UNF Posts Record-Breaking Day at CCSA Meet

Thursday, February 18

Knoxville, Tenn.

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University of North Florida

CCSA Championships Day 1

2/18/2010 10:42:00 PM | Women's Swimming

UNF broke three school records on the day and posted an NCAA B-cut time

By: UNF Athletics

CCSA Day One Results

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida swimming and diving team finished the first day of competition at the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association Conference Meet in fourth place. The Ospreys competed in five swimming events on the day, breaking four school records and posting an NCAA B-cut time.

"It was an exciting first day of the meet, breaking three school records in five events," head coach Beth Harrell stated. "We are swimming really well and I am really excited. I am looking forward to Day Two and hopefully breaking a few more records."

In the women's 500-yard freestyle, junior Lyn Ann Nelson took top honors with a NCAA B-cut time of 4:50.67. The victory marked the sixth time that she has earned All-CCSA accolades and the second NCAA B-cut time in her career.

In the preliminaries of the 200-yards individual medley, sophomore Amanda Anderson (2:06.08) and freshman Sara Evans (2:06.63) each posted times that beat UNF's school record time (2:07.19) in the event set by Taylor Crosby last season. In the finals of the event, Evans improved her time to 2:06.38, but Crosby regained the record with a time of 2:05.64.

In the 50 freestyle, junior Kimberly Kuehl posted a time of 24.07 in the preliminaries to finish just six hundredths of a second off of Shawna Bothwell's school record (24.01). Kuehl improved her time in the finals to break the record with a time of 23.88.

The Ospreys started the day on a positive note, setting the school record in the 200 freestyle relay. The team of Kuehl, freshman Kelsey Bobzien, junior Megan Boudreau and Nelson recorded a time of 1:36.02 to break UNF's record of 1:36.50, which was set back in 2005.

North Florida also competed in the 400 medley relay, placing just out of the top three with a fourth place finish and a season-best time of 3:52.30.

The University of North Florida will continue competition in the CCSA Championship on Friday and Saturday.