware 812
- Northeastern 645
- Towson 596
- Drexel 488
- Campbell 265
- Monmouth 208
- Stony Brook 204
Mens Meet
On the penultimate day of the competition, 3x defending champs UNCW set themselves up well to defend their title on the last day.
The Seahawk’s best event of the night was by far the 400 IM. They swept the top three and had four of the top five placers. William Carrico took the top spot and downed his own conference record, going 3:44.81 to beat his previous 3:46.64 best.
Also winning for the Seahawks was graduate student Shaw Satterfield in the 200 free (1:35.58) and junior Jack Vanhoe in the 100 back (46.86).
Drexel continued their impressive relay showing at the meet, decisively winning the 200 freestyle relay in 1:18.01. Sebastian Smith and Peter Pavalic, Drexel’s 2nd and anchor legs, split twin 19.21s. The fastest in the field, however, was Matvei Namakonov with an 18.94. He anchored Delaware to a 1:18.89 second place.
Individually, Drexel’s highlight of the night was the 100 fly. Kuba Kwasny and Sebastian Smith captured the top two spots on the podium in a tight battle. Kwasny went 45.50, a best time by .11, while Smith touched in 45.60.
Delaware, the overall second place, got a 1-2 finish of their own. Teammates Toni Sabev and Matvei Namakonov duked it out in the 100 breast, leaving the rest of the field in their trailer. It was Sabev who came out on top by .03, posting a 51.69 to Namakonov’s 51.72. Sabev’s best time before this race was 51.87.
Day 3 Team Scores – Men
- UNCW 586.5
- Delaware 558
- Drexel 407.5
- Towson 333.5
- William & Mary 277
- Monmouth 127.5
Very confusing article. It has a March 2nd byline but is about results from Feb 28 and the meet ended March 1st with…spoiler alert, UNCW winning both.