BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Lynn University men's and women's swimming teams ended the 2023 portion of their schedules as both Fighting Knight squads earned wins over visiting Barry, Tuesday. The Lynn women defeated the Buccaneers 144-23, while the men earned a 123-45 victory.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Women):
- The 200 medley relay team of Caterina Momi, Claudia Porta, Amy Evans, and Olivia Flack posted a win in 1:51.54, while teammates Sasha Giourtzidou, Lexi Lundell, Katie Laferriere, and Jade Chamblee posted second place in 1:53.76
- Shachaf Bachar won both the 500 freestyle (5:17.14) and 1,000 freestyle (10:57.82) as Julia Delaney earned second in both (5:30.17 and 10:57.83).  Olivia Sherlock was also in the mix, finishing in fourth (12:05.73) in the 1,000
- Malaika Schneider posted two individual wins in the 200 freestyle (1:57.10) and 100 freestyle (53.94)
- Sophie Fredman earned second in the 200 freestyle (2:04.39), scoring four points to help the Fighting Knights
- Giourtzidou took home the win in the 200 IM (2:12.56), with Lundell took third (2:16.60) and Zoey Delaney was fourth (2:26.28)
- Fighting Knights went 1-2-3 in the 50 freestyle, 100 fly, 100 freestyle, and 100 backstroke events
- In the 50 freestyle, Laura Dekoninck (23.76) took first, Caroline Maley (28.66) was second and Cecilia Diaz (29.63) was third
- In the 100 fly: Evans won with a time of 1:00.43, Porta was runner-up (1:02.79) and Laferriere captured third (1:03.43)
- Schneider took the 100 freestyle crown (53.94), Chamblee finished second (57.56), while Alexa Proctor was third (58.36)
- Dekoninck took the title in the 100 backstroke in 57.99, Momi touched in second place in 59.56 and Alexis Mihok was third at 1:04.21
- In the 500 freestyle, Flack was third (5:32.38) and Fredman was fourth (5:35.70)
- Finishing off the individual events, Porta earned third (1:07.59) and Giourtzidou took fourth (1:11.34) in the 100 breaststroke
- The 200 freestyle relay finished 1-2 to finish off the meet. Schneider, Laferriere, Flack, and Dekoninck (1:39.95) took the win, while Bachar, Chamblee, Mihok, and Fredman (1:43.49) were second
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Men)
- The 200 medley relay teams dominated, going 1-2-3-4-5 to start the meet
- Mike Sickels, Kamil Piotrowicz, Max Tsyfarov and Malek Masmoudi took the win in 1:38.72, while Jack Budd, Ryan Zasas, Ignacio Alvarez and Alexander Fiola were second in 1:39.35
- Chase Gagnon, Russell Hart, Owen Pogwist and David Romeo finished in third place in the 200 medley relay in 1:43.53, while the foursome of Cam Dunne, Joseph Cirame, Alexander Flanagan and Andrew Shayka were fourth in 1:44.74
- Aiden Allen, Caleb Downey, Ben Katzbeck and Aeden DeGraw were fifth in 1:46.70
- Conor Dunne took first in the 1000 freestyle (9:57.37), and teammate Jeff Davenport earned third (10:35.54) just in front of Federico Kayadjanian, who took fourth at 10:36.73
- Masmoudi took first in the 200 freestyle (1:46.55) and second in the 100 fly (51.82)
- In the 200 free, Zasas earned third (1:49.53), Allen was fourth (1:51.06) and Shayka earned fifth in 1:51.32
- The Fighting Knights went 1-2-3 in the 50 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.
- Spencer Hobbs led the 50 free with a win in 22.32, while Fiola was second (22.40) and Budd (22.42) took third
- Conor Dunne won the 500 freestyle in 4:49.33, Shayka was second (5:02.52) and Kayadjanian was third (5:07.57)
- Piotrowicz (57.47) won the 100 breaststroke, while Zasas (58.33) was second and Russell Hart (1:00.44) finished in third place
- A tie occurred for fourth place in the 100 breast with Cirame and Barry's Jerry Avila with a time of 1:03.85
- Tsyfarov posted a win in the 200 IM (1:59.17) and the 100 freestyle (46.68)
- Lincoln Greseth earned second (2:00.72) in the 200 IM.
- In the 100 free, Piotrowicz took third (48.87), Hobbs fourth (49.00), Downey fifth (51.50) and Luke Slabe seventh (1:03.63)
- Sickels led the Fighting Knights in the 100 backstroke with second place in 56.76. Gagon took third (58.73) and Allen fourth (1:03.76)
- In the final event, the 200 freestyle relays took 1-2-3. Budd, Hobbs, Fiola, and Sickels took the win at 1:28.60, while Conor Dunne, Pogwist, Romeo, and Greseth were second at 1:34.62. Alvarez, Cam Dunne, Kayadjanian and DeGraw added third place at 1:34.63.
 
UP NEXT:
- The Lynn Fighting Knights hit the road as they take on the Tampa Spartans on Jan. 13 at 1:00 pm.