Swimming Starts Solid on Day One of Eagle Invitational

Thursday, November 18

Fort Myers, Fla.

All Day

University of North Florida

FGCU Invite

Photo by: Todd Drexler

11/18/2021 10:27:00 PM | Women's Swimming

Day One Results

FORT MYERS, Fla. – North Florida swimming made a solid debut in the opening day of competition at the Eagle Invitational hosted by FGCU on Thursday. The event features swimmers from UNF, FGCU and Georgia Southern.

COFFEY TALK
"Very happy with the way we started the meet. Ashley Cozad had an outstanding start to her meet with personal best in the 50 freestyle and her 200 lead off of the 800 freestyle relay. There were a lot of season and personal bests as well. Both 800 freestyle relays capped off a great day of swimming. We are definitely looking forward to tomorrow." - Head coach Ian Coffey

CLIPBOARD NOTES
- Ashley Cozad clocked a PR of 23.96 in the 50 Free | Time was the fastest of the season for the Ospreys and 8th fastest in program history | Cozad also swam the lead leg for the Ospreys second-place finishing 800 Free relay foursome, posting a PR time of 1:52.66 in her opening 200
- Freshman Marcia Shaw earned a 50 Free PR with a time of 24.26 as did sophomore Ashley Kephart (24.26) | Taylor Warren posted her season best with a 25.07 in the event | Several other UNF swimmers posted sub 25.00 times en route to PR and season bests
- Senior Juliana Graf was the teams top performer in the 200 IM, earning a fourth-place finish with a team season best mark of 2:09.30 | Warren followed closely behind in fifth at 2:09.35
- Senior Ryan Showfety led the way in the 500 Free, posting a team season best of 5:05.93 to finish 5th | Freshman Gabriella Reeve"As finished 7th in a time of 5:09.79
- North Florida's "A" team in the 200 Medley Relay posted a season best time of 1:46.23 | Team included Warren, Lexi Calder, Cozad and Shaw
- The runner-up finishing 800 Free relay foursome featured Cozad, Warren, Showfety and Kephart

CURRENT STANDINGS
FGCU - 425
Georgia Southern - 259
North Florida - 246

Up Next
Competition continues at the Eagle Invitation on Friday with 10 a.m. trials in the 100 Fly, 400 IM, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back along with a pair of relays (400 Medley & 200 Free)