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March 14, 2014
Cswerko also finishes
runner-up in
men's 400 IM, fifth in men's 200
IM
GENEVA, Ohio – Southern Connecticut State
University junior Raymond Cswerko
won the men's 200 fly with a time of 1:46.25 Friday night to win
the individual national title in the event at the 2014 NCAA
Division II Swimming & Diving Championships.
Cswerko (pictured), now a national champion, also finished fifth
with a time of 1:46.95 in the 200 IM on Wednesday and second
with a time of 3:51.83 in the 400 IM finals on Thursday. He now has
four All-America honors for his career.
Cswerko finished off this year’s championships by finishing in 18th place in the 200 breaststroke on Saturday morning in his final event at NCAAs.
Northeast-10 student-athletes have also had plenty of success on
the board in Geneva.
Bentley University sophomore diver Nicola
Mancini earned her third career
All-America award Friday night after taking fifth in the
women's one-meter with a score of 453.70.
Her second career All-America honor came Wednesday evening when
she placed seventh in the three-meter diving during the opening day
of the NCAA Championships at the Spire. Mancini broke the school
record of 449.10 in both sessions as she recorded a score of 456.50
during the prelims and bettered that with a 469.85 in the
finals.
Southern Connecticut State University junior
diver Jessica Renzo earned
All-American Honors as well in the women’s three-meter diving
event, finishing 12th after totaling 413.75 points. In
Friday’s one-meter prelims, Renzo finished 20th with a score
of 386.50.
Le Moyne College sophomore Josh Byrne
finished 15th in the men’s one-meter finals, posting a score
of 419.85.
The Northeast-10 Conference is an association of 15 NCAA Division
II colleges and universities located in New England and New York
that is committed to supporting balanced academic and athletic
opportunities for more than 6,000 student-athletes. Each year,
4,000 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships
in 23 sports, making the NE-10 the largest DII conference in the
country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the
classroom, on the field and within the community, the Northeast-10
is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it
provides student-athletes.
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