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FAU Women’s Swimming & Diving Kick Off the 2019 C-USA Championships
ATLANTA – (Feb. 27, 2019) – The Florida Atlantic University women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up day one of the Conference USA Swimming and Diving Championships at McAuley Aquatic Center. Although there were only two races on night one, the Owls are currently tied with Old Dominion for fifth place with 54 points, while FIU and Rice are tied for the top spot with 74 points.
Notables:
- The 200-yard medley relay team of Abby Marshall, Tori Ellwood, Danica Garbett and Fatimah Westbrook finished fifth with a time of 1:43.58
- In the 800-yard freestyle relay, the team of Spence Atkins, Sharon Kok, Sarah Martin and Kelsey Witkay took sixth with 7:31.38
Personal Best Times/Scores:
- Marshall – 50 Back (split) (25.64)
- Wilkins – 50 Back (split) (27.01)
Thursday’s Event Schedule:
Starting at 10:30 a.m. (trials)
- 500 Freestyle
- 200 IM
- 50 Freestyle
- 3-Meter Diving (Prelims/Consolation)
Starting at 6 p.m. (finals)
- 500 Freestyle (C Final, Consolation Final and Championship Final)
- 200 IM (C Final, Consolation Final and Championship Final)
- 50 Freestyle (C Final, Consolation Final and Championship Final)
- 3-Meter Diving Final
- 200 Freestyle Relay (B Final)
- 200 Freestyle Relay (Championship Final)
Up Next:
The women’s swimming & diving team will take on day two of the C-USA Championships tomorrow. Trials will commence at 10:30 a.m. and finals will get rolling at 6 p.m. For complete coverage from the championships and other FAU swimming and diving news, follow along on Twitter (@FAUSwimDive), Instagram (@FAUSwimDive) and Facebook.
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FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
