STATESBORO, Ga. - North Florida women's swimming competed in its third and final tri-meet of the competition season against Georgia Southern and East Carolina, Saturday, January 21. Despite strong swims from Ashley Kephart and Claire Kerber, as well as 15 top-five finishes, the Ospreys fell short to the Eagles and the Pirates.
Kephart and Kerber accounted for five of the Ospreys top-five finishes on the day.
FINAL RESULTS
Georgia Southern 209, North Florida 85
East Carolina 219, North Florida 75
East Carolina 196, Georgia Southern 104
CLIPBOARD NOTES
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This was the fourth meeting between UNF and Georgia Southern this competition season
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Kephart led the Ospreys with three top-five finishes in the 50, 100 and 200 yard freestyles
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Kerber touched the wall second in both the 100 and 200 yard butterfly, with times of 57.93 and 2:07.50 respectively
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Faith Mutschler continued to show impressive long distance swims, finishing fourth in both the 500 and 1,000 yard freestyle
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Aydan Horrigan finished fourth in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:08.94
COFFEY TALK
"Ashley Kephart and Claire Kerber had really good races today. We battled hard today but things didn't go our way. There's one more meet before the conference championships and we'll be prepared to swim fast." -- Head Coach Ian Coffey
UP NEXT
The Ospreys travel to Fort Myers, Fla. , face FGCU Jan. 27-28 in the final tune up for the CCSA Championships.
