Swimming & Diving Claim Pair of Victories

Saturday, October 24

Charleston, S.C.

2 p.m.

University of North Florida

227

College of Charleston

10/24/2009 6:35:10 PM | Women's Swimming

North Florida defeated College of Charleston 227-68 and Georgia Southern 149-141

By: UNF Athletics

North Florida 227, College of Charleston 68

North Florida 149, Georgia Southern 141

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida swimming and diving team improved to 3-0 in dual meets as they defeated both College of Charleston and Georgia Southern on Saturday, Oct. 24, in Charleston, S.C. The Ospreys defeated the Cougars 227-68, while edging the Eagles 149-141.

“It is always good to win on the road,” head coach Beth Harrell commented after the meet. “Georgia Southern was our toughest opponent of the day. They jumped out ahead of us early by about 25 points, but we battled back and were able to close it out. I am really proud of our girls and the way that they finished the meet strong.”

UNF won 10 of the 16 events of the meet to claim both victories. The Ospreys were led by junior Lyn Ann Nelson, sophomore Amanda Anderson, sophomore Taylor Crosby and freshman Julia Moomaw.

Nelson won three individual events and took second place in a relay. The junior from Omaha, Neb. collected victories in the 800-meter freestyle, 400 free and the 100 free. Nelson posted an 800 free time of 9:04.74 to win the event by nearly seven seconds. In the 400 free, Nelson posted a time of 4:28.62 to win the event by nearly five seconds. Freshman Caroline Larsson took third place in the 400 free with a time of 4:34.56. Nelson swam the anchor leg of the 200 freestyle relay that finished second with a time of 1:15.80, less than one second back of first.

Anderson claimed victories in the 100 backstroke as well as the 200 back. In the 100 back, Anderson registered a time of 1:06.48 to win the event, while senior teammate Emily Shaw placed third with a time of 1:09.63. Anderson was eight hundredths of a second faster than GSU's Lindsay Goodman to win the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:23.43. Freshman Kelsey Bobzien placed third in the event with a 2:27.79.

Crosby also won a pair of events, taking top honors in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 breaststroke. The Port Monmouth, N.J. native posted a 100 breaststroke time of 1:16.43 to finish in first place, just 21 hundredths of a second ahead of Georgia Southern's Ashley White. UNF freshman Sara Evans was a tenth of a second behind White to claim third. Crosby, Evans and freshman Katie England finished first, second and third, respectively, in the 200 breaststroke. The three swimmers were all within one second of each other as Crosby won the even with a time of 2:45.41.

Moomaw, a true freshman from Orlando, Fla., won the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, competing in her first collegiate meet of the year. In 1-meter diving, Moomaw tallied 228.65 points to win the event by 16.05 points. She out dove two Eagles and five Cougars to win her first collegiate event. Moomaw followed with a narrow victory on the 3-meter board. Moomaw won the 3-meter diving competition with a score of 224.70, just 1.9 points ahead of the second place finisher.

The Ospreys will return to the pool on Saturday, Nov. 7, as UNF welcomes Campbell to the UNFAquatic Center. The dual meet is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.