Freshman Kayla Daley Shines As North Florida Upends Georgia Southern

North Florida vs Georgia Southern

  • October 14, 2023
  • Jacksonville, Fla.
  • SCY (25 yards)
  • Results

Courtesy: North Florida Athletics

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida women’s swimming took down familiar foe Georgia Southern, 149-113, thanks to three individual first-place finishes from freshman Kayla Daley, in a dual meet Saturday, Oct. 14.

Daley also helped the Ospreys to a win in the 400-yard medley relay to kick off the meet. Overall, UNF tallied six first-place times, 42 top-fives, 35 individual top-five finishes and three personal bests in an impressive performance against the Eagles.

FINAL SCORE
UNF 149, Georgia Southern 113

CLIPBOARD NOTES

  • Daley contributed to four wins in the 400-yard medley relay, the 100-yard butterfly, the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley
  • Daley recorded personal bests in the 200-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley with times of 2:07.80 and 2:07.27 respectively
  • Ashley KephartFaith MutschlerAmelia Hildebrand and Victoria Torres teamed up to take first in the 400-yard freestyle relay finishing in 3:35.95
  • Hildebrand won her first collegiate race in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing with a time of 54.01
  • Mutschler tallied a victory in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 1:55.68
  • The group of Amanda Loomis,Torres, Daley and Hildebrand won the 400-yard medley relay with a combined time of 3:54.53
  • Freshman Paige Munna notched a personal best in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:20.00, finishing fourth
  • Aydan Horrigan made her debut in the 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing in 10:58.02, good for fourth

COFFEY TALK
“I am very happy with our performance today!  Georgia Southern is a good team and it was a very competitive meet.  Kayla Daley had an outstanding day; contributing to four wins is something special! This was a total team effort and our depth really showed today in every event. Amelia Hildebrand and Faith Mutschler had good afternoons as well. It’s tough to swim three weekends in a row and to continue to race and improve each time. This team is putting in a lot of work and it shows. Lastly, thank you to everyone who came out to support us today!”— Head Coach Ian Coffey

Up Next 
The Ospreys hit the road for the first time this competition season, traveling to Tallahassee for the FSU Quad Meet, Friday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m.

Courtesy: Georgia Southern Athletics

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Georgia Southern swim team fell in a meet against North Florida on Saturday, Oct. 14, 113-149.

The Eagles took victories in the 1000 Yard Freestyle, 100 Yard Backstroke, 100 Yard Breaststroke, 50 Yard Freestyle, 200 Yard Backstroke, 200 yard Breaststroke, and 500 Yard Freestyle. Swimmers Zuri ClavoEmma Scruggs, and Ieva Evaltaite won two events each, with Abby Wenham taking a victory in one event. setting the Eagles up with victories in seven of the 14 events that occurred on Saturday.

Winning Eagles and times can be found below.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will take some time off before competing in the Emory Invitational from Nov. 3 to Nov. 4. The field and events will be announced at a later time.

100 FREE: Zuri Clavo (10:31.54)
100 BACK: Emma Scruggs (59.75)
100 BREAST: Ieva Evaltaite (1:05.99)
50 FREE: Abby Wenham, (24.73)
200 BACK: Emma Scruggs (2:08.60)
200 BREAST: Ieva Evaltaite (2:23.62)
500 FREE: Zuri Clavo (5:07.14)

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