Detroit native closes out stellar weekend on a high note
(Photo Credit – CCSA)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (February 23, 2019) – Howard University’s senior swimmer KaSandra Kaplan (Detroit) added to her stellar collegiate career by shattering three more school records Saturday at the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Championships.
In the women’s 400 Free Relay, Kaplan, alongside junior Leanne McMaster (Kingston, Jamaica) and newcomers Madison Freeland (Glenside, Pa.) and Myka Thomas (Philadelphia), served as the squad’s leadoff swimmer where she broke the school’s 100 Free (51.97), downing her own mark set last year (52.21).
Additionally, the four Bison set a program record in the event, registering a 3:32.52 time. The previous mark was established at the 2018 H2ounds Invitational (3:34.92).
Individually, Kaplan reset the record book in the 200 Butterfly, producing a new benchmark in the prelims (2:08.59).
Freeland, McMaster and Thomas also etched themselves in the record book. Freeland earned the school’s eighth (2:14.88) and ninth (2:15.43) fastest marks in the 200 Butterfly while McMaster swam the fourth (2:26.10) and eighth (2:28.39) best times in the 200 Breast. Thomas posted a new personal best in the 100 Free, which was the sixth-best in program history.
Senior Latroya Pina (Seeknok, Mass.) competed in her final collegiate meet where she recorded the ninth (2:28.78) and 10th (2:30.43) fastest times in the 200 Breast.
Other notable Bison include freshman Simone Outlaw (Burlington, N.J.) clocking in a new personal best in the women’s 200 Back (2:13.89), which was fifth-fastest in school history.
Overall, the Bison scored 416 points and placed ninth.
Liberty captured the 2019 CCSA Women's Swimming & Diving Championship for the second time in school history.
To view all the results from the 2019 CCSA Championships, please click here.
At the CCSA Championships, Howard set nine school marks total, including eight on the women’s side. Kaplan earned four individual records (200 IM; 200 Free; 200 Butterfly; and 100 Free). Jackson claimed the program’s 100 Breast while three relay squads (200 Free; 400 Medley; and 400 Free) etched their names in Bison history.
Also, the CCSA Championships saw 10 Bison competing in their final collegiate meet, including three women: Kaplan; Pina; and Akeyla Holley (Fort Washington, Md.).
Howard women finished 2-0 inside Burr Pool.
Although team competition is over, sophomore diver Christian Nickolas (Brentwood, Calif.) season continues in her preparation for the upcoming NCAA Diving Championships (March 11-13).
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