BOCA RATON, Fla.- Luz Tapia won the 50, 200 and 500 freestyle to help the Lynn women's swimming team defeat Florida Tech 195-66, Tuesday afternoon. The Fighting Knight women are now 5-2 in the Sunshine State Conference.
 
The men defeated the Panthers 152-110 as Max Tsyfarov won the 100 breaststroke,100 freestyle and the 200 individual medley. The men are now 4-3 in the SSC.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Women):
- The Lynn women's swim team won 11 individual events as well as both the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays for 13 total combined event victories.
- Lynn took the top four spots in the 200 freestyle, with Luz Tapia winning with a B cut time of 1:52.72, Laura Dekoninck placing second (1:58.23), Shachaf Bachar in third (1:58.66), and Krystina Zavalaga in fourth (2:00.92)
- Tapia won the 50 freestyle in 24.10 and later won the 500 freestyle (5:11.46) by over 10 seconds for her second and third wins of the day
- Schneider won the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.15 and later won the 100 freestyle (53.03) for her two wins of the day
- Mariele De Santis won the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:04.97 and later won the 200 backstroke in 2:05.14 as well as the 200 individual medley (2:09.01)
- The team of Luna Mertins, Tapia, Schneider and Lexi Lundell took the top spot in the 400 yard medley (3:32.95), winning the event by nearly eight seconds.
- Dekoninck, Schneider, Mertins and Lundell also took the top spot in the 200 yard medley (1:46.31)
- Mertins placed first in the 100 backstroke.
- Lydia Douthit (59.67) had the top time in the 100 butterfly while placing second in the 200 butterfly (2:07.92)
- Lundell led the way for Lynn in the 200 breaststroke (2:24.22) while Ally Webster (2:26.92) and Maggie Morse (2:26.92) placed second and third, respectively.
- Julia Delaney swam the 1000 freestyle in 11:07.30 for second place.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (Men):
- The Lynn men's swim team won nine individual events as well as the 200 medley for 10 combined event victories.
- Vitaly Kostin took the top spot in the 200 freestyle with a B cut time of 1:39.29. He also won the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:37.72.
- Max Tsyfarov racked up event wins, taking home the 100 breaststroke (56.28), 100 freestyle (46.03) and the 200 individual medley (1:56.61).
- Paul Melcer topped all swimmers in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.41.
- Ryan Zasas (58.18) and Russell Hart (59.67) took second and third in the 100 backstroke.
- Kamil Geisner took first in the 200 butterfly (1:52.95) while placing second in the 200 backstroke (1:55.20), the 100 butterfly (51.94) and the 200 backstroke (1:55.20).
- Maurice Grabowski swam for first in the 50 freestyle (20.94) while placing second in the 100 freestyle (46.28).
- Zasas placed first in the 200 breaststroke by nearly six seconds (2:07.40).
- Melcer, Kamil Piotrowicz, Kostin and Grabowski swam the 200 medley relay in 1:30.29 for a first place finish
- Spencer Hobbs, Kostin, Jack Budd and Tsyfarov swam the 400 freestyle relay in 3:09.28 for second place.
 
UP NEXT:
Lynn is set to head to the SSC Championship in Ocala, Fla. from Feb. 12-16.