The Nova Southeastern University swimming and diving teams closed day three of the Shark Invitational, swimming nine NCAA provisional times and breaking two Shark Invitational records.
The highlight of the night came from Anton Lobanov (Fr., Novosibirisk, Russia), who swam the top time in NCAA Division II in the men's 100-yard butterfly A-final. Not only does his NCAA provisional time of 53.64 rank atop the country, but it also crushed the previous Shark Invitational record by over a second.
In the women's 500-yard freestyle, Courtney DeVeny (Fr., Estero, Fla.) was the top finisher for the Sharks, swimming a NCAA provisional time of 5:00.92. Her fourth-place finish was trailed by her teammate, Madison Yelle (Fr., Mansfield, Texas), who swam a NCAA provisional time of 5:06.63. Shane Kleinbeck (Sr., San Antonio, Texas) followed with a NCAA provisional time of 4:36.91 in the men's 500-yard freestyle A-final, good enough for a fourth-place finish.
In the women's 100-yard backstroke A-final, Emma Wahlstrom (So., Stockholm, Sweden) was the Sharks' top finisher with a time of 59.37. She was followed by Marco Aldabe (So., Alicante, Spain), who swam a time of 50.47 in the men's 100-yard backstroke A-final. Malin Westman (Fr., Harryda, Sweden) and Bryndis Hansen (So., Akureyri, Iceland) would then swim two NCAA provisional times of their own in the women's 100-yard breaststroke A-final. Their times of 1:03.52 and 1:04.83, respectively, were good enough for two top-5 finishes.
DeVeny would follow with a first-place finish and NCAA provisional time of 2:06.51 in the women's 200-butterfly A-final. Her teammate Emma Lawrenz (Sr., Mennetonka, Minn.) trailed her with a time of 2:08.37, good enough for a second-place finish. Thiago Sickert (So., Vila Velha, Brazil) would then swim a NCAA provisional time of 1:49.33 in the men's 200-yard butterfly A-final, good enough for a third-place finish.
The Sharks closed the night with the men's and women's 800-yard freestyle relays. In the women's A-final, Hansen, Wahlstrom, Lawrenz and Westman swam a Shark Invitational record and NCAA provisional time of 7:28.61. In the men's A-final, Kleinbeck, Sickert, Magnus Lundgren (Sr., Stockholm, Sweden) and Aldabe swam a NCAA provisional time of 6:38.25, good enough for a third-place finish.
NSU's men currently sit in second place with 1176.5 points, while the women sit in third place with 988.5 points. The University of Tampa
The meet will resume Sunday at 10 a.m.
Tampa
With three days complete and heading to the final day of competition, the University of Tampa has moved even closer to winning both the men's and women's swimming team championships at the Shark Invitational.
The Spartan women have been in first-place all three days, and now have a toital of 1,234.5 points. UT has built a solid lead over Florida Southern (990.5), Nova Southeastern (988.5), Lynn (379), Rollins (330.5) and Lenoir-Rhyne (177).
UT's men have also led all teams throughout, and have registered 1,357 total points heading to the final day. Tampa leads Nova Southeastern (1,176.5), Florida Southern (1,007), Rollins (303.5) and Lenoir-Rhyne (303.5).
In women's action, freshman Brittany Bayes was second in the 500 Free with an NCAA B time of 4:56.02. Allison Chandler also finished second in the 100 Back as the freshman was clocked at 57.84.
UT's women's 800 Free Relay team also finished second with an NCAA A cut. The team of Lexi Webb, Briana Murphy, Erin Plachy and Bayes were timed at 7:31.21.
On the men's side, Zane Hranac finished first in the 200 Fly with a B time of 1:48.40. Also finishing in the top-three were Tommy Reminger in the 500 Free with a third-place NCAA B time of 4:34.04. Jordan Augier was third in the 100 Back with a B time of 49.63. Clayton Clemens was also second in the 100 Breast with a time of 56.14.
The men's 800 Free Relay team also finished first with an NCAA A qualifying time. Runar Borgen, Jeremy Parker, Martin Hammer and Derek Krell were the first to the finish line with a mark of 6:36.89.
