GEORGIA SOUTHERN VS NORTH FLORIDA (WOMEN)
- January 10, 2026
- Statesboro, Ga.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Georgia Southern Athletics
STATESBORO — The Georgia Southern swim and dive team handled business inside the RAC Aquatics Center on Senior Day. The swim team defeated North Florida 180-114, and the dive team took first over both UNC Asheville and SCAD.
Karlee Wells and the dive team started the day off hot, as the senior Wells put up the second-best score of her career in the 1-meter with a 308.30 in the finals, good for second-best in program history. The Eagles would sweep the podium as along with Wells’ event win, Abby Ounsworth and McKinlee Taulbee took second and third, respectively.
Of the 14 swimming events on the day, Georgia Southern took the top spot in ten of them. The highlight of the afternoon was Sterling Burd’s blistering time of 2:04.50 in the 200 Fly, which set a new pool record in the Aquatics Center. She also took home the crown in the 100 Fly, swimming a 57.15. Both her and Sarah Luskus were the only swimmers to win two events on the day, as Luskus won both the 100 and 200 Breast with her times of 1:05.88 and 2:23.40, respectively.
Other Eagle winners were Victoria Kjaerulff in the 1000 Free of 10:43.36, freshman Calissa Kissinger swam with passion in the 100 Back to win it with her time of 59.03 and Scout Chapin won the 200 IM with a 2:10.49 time. Allie Byerly scored well on the afternoon, winning the 200 Back with a 2:08.19 and took second in the 100 Back, swimming a 59.48. Jamison Tiller also showed out, swimming a 1:56.19 in the 200 Free to take the event win while just placing second in the 100 Free at a 53.33 pace.
The Eagles would also take the 400 Medley Relay to start the meet, as the quartet of Kissinger, Luskus, Chapin and Tiller would win the event by nearly a second with their 3:55.61.
With their home meet now behind them, the Eagles next finish up their regular season before the conference meet. Both the swim and dive teams will take to Greenville for a dual meet at North Carolina on January 24th.
Courtesy: UNF Athletics
STATESBORO, Ga. – North Florida women’s swimming picked up three individual wins and a relay victory against Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon.
The Ospreys tallied a total of 22 top-three placements over 14 events, but ended up dropping its dual competition to the Eagles, 180-114. It was the second dual meet of the week for the Ospreys, as well as their second meet back from the break to start the winter slate.
This will be their first of two road meets against conference foes before prepping for the ASUN Championship meet in February.
It’s the third time facing off against Georgia Southern this season after picking up a pair of wins against them during the fall. UNF defeated both Georgia Southern (1,476-925.50) and Howard (1,476-970.5) during a tri-meet from Oct. 10-11, along with a dual meet home victory against the Eagles on Senior Day, 173.50-88.50.
Kendall Butler (50 free), Victoria Torres (100 free) and Paige Munna (500 free) all earned victories in their respective freestyle events. Torres joined the 200 free relay team of Brooke Bourne, Riley McCormick and Abby Noga for a top finish to close out the meet.
Butler recorded 24.68 in the 50 freestyle for her win, while Torres notched a first-place finish in the following race in the 100 freestyle at 52.95. Munna led the top-three Osprey grouping of Grace Burton and Annalia Jansons with a mark of 5:13.58 in the 500 freestyle.
FINAL SCORE
Georgia Southern 180, North Florida 114
COFFEY TALK
“It was an up-and-down meet for us. We got things together after a few events and finished strong. Our athletes are training hard. They are tired and fighting. We swam a good Georgia Southern team, who we will see again in a month at the ASUN Championships. We’ll keep training hard and working towards our goals. Kendall [Butler] had a good win in the 50 freestyle. Victoria [Torres] had a really good swim for first in the 100 freestyle. Our distance group placed 1-2-3 in the 500 freestyle and we finished the meet with a win in the 200 freestyle relay.”
— Head Coach Ian Coffey
UP NEXT
The Ospreys take a few weeks before heading down south for their two-day dual meet against FGCU to finish off the regular season from Jan. 30-31 in Fort Myers, Fla.
