Division II swimming and diving keeps trucking along as we move further into fall, with several of the top 10 teams from last year competing this week, including two competitive Sunshine State Conference opponents. Take a look at the match-ups to watch this week below:
In-state and conference rivals Tampa and Florida Southern will face off this Friday, October 14th in Tampa, with both teams opening their seasons against one another (Florida Southern was scheduled to swim Nova Southeastern last weekend, but that meet was cancelled due to Hurricane Matthew). This meet was incredibly close last year, with the Florida Southern men prevailing 143-119 while the women’s meet was a rare tie, 131-131.
Of the two teams, Florida Southern on paper should have the advantage. Both the men and women of Florida Southern were first in the Sunshine State Conference last year, while Tampa’s men and women were both third. On the men’s side, Tampa lost some key members of their incredible sprint group from last season that earned them relay titles in the 200 and 400 free relays at NCAA’s last year. Senior Martin Hammer is the only returner from that group, so look for him to carry the sprint events and be a key player as they look for underclassmen to fill in their free relays. Florida Southern is stronger in the medley relays, and should have a big advantage in many of the stroke events where they have returning All-Americans. Senior Marco Palacios was the national champion last year in the 100 backstroke, while Luis Jasso and sophomore Sean Kim were All-American breaststrokers last year.
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