FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern men and women's swimming teams returned to Sunshine State Conference competition on Saturday afternoon, hosting the Florida Southern Moccasins in a dual at the NSU Aquatic Center. While the women topped their competition by a landslide, it came down to the wire for the men, topping their side of the competition by just two points.  
 
INSIDE THE MEET:
FINAL WOMEN'S SCORES: Nova Southeastern Sharks (200), Florida Southern Moccasins (62)
FINAL MEN'S SCORES: Nova Southeastern Sharks (132), Florida Southern Moccasins (130)
LOCATION: NSU Aquatic Center | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  
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HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• NSU's A-team comprised of Suzanne Afchain, Kaylee Gassen, Elizabeth Zubero and Jenna Johns earned the first win of the day for the Sharks in the 200 medley relay in 1:45.16.
• The men's 200 medley A-squad (Martin Hemminghyth, Cory Klemm, Magnus Poulsen and Jonathon Yanello) completed the event sweep, taking first with their time of 1:33.83.
• In the final event of the day, the women's 400 freestyle A-team made up of Johns, Caroline Oster, Emma Sundstedt and Gassen, grabbed first in 3:33.06, four seconds faster than the second place finishers, NSU's B-team (Amilia Nusbaum, Hannah Treischmann, Laurel Fink and Alyssa Roehr).

 
TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMERS:
 

• Bernardo Abascal earned the first individual win for the Sharks in the 1,000 freestyle, coming in first in 9:37.50.
• In the women's 200 freestyle, Sundstedt claimed first place in 1:54.12. The sophomore also took first in the 500 freestyle with an NCAA B-cut time of 5:04.86.
• Afchain topped the competition in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.28. She also won in the 200 backstroke in 2:09.83.
• Gassen was first in the women's 100 breaststroke in 1:05.50, while Klemm also won the event on the men's side in 58.23.
• Oster and Matteo Masiero swept FSC in the 200 butterfly, posting times of 2:06.78 and 1:52.48, respectively, for the wins. Oster also went on to win the 100 free in 53.21.
• Johns and Yanello did the same thing in the 50 freestyle, finishing in 23.73 and 21.00, respectively. Johns' time of 23.73 was good enough for an NCAA B-cut standard.
• Johns also won in the 100 butterfly in 56.36, just .05 seconds short of her second B-cut time.
• Poulsen took the win in the both men's 100 free (46.38) and the 100 butterfly (49.53).
• Zubero grabbed an individual win in the 200 breaststroke in 2:21.93.

 
UP NEXT
 
The Sharks will wrap up its home competition next Saturday at the NSU Aquatic Center, hosting Florida Tech at 12:00 p.m. Prior to the meet, the team will honor its 11 seniors, Suzanne Afchain, Madeline McCloskey, Emily Mehlhop, Caroline Oster, Alyssa Roehr, Laura White, Julian Coster, Jacob Gray, David Hudson, Cory Klemm and James Wilson.

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