Nova Southeastern Press Release
FORT LAUDERDALE – Despite the overcast afternoon, the final home meet of the 2016-17 season for the Nova Southeastern University men's and women's swim teams was a smashing success. Both the Sharks' men and women defeated Florida Southern with the women posting a 155-107 win, while the men's team picked up a 150-112 victory over the Mocs.
It was also a day of celebration and honor as NSU's 10 seniors (Marco Aldabe, Georgina, Allin, Javier Caballero, Kelsey Muma, Brooke Munion, Andrew Pittman, Cheyenne Rodriguez, Thiago Sickert, Victor Tarin, Emma Wahlstrom) were recognized prior to the meet start by other members of the team with personal statements about the impact each had on the program and in the lives of others.
Throughout the entire meet, NSU stay well ahead of the opposition. In the end, the Sharks won a total of 21 of the 28 events to pull off the win.
Wahlstrom was a part of four winning events including solo victories in the women's 100 free (51.16) and 200 free (1:51.03), both of which, were provisional qualifying times. She also swam the 400 medley relay (3:50.52) with Malin Westman, Courtney DeVeny and Sydney Panzarino to earn a provisional qualifying time and the 200 free relay to close out the meet with Caroline Oster, Panzarino and Jordan Shows to secure a victory at 1:37.42.
Madeline McCloskey also picked up a win for the women in the 1000 free with a time of 10:49.78, while Malin Westman earned provisional times in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events with times of 1:04.40 and 2:18.49 respectively. Munion also added a dominated win in the 500 free with a time of 5:08.45, Panzarino won the 50 free at 24.08 and DeVeny won the women's 200 butterfly with a time of 2:07.40 to wrap up the women's team results.
On the men's side, Aldabe won both the men's 200 individual medley (1:52.41) and was part of the 400 medley relay that included Sickert, Anton Lobanov, and Franco Lupoli which secured a winning time of 3:21.30. Lupoli and Lobanov each added a pair of wins in solo events. Lupoli won both the men's 200 and 500 freestyles finishing with provisional times of 1:40.52 and 4:36.66 respectively, as did Lobanov in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events at 55.55 and 201.18.
Sickert followed by winning the 100 freestyle at 45.90 and was part of the final 200 free relay team with Lobanov, Malique Elder and Lupoli that won with a time of 1:23.35. Blake Woodrow finished with a top time of 9:45.65 in the 1,000 freestyle, Elder won the 50 free with a time of 20.93 and Stephen Klein rounded out the men's results with a provisional qualifying time of 1:51.14 in the men's 200 butterfly.
The Sharks will be back in action in two weeks when they travel to West Palm Beach, Fla. to take on Keiser University at 2 p.m.
Florida Southern Press Release
DAVIE, FLA. – Florida Southern got individual wins from four different swimmers and a school record from senior Kourtney Gavin, but the 21st-ranked Moccasins fell to 3rd-ranked Nova Southeastern 155-107 Saturday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
· Gavin broke her own school record in the 200-butterfly with a time of 2:08.48, but it was not the race she won on Saturday. After finishing second in the 200, she went on to win the 100-fly by 0.77 seconds over Caroline Oster. It was one of two races in which the Moccasins took the first, third and fourth positions for a total of 14 points. Sophomores Krystal Karas and Rachel Ringley were the third- and fourth-place swimmers in the 100-fly.
· The Moccasins also took first, third and fourth in the 200-backstroke, which was won by junior Peyton Breault by 0.43 seconds over Nova’s Courtney DeVeny. Taking third and fourth were freshman Kyra Fraser and senior Leah Haney.
· Earlier in the meet, Fraser won the 100-backstroke by 0.89 seconds over the Sharks’ Jordan Shows. Freshman Mallary Meyer came in third in that race.
· Florida Southern’s fourth win on Saturday came in the final individual race, where junior Jacinda Whittenburg took first in the 200-IM. Her time of 2:08.40 was 1.41 seconds faster than DeVeny.
