Swimming & Diving Complete First Meet Against Florida

Final Results

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University men's and women's swimming & diving opened up the 2019-20 season Saturday morning in a sunshine state showdown against Florida. Both teams fell short of the Gators, but a myriad of Owls earned top-three finishes in the first meet of the season. The women tallied five second-place finishes and four third-place titles, while the men's team captured six top-three finishes.

Quick Hits – Women

Abby Marshall, the current school record holder in the 100-yard backstroke, earned second place in the event with a time of 57.77
Fatimah Westbrook, the reigning Conference USA Newcomer of the Year, touched the wall second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.99)
Molly Jordan completed the first top-three finish of her collegiate career, capturing third in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:05.58
Mackenzie Brown had a strong opening meet as an Owl, taking third in the 50 freestyle (23.99)
Sharon Kok took third in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:08.40
Grace Molinaro finished her first collegiate meet with second in the 100 butterfly (57.79)
On the boards, Alicia Mora finished second in the 3-meter (274.04) and third on the 1-meter (260.10). Malvina Catalano captured second in the 1-meter (275.32), picking off where she left off from last season's success

Quick Hits – Men

Will Smith tallied a second-place finish in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:31.29
Ahmed Hussein got off to a quick start in his first collegiate meet, tallying a third-place finish (1:40.22) in the 200 freestyle. Hussein would later capture third in the 100 butterfly with a time of 49.69
Kyle Douglas completed a bronze finish in the 200 IM with a time of 1:55.44
Several Owls claimed fourth-place finishes, including Connor Smoak in the 50 freestyle (21.42), Douglas in the 100 and 200 backstroke with a time of 51.62 and 1:52.05, respectively, Jack Shapiro in the 500 freestyle (4:48.09) and Juan Imposimato in the 100 butterfly (54.37)
Logan Downey tallied third in the 1-meter with a score of 261.22, while Michael Cannatelli followed in fourth (250.27). Cannatelli would later capture second in the 3-meter (315.37)

On Deck

The Owls will take the short trip down to Miami next Friday and Saturday for the TYR Fall Classic at FIU. For complete coverage of FAU swimming & diving, follow along on Twitter (@fauswimdive), Instagram (@fauswimdive) or Facebook.

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Mackenzie Brown

Michael Cannatelli

Malvina Catalano

Kyle Douglas

Logan Downey

Juan Imposimato

Molly Jordan

Sharon Kok

Abby Marshall

Grace Molinaro

Alicia Mora

Jack Shapiro

Will Smith

Connor Smoak

Fatimah Westbrook

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