Ospreys Remain in Third After Day 2 of SCAD Invite

Friday, November 30

Savannah, Ga.

All Day

University of North Florida

SCAD Invitational Day 2

Photo by: Todd Drexler

11/30/2012 10:48:00 PM | Women's Swimming

By: North Florida Athletics

Meet Results (Day 1)
Meet Results (Day 2)

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The University of North Florida swimming team remains in third place after the second day of competition at the SCAD Invitational at the Chatham County Aquatic Center hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Wingate leads the 10-team invitational, followed by meet host SCAD. UNF is in third, followed by Converse, Brenau, St. Leo, Darton State, Berry, South Georgia and Thomas.

North Florida started the day with the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Rebeca Bernard, Ellice Mae Sanchez, Maria Bernard and Natalie McCallum posted the second fastest time of the season in the event with a time of 1:41.58. The quartet of Janie Kennedy, Caitlyn Gutierrez, Olivia Langford and Amy Taylor were just off the pace with a time of 1:45.25.

In the finals of the 200 freestyle, Langford (1:58.46) and Taylor (1:59.11) finished back-to-back, scoring 12 and 11 points for the Ospreys, respectively. Twin sisters M. Bernard and R. Bernard were nearly identical in the pool with times of 2:00.50 and 2:00.75, correspondingly.

Sanchez was the Ospreys' top finisher in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.63. The time gives the sophomore the top five times of the season for UNF in the event. Kristina Alexiou clocked a 1:01.94 in the event followed by Katie England with a 1:04.59.

Senior Sara Evans finished just 0.24 seconds off of her season-best time in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:35.29 to pace the Ospreys. Lissa Janowicz (4:41.52), Natalie McCallum (4:41.82) and Bridget Woods (4:44.05) each scored points in the finals for North Florida.

In the 50 freestyle, R. Bernard advanced to the finals and notched a time of 25.87.

A trio of Ospreys advanced to the finals of the 200 breaststroke. Evans led the charge with a time of 2:25.39, followed by Woods' time of 2:28.01 and England's 2:33.23.

Taylor (1:00.95) and Janowicz (1:00.57) finished back-to-back for the Ospreys in the 100 butterfly. Sanchez was also in the finals, posting a season-best time of 1:02.36.

In the final event of the day, the 400 medley relay team of Sanchez, Woods, Janowicz and M. Bernard notched a time of 4:02.89 to pace the North Florida team. Alexiou, Evans, Taylor and R. Bernard recorded a time of 4:08.62 in the event.

On Saturday, the invitational concludes with the 200 medley relay, 200 individual medley, 100 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 backstroke, 200 butterfly and the 400 freestyle relay.

The final day of competition will also be prelim/final format. Preliminaries begin in the morning with the top 16 competitors in each event returning in the evening for the finals. All relay events are swum as timed finals during the evening sessions.