October 16, 2021

Spartans Cruise to Pair of Wins at Rollins

WINTER PARK, Fla. – The University of Tampa men's and women's swimming teams traveled to Sunshine State Conference opponent Rollins College on Saturday, picking up a pair of lopsided victories over the Tars.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:

Men's Final: Tampa Spartans 154, Rollins Tars 51

Women's Final: Tampa Spartans 145, Rollins Tars 60

Location: Alfond Pool | Winter Park, Fla.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The first meet totaled 28 events, including 14 for the men and 14 for the women.
Tampa's men won all but three of their events, giving them their first win of the season.
The women won 13 out of 14 of their events in the meet.

TOP PERFORMERS (MEN):

UT's 200 Medley Relay team of Mikael Haugen, Jared Mindek, Noah Paut and Brian Daugherty took first after being clocked at 1:34.09. The Spartans also took second and third in the first relay.
Freshman Hector Paz was the first to finish in the 1,000 Free after being timed at 9:54.71. Teammates Joe Bozzi and Aidan Sims followed to give the Spartans the top three spots.
Paut earned another first-place finish as he won the 50 Free in 20.75. He would then take the 100 Free in 45.87, making it three first-place finishes on the day.
The Spartans took first in the 400 IM from Ian Morgan as he was timed at 4:10.60.
Winn Aung posted a first-place time of 51.48 in the 100 Fly as teammates Nick Fauteux and Vincent Smith were second and third respectively.
The 100 Back went 1-2-3 to the Spartans, with Pablo Ortiz taking first with a time of 51.82. He was followed by Haugen and Parker Knollman.
After being part of a top relay finish, Mindek won the 100 Breast with a 58.97, as the lone participant under a minute.
UT took first in the final event of the meet, with a 1:25.37 in the 200 Free Relay. The first-place group included Ortiz, Daugherty, Jimmy Senese and Sims.

TOP PERFORMERS (WOMEN):

The Spartans opened the meet taking the 200 Medley Relay in 1:47.60. The team of Courtney Sherwood, Julia Augustsson, Katie Horan and Elizaveta Bazarova defeated the Tars group by two-plus seconds.
Jessie Tobin championed the 1,000 Free in 10:42.51.
The 200 Free went to Megan Goldthorpe as her winning time was 1:55.86. She would later take first in the 500 Free with a time of 5:13.85, ahead of second and third-place finishers Holly Wessel and Alexa Turco.
Bazarova took her second first-place finish as she was first in the 50 Free at 24.53.
The 400 IM was won by UT's Madi Lauger in 4:39.07.
Freshman Emma Chestang placed first in the 100 Free as her winning time was 53.94.
Juliana Carey was the fastest swimmer in the 100 Back, notching a time of 1:00.34.
Tampa took the 100 Breast with a time of 1:05.68 from Julia Augustsson.

UP NEXT:

Tampa returns home to welcome SSC opponent Florida Southern to the UT Aquatics Center on Friday at 4 p.m.

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