Women's Swimming | 11/23/2024 10:39:00 PM
FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- The Barry Swimming teams traveled to the Anne Wilder Aquatic Center to take on the IRSC Collegiate Invitational. Over a three-day meet, the Barry women's team scored a 47, while the men tallied a score of 196. Both teams finished in fifth place. This was the Bucs midseason meet, that tested their skills against NJCAA powerhouse and host Indian River; Sunshine State opponents Florida Southern and Rollins, and top-ranked NAIA program, St. Thomas. There were 12 new program records set, 11 personal best and over 40 season bests.
The women's team was led by Celina Myers who was a part of all four program records that were broken. Myers set three individual records, while helping in the 200-free relay. There were also four personal best set and 12 season best in the meet. Seventeen swims resulted into a final with Diana Surprun taking three into the B-Final.
NOTABLE SWIMS (Women)
- 200 IM
- 400 IM
- 50 Free
- 100 Free
- 200 Free
- Kauri Parsons - 2:03.79 (C-Final Second Place, Season Best) dropped five seconds from prelim swim.
- Kate Rutledge - 2:06.49 (C-Final)
- 500 Free
- 200 Free Relay
- Suprun, Myers, Beck, Cabrera - 1:41.61 (Program Record)
- 50 Fly (split)
- 100 Fly
- Celina Myers - 58.85 (C-Final Winner, Personal Best, Program Record) dropped four seconds and was the only sub 1-minute in the heat.
- Jenna Beck - 1:04.34 (Season Best)
- 200 Fly
- Taryn Will - 2:19.82 (C-Final Winner, Season Best) dropped six seconds from prelim swim.
- 100 Back
- 200 Back
- Kauri Parsons - 2:19.71 (C-Final Winner, Season Best) dropped four seconds from prelim swim.
- Kate Rutledge - 2:22.22 (C-Final, Season Best) dropped eight seconds from prelim swim.
- 100 Breast
- Diana Suprun - 1:07.81 (B-Final Fourth Place)
- Celina Myers - 1:07.46 (C-Final Winner) dropped three seconds from prelim swim.
- Ava McCarthy - 1:14.46 (C-Final, Season Best) dropped three seconds from prelim swim.
- 200 Breast
- Diana Suprun - 2:26.64 (B-Final Fourth Place, Season Best) dropped three seconds from prelim swim.
- Celina Myers - 2:28.31 (C-Final Second Place, Personal Best)
- Ava McCarthy - 2:35.36 (C-Final, Personal Best)
The men's team was led by Balazs Ament who was a part of six of the eight program records that were set. Ament set four individual records, while helping in the 200 and 400-medley relays. There were also seven personal best times set and 30 season best at the meet. Of the 13 individual events, Barry had swimmer qualify for a final in 12 of them, with 23 different swims total. Roland Nagy and Ament led the way with five A-Final placements, Nagy brought how the only individual medal with a gold in the 200-back.
NOTABLE SWIMS (Men)
- 200 IM
- Balazs Ament - 1:54.44 (Program Record, C-Final Second Place, Personal Best) dropped four seconds from prelim swim.
- 400 IM
- Balazs Ament - 4:05.54 (Program Record, A-Final, Personal Best was in Prelims 4:04.37).
- Matthew McLean - 4:20.14 (C-Final, Personal Best)
- 200 Medley Relay
- Nagy, Ament, Mencel, Lanzo - 1:33.39 (Program Record)
- 400 Medley Relay
- Nagy, Ament, Szlobodnyik, Lanzo - 3:21.35 (Program Record)
- 100 Free
- 200 Free
- 500 Free
- Jacopo Lanzo - 4:40.23 (C-Final Winner, Season Best) dropped five seconds from prelim swim.
- Matthew McLean - 4:40.64 (C-Final Second Place, Season Best) dropped three seconds from prelim swim.
- 1650 Free
- 200 Free Relay
- Szlobodnyik, Mencel, Nagy, Lanzo - 1:24.71 (Program Record)
- 800 Free Relay
- Mencel's 200-free split time of 1:39.45 in the leadoff spot was good for a DII-B Standard qualification.
- 100 Fly
- 200 Fly
- Matthew McLean - 1:57.79 (C-Final Second Place, Season Best) dropped two seconds from prelim swim.
- 100 Back
- 200 Back
- Roland Nagy - 1:46.36 (A-Final Winner, Season Best, DII B-Standard) dropped three seconds from prelim swim.
- 100 Breast
- Balazs Ament - 57.04 (A-Final Seventh Place, Personal Best and Program Record in Prelim Swim 56.58)
- 200 Breast
NEXT UP:
The Bucs will swim at Nova Southeastern at the NSU Aquatic Center on Thursday Dec 19.
