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BOCA RATON, Fla.Â
– The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's swim & dive teams will host Nova Southeastern for a home meet on Friday. For FAU, this will be the first home meet of the season that is scored after hosting a scrimmage against Princeton. The meet will begin at 3:30 p.m.
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Men
- The men's swim team defeated Keiser 143-119
- Rateb Hussein won the 100 fly (49.42) as well as the 200 fly (1:51.10). He was also part of the the 400 free relay team (Hussein, Jackson Kirk, Alec Peckmann, Logan Thornsberry) that won first place with a time of 3:03.66. For his performance in the meet, he was named CCSA Swimmer of the Week
- Maximiliano Ahumada earned first place in the 200 back (1:52.94)
- Dalton Lillibridge winning time in the 100 breast (54.09) was second all time in school history.
- Peckmann finished in first place in the 200 breast (2:03.87)
- Thornsberry was the winner of the 200 free (1:40.75)
Women
- The women's swim team completed the sweep against Keiser, winning 165-97
- Amelia Robertson continued her strong freshman campaign with a first-place finish in both the 100 back (57.40) and 200 back (2:02.14)
- Kasia Szlek earned the win in both the the 500 free (5:08.48) and 1000 free (10:34.74) and
- Nika Culina took the gold in the 100 breast (1:06.53).
- Dolores Margni tallied first place in the 200 fly (2:04.63)
- The 200 medley relay team (Julia Earnshaw, Avery Floyd, Grace Molinaro, Robertson) finished in first place with a time of 1:45.96
Following this meet, the Owls will have a week off before heading to Virginia to participate in the Patriot Invitational on Nov. 17-19.
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