MELBOURNE, Fla. – The 23
rd-ranked Lynn University women's swimming team concluded its regular-season with a narrow, 131-130, win over Florida Tech, while the Fighting Knight men dropped its meet with the No. 19 Panthers, 155-107, Saturday. Both Lynn teams combined for 11 wins and 15 runner-up finishes.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Women):
- The 200 medley relay team of
Laura Dekoninck,
Malaika Schneider,
Amy Evans and
Lexi Lundell posted second in 1:47.93 to start off the meet
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Sasha Giourtzidou,
Claudia Porta,
Katie Laferriere and
Olivia Flack were third in the 200 medley relay in 1:57.37
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Julia Delaney won in the 1,000 freestyle at 11:12.93
- Dekoninck won the 200 freestyle event in 1:53.97 and the 200 backstroke in 1:59.78
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Shachaf Bachar finished second (1:56.64) in the 200 freestyle
- Giourtzidou placed third in the 100 backstroke (1:02.33)
- Schneider took the win in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.87), while Porta finishing third in 1:08.28
- Evans placed third in both the 200 butterfly (2:20.40) and 100 butterfly (1:00.82)
- Lundell (24.79) and Laferrierre (25.30) finished second and third in the 50 freestyle
- Schneider (54.16), Bachar (54.58), Flack (56.90) and
Jade Chamblee (57.26) went 2-3-4-5 in the 100 freestyle
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Alexis Mihok took third in the 200 backstroke (2:14.68)
- Giourtzidou (2:28.04), Porta (2:30.64) and Lundell (2:30.93) went 1-2-3 in the 200 breaststroke
- Bachar (5:19.39), Delaney (5:26.60) and Fredman (5:37.73) finished 1-2-3 in the 500 freestyle
- Giourtzidou (2:12.28) and Lundell (2:13.88) captured first and second in the 200 individual medley
- The 200 freestyle relay team of Dekoninck, Laferriere, Schneider and Flack capped the meet in second place (1:37.80)
HOW IT HAPPENED (Men):
- The 200 medley relay team of
Maurice Grabowski,
Kamil Piotrowicz,
Max Tsyfarov and
Malek Masmoudi finished in third (1:34.52)
- In the men's 1,000 freestyle, Lynn took first and second, respectively, behind
Lincoln Greseth (9:49.29) and
Conor Dunne (10:03.70)
- Masmoudi (1:45.21) and
Andrew Shayka (1:47.35) went first and third in the 200 freestyle
- Grabowski finished first in the 100 backstroke (51.56)
- Tsyfarov (56.73), Piotrowicz (57.51),
Russell Hart (59.33) and
Joseph Cirame (59.67) touched the wall in first, third, fourth and fifth in the 100 breaststroke
- Greseth placed second in the 200 butterfly in 1:58:53
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Spencer Hobbs placed fourth in the 50 freestyle (21.57)
- Masmoudi (47.42) and Hobbs (47.88) finished second and third in the 100 freestyle
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Mike Sickels took home fourth in the 200 backstroke at 1:59.29
- Piotrowicz (2:08.21), Cirame (2:11.92) and and Hart (2:12.23) finished 2-3-4 in the 200 breaststroke
- Masmoudi finished with a win in the 500 freestyle (4:48.54), with
Conor Dunne finishing second at 4:50.71
- Tsyfarov finished second in the 100 butterfly (50.63)
- Hart finished fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:02.61)
- The 200 freestyle relay team of Piotrowicz, Hobbs, Greseth and Sasha Fiola finished in second (1:26.18)
UP NEXT:
- The Lynn Fighting Knights return to the pool Feb. 14-18 at the Sunshine State Conference Championships in Ocala, Fla. at Florida Aquatics Swimming & Training (FAST)
