Savannah College of Art and Design Athletics - Bees handle Moccasins 116-79 to open season

Bees handle Moccasins 116-79 to open season

Alex Graudins set a university record in the 1,000-yard freestyle.

Michael MacEachern
Sports Information Director

10/30/2009 6:26:39 PM

Results

LAKELAND, Fla. - The Savannah College of Art and Design men's swimming team open their 2009-10 season with a 116-79 victory over Florida Southern College Friday (Oct. 30) afternoon at the Hollis Wellness Center Pool.

SCAD improved to 1-0 and will return to action at 11 a.m. tomorrow (Oct. 31) with a meet against the University of Tampa.

The Bees had the fastest times in eight of the 11 events competed against the Moccasins, including both relays.

SCAD had two multiple winners in the meet as Alex Graudins and Sam Crawford each tallied two individual wins. Graudins set a university record in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:47.04, lowering by nearly seven seconds the previous record set by Jonathan Moore (9:53.96) almost five years ago. Graudins also had the fastest time in the 500 freestyle (4:45.58). Crawford took wins in the 100 freestyle (49.76) and 100 breaststroke (1:01.02) events.

Vitali Pushkar-Verbitsky (50 freestyle, 21.31) and Thomas Gibson (200 individual medley, 2:03.87) also picked up wins for the Bees.

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Reed Publications Student-Artist-Athlete of the Week

Alex Graudins

Men's Swimming

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah College of Art and Design men’s swimmer Alex Graudins has been named the Reed Publications SCAD Student-Artist-Athlete of the Week ending March 7.

Graudins, a freshman from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, won two of the three individual national titles for the Bees last week at the NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championships in St. Peters, Mo.

Graudins claimed the first national title for the Bees as he won the 500-yard freestyle in a university-time of 4:27.44. He lowered his own record by nearly six seconds in the win. Graudins also broke his own university record as he won the 1,650 freestyle in a time of 15:42.28. He nearly had another win for the Bees as he came in second place in the 200 freestyle in a university-record time of 1:39.45.

As a team, the Bees finished in fifth place at the meet.

Reed Publications Intramural Athlete of the Week

XinYu Shang

Intramurals

SAVANNAH, Ga. - XinYu Shang has been named this week's Reed Publications Intramural Athlete of the Week ending March 7.

Shang, who is the team captain for Team C.S.A. (Chinese Student Association), scored 34 points in the Intramural B Division Championship Tournament Feb. 28.

C.S.A. narrowly defeated Free Agent Two in the semifinal game 47-42 before defeating the Ballers 49-39 for the championship title.