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Select Owls to Compete in 2024 Toyota U.S. Open
12/3/2024 4:00:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Florida Atlantic men's and women's swimming & diving teams will hit the road with five swimmers to compete in the 2024 Toyota U.S. Open, set to take place Dec. 4 – Dec. 7 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
This meet provides an opportunity for Owl swimmers to qualify for the national team of their home country.
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The five swimmers competing come from two different countries: Belgium and the United States. Set to compete is Logan Thornsberry, Rush Clark, Jayden Repak, Daniel Laureyssens and Riley Trout.
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This meet provides an opportunity for Owl swimmers to qualify for the national team of their home country.
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The five swimmers competing come from two different countries: Belgium and the United States. Set to compete is Logan Thornsberry, Rush Clark, Jayden Repak, Daniel Laureyssens and Riley Trout.
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OWLS MEET SCHEDULE
Wednesday
- Men's 200 medley relay
- Men's 800 free relay
- Laureyssens: Men's 50 free
- Thornsberry: Men's 50 free
- Men's 400 medley relay
- Clark: Men's 100 fly
- Laureyssens: Men's 200 free
- Thornsberry: Men's 200 free
- Repak: Men's 100 breast
- Trout: Women's 100 back
- Men's 200 free relay
- Laureyssens: Men's 100 free
- Thornsberry: Men's 100 free
- Men's 400 free relay
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LAST TIME OUT
Women
- For the second straight season the women took the victory at the Patriot invitational, racking up a total of 1936 points
- The Owls saw a school record performance in the women's 200 free relay. The team of Ludo Pavia, Izzy Jones, Dolores Margni and Bry Bellile finished the race in a time of 1:31.57, besting the school record which was previously 1:32.30
- The Owls then took the win 400 free relay. The Owls clocked a time of 3:21.26 for another new school record
- Ludo Pavia set a new freshman record in the 100 breast (1:01.66)
- The final night of midseason ended with a win in the 400 free relay. The team of Pavia –Bellile –Jones – Aura Vilarrasa clocked a winning time of 3:21.26 for a new school record
Men
- The men's team won, completing the sweep for the second season in a row, with 1953.50
- The Owls set a new school record in the 800 free relay. Timo Paisley, Thornsberry, James Shevchenko and Laureyssens clocked a time of 6:31.01 Freshman James Shevchenko then won the 200 fly in a time of 1:47.57
- In the 100 breast, Matthew Hand and Jayden Repak both set freshman records for the Owls in times of 55.59 and 55.61.
- On the diving board Friday, the Owls went two, three, four with the help of Trevor Kuhn (342.00), Isac Faxius (339.10) and Rocco Simonelli (327.40)
- The final night concluded with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay. The team of Paisley, Thornsberry, Payne Smith and Laureyssens finished in a time of 2:59.13
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ON DECK
Select Owl swimmers will participate in the CSCAA Open Water National Championship on Dec. 15. The next official meet for Florida Atlantic will be Dec. 14 in Coral Cables as the Owls face the University of Miami women's team and Cincinnati.Â
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