The Colorado College men's swimming and diving team finished the weekend in second place in the Southern College Athletic Conference Championships in Cypress, Texas.
The CC men finished with 932 points while the women racked up 837 points as Trinity took home the conference title for both teams. The Tigers had five individual champions crowned on the final day and also celebrated head coach Anne Goodman James as she completed her final conference championships of her legendary career.
The second-place finish ties the highest finish in program history as the Tigers also ended the weekend in second in last year's conference championships.
"It was a thrilling last day for both our men's and women's teams. Five new SCAC champions and countless personal bests," Anne Goodman James said. "Just some incredible breakthrough swims."
CC's coaching staff was named the SCAC Coaching Staff of the Year. It is the second year in a row that the men's staff has won the honor and the first time since 2016 the women have won Staff of the Year.
MEN
To open up the evening in the 1,650 freestyle, the Tigers went 1-2-3 on the podium. Edmund Davis finished with a gold medal time of 16:06.50 to claim his first SCAC title. Lucia Bollettieri touched second (16:26.73) and Logan Browne claimed third-place honors (17:05.22).
Caleb Peimann won his second SCAC title of the week in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing ahead of the field at 1:51.95.
Later in the 200-yard butterfly, freshman Tomas Gonzalez claimed gold after touching in 1:51.54. He went 1:51.55 in the prelims. Cade Birgfield placed fifth in the same event with a time of 1:55.51.
CC gathered crucial points in the 100-yard freestyle after Jack Hussin (45.63), Eric Uerling (46.28) and Dax Sherwood (46.49) came in third, fourth and fifth.
In the three-meter diving event, Aiden Richter and Wyatt Wellehan came in second and third place behind Trinity's Konstantine Partalas. Richter earned an NCAA "B" cut mark of 474.35 points, while Wellehan also earned a "B" cut with 430.15 points.
WOMEN
Both Emma's for CC stood atop the podium at some point. Emma Phillips outlasted the rest of the field in the 1,650 free to win the SCAC title at 17:53.29.
Emma Krasemann completed the sweep on the boards after winning the one-meter event with a score of 435.85 points. After winning the one and three-meter events, Krasemann was named the Diver of the Meet.
Keller Pooley took second in the one-meter with 411.05 points Lele Applegate placed fifth with 332.15 points. All divers earned NCAA "B" provisional marks.
In the 200 backstroke, Alexis Lee earned a NCAA "B" cut time after finishing second in 2:02.69.
After claiming silver in the 200 breaststroke, Malia Hewitt earned her first provisional mark. The sophomore finished in 2:20.57.
"I am just so honored by the tremendous efforts by our swimmers and divers over the last four days," Goodman James said. "No matter what challenges appeared, they stayed tough.
