Savannah College of Art and Design Athletics - SCAD ranked No. 5 in the NAIA

SCAD ranked No. 5 in the NAIA

The Bees return to action Jan. 23 against Darton at 4 p.m.

Michael MacEachern
Sports Information Director

12/19/2009 1:06:36 AM

NAIA Women's Swimming National Rankings

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Savannah College of Art and Design women's swimming team is ranked No. 5 in the NAIA in the first national ranking of the 2009-10 season.

The Bees, who are the defending NAIA national champion, are 2-1 on the young season. SCAD returns to the pool Jan. 23 when they host Darton College in a 4 p.m. meet at the Chatham County Aquatic Center.

Fresno Pacific University is ranked No. 1 in the poll.

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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.