Liberty Girls, SMU Males Safe Inaugural Atlantic Solar Convention Crowns
The inaugural Atlantic Solar Convention Championships concluded Saturday evening, with the Liberty ladies and Southern Methodist males being topped champions. The Flames racked up 897.5 factors, adopted by Queens College of Charlotte (792) in second and Florida Gulf Coast (579.5) in third. On the lads’s facet, the Mustangs totaled a staggering 1059 factors, practically 500 forward of second-place Queens (699) and third-place Florida Atlantic College (568).
Maybe the most important storyline of the meet lies within the younger expertise. A number of freshmen stood on the rostrum, secured NCAA-cut instances, and broke faculty/convention data. The subsequent few years of motion within the Atlantic Solar Convention shall be thrilling because the younger expertise continues to develop.
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DAY ONE
The meet kicked off with the 200 medley relay, which was swam throughout the preliminary session. For the ladies, the Queens A crew of Maren Patterson, Annika Huber, Madeline Foster, and Ryley Heck claimed the highest spot with a time of 1:38.86. Second place went to the Flames in 1:39.55, and third to FGCU in 1:40.84. The SMU males began off their dominant weekend robust, successful the occasion in 1:25.31, which was greater than a second quicker than Queens (1:26.41). FAU took third in 1:27.05.
Particular person finals started Wednesday evening with the five hundred freestyle. Queens senior Sophie Lange took first within the occasion with a time of 4:48.12. FGCU’s Jasmin Kroll was second in 4:50.05. The SMU males took the top-5 locations within the 500, led by Jack Hoagland with a time of 4:15.6. Hoagland lowered his personal crew report within the occasion, which had beforehand sat at 4:17.66.
Queens freshman Abigail Zboran received the 200 IM in 1:58.39, a time that’s an NCAA “B” minimize. Her teammate, Annika Huber, took second in 2:01.24. As for the lads, SMU had yet one more dominant race, claiming the highest three locations. Jack Easton completed in 1:44.70, grabbing one other gold for the Mustangs.
The highest three ladies’s finishers within the 50 free clocked in beneath 23 seconds, led by Danielle Melilli of Queens in a blazing 22.07. She was adopted by her teammate Ryley Heck (22.69) and UNC Asheville’s Abby Parks (22.78). Matej Dusa picked up the primary gold medal for the Queens males, ending in a time of 19.35. SMU’s Lance Butler took second (19.47) and Queens’ Daniel Meszaros took third (19.73).
DAY TWO
Day Two started with the 200 freestyle relay. The Queens ladies (Danielle Melilli, Ryley Heck, Maren Patterson, and Abigail Zboran) took the gold medal in dominant trend, clocking in at 1:29.98. This was practically two seconds quicker than second-place FGCU (1:31.65). UNC Asheville earned bronze with a 1:32.22. The boys’s relay was extraordinarily shut, because the Mustangs (1:17.74) edged Queens (1:17.82) for the win by .06. FAU took third in 1:20.34.
The preliminary session concluded with timed finals of the 400 medley relay. The Queens ladies (3:36.93) topped Liberty (3:37.10) for the win, dropping over 5 seconds off of their seed time. FGCU took third in 3:41.71. The SMU males dominated the occasion, ending a number of seconds over Queens (3:10.21) in a 3:07.68. Bronze was claimed by FAU in 3:12.82.
Thursday evening, it was freshmen fever within the ladies’s 100 fly, as the highest two finishers had been each first-year opponents. Liberty’s Kamryn Cannings had a stellar race, claiming the primary win for the Flames and setting each the crew and convention report in an NCAA “B” minimize of 51.26. Queens’ Madeline Foster took second in 53.37. The freshmen efficiently made an announcement that they’re forces to be reckoned with within the convention. Fifth-year Danny Kovac (46.08) and junior Russell Exum (46.67) picked up one other 1-2 end for the SMU males within the occasion.
Abigail Zboran grabbed her second particular person win of the meet within the 400 IM, ending in a 4:14.36. Not far behind had been Liberty’s Grace Isaacs (4:15.82) and Genna Joyce (4:19.48). Jack Hoagland picked up his second particular person gold as nicely, successful the lads’s 400 IM in 3:41.19. Hoagland’s finishes in each the five hundred free and 400 IM had been American Athletic Convention data. SMU junior Cotton Fields dropped over 10 seconds from his preliminary time, ending in a 3:41.42.
