TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - North Florida swimming competed in the fifth annual FSU Quad Meet on Friday, October 21, going against a field consisting of Florida Southern, West Florida and Florida State. The Ospreys had strong swims, but came up short in UNF's third meet in as many weekends.
The Ospreys continue to see strong swims from the freshman, who accounted for half of the teams top five finishes. Seven freshmen also tallied new personal best marks.
FINAL SCORES
West Florida 211, North Florida 82
Florida State 238, North Florida 53
Florida Southern 134, North Florida 127
CLIPBOARD NOTES
- Ella Chang, McKenna Fiore and Madelyn York all made their season debuts
- Freshman Faith Mutschler impressed yet again, touching second in the 500 free and the 1,000 free. Her times were 5:05.27 and 10:30.63 respectively.
- Ashley Kephart managed two fifth place finishes in the 100 yard and 200 yard freestyle
- Claire Kerber swam to a third place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:08.10
- Michelle Whelton raced to a fifth place finish in the 500 freestyle, touching the wall in 5:12.71 good for a new personal best for the freshman
- Allea Jensen marked a new personal best in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.54
- The Ospreys notched 10 top five finishes at the FSU Quad Meet
- Eight swimmers produced new personal bests
COFFEY TALK
"Today we competed against some very good teams, but it wasn't our day. We'll learn from the meet and improve. There were a lot of good swims today, with
Faith Mutschler swimming a great 1,000 and 500 free.
Ashley Kephart also performed well in her races. It's always tough going three weeks in a row competing, but it will make us better." - Head Coach
Ian Coffey
UP NEXT
North Florida women's swimming returns to the UNF Competition Pool Complex to host SCAD in a dual meet Friday, October 28th at 11:30 a.m.
