Women Top FAU, Men Split to Open Swimming and Diving 2017

Women Top FAU, Men Split to Open Swimming and Diving 2017Women Top FAU, Men Split to Open Swimming and Diving 2017

Swimming and Diving Sweeps Georgetown

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Old Dominion University women’s swimming defeated Florida Atlantic 151-86, while the men’s squad defeated New Jersey Institute of Technology 171-72, and fell to Florida Atlantic 143-98.

The meet started with the ODU women winning the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:49.01. The team featured Colleen VandePoel, Ashley Teller, Emilie Petit and Sofie Sjoberg.

The winning continued the next event in the 1000 free as Victoria Barley won with a time of 10:50.37 and Raquel Couto took second in 10:56.88.

In the 200 free, Leigh-Ann Clark finished second with a time of 1:57.83.

Sjoberg added to her win total with a win in the 50 free in 24.99, while Ashley Brem finished third in 25.16.

Petit won the 200 IM in 2:10.32 while Teller finished third in 2:13.71.

A.J. Caruso won the 1-meter dive with a score of 183.20, the first win of her career.

Petit won her third event of the day with a time of 59.03 in the 100 fly.

Stephanie Norris continued the winning ways with a first place in the 100 free in a time of 53.88 and a third place for Clark in 54.69.

VandePoel cruised to a win in the 100 backstroke by nearly three seconds with a time of 58.41, while Elena Oujikanova finished in second place.

Barley added to her win in the 1000 free with a second place in the 500 free with a time of 5:20.71.

Brem added her first win in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:05.38, while Teller took second in 1:06.16.

The meet finished the way it started for the women, as the team of VandePoel, Norris, Sjoberg and Brem 200 free relay with a time of 1:39.76.

The men started the meet with a second place finish in the 200-medley relay. The team of Donovan Pope, Philip Nordenberg, Jacob Zeidler and Graham Thatcher finished in a time of 1:34.65.

Lucas Cortini Oliveira won the 1000 free in a time of 9:58.12.

Zeidler took second in the 50 free with a time of 21.45, while Anton Mikaelsson won the 200 IM in a time of 1:55.35.

Cory Moreno and Brant Knoblauch finished second and third in the 1 and 3 meter dives, while Connor Davis added a win in the 100 fly in a time of 51.97.

Thatcher took second in the 100 free in a time of 47.16, while Mikaelsson earned second in the 100 backstroke.

Oliveira added a third place spot in the 500 free with a time of 4:50.55, to go along with his first place in the 1000 free.

The Monarch men ended the day like the women, with a win in the 200 free. Caleb Odeke, Davis, Mikaelsson and Thatcher won in a time of 1:26.27.

ODU takes on North Florida on Wednesday at 9 a.m.