Georgia Southern Women Down Gardner-Webb, SCAD-Savannah; Bulldog Men Top Bees

Georgia Southern vs Gardner-Webb vs SCAD-Savannah

• October 7, 2023
• Statesboro, Ga.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: Georgia Southern Athletics

STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern Swimming and Diving teams enjoyed success at two different events, with the Eagles swimmers taking a dual meet from both Gardner-Webb and SCAD-Savannah on Saturday, Oct. 7, and the Eagles divers coming away from the Moultrie College Invitational with high marks, including the highest-overall score at the three-meter dive.

“It was a busy – and fruitful – weekend for our Georgia Southern swimmers & divers,” said head coach Allyson Sweeney. “Here in Statesboro, we kicked off the program’s home competitions by hosting the Gardner Webb & SCAD combined programs. Having close ties with each program, it was an exceptionally electric environment to host some early season competition. Meanwhile in Moultrie, Ga. – our divers had the opportunity to gain important training & competing experience with their first official competition of the season over the weekend. All in all – a great amount of growth for all of our student-athletes this weekend!”

SWIM
Georgia Southern took both results from a dual meet between GWU and SCAD, defeating the Runnin’ Bulldogs by a score of 182-78 and defeating the Bees by a score of 213-46 on Oct. 7 at the Aquatics Center at the RAC. The Eagles claimed a first place finish in 12 of the 14 women’s events that took place on Saturday, with Zuri Clavo taking first place finishes in the Women’s 1000 Yard Freestyle (10:35.33), the Women’s 200 Yard Freestyle (1:55.18), and the Women’s 500 Yard Freestyle. Emma Scruggs finished with three individual first place finishes and a medley first place finish, finishing first in the Women’s 100 Yard Backstroke (59.18), the Women’s 200 Yard Backstroke (2:07.89), the Women’s 200 Yard IM (2:12.50), and finished the Women’s 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:47.97 with teammates Logan Belanger, Jenna Maloy, and Abby Wenham.

DIVE
Karlee Wells took the top score in the three meter dive with a final score of 271.15 and earned a second place finish in the one meter dive with a score of 256.90 as the Eagles competed against other divers from West Florida and Birmingham Southern in the Moultrie College Invitational in Moultrie, Ga.  Eagles freshmen Abby Ounsworth and McKinlee Taulbee performed well in their collegiate debuts, with Ounsworth placing ninth (206.60) and seventh (214.50) in the one and three meter dives, respectively, while Taulbee placed eighth (210.75) and eighth (207.85) in the one and three meter dives.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will return to Jacksonville for a match against the North Florida Ospreys on Saturday, Oct. 14.

Courtesy: Gardner-Webb Athletics

STATESBORO, Ga. – The Gardner-Webb swimming teams traveled to Statesboro, Georgia to open the season at Georgia Southern University with The Savannah College of Art and Design on Saturday, October 7.

Gardner-Webb landed on the podium in 24 of 28 events, with nine ‘Dawgs winning their events including the men sweeping the 500-yard freestyle race (Luke Weber 4:47.55, Garrett Despres 4:49.73, and Theo Drescher 4:51.41) and the 200-yard breaststroke race (Justin Bender 2:10.52, Ryan Taylor 2:10.73, and Austin Wheeler 2:11.23).

First-year swimmer, Weber, had a great day in the pool picking up first-place finishes in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:52.44) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:47.55). Freshman Boguslawa Ndubuisi excelled for the women securing first-place finishes in the 100-yard freestyle (53.58) and the 50-yard freestyle (23.90).

Freshman Nolan Patterson picked up a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (21.20) and was a part of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team with junior John David Cass, freshman Jacob Jensen, and junior Zuri Ramsey (1:24.38).

Other top finishes for the ‘Dawgs include Cass recording a first-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (50.95), Bender in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.52), and freshman Alex Cook in the 200-yard butterfly (1:53.40).

Gardner-Webb hits the water in Bost Pool for its first home meet of the season hosting Milligan University on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 11:00 a.m.

Courtesy: SCAD Athletics

STATESBORO, Ga. – The SCAD men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled to Statesboro, Ga. to open the season at Georgia Southern with Gardner Webb.

WINNING TIMES: The men’s team won eight events starting with the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:33.76.

Zoltan Tompos won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.17 while Samuel Page won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 45.95.

Samuel Page also won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 52.05 with Findlay Saunders winning the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:53.91.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Nazar Sementov won with a time of 1:54.27. Bo Kasten won the 100-yard butterfly and Jan Gastal won the 200-yard IM with their respective times of 50.96 and 1:57.76.

NOTABLE TIMES: Jan Gastal finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.44), Findlay Saunders took second in the 100-yard backstroke (52.33), while Bo Kasten finished second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:54.27).

On the women’s side, Nikki Hahn and Rose Gillooly finished second int the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.18) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:11.96), respectively.

Nikki Hahn also placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.07) while Mia Thatcher finished third in the 200-yard butterfly (2:12.69).

WHAT’S NEXT? The Bees will travel to Davie, Fla. for the Shark Invite on October 13-14.