Swimming

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - A year after he won Salisbury University's first swim event at the Capital Athletic Conference championships in seven years junior Mike Ferrari did it again on Saturday night at the Athletics and Recreation Center on the campus of St. Mary's (Md.) College. Ferrari edged out York (Pa.) College swimmer Steven Tobin in the 100-yard breaststroke by one-tenth of a second as the Sea Gull touched the wall at 1:00.38. The win is the first for SU at the 2009 CAC championships and the second in Ferrari's career, he won the 200-yard breaststroke last year. This is the second All-CAC honor for Ferrari who was third in the 200-yard IM on Friday evening. Ferrari's teammate Benjamin Overholt set a school record earlier on Saturday during the preliminary races in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.14. In the finals Overholt placed ninth overall.

Salisbury moved up one spot in the overall men's team standings on Saturday as the Sea Gulls sit in fourth place with 278 points and trails third-place St. Mary's (Md.) College by 55 points entering the final day of competition. Eight-time defending champion University of Mary Washington has 565 points and leads York (425 points) by 140.

Salisbury's women's relays continue to earn all-conference honors as the Sea Gulls' 800-yard freestyle relay team finished third with a time of 8:17.88 to earn the maroon and gold 32 team points. The relay team of freshmen Jenna Petrella and Katie Fitzenreiter along with seniors Laura Kordzikowski and Raienne South earn All-CAC honors. This is South's second all-conference honor as she was a member of Friday's 400-yard medley relay team for Salisbury that finished third. Sophomore Katy Turner broke a school record earlier on Saturday during the preliminary races in the 100-yard butterfly as she clocked in at 1:01.10. Turner finished sixth overall in the final race in 100-yard butterfly.

The Sea Gulls remain in fourth place overall in the women's team standings with 250 points. SU trails Marymount (Va.) University by 81 points heading into the final day of competition. UMW, who has never lost a CAC championship, is in control with 606 points as the Eagles aim for a 19th straight title. The host Seahawks from St. Mary's is in second place with 433 points.

Overall the Eagles won nine of the 14 events on Saturday evening as Mary Washington set six records.

The final day of the championships will get underway at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning with the preliminary trails. On Sunday evening a special senior recognition will take place at 5:30 p.m. as all seniors from every team will be saluted. The event finals begin at 6 p.m.

MEN'S TEAM SCORES (through 12 events): 1. Mary Washington 565, 2. York 425,  3. St. Mary's 333, 4. Salisbury 278, 5. Marymount 263, 6. Hood 127, 7. Gallaudet 80

WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES (through 12 events): 1. Mary Washington 606, 2. St. Mary's (Md.) 433, 3. Marymount (Va.) 331, 4. Salisbury 250, 5. York (Pa.) 211, 6. Gallaudet 115, 7. Hood 89

Also see:

• 2009 CAC Swimming Championships Web site

2009 CAC Swimming Championships Results

• Day 2 - Finals (PDF)
• Day 2 - Prelims. (PDF)
• Day 1 - Finals (PDF)
• Day 1 - Prelims. (PDF)