Swimming Earns Three Particular person Wins, Relay Victory at Georgia Southern

STATESBORO, Ga. – North Florida girls’s swimming picked up three particular person wins and a relay victory in opposition to Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon.

The Ospreys tallied a complete of twenty-two top-three placements over 14 occasions, however ended up dropping its twin competitors to the Eagles, 180-114. It was the second twin meet of the week for the Ospreys, in addition to their second meet again from the break to begin the winter slate.

This will probably be their first of two street meets in opposition to convention foes earlier than prepping for the ASUN Championship meet in February.

It’s the third time dealing with off in opposition to Georgia Southern this season after choosing up a pair of wins in opposition to them in the course of the fall. UNF defeated each Georgia Southern (1,476-925.50) and Howard (1,476-970.5) throughout a tri-meet from Oct. 10-11, together with a twin meet house victory in opposition to 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 of their respective freestyle occasions. Torres joined the 200 free relay group of Brooke Bourne, Riley McCormick and Abby Noga for a prime end to shut out the meet.

Butler recorded 24.68 within the 50 freestyle for her win, whereas Torres notched a first-place end within the following race within 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 within 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 just a few weeks earlier than heading down south for his or her two-day twin meet in opposition to FGCU to complete off the common season from Jan. 30-31 in Fort Myers, Fla.