DAVIE, Fla. - The Lynn swim teams delivered statement performances on Thursday at the Shark Invite, highlighted by a school-record swim from Maurice Grabowski and a series of podium finishes across both the women's and men's squads. The Fighting Knights showcased depth and speed throughout the day at Nova Southeastern, earning multiple event victories, runner-up finishes, and strong relay efforts to set the tone for the remainder of the meet
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Women:
- The duo of Lydia Douthit (54.93) and Mariele De Santis (55.87) kicked off the meet in explosive fashion on Thursday morning, placing first and second in the 100 Fly
- Ciara Twomey placed in the top finalists in the 100 Fly, taking home sixth in 56.52
- Four of the Blue and White women placed in the top 18 of the 500 Free including Eva Stacey (ninth / 5:06.23), Adel Pal (13th / 5:12.28), Nina Kman (17th / 5:19.85), and Nella Briceno (18th / 5:21.37)
- Ally Webster was the runner-up in the 200 Individual Medley (2:04.03) while Truly Sommer rounded out the top eight at 2:10.57 and Malaika Schnieder placed ninth (2:10.99)
- Luz Tapia placed eighth in the 50 Free at 23.95 while Lily Drons took home 10th at 24.12
- The women rounded out the morning session with a second place finish in the 200 Medley Relay as the team of Ala Piascinska, Schneider, Douthit and Drons clocked in at 1:42.97
- De Santis (4:21.23) and Webster (4:25.41) opened the evening session with back-to-back finishes in the 400 Individual Medley for first and second place respectively
- Tapia took home fourth in the 200 Free with a 1:50.35 finals time
- Schneider took runner-up in the 100 Breast with a 1:02.66 finish while Webster claimed fifth place at 1:05.26
- Piascinska placed second in the 100 Back with a 56.87 finish, dropping .71 from her qualifying time while Fouthit placed sixth at 57.30
- The women closed out their run on Thursday evening placing second in the 200 Free Relay as the quartet of Schneider, Tapia, Krystina Zavalaga and Drons finished the relay in 1:35.25
 
Men:
- Grabowski smashed the Fighting Knight 100 Fly record, placing first with a finals time of 46.12
- Vitaly Kostin (47.74) and Enzo Constable (48.12) both placed top six in the 100 Fly, earning fifth and sixth place respectively
- Eli Spivak took fifth in the 500 Free (4:32.95) while Efe Guler took 10th (4:40.38)
- Max Tsyfarov earned second place in the 200 Individual Medley with a 1:49.93 finish
- Paul Warnagiris (12th / 1:54.59), Kamil Geisner (15th / 1:55.05), and Xavier Washington (1:56.22) rounded out the top 18 for the Fighting Knights in the 200 IM
- Grabowski nearly beat his own school record in the 50 Free, placing second with a 19.65 finish
- Behind Grabowski, six other Fighting Knights placed in the top 18 of the 50 Free including Constable (fifth / 20.32), Spencer Hobbs (11th / 20.66), Paul Melcer (12th / 20.72), Brady Moore (14th / 20.90), Jack Budd (15th / 20.93) and Patrick Deevy (18th / 21.11)
- The men concluded the morning session with a second place finish in the 200 Medley Relay as Melcer, Tsyfarov, Grabowski and Constable swam to a 1:26.70 finish
- Kostin took home second place in the 200 Free, racing to a 1:37.76 finish in the event finals
- Tsyfarov nearly capitalized on his current school record in the 100 Breast with a second place finish of 53.42
- Melcer achieved first place in the 100 Back with a 47.83 finish, nearly setting a new Lynn record while Washington cruised to a fifth-place finish (49.11)
- The squad of Constable, Kostin, Melcer and Grabowski came in second in the 200 Free Relay (1:20.19), coming in just .21 shy of first place
 
UP NEXT:
The Fighting Knights return to the pools at NSU tomorrow for day two of the Shark Invite at 10:30 am.