LAKELAND, Fla. - Luz Tapia won three individual events to lead the No. 10 Lynn University women's swimming team to their third Sunshine State Conference win after defeating Florida Southern College 174–86 on Friday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED (Women):
- Mertins topped the podium in the 100 backstroke (58.09)
Alexis Mihok came in third (1:01.72), and
Zoey Delaney placed 5th (1:05.33)
- Schneider took first (1:05.44) in 100 breaststroke, Lundell finished right behind her (1:06.41), and
Maggie Morse rounded out the event in 4th (1:09.31)
- In the 200 yard butterfly De Santis led the way with a first-place finish (2:05.22) with
Lydia Douthit who closely followed in second (2:05.48) and Webster in fifth position (2:11.82)
- Dekoninck claimed 2nd place (24.61) in the 50 yard freestyle while
Lily Drons finished 4th (25.22)
- Schneider earned her second individual win (52.79) in the 100 free with Dekoninck placing third (53.94)
- De Santis continued her strong meet with another first place finish (2:04.44) in the 200 back,
Alexis Mihok came in fourth (2:18.98), and Delaney finished fifth (2:21.65)
- Lynn dominated the 200 yard breaststroke event with a first-place finish from Lundell (2:24.51), Webster followed in second (2:28.56) and Morse in third (2:28.73)
- Tapia captured her third win of the day after she finished first (5:12.15) in the 500 free. Bachar took fourth (5:22.69), and Delaney finished 5th (5:27.66)
- Mertins earned her second individual victory with a 57.48 time in the 100 yard butterfly; Douthit placed 2nd (57.59) while Drons finished 5th (1:01.47)
- De Santis continued her dominance with a third first-place finish of the day in the 200 yard IM (2:08.89); Webster took second (2:09.60), and Morse placed 6th (2:20.06)
- Lynn's A Team (Tapia, Schneider, Lundell, and Dekoninck) won the final event of the afternoon with a time of 1:35.71 in the 200 free relay
- Team B finished (Mihok, Laferriere and Drons) placed third in the event with a time of 1:40.56
HOW IT HAPPENED (Men):
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Eli Spivak placed third with a time of 10:00.29 in the 1000 yard freestyle with
Andrew Schmidt having finished in fifth position (10:29.11), and Drew Shayka came in sixth (10:38.54)
- Tsyfarov took third place with a time of 1:45.55 in the 200 free with
Cole Faikish following just behind him in fourth (1:45.67)
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Paul Melcer secured third place with a time of 50.75 in the 100 yard backstroke and
Mike Sickels finished in sixth position (55.77)
- Zasas led the Fighting Knights with a second-place finish (57.18) in the 100 yard breaststroke, followed by
Kamil Piotrowicz in third (57.88) and
Russell Hart in sixth (1:01.85)
- Kostin claimed first place with a time of 1:54.02 in the 200 yard butterfly, Geisner took third (1:55.72), and
Owen Pogwist placed seventh (2:04.62)
- Grabowski finished third with a time of 21.25 in the 50 free while
Spencer Hobbs placed sixth (21.72) and
Patrick Deevy followed in seventh (21.86)
- Tsyfarov placed third with a time of 46.80 in the 100 yard freestyle
- Geisner claimed first place with a time of 1:53.83 in the 200 yard backstroke
- Zasas and Piotrowicz finished pole positions in the 200 Yard Breaststroke with Zasas claiming top of the leaderboard with a time of 2:07.90 and Piotrowicz came in third (2:10.41)
- Kostin delivered another win, finishing first with a time of 4:40.54 in the 500 yard freestyle
- Geisner placed second in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 51.52
- Tsyfarov led the Fighting Knights with a first-place finish (1:55.76) in the 200 Yard Individual Medley
- Lynn's A Team of Grabowski, Deevy, Hobbs, and Kostin finished second with a time of 1:24.08 in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
- Team B placed fourth (1:28.46) consisting of Zasas, Spivak, Faikish and Piotrowicz
UP NEXT:
The Fighting Knights will continue their SSC campaign at the McCusker Pool Complex as they host Tampa and Barry on Saturday Jan. 18 at 10:00 am
