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Butterfly Group Shines on Day Two of Atlantic Sun Championships

Kephart, Shaw, Torres and Cozad Break 200 Freestyle Relay Record

2/22/2024 10:30:00 PM

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - North Florida women's swimming continued with more impressive swims on day two of the inaugural Atlantic Sun Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday. The butterfly group posted five top-ten program times on the day alongside the Ospreys breaking a four-year old school record. 

The group of Ashley Kephart, Marcia Shaw, Victoria Torres and Ashley Cozad broke the school record for the 200-yard freestyle relay with a combined time of 1:34.06. The record was previously set by Amber Pearce, Zoe Trend, Jacqueline Barklund and Francesca Vandersluis back at the 2018 CCSA Championships with a time of 1:34.72

CLIPBOARD NOTES
  • Kayla Daley tallied the fourth fastest 100-yard butterfly in program history during the morning prelims with a time of 55.95
  • Daley's final time of 55.99 was good enough for the fifth fastest 100-yard butterfly in program history
  • Cozad notched the sixth fastest 100-yard butterfly in program history during the evening finals with a time of 56.04
  • Riley McCormick posted the eighth fastest 100-yard butterfly in program history, touching the wall in 56.45 in the morning prelims 
  • Cozad recorded the ninth fastest 100-yard butterfly in program history, finishing with a time of 56.48 
  • Aydan Horrigan swam the third fastest 400-yard individual medley in program history during the morning prelims with a time of 4:25.77 
  • Horrigan would tally the seventh fastest 400-yard individual medley in program history during the evening finals and secured a seventh place finish as well
  • The group of Amanda Loomis, Torres, Daley and Kephart concluded day two with a fifth place finish in the 400-yard medley relay with a combined time of 3:48.65. 

COFFEY TALK 
"We had a great double session here today on the second day of the ASUN Conference Championships. We started off with four swimmers making it to the 100 butterfly finals and Aydan Horrigan swam the third fastest time in school history in the 400 IM. In the morning session we had many top-ten program times and personal bests. We started off the finals with the school record being broken in the 200 freestyle relay, where we got fourth place. We finished with a fast 400 medley relay. We are on course and ready for tomorrow. This is where the meet gets tough, but we have trained all year for this." -- head coach Ian Coffey


UP NEXT
The Ospreys continue the inaugural Atlantic Sun Swimming and Diving Championships with day three consisting of the 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly and the 800-yard freestyle relay.
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