Swimming and Diving Posts Multiple Wins in Jacksonville

Saturday, September 29

Jacksonville, Fla.

1:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

UNF (Women Only)

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

9/29/2018 6:08:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

FULL MEN'S RESULTS
FULL WOMEN'S RESULTS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University swimming and diving competed at the University of North Florida Saturday, with the women winning against both opponents in their tri-meet (over UNF 169-93, and topping Gardner-Webb 181-81), while the men wrapped the day all square in a dual with GWU, 131-131. Overall, the two sides combined for 19 first-place showings and 45 top-three finishes in the Saturday meet.

Notables:

The very first event saw the very first top finish, as the women's 200 yard medley squad (made up of Abby Marshall, Fatimah Westbrook, Ashlyn Hunt and Sarah Martin) touched the wall in 1:49.60
Spence Atkins was the next first-place finisher, in the women's 1,000 yard freestyle (10:23.30), while Madison Rizzo was runner-up in the same race (10:45.33)
On the men's side, the Owls swept the top three finishes: Will Smith (9:41.71), Josh Fountain (9:48.18) and Jack Shapiro (9:51.88)
Sharon Kok and Martin were 1-2 in the women's 200 free, finishing in 1:56.21 and 1:57.60, respectively, while Colin Kozak took the win for the men (1:43.44), and Connor Smoak was third (1:46.05)
Marshall garnered an individual gold in the 100 yard backstroke at 57.61, while Miranda Fellowes was third in 59.05
Taking second and third in the men's 100 back were Braedan Leach (52.64) and Alex Taber (52.93)
Like Marshall, Westbrook too got an individual first, racing a 1:06.43 in the women's 100 breaststroke
Phillip Crouch III posted a third-place finish in the men's 100 breast, at 59.78
The Owls took first on each side of the 200 yard butterfly, with Atkins getting her second top finish of the day (2:04.80), and Michael Rahrig topping the men (1:55.51). Runner-up for the women was Danica Garbett (2:07.08), and Fountain was third for the men (1:57.43)
Westbrook's second solo first (and third total) came in the 50 yard free, in 24.51, and Kozak was runner-up for the men (21.66)
Smoak won the men's 100 free (47.48) while Kozak was third (48.16), and for the women, Marshall was runner-up in 53.65, just behind the winning time of 53.60
The men swept the 200 yard backstroke, with the trio led by Leach (1:51.92), followed by Calvin Lillo and Taber in a photo finish (1:54.54 and 1:54.59)
Fellowes and Kara Wilkins were first and second in their 200 yard back, racing to times of 2:06.38 and 2:09.73
Each side had a third-place showing in the 200 yard breaststroke: Ana Neff-Jendrasko for the women (2:29.21), and Crouch for the men (2:14.71)
The squad took a combined five of the six top spots in the 500 free: the men with another sweep – Smith (4:38.95), Fountain (4:38.98) and Shapiro (4:47.17) again – and for the women, first and second were Atkins (5:06.10) and Kok (5:13.11)
Garbett won the 100 yard butterfly, in 57.92, and Sean Arrington was runner-up in the men's race (51.66)
In the very next race, Garbett made it back-to-back with a 2:08.51 in the 200 IM, just ahead of Fellowes in second at 2:12.41
Lillo paced the field in the men's 200 IM, in 1:55.84
The Owl women ended the day with their final win, a 3:35.55 showing in the 400 yard freestyle relay (Marshall, Martin, Westbrook and Atkins)
In the same race, the men – Jack Neeley, Smoak, Kozak and Reilly Maguire – came in second, in 3:09.95, less than a second behind the winners

What's Next:
The Owls are back at it next weekend, south to Miami for the FIU Fall Classic. The two-day event is Friday, Oct. 5 and Saturday, Oct. 6. FAU won't return home again until Nov. 2.