Savannah College of Art and Design Athletics - SCAD leads All-Americans 10-5 after first day of the SCAD All-America Matches

SCAD leads All-Americans 10-5 after first day of the SCAD All-America Matches

Greg Richards helped the current team by winning three points on the first day of competition.

Michael MacEachern
Sports Information Director

11/20/2009 7:35:30 PM

SAVANNAH, Ga. - The current Savannah College of Art and Design men's golf team holds a 10-5 advantage over the SCAD alumni team after the first day of the 2009 SCAD All-America Matches Friday (Nov. 20) at the Wilmington Island Club,.

The All-America matches are a three-day event that pits the current team against SCAD's former All-Americans in Ryder Cup format. Each match is worth three points with one point each for winning the front nine, the back nine and overall score. The first team to 29 points wins the SCAD All-America/Orchin Cup.

Play continues Saturday (Nov. 21) at the Wilmington Island Club.

Below are the complete results from the first day:

Singles Match
Clint Colbert (All-America) 2, Scott Melton 1

Four-ball Matches
Loren Bunting-Fred Fruisen (2009 team) 2.5, Wyatt Graff-Jon Orchin 0.5
Andrew Marco-Sean Metcalf (2009 team) 2.5, Kevin Baker-Grant McMahan 0.5
Colin Kelly-Sof Oumohand (All-America) 2, Mika Becktor-Tom Hayes 1
Greg Richards-John Richards (2009 team) 3, Kyle Kokanovich-Shalom Volchok 0

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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.