Swim & Dive Sweep No. 2/4 Keiser - Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Friday, October 23

West Palm Beach, Fla

10 a.m.

Florida Atlantic

No. 2/4 Keiser

Results

Photo by: Rick De Paiva

10/23/2026 6:51:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic men's and women's swimming and diving teams enjoyed a Friday afternoon sweep against the defending NAIA national champions and current No. 2 (W) / 4 (M) ranked Keiser Seahawks at the Lake Lytal Aquatic Center.

The women of FAU defeated the Seahawks 216 to 84. On the men's side, the Owls came out victorious after totaling 163 points compared to Keiser's 137. Overall, FAU won 25 of the 32 events on the day. Both the men's and women's team of Florida Atlantic move to 6-0 all time against the Seahawks, with Friday being the second road victory.

Men's Final Scores

Florida Atlantic: 163

Keiser: 137

Women's Final Scores

Florida Atlantic: 216

Keiser: 84

QUICK HITS
Women

The Owls got off to a fast start with the 200 medley relay team of Olivia Vecchio, Ludo Pavia, Kelly Zwart, and Izzy Jones taking the win, clocking a time of 1:42.76.
Junior Alex Stevens earned her first victory of the season, winning the 1000 free (10:30.01).
Talitha McEwan continues to stack victories, winning the 200 free (1:51.30) and 500 free (4:57.21) this afternoon.
Vecchio (56.56) and Amelia Robertson (58.41) went 1-2 in the 100 back for the Owls. Robertson later won the 200 back in a time of 2:05.38 with Vecchio winning the 100 fly (55.82).
Bilú Bianchi, Pavia, and Nula Gow guided FAU to a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 breast.
In the 200 fly, Bella Answeeney and Lotta Pälsi took first and second place, swimming 2:03.39 and 2:05.22 respectively.
Amelia Johansson Lindkvist won the 50 free for the first time this season, swimming 23.40.
On the diving board, Augusta Ness (226.42) won the 1-meter event with freshman Veronika Kalinovski (213.75) finishing second. Kalinovski took first place on the 3-meter, scoring 232.87, while Ness finished second.
Pavia also swam the 100 free and won the event in a time of 51.58.
The 200 breast program recorder holder Gow, earned herself the win in today's event, swimming 2:14.10.
The team of Jones, Johansson Lindkvist, Pavia, and McEwan finished the day winning the 200 free relay (1:33.64).

Men

In similar fashion to the women, the men's team started off strong, with the relay team of Samuel Campbell, Jayden Repak, Leyton Roe, and Noah Reeves earning the 200 medley relay win (1:28.92).
Freshman Eason Cormack earned his first collegiate victory in the 1000 free, swimming a first-place time of 9:29.37.
Nick Lugo won the 200 free for a second consecutive meet, swimming 1:39.64. The West Virginia transfer also won the 100 free (45.35).
Campbell won the 100 back for the second consecutive meet, swimming 49.90.
Roe also earned himself a 50 free victory, winning the event in a time of 20.49.
Jake Larkin and Ryder Hamann finished 1-2 for FAU on the 1-meter diving board, scoring total scores of 298.87 and 282.75. Hamann later won the 3-meter event (298.05).
James Shevchenko (4:36.20) and Cormack (4:36.31) finished 1-2 in the 500 free.
The men put the finishing touches on their successful afternoon with a win in the 200 free relay. The team of Lugo, Owen Cooper, Roe, and Reeves, swam 1:20.79, a new season's best.

ON DECK
On Saturday, the swimmers will be right back in the pool for the bi-annual Alumni Meet., where the current FAU swimmers will compete against the former Owls. The diving team will then head south on Nov. 7 to the Coral Springs Aquatic Complex diving tower, competing in South Florida Diving Invitational. For the FAU swimming team, they will have a little bit over a month off before gearing up for the Patriot Midseason Invitational hosted by George Mason. The three-day meet begins on Wednesday, Nov. 18th with competition wrapping up on Saturday, Nov. 21.

SCHEDULE
For the full 2026-27 swim & dive schedule, click HERE.

ROSTER
For the full 2026-27 swim & dive roster, click HERE.

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