CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's swimming team closed out the 2019 Sunshine State Conference Championships in fifth place with 335 points. The Lions finished ahead of both Rollins (310 pts.) and Florida Tech (280 pts.) while falling 34 points shy of fourth place Lynn who finished with 369 points.
Tampa held on for the championship with 976 points over the four-day event while Nova Southeastern took second with 939 points. Florida Southern rounded out the top three with 391 points.
The Lions best event on day four was the 200 breast where four Lions finished among the top-16. Sophomore
Paulina Majszutowicz led the way in fourth place with an NCAA "B" standard time of 2:16.70. Freshman
Carolina Walch was the next to stop the clock as she took 13
th in 2:24.89. Senior
Sidney Martin (2:26.31) and junior
Siobhan Murphy (2:27.22) finished 15
th and 16
th, respectively.
Freshman
Vittoria Bonsanti Feniello cruised to a ninth place finish in the 1650 free with an NCAA "B" standard time of 17:25.27. Junior
Charlie Langner finished six spots back in 15
th at 17:53.88.
Junior
Annie Lindstrom added some more points to her championship total with a 10
th place finish in the 100 free as she touched in 51.93, good for another NCAA "B" standard.
The final two individual scorers were senior
Maftuna Tuhtasinova and junior
Julia Chmielewska in the 200 back. Tuhtasinova took 13
th in the event after touching the wall in 2:07.28 while Chmielewska placed 16
th at 2:14.80.
In the lone relay of the day, the 400 free, the Lions took sixth and 15
th. The "A" relay of junior
Zofia Pilarska, Martin, senior
Karina Kolb and junior
Matalin Shaver posted a sixth place time of 3:31.47. Chmielewska, senior
Alyssa McNamara, freshman
Lauren Boos and Bonsanti Feniello comprised the "B" relay which took 15
th after stopping the clock in 3:38.98.
The Lions will now await the announcement of the individuals who qualified for the NCAA Championships which will take place March 13-16 in Indianapolis, Ind.
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