OCALA, Fla.- The Lynn swimming teams have put together a phenomenal stretch of performances through the first four days of competition at the Sunshine State Conference Championships.
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Through four days of seven sessions, the Fighting Knights have accumulated six gold medals, eight silver medals and four bronze medals for a total of 13 top three finishes in individual competition and six top three finishes in relays.
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Heading into the final day of competitions the Lynn women sit in third with 458.5 points while the men rank fourth with 376 points.
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HOW IT HAPPENED (Women):
Day 1:
Day 2:
- Luna Mertins broke the 50 free SSC record in the prelims with a time of 22.52, besting the previous record by just .01 (22:53) before smashing the record in the finals with an SSC-record setting A-cut time of 22.39.
- The team of Laura Dekoninck, Malaika Schneider, Mertins and Lexi Lundell placed second in the 200 medley relay at 1:40.13.
Day 3:
- Mertins shattered the NCAA Division II record for first place in the 100 fly on Friday evening with an A-cut time of 51.85. (previous record: 52.06)
- Lydia Douthit rounded out the top three in the 100 fly with a B-cut time of 55.28, tying for second.
- Tapia locked up her second medal of the event, recording a B-cut time of 1:49.25 in the 200 free for third place.
- De Santis, Lundell, Douthit and Tapia claimed third place in the 400 medley relay at 3:47.77.
Day 4:
- Mertins continued to make conference history on Saturday, claiming her third gold medal of the event in the 100 back with a meet-record of 52.75 (A-cut).
- Lundell recorded a B-cut time of 1:01.92 in the 100 breast, finishing in fourth.
- De Dantis earned third place in the 200 fly with a B-cut time of 2:02.25
- The team of Laura Dekoninck, Malaika Schneider, Lundell and Mertins took home second place in the 200 Free Relay with a provisional time of 1:31.29.
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HOW IT HAPPENED (Men):
Day 2:
- Maxim Tsyfarov claimed second place in the 200 individual medley with a B-cut time of 1:46.47 on Thursday night.
- Maurice Grabowski set an SSC meet record with a prelim time of 19.53 in the 50 free before taking the gold in the finals with a B-cut time of 19.64.
- Paul Melcer, Kamil Piotrowicz, Vitaly Kostin and Grabowski claimed the silver medal in the 200 medley relay with a 1:27.23 final time.
Day 3:
- Grabowski took second in the 100 fly with a B-cut time of 47.07, just .13 off from first place.
- Kostin claimed the second individual gold medal for the Blue and White men, finishing the 200 free at 1:35.26 (B-Cut).
- The collective of Melcer, Tsyfarov, Kostin and Grabowski earned second place in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:10.33 to cap off day three of the event.
Day 4:
- Grabowski came in second in the 100 back with a B-cut time of 47.24 for his fifth medal of the event.
- Tsyfarov claimed his third medal of the championships in the 100 breast, coming in second by just .01 with a B-cut time of 53.47.
- Kostin set a Sunshine State Conference record in the 200 fly, earning his second gold medal of the championship with an A-cut time of 1:44.06.
