Swimming & Diving Sees Success Against Princeton

Saturday, October 29

Boca Raton, Fla.

10:00 AM

Florida Atlantic

Princeton

10/29/2016 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

Oct. 29, 2016

Boca Raton, Fla. -

Meet Results (PDF)

Florida Atlantic University swimming and diving saw a lot of success in the scrimmage against Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 29, with the women's 200-yard medley and freestyle relay teams capturing big wins to open and close the meet and John Brennock again leading the way for the men with two victories of his own.

Coach's Quote
"With the effort put out yesterday at Indian River, I was impressed with the way the team performed, especially against such a prestigious program," said Head Swimming and Diving Coach Lara Preacco. "All of this hard work and training that the team has put in will come to fruition as we build up to George Mason's Patriot Invitational. I expect to see great results in the pool from this young, motivated and up-and-coming squad."

Making A Splash
Men

John Brennock hit the repeat button as he again earned two wins on the day for the Owls. He began with a win in the 100-yard backstroke (51.44), which is his second of the year in this event, and took first in the 200-yard IM with a lifetime best time of 1:57.03. He also snuck in a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (47.18).
Ryan McIntire brought his "A" game as he scored a 316.35 in the one-meter to claim victory and came in second in the three-meter with a final score of 281.445.
The coaching staff and the team was impressed with freshman Alex Taber's performance in the 200-yard backstroke as he was the Owls' top finisher coming in third with a time of 1:54.94.
The men's 400-yard IM proved to be a good race for FAU as they captured first, second and third with Calvin Lillo claiming first in 4:15.04. He was followed by Mitchel Irwin in second (4:22.11) and Aaron Spence in third (4:22.81).
Another standout performance came from newcomer Phillip Crouch III. Crouch came in third in the 100-yard breaststroke putting up a time of 59.56.

Women

In the first event of the day, Kalanne Krause, Hannah Roper, Kyleigh Firman and Melanie Doan captured a victory in the 200 medley relay (1:49.13) to set the tone for the rest of the meet. Roper and Firman took that momentum into the 200 free relay and got the win with the help of Emily Summa and Lydia Musleh to close out the meet with a bang.
Firman continued to impress, putting up back-to-back times just over 58 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly as she earned third place (58.56) in today's race and first at Indian River yesterday.
Sharon Kok did not disappoint either as she swam a 4:37.89 in the 400-yard IM to secure second place.
Finally, Melanie Doan represented the Owls well in the 200 IM with a fourth-place finish in 2:13.37.

Up Next
The Owls are on the road for the next few weeks starting with a meet against Florida Tech at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, in Melbourne, Fla. The team will then head to Fairfax, Va. To take part in George Mason's Patriot Invitational on Nov. 17-19.