Results

SAVANNAH, Ga. - The Savannah College of Art and Design men's swimming team opened up their 2008-09 season with a meet against NCAA Division I member College of Charleston  Saturday (Oct. 18) afternoon at the Chatham County Aquatic Center.

Charleston edged SCAD 132-127. The  meet went down to the final event with SCAD holding a seven-point margin, but the Cougars registered the win as SCAD's top 200 freestyle relay team was disqualified for leaving too early to start the third leg of the event.

The Bees picked up six wins in the 14-event meet. Sophomores Danny Recordon and Vitali Pushkar-Verbitsky also each tallied two wins. Recordon registered wins in the men's 50 (20.72) and 100 (47.52) freestyle while Pushkar-Verbitsky took wins in the 100 backstroke (53.10) and the 100 butterfly (49.03) events. Geoffrey Byers picked up the other individual win for SCAD as he won the 200 backstroke (2:06.11). The Bees also claimed a win in the men's 200 medley relay as Allan Cox, Nat Emmett, Bartos Scharmach and Michael Lawrence with a time of 1:36.39.

SCAD returns to action with a 3:30 p.m. meet Friday (Oct. 24) in Tampa, Fla., against the University of Tampa.