Men’s Swimming and Diving Moves into Second Place After Day Two of the #CAAChamps

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CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – The Drexel men's swimming and diving team moved into second place after night two of four at the 2017 CAA Swimming and Diving Championships in Christiansburg, Va. on Thursday evening. Freshman Jason Arthur won gold, setting a multitude of records while Drexel diving grabbed silver and bronze in the 1-meter.

Arthur grabbed gold in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:45.92 for a new Drexel record, CAA all-time mark and CAA Championships meet benchmark. The time was almost four seconds faster than the previous Drexel standard which also belonged to Arthur at 1:49.78. The conference meet and all-time time was previously held by William & Mary's Jeremiah O'Donnell in 2015 at 1:46.38.

Drexel divers, freshman Anthony Musciano and sophomore Michael Binkauskas, finished in second and third of the men's 1-meter board for silver and bronze on Thursday. Musciano finished with a final score of 295.75 while Binkauskas came in at 260.20.

Sophomore Patrick Cobb set a new school record in the 500-yard freestyle during the prelims at 4:27.93 to come into the finals as the top seed where he placed fourth with a time of 4:28.69. Sophomore Dane Bell won the 'B' final of the 500 free with a time of 4:31.06.

Senior Ivo Pejovic place seventh in the 50-yard freestyle finals as he touched the wall at 20.51.

To close out the evening, the men placed second for silver in the 200-yard freestyle relay behind freshman Stathis Malamas, Arthur, freshman David Kneiss and Pejovic with a time of 1:21.41, less than a quarter of a second off the Drexel record.

STANDINGS THROUGH THURSDAY
1. William & Mary – 319.5
2. Drexel - 252
3. Towson – 212.5
4. UNCW – 166.5
5. Delaware – 118.5

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The four-day meet continues tomorrow morning with Friday prelims. On Friday and Saturday, prelims will take place at 10 a.m. followed by finals at 6 p.m.

Wednesday – 200 medley relay, Women's 3-meter, 800 free relay
Thursday – 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, Men's 1-meter, 200 free relay
Friday – 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, Women's 1-meter, 400 medley relay
Saturday – 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, Men's 3-meter, 400 free relay

FOLLOW ALONG
A recap of each day will be posted on drexeldragons.com. Follow Drexel on Twitter and Instagram. @CAASports will also be live-tweeting the four-day meet.

A free, live video stream will be available via CAA.tv and the CAA Roku channel.

Live Results are also available.

MEDAL FINISHES
Gold (1)
200 IM – 1:45.92 – Jason Arthur

Silver (3)
1m Dive – 295.75 – Anthony Musciano
200 free relay – 1:21.41 – Stathis Malamas, Jason Arthur, David Kneiss, Ivo Pejovic
800 free relay – 6:32.72 – Stathis Malamas, Patrick Cobb, Luke Hanner, Ivo Pejovic

Bronze (1)
1m Dive – 260.20 – Michael Binkauskas

MEDALS BY DAY
Wednesday
Silver (1)
800 free relay – 6:32.72 – Stathis Malamas, Patrick Cobb, Luke Hanner, Ivo Pejovic

No gold or bronze on Wednesday

Thursday
Gold (1)
200 IM – 1:45.92 – Jason Arthur

Silver (2)
1m Dive – 295.75 – Anthony Musciano
200 free relay – 1:21.41 – Stathis Malamas, Jason Arthur, David Kneiss, Ivo Pejovic

Bronze (1)
1m Dive – 260.20 – Michael Binkauskas

MEN'S RECORDS
500 free – 4:27.93 – prelims – Patrick Cobb (school)
200 IM – 1:45.92 – Jason Arthur (School, CAA All-Time, CAA Championships)
800 free relay – 6:32.72 – Thursday – Stathis Malamas, Patrick Cobb, Luke Hanner, Ivo Pejovic (School)

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Men’s Swimming and Diving Moves into Second Place After Day Two of the #CAAChamps

Players Mentioned

Jason Arthur

Dane Bell

Michael Binkauskas

Patrick Cobb

Luke Hanner

David Kneiss

Stathis Malamas

Anthony Musciano

Ivo Pejovic

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