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Women's Swimming Scott Fitzgerald | Athletic Communications

Swimming Kicks Off New Year at Georgia Southern

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North Florida School Records
North Florida All-Time Top 10
CCSA Top-24 Times (Jan. 19)
STATESBORO, Ga. – The 2017 portion of the North Florida swimming schedule commences on Saturday with a visit to Georgia Southern for a CCSA matchup. The duel meet with be the first of two before CCSA Championships next month.
 
Meet Info
Date: Saturday, January 21
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Place: RAC Aquatics Center (Statesboro, Ga.)
Opponent: Georgia Southern
 
Meet Notes
The Matchup: Both Georgia Southern and North Florida go into Saturday's meet seeking their second win of the 2016-17 season. For the Ospreys it will be the first action of the new calendar year while the Eagles will be competing for the second time in 2017 after a meeting with Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) on Friday night.
 
All-Time Series: The Eagles have won three of the last four meetings against the Ospreys including a 171-90 decision last year in Jacksonville. North Florida's last victory in the series came during 2012-13 season, topping Georgia Southern, 142-101. The all-time series is square at 8-8 and the two schools have met every year since 2000.
 
Last Time Out: The meet will be the first competition for North Florida since the Florida Tech Invite on Nov. 18-20. As a team, the finished second overall with 823.50 points. The highlight of the meet came when freshman Francesca Vandersluis broke the 100 breaststroke school record with a time of 1:03.98. Classmate Jacqueline Barklund swam the fifth fastest time in school history in the 100 backstroke.

Scheduled events vs. Georgia Southern
 Events  North Florida Season-Best Times
 200 Medley  Newcomb, Vandersluis, Draskovich, Pearce – 1:46.12
 1000 Free  Kiana Albert – 10:51.57
 200 Free  Amber Pearce – 1:55.02
 100 Back  Jacqueline Barklund – 56.77
 100 Breast  Francesca Vandersluis – 1:03.98
 200 Fly  Emily Draskovich – 2:06.62
 50 Free  Amber Pearce – 24.24
 100 Free  Amber Pearce – 53.12
 200 Back  Jacqueline Barklund – 2:04.35
 200 Breast  Francesca Vandersluis – 2:23.04
 500 Free  Kiana Albert – 5:09.02
 100 Fly  Zoe Trenz – 58.04
 200 IM  Kaleigh Newcomb – 2:09.90
 200 Free Relay  Pearce, Trenz, Creech, Vandersluis – 1:36.23
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Kiana Albert

Kiana Albert

Free/Back
5' 5"
Sophomore
Business Finance
Emily Draskovich

Emily Draskovich

Fly
5' 2"
Sophomore
Nursing
Kaleigh Newcomb

Kaleigh Newcomb

Back/IM
5' 5"
Sophomore
Psychology
Amber Pearce

Amber Pearce

Free
5' 5"
Freshman
Biology
Jacqueline Barklund

Jacqueline Barklund

Free/Back
5' 10"
Freshman
Health Science
Francesca Vandersluis

Francesca Vandersluis

Free/Breast
5' 7"
Freshman
Business Management
Zoe Trenz

Zoe Trenz

Free/Fly/Breast
5' 10"
Freshman
Biology

Players Mentioned

Kiana Albert

Kiana Albert

5' 5"
Sophomore
Business Finance
Free/Back
Emily Draskovich

Emily Draskovich

5' 2"
Sophomore
Nursing
Fly
Kaleigh Newcomb

Kaleigh Newcomb

5' 5"
Sophomore
Psychology
Back/IM
Amber Pearce

Amber Pearce

5' 5"
Freshman
Biology
Free
Jacqueline Barklund

Jacqueline Barklund

5' 10"
Freshman
Health Science
Free/Back
Francesca Vandersluis

Francesca Vandersluis

5' 7"
Freshman
Business Management
Free/Breast
Zoe Trenz

Zoe Trenz

5' 10"
Freshman
Biology
Free/Fly/Breast