Swimming & Diving Returns Back Home to Host Indian River State

Friday, October 25

Boca Raton, Fla.

3 PM

Florida Atlantic

Indian River State

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

Swimming & Diving Returns Back Home to Host Indian River State

10/24/2019 10:49:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's swimming & diving team will be back home Friday afternoon to host Indian River State. The meet will commence at 3 p.m. at FAU Aquatic Center with admission free to all fans.

Meet Format

200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
1-Meter Diving
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
3-Meter Diving
200 IM
400 Freestyle Relay

Last Year vs. IRSC

The Owls faced Indian River State in Fort Pierce, Florida last season with FAU accumulating 13 first place finishes. On the women's side, several Owls captured first place feats, including Spence Atkins in 500 and 1000 freestyle, Fatimah Westbrook in the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, as well as Danica Garbett in the 100 butterfly and 200 IM. Garbett also came away with Conference USA Swimmer of the Week honors for her performance. Sharon Kok (200 freestyle) and Abby Marshall (100 backstroke) claimed first-place titles to help the Owls claim a 181-119 victory over the Pioneers.

On the men's side, the Owls fell 186-113, but were able to sweep Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Swimmer and Diver of the Week honors after Alex Taber claimed three second-place finishes (100 and 200 backstroke and 200 IM) and Logan Downey won the 1-and 3-meter events. Braedan Leach also tallied first in the 200 backstroke.

Fast Facts

TYR Classic Recap

FAU participated in the TYR Fall Classic a few weeks ago along with a competitive field of teams, including Pitt, LSU and TCU. Atkins came away with second place in the 200 butterfly (2:03.34), while Mackenzie Brown took fourth in the 50 freestyle (24.00). On the boards, Malvina Catalano tallied fifth in the 1-meter, while Alicia Mora took sixth in the 3-meter. The women finished in seventh with a score of 332 points.

For the men, Josh Fountain claimed a top finish with second in the 500 freestyle (4:32.86), while third-place titles were claimed by freshmen Kyle Douglas in the 200 backstroke (1:51.22) and Rateb Hussein in the 100 butterfly (1:52.12). Michael Cannatelli scored third-place in the 3-meter (300.15) and fifth in the 1-meter (248.25) to be awarded CCSA Diver of the Week for the second consecutive week. The men scored 338 points to take seventh.

Up Next

FAU will host back-to-back meets with Princeton coming to town next Friday at 3:30 p.m. This will mark the Owls' Paradise Meet with giveaways being passed out to the first 100 fans in attendance.

Social Media

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