TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Anna Van DeKeere broke a school record in the 100-yard individual medley, while Emil Schildhauer reached NAIA B standards Friday as the Thomas Night Hawks competed at the All Florida Invite, hosted by Florida State University.
Thomas faced in an all NCAA Division-I field, competing against Florida State, the University of North Florida and the University of West Florida in dual-scored competition.
Van DeKeere swam the 100 IM in 1:03.87 to finish 11th. She also met NAIA B standard in the 200-yard freestyle, placing 11th with a time of 1:57.88 (standard: 2:00.97), and in the 500 freestyle, came in 13th with a mark of 5:18.60 (standard: 5:27.01).
Schildhauer met the NAIA B standard in the 100 breaststroke, taking third in 58.74. The cut is 58.76. He also placed second in the 200 breaststroke in 2:10.78, 1.66 seconds off the NAIA B standard.
Jofre Mataro won the 100 backstroke in 52.83, with teammate Pelayo Gafo second in 57.03. Mataro took third in the 50 freestyle in 21.68, 0.13 seconds off the provisional standard of 21.55. Gafo also placed second in the 200 backstroke in 2:02.15.
Luca Tona placed fourth in the 200 butterfly (1:59.58) and fifth in the 100 butterfly (53.97). Aiden Thrasher competed in the 50 free (24.73), 100 free (56.19) and 200 free (2:02.76).
The men's team took second in the 200 medley relay (1:38.23) and third in the 200 free relay (1:29.63). Florida State won the men's dual 183-40.
For the women, Casey Fair placed eighth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:32.09. Karlie Autry placed 11th in the 100 backstroke (1:06.20) and the 200 backstroke (2:23.31). Alexis Horn and Leilani Hichkad also competed in the breaststroke events.
The women finished eighth in the 200 medley relay (1:57.99) and ninth in the 200 free relay (1:46.69). West Florida won the women's dual 242-19, North Florida won 234-13 and Florida State won 235-24.
Thomas returns to the Sunshine State for another meet as they travel to Fort Meyers, Florida for the Halloween Invite hosted by Ave Maria University on Saturday, Oct.31 at 11 a.m.
