Owls Finish on Top at Patriot Invitational

Thursday, November 17

Fairfax, VA.

Florida Atlantic

Patriot Invitational

Photo by: Mauricio Paiz

11/19/2022 10:26:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Final Team Scores Saturday Finals Results Saturday Prelims Results Diving Results

By: Ben Paul, FAU Student

FAIRFAX, Va. – The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's swimming and diving teams concluded their record-breaking meet at the Patriot Invitational, hosted by George Mason, on Saturday. For the second year in a row, the Owls on the men's side came out on top, finishing in first place with 1,128 points. The women's side had a strong showing as well, finishing in second place with 874 points.

Quick Hits

Men

The men dominated the competition throughout the weekend, finishing in first out of six teams with 1,128 points
Another school relay record was set, this time in the 400 free relay. The 'A' squad (Jackson Kirk, Alec Peckmann, Peter Tanner Jr., Logan Thornsberry) finished in first with a time of 2:57.36
The Owls swept the 1650 free finals. Timo Paisley took the top spot (15:36.43), followed by Thornsberry (15:46.36) in second and Cameron Speed (15:52.04). Gianni Carlino also had a strong showing in this event, finishing in sixth place (15:58.93)
Dalton Lillibridge's terrific start through the first half of the season culminated with not only winning the 200 breast, but setting the FAU record in the process with a time of1:58.45
Peckmann was close behind Lillibridge in the 200 breast, capturing third place (2:00.56)
Kirk placed in third in the 100 free (44.94)
The freshman duo of Christoffer Weiss (1:48.35) and David Arneskov (1:49.22) placed in first and second, respectively, in the 200 fly
In the diving portion of the afternoon, Brandon Shepherd earned second place in the 3-meter dive with a score of 276.45

Women

The women's side finished in second place out of seven teams with a score of 874 points
Kasia Szlek swam to second place in the 1650 free finals (17:14), followed Kirsten Hobson in third (17:21.34). Julia Quinn rounded out the top 10 for the Owls, finishing in ninth (17:39.75)
Roberta Circi earned second place in the 200 back (1:58.52)
Dolores Margni took second in the 200 fly (2:01.33)
Avery Floyd tallied fourth place in a field of 23 swimmers in the 200 breast with a time of 2:21.15
In the 400 free relay, the 'A' squad (Maggie Casey, Circi, Julia Earnshaw, Jacqueline Grabowski) finished in second place with a time of 3:25.07
Alicia Mora and Trinity McNall made their mark on the 1-meter dive. Mora finished in second with a score of 280.65 while Trinity McNall placed in third with a mark of 250.05

On Deck

Next up for the Owls is the Toyota U.S. Open in Greensboro, North Carolina from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1

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