{"605143":{"#nid":"605143","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Brings Home Collegiate Club Swimming National Title","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s men\u0026rsquo;s and women\u0026rsquo;s club swim teams combined to win a national title at the 2018 College Club Swimming and Diving National Championships. Georgia Tech hosted the event at the McAuley Aquatic Center. The Tech Swim Club improved times across the board from the 2017 championships where they finished sixth overall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech took first place in the women\u0026rsquo;s division, clearing the rest of the field by nearly 200 points. It was a commanding victory for a team that finished thirteenth the year before.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0026rsquo;s men improved to third place from fifth in 2017. Combined, the two teams amassed 1157 points to outpace second place finisher and defending national champion University of Virginia and overcoming perennial powerhouse collegiate swim clubs like Florida, North Carolina, Stanford, and Penn State.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0026rsquo;s squad broke nearly all of their own team records in every event they fielded at the meet. \u0026nbsp;Tech\u0026rsquo;s Lindsay Knapp, Makenna Laffey, Rebecca Durham, Ally Nastasi, Ellie Ridgeway, Olivia Fassett, Abbie Cochell, Michael Quillen, Mathias Zacarias, Derek Wu, and Brian Woodbury combined for 11 individual and relay national titles. Laffey, Ridgeway, Nastasi, Knapp, Durham, and Jake Grant added 8 more silver and bronze finishes on their way to the national championship.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational Champions:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEllie Ridgeway, Makenna Laffey, Abbie Cochell, Lindsay Knapp - 800 Freestyle Relay, 7:58.18\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMathias Zacarias, Michael Quillen, Brian Woodbury, Derek Wu - 800 Freestyle Relay, 6:55.05\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlly Nastasi - 400 IM, 4:36.10 (College Club Swimming Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Durham - 200 Backstroke, 2:06.57 (College Club Swimming Record, Meet Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELindsay Knapp - 500 Freestyle, 5:11.77 (College Club Swimming Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Durham, Olivia Fassett, Ellie Ridgeway, Lindsay Knapp - 400 Medley Relay, 3:58.66 (College Club Swimming Record, Meet Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlly Nastasi - 1000 Freestyle, 10:51.90 (College Club Swimming Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Durham, Olivia Fassett, Ellie Ridgeway, Lindsay Knapp - 200 Medley Relay, 1:50.39\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEllie Ridgeway - 200 Individual Medley, 2:11.13 (College Club Swimming Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Durham - 100 Backstroke, 57.76 (College Club Swimming Record, Meet Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrian Woodbury - 100 Individual Medley, 51.36 (College Club Swimming Record)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERunners-Up:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEllie Ridgeway - 200 Butterfly, 2:09.05\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlly Nastasi - 500 Freestyle, 5:17.44\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMakenna Laffey - 1000 Freestyle, 11:01.97\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEllie Ridgeway - 50 Butterfly, 25.92\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELindsay Knapp - 200 Freestyle, 1:55.84\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEllie Ridgeway, Rebecca Durham, Ally Nastasi, Lindsay Knapp - 400 Freestyle Relay, 3:36.95\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Durham, Ellie Ridgeway, Ally Nastasi, Lindsay Knapp - 200 Freestyle Relay, 1:39.78\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThird Place:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMakenna Laffey - 200 Backstroke, 2:10.03\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMathias Zacarias - 200 Butterfly, 1:53.11\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJake Grant - 1000 Freestyle, 10:00.69\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlly Nastasi - 200 Freestyle, 1:57.91\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETop-Ten Finishes:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrian Woodbury, Derek Wu, Mathias Zacarias, Mike Kurtz - 4th, 400 Medley Relay, 3:26.30\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOlivia Fassett - 4th, 200 Individual Medley, 2:13.17\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrian Woodbury - 4th, 100 Backstroke, 49.56\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEllie Ridgeway - 4th, 100 Butterfly, 57.55\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbbie Cochell - 5th, 200 Breaststroke, 2:30.53\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarson Fregosi - 5th, 1000 Freestyle, 10:03.59\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrian Woodbury, Derek Wu, Mathias Zacarias, Eddie Cochell - 5th, 400 Medley Relay, 1:34.00\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELindsay Knapp - 5th, 100 Freestyle, 53.50\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMathias Zacarias, Ben Radak, Mathias Zacarias, Brian Woodbury - 5th, 200 Freestyle Relay, 1:25.80\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrian Woodbury, Michael Quillen, Mike Kurtz, Mathias Zacarias - 6th, 400 Freestyle Relay, 3:08.71\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOlivia Fassett - 6th, 200 Breaststroke, 2:30.68\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJake Grant - 6th, 500 Freestyle, 4:49.35\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Durham - 6th, 100 Freestyle, 53.82\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrian Woodbury - 7th, 50 Butterfly, 23.06\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Durham - 7th, 100 Butterfly, 58.81\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarson Fregosi - 8th, 500 Freestyle, 4:49.58\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELindsay Knapp - 8th, 50 Butterfly, 26.55\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael Quillen - 9th, 500 Freestyle, 4:50.12\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDerek Wu - 10th, 50 Breaststroke, 26.99\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/swimclub.gtorg.gatech.edu\/results\u0022\u003EFull results from 2018 Collegiate Club Swimming \u0026amp; 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