FGCU’s first particular person win was claimed by Jasmin Kroll within the 200 free. One other freshman within the convention, Kroll bested the competitors by practically a full second along with her time of 1:46.72. Sophie Lange completed second in 1:47.66, and Liberty’s Shelby Kahn made her approach onto the rostrum with a time of 1:47.71 that was good for third place. On the lads’s facet, the occasion was exceptionally shut with the top-3 finishers all touching in beneath 1:35. SMU’s Christopher Mykkanen took first in 1:34.01, together with his teammate Jack Forrest claiming second in 1:34.45. Daniel Meszaros earned one other bronze medal with a time of 1:34.84.
DAY THREE
Thursday’s morning session concluded with timed finals of the 800 free relay. The Liberty ladies (Kamryn Cannings, Sydney Stricklin, Kate Baker, Shelby Kahn) picked up their first relay win in a 7:10.97, only a few tenths in need of the college report 7:10.73. Queens was second in 7:12.87, and FGCU third in 7:18.60. The SMU males (Jack Hoagland, Christopher Mykkanen, Jack Forrest, Colin Feehery) dominated the race in a school-record 6:15.90, successful by greater than 12 seconds over Queens (6:28.06). Third-place was picked up by FAU (6:32.17).
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The Flames made an enormous assertion within the 100 again on Thursday evening, selecting up the top-four locations. Abbie Shaw took first in 54.27, carefully adopted by Sydney Stricklin (54.30), Sydney Houtz (54.50), and Malia Francis (54.80). Sophomore Caden Fritz grabbed gold for the Queens males, ending in 47.15. SMU’s Russell Exum (47.32) and Jack Easton (47.36) had been second and third, respectively.
The Queens ladies fired again at Liberty’s 100 again surge by posting the top-two finishes within the 100 breast. Danielle Melilli grabbed yet one more gold (1:00.45) by 5 hundredths of a second over teammate Annika Huber (1:00.50). FGCU’s Jenna Gwinn completed third in 1:02.12. Maybe some of the spectacular swims of the night got here from SMU freshman Kristaps Mikelsons, who posted the successful time of 52.69 within the occasion for the lads. He simply out-touched SMU senior Lance Butler (52.87) as the 2 grabbed extra factors for the Mustangs. Justin Bender stepped onto the rostrum for the primary time for Gardner-Webb College, ending third in 53.40.
Thursday’s session ended with the 200 fly. As soon as once more, freshmen made an enormous impression. Kamryn Cannings grabbed her second particular person gold medal of the meet, touching in 1:56.12. Abigail Zboran claimed her third medal of the championship, as her 1:57.38 was good for silver. The 2 freshmen had been over three full seconds forward of the subsequent greatest competitor, as UNC Asheville junior Riley Edmundson grabbed third in 2:01.17. For the lads, Danny Kovac additionally grabbed his second particular person gold (1:42.02), adopted by teammate Cotton Fields (1:42.76) as they secured an extra top-two end for SMU.
DAY FOUR
Saturday started with the ultimate relay of the meet, the 400 free relay. The Queens ladies had yet one more spectacular relay win, ending in 3:16.80. Liberty trailed in 3:19.81, adopted by FGCU in 3:21.36. The SMU and Queens males battled it out as soon as once more, however the race ended with the SMU males on high in 2:50.71. Queens took silver in 2:51.81, and FAU took bronze in 2:57.88.
Within the night, the Flames’ backstroke dominance continued as they secured the top-two spots within the 200. Abbie Shaw led the sphere with a 1:55.36, and Malia Francis took second with a 1:56.50. Yet one more freshman made her approach onto the rostrum as Queens’ Haley Ross (1:57.37) out-touched Liberty’s Sydney Houtz (1:57.44) for bronze. After a number of podium finishes, SMU junior Cotton Fields was lastly in a position to seize a person gold within the occasion after ending in 1:43.79. The Mustangs took the subsequent three spots as nicely, as Fields was adopted by John Culver (1:42.93), Jack Easton (1:43.95), and Russell Exum (1:44.80).
The ultimate occasion of the meet was the 200 breaststroke, the place the Flames as soon as once more had a big presence on the rostrum. Whereas first place was secured by Queens’ Annika Huber (2:12.09), second (Genna Joyce- 2:13.77) and third (Jamyson Robb- 2:14.49) each wore Liberty colours. SMU freshman Kristaps Mikelsons had yet one more standout swim within the occasion, successful by over a half-second in 1:54.90. Bryce Mortimer was the lone swimmer to characterize Previous Dominion College on the rostrum as he grabbed silver (1:55.58). Justin Bender (1:56.98) of Gardner-Webb was third.
