JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida swimming produced its first-ever victory in the young lifespan of the UNF Aquatic Center in a dual meet consisting of Georgia Southern and Vanderbilt Saturday, Oct. 15. A meet full of strong times and personal bests saw the Ospreys overcome Georgia Southern, while falling short to Vanderbilt of the SEC.
Faith Mutschler made her mark in the 1000 freestyle, swimming the 10th fastest time in that event in program history. The freshman has been a key swimmer for the Ospreys, producing multiple first place finishes and fast times throughout the first three meets. She finished just tenths of a second out of the first place slot.
All told, the Ospreys (2-1) produced a total of 20 top five finishes while marking 14 personal bests.
Claire Kerber,
Ashley Kephart and
Victoria Torres among others highlighted those times.
FINAL SCORES
- North Florida 136, Georgia Southern 126
- Vanderbilt 177, North Florida 85
- Vanderbilt 175, Georgia Southern 87
CLIPBOARD NOTES
- Mutschler tallied the 10th fastest time in program history for the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:28.13
- Freshman Ellie Hixenbaugh made her debut as an Osprey, racing in both breaststroke events and the 200 IM
- Kerber raced to a personal best 2:06.86 in the 200 yard butterfly, touching second in the event
- Victoria Torres notched two second place finishes in both breaststroke events, with both being personal records
- Aydan Horrigan recorded three personal bests on the day in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM
- The group of Ashley Cozad, Kate Eaton, Kephart and Mutschler swam a time of 7:50.98 in the 800 freestyle relay to propel the Ospreys to a win over Georgia Southern. The two teams entered the final event just points apart in the leaderboard
- UNF Swimming improves to 6-4 all-time against Georgia Southern at meets in Jacksonville
- The Ospreys win over Georgia Southern marked the first ever victory at the UNF Aquatic Center
COFFEY TALK
UP NEXT
North Florida women's swimming travels to Tallahassee for a quad meet hosted by Florida State. UNF, Florida Southern and West Florida make up the field, the meet begins at 2 p.m. Friday, October 21.
