Day two action of the Sunshine State Conference Swimming Championships took place Friday. The day was another day packed with record breaking action as five more SSC records fell, as well as, eight meet records.
The performances from today bring the aggregate totals to 12 SSC and 19 meet record breaking performances that have been broken in just two days of action. Once day two action came to a close, the standings have remained constant with Nova Southeastern leading the standings.
Headlining the day for the host University of Tampa Spartans was a new school record in the men's 200 Free Relay. The record time of 1:19.80 was registered by the team of Martin Hammer, Runar Borgen, Derek Krell and Jeremy Parker. Parker also set a new school record in the 200 Free with a showing of 1:38.05.
Team Standings
Women
Nova Southeastern - 444.5
Tampa - 371.5
Florida Southern - 362
Saint Leo - 198
Lynn - 166
Florida Tech - 139
Rollins - 117
Men
Nova Southeastern - 84
Florida Southern - 371
Tampa - 349
Saint Leo - 280
Florida Tech - 184
Rollins - 78
Day two Preliminaries, Records broken:
Day two action started with a bang just like day one. Nova Southeastern's Bryndis Hansen is now the owner of the Women's 100 Butterfly SSC record as she registered a time of (54.49). Hansen improved the time she set previously for the record (54.83) in 2014. Another Shark set a record as Thiago Sickert set an SSC Championship record in the men's 100 fly with a time of (47.94). He replaces Matheus Assis of Saint Leo, who set the record last year. Also setting a new record was Emma Wahlstrom of Nova. Wahlstrom set a new Championship meet record for the Women's 200 Freestyle putting up a time of (1:49.35).
Day two Finals, Records broken:
Second day of finals began much like the prelims with Nova Southeastern shattering records. Bryndis Hansen bested her 100 Butterfly record that she set earlier with a new time of (54.34). Also improving upon a record established in the prelims was Nova's Emma Wahlstrom setting a new time for the meet record that she set in Women's 200 Freestyle with a time of (1:48.93). Following the trend, Thiago Sickert also improved the time of a record he set in the prelims. Sickert also shedded time off the SSC championship record he set in the Men's 100 Butterfly with a new record time of (47/69). Rounding out the individual records broken today was Courtney DeVeny, who set a new SSC record in the Women's 400 IM with a time of (4:16.83). The new time dethrones Allie Crenshaw of Nova Southeastern (4:19.75) who set the record in 2013. Nova Southeastern's Women's relay teams set new records in the 200 Medley relay (1:33.05), and the 400 Medley relay (3:45.75).
Nova's 200 Medley relay time was an SSC record, and the 400 Medley relay was Championships record. Closing out the day's action Nova Southeastern's Men's 400 Medley relay team set a new Championships record posting a time of (3:12.52).
Nova Southeastern
The Nova Southeastern University swimming and diving teams completed day two of the 2015 Sunshine State Conference Championship. The men sit atop the field with 384 points, while the women also sit in first place with 444.5 points.
In the first event of Friday night's finals, the women's 200-yard freestyle relay, Emma Wahlstrom (So., Stockholm, Sweden), Bryndis Hansen (So., Akureyri, Iceland), Jordan Shows (Fr., Alta Loma, Calif.) and Emma Lawrenz (Sr., Minnetonka, Minn.) swam a new SSC record time of 1:33:05, a NCAA B-Standard time. The men's 200-yard freestyle relay took fourth place, swimming a NCAA B-Standard time of 1:21.58.
In the next event, Courtney DeVeny (Fr., Estero, Fla.) swam a NCAA A-Standard time of 4:16.83 in the women's 400-yard individual medley, breaking the SSC record by three seconds. Marco Aldabe (So., Alicante, Spain) followed with a NCAA B-Standard time of 3:54.14, winning the men's 400-yard individual medley.
In the next event, Hansen swam a NCAA A-Standard time of 54.34 in the women's 100-yard butterfly. In men's 100-yard butterfly, Thiago Sickert (So., Vila Velha, Brazil) improved his SSC record, swimming a NCAA A-Standard time of 47.69 to win the A-Final. Wahlstrom followed in the women's 200-yard freestyle, breaking her conference record, swimming a NCAA B-Standard time of 1:48.93. Shane Kleinbeck (Sr., San Antonio, Texas) then swam to a third-place finish in the men's 200-yard freestyle, recording a NCAA B-Standard time of 1:38.28.
In the final two events of the night, the men's and women's 400-yard medley relay, NSU crushed the field, finishing in first place in both events. The men swam a NCAA B-Standard time of 3:12.52, while the women swam a meet record, NCAA B-Standard time of 3:45.75.
The Sharks will be back in action Saturday morning for day three of the SSC Swimming Championships.