· In addition to her third-place finish in the 200-butterfly, Karas gave the Moccasins a pair of seconds in the 50-free and 100-free. The 50-freestyle race also saw sophomore Rebeka Dics finish third and junior Britt Aubley place fourth.
· Whittenburg and sophomore Haley DeGrace were the Moccasins’ best swimmers in the two breaststroke events. DeGrace was second and Whittenburg third in the 100, and their positions were reversed in the 200 later in the day.
· Breault added a second-place finish in the 500-free to her win in the 200-back. She was also the Mocs’ highest finisher in the 200-free where she was fourth.
· Senior Madi Rowan was the Mocs’ best swimmer in the 1,000-free.
· Florida Southern was second in the 400-medley relay (Breault, Whittenburg, Karas and Dics), and the 200-freestyle relay (Meyer, Aubley, junior Allie Kaufmann and Ringley).
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
· Florida Southern and Nova Southeastern finished first and second respectively at last year’s Sunshine State Conference Championships, though the Sharks won the head-to-head dual meet in January.
· Gavin topped her previous school record in the 200-butterfly by exactly half a second. She’d set that mark at the SSC Championships in 2015.
DAVIE, FLA. – Senior Marco Palacios won all three of his individual races Saturday, and the Moccasins got a pair of seconds from sophomore Matthew Holmes and junior Luis Jasso, though 2nd-ranked Nova Southeastern defeated No. 9 Florida Southern 150-112.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
· Palacios gave Florida Southern all three of its wins Saturday by taking the 100-back, 200-back and 100-fly. It was the first time in his career he won three races in a dual meet, though it was the 10th time he posted at least two wins. Palacios defeated fellow All-American Marco Aldabe in each of the backstroke races with a 0.48 seconds in the 100, and 0.75 seconds in the 200. He then finished one-tenth of a second ahead of another All-American, Thiago Sickert in the 100-butterfly.
· Holmes was second in the 200-freestyle and 500-freestyle, each time only narrowly behind former Moccasin Franco Lupoli. Holmes was 0.19 seconds off the pace in the 200, and 1.19 seconds behind in the 500. In both races, the Moccasins also had the third- and fourth-place swimmers with sophomore Nico Campbell and junior Noah Franz holding those positions in the 200, and freshman Jonathan Sawyer and sophomore Luka Planinc there in the 500.
· Jasso was second in both breaststroke races, trailing Anton Lobanov, who won NCAA titles in each of those events last year. Lobanov won the 100 by 1.15 seconds and the 200 by 1.52 seconds.
· Senior Antonio Nunez-Alvarez was second in the 200-butterfly and third in both the 200-breast and 200-IM.
· Senior Diego Gimenez was second in the 50-freestyle, while Campbell was second in the 100. Franz was the Moccasins’ second finisher in each of those sprints.
· Senior Evan Coleman was third overall and second among Florida Southern swimmers in the two backstroke races. The Moccasins had four of the top five in the 100, which featured Palacios, Coleman, freshman Talor Hamilton and junior Luka Matacin.
· In addition to finishing third in the 500-free, freshman Jonathan Sawyer was the Mocs’ top swimmer in the 1,000 where he also placed third.
· Florida Southern’s best 400-medley relay team of Gimenez, sophomore Sean Kim, Palacios and Franz was second in that event, and their best 200-freestyle relay team of Campbell, Matacin, Nunez-Alvarez and Holmes was third.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
· Palacios now has 30 career wins in his three years competing for the Moccasins. Prior to Saturday, all of them had come in either the 100-back or 200-back. He’s now won the 100-backstroke in all five of Florida Southern’s meets this season.
· Florida Southern and Nova Southeastern finished first and second respectively at last year’s Sunshine State Conference Championships, though the Sharks won the head-to-head dual meet in January.
· The recent history in the 400-medley relay between Florida Southern and Nova Southeastern saw the Sharks win Saturday and finish 0.81 seconds ahead of the Mocs at last year’s conference championships where they were first and second. However, the Mocs went on to win the national title in the 400-medley relay and the Sharks were third.
