ORLANDO, Fla. – With the conclusion of Session Eight on Sunday, the 2016 Sunshine State Conference Swimming Championships have come to a close. At the end of the four day event the Moccasins of Florida Southern College take home both the men’s and women’s team championships.
FSC topped the men’s standings with 792.5 points, finishing ahead of Nova Southeastern with 743.5 points. Tampa garnered third with 722.5 points, while Florida Tech came in at 541 points for fourth. Saint Leo grabbed the fifth spot with 467.5 points and Rollins finished sixth with 191 points.
With the titles, Florida Southern has now won four consecutive men’s championships, while the women’s title is the school’s first.
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The Moccasins garnered 893.5 points to take the top spot in the women’s standings, with NSU coming in second with 767 points. Tampa (598.5), Lynn (426) and Saint Leo (421) took spots three through five, respectively. Florida Tech earned 259 points to narrowly outpace Rollins, who scored 224 points, for sixth.
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2016 Record Breaking Performances
Six meet records were broken during the 2016 SSC Championships, while two overall conference records fell, all on the men’s side. Pawel Trenda of Saint Leo set the 200 IM championships record with a 1:46.87, while Florida Southern’s Matthew Holmes took down the 400 IM meet record in 3:52.69. Nova Southeastern’s Thiago Sickert set two record times, breaking the overall SSC record in the 100 butterfly (47.14) and earning the meet record in the 200 butterfly (1:46.05). Tampa clipped the championships record in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:19.09, while Nova Southeastern captured the overall conference record in the 400 medley relay after finishing in 3:12.10.
SSC Swimming Records: Men / Women (Updated on 2/21/16 at 8:14 p.m.)
Swimmers of the Meet
The Swimmer of the Meet for the men is Nova Southeastern’s Thiago Sickert, who accrued 77 points with three gold medals and a silver. On the women’s side, Rebecca Matthews of Lynn repeats as Swimmer of the Meet, with 80 points, having won four gold medals.
First Team All SSC - Women
Rebecca Matthews, Lynn
Alli Crenshaw, Florida Southern
Emma Wahlstrom, Nova Southeastern
Natalia Garriock, Saint Leo
Malin Westman, Nova Southeastern
Courtney DeVeny, Nova Southeastern
Kelsey Gouge, Florida Southern
Thalie Carmigniani, Lynn
Second Team All SSC - Women
Makayla Ayers, Tampa
Morgan Burns, Florida Southern
Catalina Galea, Lynn
Georgina Allin, Nova Southeastern
Sophie Long, Tampa
Heather Burns, Florida Southern
Jacinda Whittenburg, Florida Southern
Krystal Karas, Florida Southern
First Team All SSC - Men
Thiago Sickert, Nova Southeastern
Marco Aldabe, Nova Southeastern
Jesus Marin, Florida Southern
Matthew Holmes, Florida Southern
Blake Woodrow, Nova Southeastern
Daniel Bis, Saint Leo
Marco Palacios, Florida Southern
Antonio Nunez, Florida Southern
Second Team All SSC - Men
Evan Jacob, Saint Leo
Pawel Trenda, Saint Leo
Tommy Reminger, Tampa
Raul Garrastazu, Florida Southern
Sean Kim, Florida Southern
Jeremy Parker, Tampa
Ferruccio Rossi, Florida Tech
Matheus Assis, Saint Leo
Day Four Medalists:
Women’s 1650 Freestyle Medalists:
1. Galea, Catalina FR Lynn 16:56.61
2. Ayers, Makayla FR Tampa 17:09.44
3. Burns, Heather SR Florida Southern 17:11.05
Men’s 1650 Freestyle Medalists:
1. Bis, Daniel SO Saint Leo 15:28.08
2. Woodrow, Blake SO Nova Southeastern 15:33.69
3. Rossi, Ferruccio JR Florida Tech 15:37.07
Women’s 100 Freestyle Medalists:
1. Gouge, Kelsey SR Florida Southern 50.73
2. Garriock, Natalia SO Saint Leo 51.02
3. Shows, Jordan SO Nova Southeastern 51.28
Men’s 100 Freestyle Medalists:
1. Sickert, Thiago JR Nova Southeastern 43.79
2. Assis, Matheus SR Saint Leo 44.12
3. Hammer, Martin JR Tampa 44.32
Women’s 200 Backstroke Medalists:
1. Wahlstrom, Emma JR Nova Southeastern 2:01.31
2. DeVeny, Courtney SO Nova Southeastern 2:01.37
3. Tuhtasinova, Maftuna SO Saint Leo 2:02.01
Men’s 200 Backstroke Medalists:
1. Palacios, Marco JR Florida Southern 1:45.10
2. Aldabe, Marco JR Nova Southeastern 1:46.89
3. Coleman, Evan JR Florida Southern 1:48.47
Women’s 200 Breaststroke Medalists:
1. Matthews, Rebecca SR Lynn 2:14.61
2. Weber, Nicole JR Saint Leo 2:15.43
3. Westman, Malin SO Nova Southeastern 2:16.88
Men’s 200 Breaststroke Medalists:
1. Lobanov, Anton SO Nova Southeastern 1:55.06
2. Jasso, Luis SO Florida Southern 1:57.45
3. Kim, Sean FR Florida Southern 1:58.86
Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay Medalists:
1. Florida Southern 3:25. 65
2. Nova Southeastern 3:26.30
3. Tampa 3:28.34
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay Medalists:
1. Tampa 2:56.84
2. Florida Tech 2:57.92
3. Saint Leo 2:57.97
NCAA Postseason: Individual qualifiers to the NCAA championship will be determined by "A" and "B" standards. NCAA Championships take place Wednesday, March 9th - Saturday, March 12th in Indianapolis.