BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Sharks were back in the pool on Saturday morning, as they traveled to Lynn for a season-opening dual with both teams winning. The men emerged victorious 163-99 while the women did similar taking the dual 162.5-99.5.

 (Women)

• Valentina Masella, Maria Zornoza, Mathilda Sandberg and Maxine Egner's unit opening the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay at 1:45.48.
• Bree Buchanan won the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:37.46, nearly 20 seconds faster than the next finisher. She also won the 500-yard freestyle at 5:10.53.
• Kristina Orban was back in the water after last year's historic run with a season-opening victory in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:51.34.
• Nika Tomic took the victory in the 100-yard backstroke at 58.33 and the 200-yard backstroke at 2:03.66.
• Maria Zornoza took the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:04.39 and the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:24.36.
• In the sprints, Zinna Nimander won the 50-yard freestyle at 23.84 while Kristina Orban took the 100-yard variant at 52.30.
• In the closing relays, the grouping of Kristina Orban, Zinna Nimander, Kamila Swidnicka, and Maxine Egner won the 200-yard freestyle relay at 1:34.81.

  (Men)

• The meet opened with a relay victory from Paul Huvet-Pansard, Alex Ochsenbein, Gabriel Rzezwicki and Ethan Baylin in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:31.17.
• Danny Bishop took a victory in the 200-yard freestyle at 1:42.72.
• Agus Orechia won his first event of the season in the 100-yard backstroke at 50.96, later winning in the 200-yard backstroke as well at 1:51.50.
• In the 200-yard butterfly, it was the Sharks' Kacper Mochnal with the win at 1:53.55.
• In the sprints, Ethan Baylin won the 50-yard freestyle with a commanding win at 20.77. Salvatore Lanzafame won the 100-yard variant at 46.96.
• In the final event of the dual, NSU's pairing of Anton Witzell, Gabriel Rzezwicki, Tres Izquierdo and Ethan Baylin won the 200-yard freestyle relay at 1:23.05.

Both Shark squads have a few weeks off before hitting the road again on Oct. 23 against Tampa at the Riseman Aquatic Center. The dual is slated to begin at 2:30 p.m. To stay up to date on the Sharks, follow on Instagram at NSU_Swim.