Owls Crush Seahawks

Friday, October 27

Boca Raton, Fla.

3 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

Keiser

10/28/2023 12:56:00 AM | Swimming & Diving

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's and women's swimming teams put forth their best performance of the season in a massive sweep over the Keiser Seahawks, the No. 1 ranked NAIA team and reigning champions.

The Owls showed no mercy throughout, taking 26 out of 32 events, with the women's team winning 220-60 and the men's team winning 206-88 for a combined team score of 426 to 148.

First Place Finishes

Men

200 medley relay (Peyton Ming, Dalton Lillibridge, Jackson Kirk, Jacob Rubin): 1:29.52
200 free relay (Kirk, Brett Reason, Thornsberry, Rubin): 1:23.12
Thornsberry: 1000 free (9:40.61)
Timo Paisley: 200 free (1:40.14), 500 free (4:37.11)
Ming: 100 back (50.21), 100 fly (49.38)
Francesco Fiore: 200 fly (1:53.02)
Kirk: 100 free (45.76)
Nick Shaffer: 200 back (1:54.82)
Dalton Lillibridge: 200 breast (2:02.28)
Brandon Shepherd: 1-meter dive (264.23), 3-meter dive (289.28)

Women

200 medley relay (Riley Trout, Bilu Bianchi, Dolores Margni, Izzy Jones): 1:47.53
Maggie Casey: 1000 free (10:42.87)
Kasia Szlek: 200 free (1:55.14)
Trout: 100 back (57.33), 200 back (2:05.27)
Bianchi: 100 breast (1:04.59)
Margni: 200 fly (2:04.68), 100 fly (57.73)
Jones: 50 free (23.57)
Nula Gow: 200 breast (2:00.59)
Yasmine Safargar: 200 IM (2:07.98)
Riley Hersh: 1-meter dive (193.95), 3-meter dive (239.93)

Upcoming

The Owls will have a busy weekend ahead, taking on Miami on Friday, Nov. 3 and hosting the University of Toronto on Saturday, Nov. 4 beginning at 4 p.m.

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