GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern men's and women's swim programs began their 2022-23 seasons on Friday, as the Sharks women's team competed against both the Florida Gators and Arkansas Razorbacks, while the men's side raced against Florida.  

INSIDE THE MEET 

SCORES: (Women's) Nova Southeastern 65, Arkansas 222; Nova Southeastern 44, Florida 244 | (Men's) Nova Southeastern 42, Florida 252 
LOCATION: Gainesville, Fla. | EXACTECH ARENA at Stephen C. O'Connell Center 
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RESULTS

HOW IT HAPPENED (Women's) 

• Emily Trieschmann finished with a time of 10:20.54 in the 1000-yard freestyle and was the top finisher for the Sharks. 

• Emilia Ronningdal placed fifth in the 200-freestyle, with a time of 1:52.81. 

• Celina Marquez finished in fourth place for NSU in the 100-backstroke with a time of 56.83 and earned two points for NSU.  

• Savanna Best scored a point in the 100-breaststroke, finishing fifth with a time of 1:04.25. 

• Estelle Bauer earned a second-place finish for the Sharks in the 500-freestyle, just missing on the victory by eight-tenths of a second and recorded a time of 4:51.93. 

• Sasha Maslova placed fifth for Nova Southeastern in the 100-butterfly, recording a time of 56.72. 

HOW IT HAPPENED (Men's) 

• Gustav Henriksen, Robert Spekis, Umberto Marsic and Anton Mueller earned two points for NSU in the 200 yard medley relay, recording a time of 1:33.78. 

• Luca Alessandrini placed fifth in 1000-yard freestyle for NSU, earning two points, with a time of 9:43.70.  

• Aidan Pflieger and Caleb Fell also placed within the top-10 for Nova Southeastern, recording times of 9:57.12 and 10:08.29, respectively.  

• Thomas Flower and Rhett Moore each scored points for the Sharks in the 200-free, placing fourth and fifth with times of 1:41.84 and 1:46.55. 

• Henriksen picked up two points for the Sharks in the 100-backstroke with a time of 51.13, while Luka Samsonov added a point and finished in 55.19. 

• Spekis and Vendetti added three more points to the Sharks' ledger, finishing the 100-breaststroke with times of 59.40 and 1:05.04.  

• Matthew Gush (2:08.81) and Jose Diaz (2:09.65) placed within the top-6 in the 200-butterfly. 

• Umberto Marsic finished fourth in the 50-freestyle, recording a time of 20.68. 

UPCOMING 

The Sharks will be back in the pool on Friday, Oct. 7, and host the Shark Invitational. Day one of the meet begins at 4:30 p.m. at the NSU Aquatic Center.