The FIU women topped UNF and Georgia Southern in a tri-meet in Jacksonville on Saturday, beating UNF 168-90 and Georgia Southern 155-103. Georgia Southern also topped UNF, 171-190. Jessica Chadwick earned 3 individual wins to lead FIU to victory, including the 100 back(1:05.91), 200 breast (2:22.63), and 200 IM (2:07.85).
Florida International:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 3, 2015) – The FIU swimming and diving team claimed 11 first-place finishes to open the 2015-16 at the North Florida Dual Meet on Saturday afternoon at the UNF Aquatic Center.
The Panthers squared off against both North Florida and Georgia Southern in the three-team meet, defeating the Ospreys, 168-90 and, downing the Eagles 155-103.
“We had a solid team day today,” Head Coach Randy Horner said. “Our team spirit is the best it has ever been. We have lots of work to do still this season to get accomplish our goals, but today was a step in the right direction.”
Senior Jessica Chadwick earned first-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.91), the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.63) and the 200 IM (2:07.85). Sophomore Kyna Pereira took first in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:14.36) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.99).
Senior Jessica Piper claimed first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.41), while sophomore Skye Carey took first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.18) and sophomore Ally Mayhew finished first in the 100-yard butterfly (57.81).
The team of Naomi Ruele, Chadwick, Letizia Bertelli and Jennifer Deist swam the 200-yard medley for a first-place finish (1:46.53). The Panthers claimed first in the 400-yard freestyle as Ruele, Bertelii Pereira and Carey finished with a time of 3:30 .40.
The Panthers will host Dual-a-Palooza, Oct. 16-17, from the Biscayne Bat Aquatic Center. The two-day event will feature FIU, Rice, Miami (Fla.) and Florida Atlantic.
Swimming news courtesy of FIU Swimming & Diving.
North Florida:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida swim team began its 2015-16 campaign this afternoon hosting a tri-meet with Georgia Southern and Florida International University at Semmes Aquatic Center.
The defending Conference USA champion, FlU (2-0) defeated the Ospreys 168-90 and Georgia Southern (1-1), 155-103. North Florida (0-2) also fell victim to Georgia Southern, 171-90.
The Osprey team that features a team of 13 newcomers provided plenty of highlights throughout the afternoon. Among the many bright spots was the performance of senior Amy Taylor who turned second place finishes in three events (1000 Free, 500 Free & 200 Fly). Her 200 butterfly time of 2:06.16 was a career best. The Ospreys top distance swimmer from a year ago turned in times of 10:27.84 and 5:04.14 in the 1000 and 500 freestyle, respectively.
Among the impressive newcomers was freshman Kiana Albert who placed fourth in the 200 backstroke. Her time of 2:11.23 was faster than any 200 backstroke time swam in a dual meet by an Osprey in over two years. North Florida also got a nice debut from Freshman Emily Draskovich, who placed second in the 100 butterfly. She out-touched Georgia Southern freshman Mykala Arnold by a hundredth of a second.
In the meet’s final event, freshman Nicole Nesto, sophomore Taylor Schmidinger, Albert and Taylor combined to finish third in the 400 freestyle relay. The quartet posted a time of 3:41.14.
The Ospreys will be back in the water next Saturday hosting CCSA foes, North Carolina A&T and Campbell at 1:00 p.m.
Swimming news courtesy of UNF Swimming & Diving.
Georgia Southern:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Georgia Southern Swimming & Diving got its toes wet for the first time in the 2015-16 season on Saturday with a tri-match at North Florida between the Eagles, Ospreys and Florida International. The Eagles split the match, defeating UNF 171-90 but dropping a 155-103 decision to Florida International.
MEET RESULTS (PDF)
TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS
Athena Cimino
(FR – Land O’ Lakes, Fla.)
1st – 50 Free – 24.21
1st – 100 Free – 53.11
Mykayla Arnold
(FR – Birmingham, Mich.)
2nd – 200 Free – 1:54.73
2nd – 200 IM – 2:10.65
3rd – 100 Fly – 59.86
Christina Moran
(SR – John’s Creek, Ga.)
2nd – 200 Back – 2:09.27
3rd – 100 Back – 1:00.38
Bree Stuart
(FR – Stafford, Va.)
3rd – 200 Break – 2:27.02
3rd – 200 IM – 2:12.82
4th – 100 Back – 1:08.38
Rachel Pelzek
(FR – Woodstock, Ga.)
3rd – 200 Free – 1:56.92
6th – 200 Back – 2:14.59
Lauren Campbell
(SR – Myrtle Beach, Fla.)
3rd – 200 Fly – 2:10.32
4th – 200 IM – 2:13.18
6th – 100 Fly – 1:00.62
Anna Rose Moore
(FR – Watkinsville, Ga.)
3rd – 500 Free – 5:11.25
5th – 1000 Free – 10:47.64
WHAT COACH NATE KELLOGG SAID
“Overall, I am happy with how we performed today. We had some good swims and some not so good swims, but that is to be expected at this point. I was very pleased with our freshmen and am very proud of how they stepped up today.”
NEXT UP
Georgia Southern hosts its first home meet of the 2015-16 season next Friday as Campbell comes to the RAC for a 6 p.m. meet. The meet is the first of two home meets in the 2015-16 season.
Swimming news courtesy of Georgia Southern Swimming & Diving.