STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern swim team placed first in every event during Saturday's meet against North Florida to come away with a 193-69 victory over the Ospreys.
"The University of North Florida continues to serve as solid competition for our student-athletes to book-end the season - this weekend included," said head coach
Allyson Sweeney. "As a program, we speak a lot about staying committed to the process as defined by our seasonal goals at the beginning of the year... The women's performances from this past weekend are a testament to that commitment, especially as we start to turn our sights towards the Sun Belt Conference championships beginning in the next two & a half weeks."
Action started in the 400 Yard Medley Relay where the team of
Emma Scruggs,
Ieva Evaltaite,
Madlen Wendland, and
Chiara Alberti placed first with a time of 3:56.07. In the second event of the day,
Zuri Clavo finished the 1000 Yard Freestyle with a time of 10:35.33, 15 seconds ahead of the second place
Montgomery Dampier, who finished 10 seconds ahead of the third place finisher from UNF to collect 13 total points in that event. Alberti (1:54.12),
Jamison Tiller (1:54.82), and
Carsyn Cosman (1:57.34) finished top three in the 200 Yard Freestyle to continue the Eagles winning ways through three events.
Scruggs (58.43) and
Lilly Kasra (1:02.47) took first and second in the 100 Yard Backstroke, Evaltaite (1:05.90) and Belanger (1:07.14) took the top two spots in the 100 Yard Breaststroke, and
Hannah Merrill (2:08.66) took first in the 200 Yard Butterfly to continue the dominance from Georgia Southern.
Abby Wenham (24.70) and
Emma Sutton (24.91) took the top two spots in the 50 yard Freestyle and Alberti (52.56) and Tiller (53.87) took the top two spots in the 100 Yard Freestyle. Scruggs (2:04.94) finished on top in the 200 Yard Backstroke and Evaltaite (2:24.20) and
Avery Sargeant (2:26.77) took the top marks in the 200 Yard Breaststroke to give the Eagles 10 victories through 10 events.
In the 500 Yard Freestyle, Clavo (5:08.45) and Dampier (5:16.10) finished in the first two spots with Wendland following those performances up with a victory in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 57.48. Clavo (2:09.60) and Scurggs (2:12.88) finished in the top two in the 200 Yard IM, and the team of Alberti, Sutton, Cosman, and Wenham finished the day in first place in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:37.32, securing a perfect day for the Eagles.
UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will be off until the Sun Belt Conference Championships, beginning on Wednesday, February 14 in Orlando, Fla.
