During their holiday training trip, the Georgia Southern women took on Florida Tech at Panther Aquatic Center. Georgia Southern came away with the win, 113-35. Read on for a recap from both teams.
Georgia Southern:
STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern Swimming & Diving defeated Florida Tech 113-35 on Dec. 17th in special training trip meet as the Eagles prepare for the holiday break in the waters of the Sunshine State.
“It was a fun format,” said Head Coach Nate Kellogg. “I was happily surprised with how we performed considering how broken down we are from a heavy training load.”
EVENT WINNERS
200 Medley Relay
1:48.92
Christiana Moran, Amber Cortazzo, Kaylyn Thomas, Athena Cimino
500 Free
Lauren Campbell – 5:15.33
50 Breast
Becca Alves – 31.62
50 Free
Abbey Moore – 24.93
50 Fly
Kaylyn Thomas – 26.63
100 Individual Medley
Christina Moral – 1:01.51
400 Medley Relay
4:07.24
Mykala Arnold, Madison Litchefeld, Courtney Schaefer, Amber Cortazzo
Georgia Southern returns to the waters to continue the 2015-16 season on Jan. 9, 2016 at UNC Asheville for a swimming dual meet against the Bulldogs and a diving dual meet against Clemson.
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Florida Tech:
MELBOURNE, Fla. (Women’s Swimming) – With Division I foe Georgia Southern in town to train at the Panther Aquatic Center during winter break, the Panthers and Eagles locked heads in a meet to close out 2015 on Thursday.
In a competition featuring a number of uncommon events, Florida Tech was unable to keep up with Georgia Southern, dropping the contest 113-35.
The Panthers tallied one win on the day, as Dar Raz took the crown in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 26.89. Lauren Suarez also put together a solid performance in the 50-yard freestyle, finishing runner-up in 24.97, just four hundredths of a second behind the Eagles’ Abbey Moore.
Shelby Pearce garnered third in the 100-yard individual medley, timing in at 1:01.67, five hundredths of a second off of the second place mark by Becca Alves of GS.
The FIT team of Trista Phelps, Mary Ida Spradlin, Faryn Duff and Pearce snagged a second-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay, making the final touch in 4:18.87.
In the 200-yard medley relay, Raz, Samantha Conger, Jill Collinsand Pearce teamed up for a third-place showing, registering a 1:52.98.
The Panthers will enjoy the New Year before returning to action on Jan. 4, 2016 against NAIA opponent Oklahoma Baptist at 4 p.m. ET at the Panther Aquatic Center.
Swimming news courtesy of Georgia Southern and Florida Tech Swimming & Diving.
