FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern Men's and Women's Swimming programs hosted day one of the 12^th-annual Shark Invitational on Friday afternoon from the NSU Aquatics Center. Florida Southern, Barry, Lynn, St. Thomas, Florida Southern, Barry, and Savannah College of A & D were the teams competing and swimming with the Sharks.


STANDINGS:
Women's ~ 1st - Tampa (427 points), 2nd - Nova Southeastern (347 points), 3rd - Florida Tech (237 points), 4th - Lynn (200 points), 5th - Florida Southern (179 points), 6th - St. Thomas (83 points), 7th - Savannah College of A & D (52 points), 8th - Barry (23 points)
Men's ~ 1st - Tampa (448 points), 2nd - Nova Southeastern (254 points), 3rd - Florida Southern (235 points), 4th - Florida Tech (218 points), 5th - St. Thomas (147 points), 6th - Lynn (117 points), 7th - Savannah College of A & D (110 points), 8th - Barry (21 points)
EVENTS:
200 Medley Relay, 1000 Freestyle, 200 Individual Medley, 50 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 400 Individual Medley, 200 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle Relay

 
(Women's)

• The relay group of Mollie Morfelt, Emilia Ronningdal, Rafaela Raurich, and Emily Trieschmann placed second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:45.35.
• Trieschmann took second in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:15.38.
• With a time of 2:06.83, Ronningdal placed second in the 200 IM.
• Raurich came in third in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.45.
• Ronningdal captured the first victory of the day for the Sharks in the 400 IM with a time of 4:30.26. Behind Ronningdal, May Lowy took second with a time of 4:32.75.
• Trieschmann claimed first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:50.66.
• Emily Trieschmann, Emilia Ronningdal, Maria Goncalves, and Rafaela Raurich took second in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:29.41.

  
(Men's)

• Luca Alessandrini took second in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:26.19.
• Inigo Marina finished third in the 200 IM with a time of 1:52.80.
• With a time of 4:03.47, Keith Peristeridis placed third in the 400 IM.
• Marcel Snitko captured fourth in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:40.45.
• With a time of 3:04.64, the group of Umberto Marsic, Gustav Henriksen, Keith Peristeridis, and Marcel Snitko placed third in the 400 freestyle relay.

 
Head Coach Ben Hewitt – Nice night of racing. Definitely a grind and a challenging setup. Excited for another day tomorrow.
 
  
The Sharks will be back in the pool on October 14^th at 9:30 AM for day two of the Shark Invitational at the NSU Aquatic Center.
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