University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Bulldog Swimmers Preparing for CCSA Championships
02.13.2017 | Women's Swimming & Diving
THE MEET
What:Â Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Championships
Location:Â Athens, Ga. / Gabrielsen Natatorium
When: Wednesday, Feb. 15 – Saturday, Feb. 18
Live Video: Big South Sports (Link)
BULLDOG BITES
LAST TIME OUT: The UNC Asheville women's swimming team closed out the regular-season on Saturday, Jan. 21, with a dual meet hosted by UNC Wilmington. The Bulldogs and Seahawks also competed against Gardner-Webb. Asheville fell 204-89 to UNC Wilmington and fell 195-67 to Gardner-Webb. Ale Sanchez won the 200-Yard Backstroke in a time of 2:08.77 while freshman Skylar Rogan continued her dominance in the 500-Yard Freestyle, winning her second 500 Free in a row, this time in a time of 5:09.33. Morgan Rulevich and Emily Werth both earned strong second-place finishes in the 200-Yard Freestyle and the 100-Yard Backstroke, respectively. Rulevich finished the 200 Free in a time of 1:54.82 while Werth finished the 100 Back in a time of 0:59.95.
ROGAN NAMED CCSA SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: UNC Asheville freshman swimmer Skylar Rogan has been named the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Swimmer of the Week, it was announced Tuesday afternoon. It is the first weekly award for a Bulldog swimmer in the short history of the program. Rogan had another stellar performance last weekend in Asheville's final home meet of the season, posting a time of 10:35.54 to take top honors in 1000-Yard Freestyle. Her next closest competition was nearly seven seconds behind. She also took top honors in the 500 Free in a time of 5:14.20, nearly four seconds ahead of second-place.
SKY(LAR) HIGH: Despite being just a freshman, Skylar Rogan already holds the school overall and freshman records for the 500 Free with a time of 4:58.75. She set the record at the Wingate Frenzy in November. Rogan is also second all-time in program history in both the 1000 Free and the 1650 Free and she holds the sixth-best time in program history for the 200 Free. Rogan is currently third in the CCSA top-24 for both the 1000 and 1650 free and is also fifth in the league in the 500 Free.
KEEPING IT GOING: Catherine Allen set the new school record in the 100 (57.59) and 200 butterfly (2:05.39) at the Wingate Fall Frenzy. She continued her solid efforts against Florida Gulf Coast by finishing second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.19. Allen also picked up a third place finish in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:59.89.
STRONG SECOND PLACE FINISHES: Sophomore Jessica Woolfe picked up second place points in the meet against Florida Gulf Coast for the Bulldogs in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.74. Junior Emily Werth garnered a second place finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.70.
QUOTABLES
"This is a good time of year for us as we have been tapering, which is a form of resting for swimmers. Most of our swimmers have been seeing the positive results of that tapering. Sometimes a swimmer might get the taper blues and that's a little dip in performance during the tapering where you don't feel as awesome. Last week we started doing broken swims and everybody has been looking and feeling great and we are really looking forward to going to Athens to compete in the CCSA Championships." – Elizabeth Lykins
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