January 3, 2015
Spartans Begin 2015 With Pair of Relay Titles
Box score
TAMPA, Fla. - In the first athletic event for
the University of Tampa in 2015, the Spartan men's and women's
swimming teams both registered comeback wins at the annual Tampa
Relay Carnival at the UT Aquatics Center.
The No. 15 UT women accumulated 116 points to hold off
Limestone (110), DePauw (88), SUNY-New Paltz (66) and Lake Erie
(16). Tampa's No. 10 men had 124 points to top Limestone (116),
SUNY-New Paltz (74) and Lake Erie (30).
UT's women won a total of five races, beginning with the 400
Fly Relay from Charissa Venice, Allison Chandler, Jesse North and
Emily Grams (4:07.86). The Spartans also took the 500 Crescendo
Relay with Marisa Barton, Erin Plachy, Briana Murphy and Brittany
Bayes (4:46.76), 8x50 Free Relay with Plachy, Barton, Page Fox and
Grams (3:25.78), 3x166 SNARF Relay with Bayes, Murphy and Shannon
Armstrong (5:35.91) and 400 Free Relay with Plachy, Barton, Murphy
and Catherine Bayes (3:41.55).
The Spartan men won six races, including the 800 Free Relay
from Runar Borgen, Tommy Reminger, Derek Krell and Jeremy Parker
(7:07.28), 400 Fly Relay from Zane Hranac, Kyle Freudiger, Zach
Sprague and Borgen (3:31.17), 400 Medley Relay with Borgen, Clayton
Clemens, Hranac and Parker (3:30.14), 3x166 SNARF Relay from
Reminger Jonathan Hofrichter and Alberto Orejuela (5:06.70), 400 IM
Relay with Borgen, Hranac, Danny Duhig and Robert Cicchini
(3:42.09) and 400 Free Relay from Parker, Krell, Freudiger and
Kevin Cooney (3:11.50).
UT hosts a pair of meet next week, beginning on Friday,
January 9 versus Boston College at 3 p.m. UT will then swim in its
final home meet of the season on Saturday, January 10 against
Sunshine State Conference opponent Rollins College at 11 a.m.
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