Swim and Dive Concludes NICs

Thursday, March 13

Ocala, Fla.

All Day

Florida Atlantic

CSCAA National Invitational Championships

Photo by: American Athletic Conference/Ben Solomon

3/15/2025 11:00:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Thursday Prelim Results Thursday Final Results Friday Prelim Results Friday Final Results Saturday Prelim Results

OCALA, Fla – The Florida Atlantic men's and women's swimming & diving teams finished the 2025 National Invitational Championships on Saturday.

The three-day meet inside the FAST Facility concluded the Owls 2024-25 campaign. The season ends with school records, freshman records, many medals and too many best times to count.

QUICK HITS

Thursday
Men

In the 200 free relay, the team of Payne Smith, Luke Beals, Andrew Billitto, and Daniel Laureyssens grabbed sixth overall in a time of 1:20.25.
Laureyssens qualified for the A-Final in the 50 free finishing seventh overall in a time of 20.02.
In the 500 free B-final, he finished 13th overall in a time of 4:24.36.
To close night one, the team of Beals, Matthew Hand, Rush Clark, and Smith swam the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:18.87.

Women

Night one began with the team of Ludo Pavia, Izzy Jones, Dolores Margni, and Maja Piotrowicz swimming the 200 free relay clocking in at 1:34.53.
Pavia continued her strong freshman season qualifying for the 50 breast B-Final swimming 28.60.
The 400 medley relay team of Aura Vilarrasa, Piotrowicz, Margni, and Jones closed the evening swimming 3:46.64.

Friday
Men

Lauryessens finished third overall in the 200 free A-Final (1:35.94).
The 400 IM saw Takoda Heckman in the B-Final finishing with a time of 4:05.51.
Clark finished inside the top 20 in the 100 fly B-Final (48.03).

Women

In the 200 medley relay Amelia Robertson, Bilú Bianchi, Margni, and Jones finished the race in a time of 1:40.79.
Bianchi finished 12th overall in 100 breast (1:01.64).
Night two concluded with Megan Drover-Smith swimming the 100 back B-Final coming in at 54.65.

Saturday
Men

Laureyssens swam in the 100 free B-Final coming in with a time of 43.76.
In the 200 fly B-Final, Clark clocked in a swim of 1:48.85.

Women

In the 200 back, the Owls had both Drover-Smith and Robertson in the A-Final finishing fifth and 10th (1:56.41 and 1:59.59).
The 200 breast B-Final featured Bianchi and Nula Gow who swam 2:14.84 and 2:15.35.
Margni qualified for the 200 fly B-Final, finishing with a time of 2:00.50.

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