Men's Swimming 3-2-18

Men's Swimming David Gerhart

Tigers climb up to 15th at NAIA National Championships after day three

COLUMBUS, Ga. – Campbellsville had three individuals compete on Friday at the NAIA National Championships along with its 200-yard medley relay team at the Columbus Aquatics Center.
 
In the team race, Campbellsville sits in 15th overall with 10 total points.
 
The Tigers started day three in qualifying for the B final of the 200-yard medley relay. Matthew Monday, Seth Jones, Josh Provost and RJ Harris swam a time of 1:40.13 to place 14th in the prelims. During the final of the event, Campbellsville remained 14th overall and earned six points after posting a time of 1:39.49, to break 1:40.00 for the first time this season.
 
Individually, Provost was the first Tiger to compete solo as he placed 32nd in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.40, which was 0.12 seconds faster then his qualifying time. Seth Jones swam in the 100-yard breaststroke, where he finished in 1:01.40 to place 28th overall.
 
Monday rounded out the individual competitors for the Tigers after placing 24h in the 100-yard backstroke. He touched the wall in 54.68 to post a new personal best.
 
Campbellsville completes the third day of competition with just the 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, 400-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle left during the national championship.
 
Heading into the final day of action, Keiser University leads the championship with 447.5 points, followed by Olivet Nazarene University with 348.4 points. Lindenwood University-Belleville continues lead all teams in the Mid-South Conference with 220 points and is sitting in fourth.
 
The final day of the NAIA National Championships begin on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. ET from the Columbus Aquatics Center.

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Players Mentioned

RJ Harris

RJ Harris

Sprint
Sophomore
Radcliff, Ky.
Seth Jones

Seth Jones

Breast
Sophomore
Scottsville, Ky.
Matthew Monday

Matthew Monday

IM
Freshman
Indianapolis, Ind.
Josh Provost

Josh Provost

Sprint
Freshman
West Haven, Utah

Players Mentioned

RJ Harris

RJ Harris

Sophomore
Radcliff, Ky.
Sprint
Seth Jones

Seth Jones

Sophomore
Scottsville, Ky.
Breast
Matthew Monday

Matthew Monday

Freshman
Indianapolis, Ind.
IM
Josh Provost

Josh Provost

Freshman
West Haven, Utah
Sprint