February 6, 2021

Spartan Women's Swimming Sweeps Nova While Men Split

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The University of Tampa men's and women's swimming teams were on the road on Saturday as they traveled to take on Sunshine State Conference opponent Nova Southeastern University in a pair of meets.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Men's Final (Meet 1): Tampa Spartans 103, Nova Southeastern Sharks 83

Men's Final (Meet 2): Nova Southeastern Sharks 98.5, Tampa Spartans 87.5

Women's Final (Meet 1): Tampa Spartans 134, Nova Southeastern Sharks 52

Women's Final (Meet 2): Tampa Spartans 109, Nova Southeastern Sharks 77

Location: NSU Aquatic Center | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The first meet totaled 20 events, including 10 for the men and 10 for the women.
Tampa's men won five of the events in the first meet.
The women won eight out of 10 of their events in the first meet.
The second meet also included a total of 20 events.
Head coach Jimi Kiner's Spartan squad took first in four men's races and five women's events in the second meet.

TOP PERFORMERS (MEN):

MEET ONE

Angelo Russo, Youssef Khowessah, Yigit Saglam, and Yannick Smith won the Men's 400 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 3:17.33.
The Spartans claimed the top three spots in the 200 Yard Freestyle. Jared Fitzgerald placed first with a time of 1:40.60. Hugo Bustamante was the runner up with a time of 1:40.64. Ian Morgan finished third with earning a time of 1:41.48.
In the men's 50 Yard Freestyle, Mikael Haugen placed second with a time of 21.02 and Smith placed third with a time of 21.20.
Grant Ruster took home a first-place finish in the 200 Yard IM with a time of 1:51.88. Daniel Tran placed third with a time of 1:53.14.
The top two finishes in the 200 Fly came from the Spartans, led by Thomas Clark with a time of 1:51.96. Freshman Winn Aung was the next to finish after being clocked at 1:52.12.
Morgan championed the 1,000 Free as he came in at 9:36.59.

MEET TWO

Smith took a first-place tie in the 200 Free as the finish was clocked at 1:42.30 in a battle of All-Americans.
Morgan continued his success as he was tops in the 400 IM at 4:06.27.
The top three of the 100 Back went to the Spartans as Russo sped to a first-place finish of 49.80. Bustamante was second at 50.49 while Andreas Johnsen followed at 51.64.
The 500 Free resulted in another first-place finish from Morgan, this time at 4:38.59. Brian Daugherty was second at 4:41.50.

TOP PERFORMERS (WOMEN):

MEET ONE

Madysen Barnes, Julia Augustsson, Johanna Koether, and Elizaveta Bazarova started off the meet with a win in the Women's 400 Medley Relay, placing with a time of 3:48.06.
Tampa swept the 200 Yard Freestyle. Hana van Loock placed first with a time of 1:52.30. Megan Goldthorpe finished second registering a time of 1:53.14. Guiliana Zerpa took third with a time of 1:55.73.
Bazarova took first place in the 50 Yard Freestyle with a time of 24.02. Kristen Wagner was the runner up placing with a time of 24.10.
In the Women's 200 Yard IM, Courtney Sherwood placed second with a time of 2:06.75, and Paige Hunt placed third with a time of 2:07.89.
The duo of Lindsey Grater and Katie Horan took the top two spots in the 200 Fly with respective times of 2:04.50 and 2:06.14.
Van Loock continued her success with another first, this time coming in the 100 Free at 51.57.
The 200 Back was dominated by a pair of Spartan freshmen as Lara Wiedemann won with a showing of 2:01.70. Classmate Barnes was next at 2:01.89.
UT occupied the top three finishes in the 1,000 Free with Jessie Tobin taking the top spot at 10:16.49. Alexa Turco came in at 10:30.98 followed by Zerpa at 10:41.96.
Tampa put a stamp on the victory with a first-place effort in the 400 Free Relay. The team of van Loock, Bazarova, Roma Vrijhof and Goldthorpe won in 3:28.05.

MEET TWO

Grater took the first individual race, winning the 200 Free in 1:54.10. She was followed by teammates Vrijhof and Zerpa.
Koether led a group of four Spartans in the top four of the 100 Fly, with a winning time of 56.99. Following were Horan, Kristen Wagner and Grater.
van Loock claimed the 100 Free in 52.41 while a time of 53.07 from Vrijhof was good for second.
Tobin won the 500 Free as the top time was registered at 5:03.58.

UP NEXT:

The Spartans will be back in action on February 26-28 in a three-day meet at NSU against the Sharks and fellow SSC opponent Lynn University. Continue to check TampaSpartans.com for updates.

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