2023 FAU Fun Invite
- December 20, 2023
- Boca Raton, Florida
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results on Meet Mobile: “FAU Fun Invite”
Courtesy: FAU Sports
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Rain clouds did not deter Florida Atlantic University’s swimming & diving teams from success in the 2023 FAU Fun Invite.
In their final meet of 2023, Owls took first place in 13 events out of 32, the most out of four teams including Old Dominion, UIC, and Rice.
QUICK HITS
Men
- Peyton Ming, Dalton Lillibridge, Jackson Kirk, and Logan Thornsberry combined for a winning time of 41.93 in the 100 medley relay
- Ming captured the victory in the 50 back (23.64)
- Lillibridge won the 50 breast (25.67) and 100 breast (56.86)
- Jacob Rubin (21.39) and Thornsberry (21.63) placed in first and second, respectively, in the 50 free
- Rubin, Kirk, Jake Bair, and Brett Reason combined for the win in the 300 free relay (2:16.29)
- Kirk (46.13) and Timo Paisley (47.56) were the top finishers in the 100 free
Women
- The 100 medley relay team of Riley Trout, Ella Freeman, Lauren Wright, and Bry Bellile took first place (49.34)
- Alicia Mora continued to impress on the diving board, winning the 1-meter dive (280.43) and 3-meter dive (293.35)
- Yasemine Safargar placed in second in the 100 fly (58.79) and the 100 reverse IM (1:00.38)
- The morning concluded with Dolores Margni, Riley Trout, Presley Staretz, and Safargar taking the 400 medley relay (4:04.58)
The Owls will host Senior Day on Saturday, Jan. 20 against St. Thomas (Swimming) and Indian River (Diving).
Courtesy: Rice Athletics
In Brief: The Owls came away with nine individual events at the FAU Fun Invite on Wednesday in Boca Raton, Florida. Rice won events in all four disciplines plus one relay event.
The Details: In freestyle, senior Elizabeth Myers won both the 50- and 200-yard distances with respective times of 24.34 and 1:53.66. Senior Imogen Meers also won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.74. Sophomore Ava Hamblett captured titles in the 50-yard backstroke (27.16) and 100-yard backstroke (57.88). Junior Megan Schultze won the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 26.49 and freshman Catherine Eland won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.50. Freshman Siiri Einio won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.56. In the 300-yard freestyle, Rice’s quartet of Meers, Myers and seniors Lauren Brantley and Briana Gellineau won with a time of 2:35.14.
Up Next: Rice next returns to action at the SMU Duals on Friday through Saturday, Jan. 19-20, in Dallas, Texas. The Owls will compete in simultaneous dual meets versus SMU, North Texas and Tulane.
Courtesy: UIC Athletics
BOCA RATON, Fla. (Dec. 20, 2023)— Competing outdoors for the first time this season, the UIC swimming and diving team had a strong performance in Wednesday’s meet at Florida Atlantic University’s Aquatic Center Wednesday afternoon. The Flames competed against host FAU, Old Dominion and Rice in the program’s final competition of the calendar year.
Wednesday’s competition did not feature team scoring and focused instead on the spirit of fun competition and student-athletes having the opportunity to compete, and improve, in the pool.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEY DELL
“Today was a lot of fun. The weather conditions weren’t ideal and it is always tough to compete in the middle of winter training but I’m proud of the way team handled it and had some fun.”
COMMENT FROM ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/DIVING COACH SUSAN BROMBERG
“I thought that overall our divers did well. It’s been over five weeks since their last competition and they have been training hard. To have this opportunity to compete while we were in Florida was great.”
DIVING
Men’s
- Sophomore Harrison Nolan (Riverside, Ill./Riverside Brookfield/Kentucky) had a strong meet yet again for the Flames, winning two events. He won the men’s three-meter diving event with a score of 357.15 points, along with winning the one-meter diving event, scoring 345.50 points.
- Sophomore Bruno Carrillo (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) collected two third place finishes (one-meter / 283.35 points, three-meter/283.50 points) in the meet.
- Junior Cole Tremewan (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) placed second on the three-meter diving board with a score of 304.43 points.
Women’s
- Sophomore Kerry-Leigh Morrison (Gauteng, South Africa/St. Mary’s School) placed second in both diving events, scoring 240.68 points on the one-meter diving board, followed by a score of 264.15 points in the three-meter diving event.
- Junior Gabriella Richards (Saline, Mich./Saline) placed fifth in both events with a score of 209.03 points (one-meter) and a score of 238.50 points (three-meter).
SWIMMING
Men’s
- Junior Luke Wiesner (Chicago, Ill./West Chicago Community) earned a second place finish in the 50 back (24.85).
- Senior Ben Ramminger (Deforest, Wis./Deforest Area) won the 100 reverse individual medley (53.08). Earlier in Wednesday’s meet he tied for second place in the 50 breast with a 26.67 finish.
- Senior Liam Davis (Naperville, Ill./Plainfield North) finished second in the 100 butterfly (51.75) with teammate and fellow senior Rafe Dolan Peterson (Austin, Minn./Wisconsin-Green Bay) finishing closely behind in third (52.69).
- Junior Cory Michalek (Wales, Wis./Kettle Moraine) came in third place in the 50 free with a time of 21.78.
- The 400 medley relay team of Ramminger, Davis, senior Alex Dvorak (Naperville, Ill./Plainfield North) and freshman James McCarthy (Minnetonka, Minn./DeLaSalle) finished second in a time of 3:39.15.
Women’s
- Freshman Molly Kroeger (Easton, Md./Easton) collected a first place finish in the 500 free with a finish of 5:07.02.
- Junior Kendra Preski (Springfield, Ill./Colorado State) finished second in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.37. She later finished fourth in the 100 free (53.89).
- Senior Ashlee Weltyk (Oxford, Mich./Oxford) placed second in the 50 back, finishing the race in 27.76 seconds.
- Senior Taira Juronis (Palos Hills, Ill./Amos Alonzo Stagg) placed second in the 100 breast with a time of 1:06.63.
- The quartet of Preski, Kroeger, sophomore Madison Helmick (Bingham Farms, Mich./Birmingham Groves) and senior Jessica Phillips (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) placed second in the women’s 300 free relay with a time of 2:36.07.
UIC returns home to the Flames Natatorium Saturday, Jan. 13 to host Eastern Illinois. Admission to the meet is free to the public, with events scheduled to begin at noon
