Tulane Swimming and Diving Concludes Competition at FGCU Quad Meet

Saturday, January 4

Fort Myers, Florida

11 AM

Tulane University

112

Florida Gulf Coast University

Photo by: Parker Waters

Tulane Swimming and Diving Concludes Competition at FGCU Quad Meet

Jan 4, 2020 | Women's Swimming and Diving

FINAL RESULTS | FINAL TEAM SCORES

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Tulane University swimming and diving team competed in the FGCU quad meet this afternoon where it defeated Illinois State (180-32), tied with Florida Gulf Coast (112-112) and a lost to Liberty (131-93).

The competition was held at the FGCU Aquatics Complex.

Tulane ended the session with a handful of strong performances, including four first-place finishes.

"I am very proud of how they swam," head coach Leah Stancil said. "As usual their task is to race and they did a great job of that despite how physically tired they were from the training trip."

The Green Wave had a strong showing in the 400 IM, as four Tulane individuals finished in the top six. Senior Olivia Johnson led the way, claiming first in a time of 4:20.39. Teammates Jordan Morling, Mya Drost-Parra and Kate Amar followed by finishing third (4:31.88), fourth (4:33.14) and sixth (4:39.06), respectively.

Johnson also would go on to claim the 500 yard freestyle, as she posted a time of 4:58.31.

Juniors Courtney Barker and Kate McDonald also had winning swims, as both posted victories in the 100 free (52.43) and 100 breast (1:03.62), respectively.

Both Green Wave relays took third place with finishing times of 1:46.42 in the 200 medley relay and 3:33.40 in the 400 freestyle relay.

LAGNIAPPE
Sophomore Noa Heron had several noteworthy performances, taking second in both the 200 freestyle (1:53.61) and the 500 freestyle (5:00.36).

UP NEXT
Tulane returns on Jan. 8 in their meet against University of West Florida in Pensacola.

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