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Florida Atlantic
Denver, Northwestern and Oregon State
FAU Out-Swims Old Dominion, Denver
12/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
Dec. 20, 2008
The Florida Atlantic women's swim team was able to score enough points to top Old Dominion University and the University of Denver, but were not able to overcome strong performances by Northwestern University and Oregon State University.
Senior Lindsay Alexander led the way with three seasonal bests and team-leading marks. Alexander finished first in the 100 yard backstroke (58.13), second in the 200 yard IM (2:08.04), and third in the 200 yard backstroke (2:05.24). Senior Lauren Harvath improved tremendously on her seasonal best in the 1-meter (295.65) and 3-meter dives (303.55). Fellow diver Stephanie Goodman tacked on points to her one and three meter dives. Statse Michota lowered her times in the 1,000 freestyle event with a third place finish in 10 minutes, 23 seconds. Michota came back in the 500 freestyle with another best with a 5:09.85. Other seasonal bests were Jennifer Forcht in the 200 yard butterfly (2:06.62), Stephanie DeRito in the 50 yard freestyle (24.50) and the 200 yard freestyle relay team (1:39.18) consisting of Julie Carmigniani, Jonna Nyback, Forcht and DeRito.
The FAU men came close to earning two dual meet victories, but fell short against OSU and Old Dominion. Freshman Csaba Pek tallied two more wins in the 200 yard backstroke (1:50.16) and the 200 yard IM (1:52.75). Rick Duran won the 1,000 yard freestyle in 9:37.66, with teammate Michael Shimansky finishing second in a seasonal-best 9:46.39. Mikolaj Czarnecki won the 200 yard butterfly in 1:54.03 and later swam his best time in the 100 yard freestyle (47.81). Divers Kyle Polk and Garrett LeMon had break-out performances today, tying for third in the 1-meter dive at 242.20, an increase of 50 points for the freshman. They also improved their one-meter dives. The final seasonal best set today was by the 200 yard freestyle relay tean with Tyler Griffith, Evan Boley, Jonathan Van Zee and Anthony Fermin stopping the clock in 1:28.20.
FAU's next meet is against Clemson University on January 2, 2009 at 4 p.m. at the FAU pool, located at 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.
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