FAU Resumes Competition With Home Meet Against St. Thomas

Photo by: Mauricio Paiz

1/21/2022 9:35:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

BOCA RATON, Fla. – FAU swimming & diving is set to end a 63-day hiatus from competition on Saturday, when the Owls will host St. Thomas for a home dual meet. The meet is scheduled to start at 11 a.m.

Prior to the meet, the Owls will hold senior day to honor their four members of the senior class. Lisa Cottage-Ramnick, Sarah Martin, Jack Shapiro and Brandon Turner will be recognized for their contributions to the program the last few years, both in the pool and in the classroom.

Owls See Success in Patriot Invitational

FAU will head into the New Year looking to build off a tremendous outing in the Patriot Invitational in November. The men's side captured first place for the first time in program history, topping a field of six teams with 924 points. The women finished in second place out of seven squads with 709 points.

Record-Breaking Owls

The Owls have broken 12 total FAU records this season, with five program records falling and seven freshman records being topped. The five program records that have fallen so far this season are:

100 fly, Rateb Hussein (46.75)
200 fly, Hussein (1:45.01)
100 IM, Alec Peckmann (49.22)
200 IM, Peckmann (1:47.13)
400 free relay, Jackson Kirk, Maximiliano Ahumada, Peckmann, Hussein (2:58.57)

The seven freshman records set this season are:

200 IM, Nick Shaffer (1:49.83)
100 fly, Dolores Margni (55.07)
100 IM, Riley Trout (58.50)
200 free relay, Brett Reason, Taylor Eaton, Logan Thornsberry, Shaffer (1:22.90)
400 free relay, Reason, Eaton, Thornsberry, Shaffer (3:04.93)
200 medley relay, Brett Sasser, Eaton, Reason, Thornsberry (1:32.30)
400 medley relay, Eaton, Shaffer, Reason, Thornsberry (3:21.86)