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Night Hawks Take Home six Golds at the AMU Spooky Halloween Invite

11/1/2026 3:14:00 PM

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Thomas swimming and diving team won six individual events on Saturday at the AMU Spooky Halloween Invite at the Lee County/FGCU Aquatics Center.

Carter Davis and Casey Fair each won two events, and Jofre Mataro and Emil Schildhauer added one apiece.

Davis swept the diving events. Marking the first wins in a diving event in the program's history. He won the 1-meter board with 305.10 points, nearly doubling the runner-up score of 155.70, and took the 3-meter title with 289.80. Davis' performance earned him NAIA Championship qualifying standards in each event.

Fair led the women with wins in both 50-yard sprints. She took the 50 backstroke in 30.07 and the 50 breaststroke in 30.75, with Alexis Horn finishing second in 33.63 for a Thomas 1-2 finish.

Mataro won the 100 freestyle in 48.18, reaching NAIA B standard in the event. Holding off the second place finisher by 0.33 seconds. Mataro also finished runner-up in the 50 freestyle skins, taking second in the final round.

Schildhauer won the 50 breaststroke in 26.98, 1.83 seconds ahead of the field. He also placed third in the 200 backstroke in 2:07.16.

The men's 400 medley relay of Pelayo Gafo, Schildhauer, Luca Tona and Mataro finished second in 3:34.21, beating Ave Maria's A relay by 1.71 seconds. Schildhauer posted the fastest breaststroke split in the field at 58.44, and Mataro's 46.11 anchor was the fastest freestyle leg. The 400 freestyle relay of Gafo, Mataro, Schildhauer and Tona placed third in 3:20.77, also ahead of Ave Maria.

Tona was second in the 1000 freestyle in 10:42.74, finishing ahead of three St. Thomas swimmers.

On the women's side, Anna Van De Keere placed third in the 500 freestyle in 5:28.79, 1.08 seconds behind second place. She was fourth in the 200 butterfly in 2:28.39. Karlie Autry took fourth in the 100 individual medley in 1:08.70 and the 200 breaststroke in 3:01.19.

The women's 400 freestyle relay of Fair, Van De Keere, Autry and Horn placed fourth in 3:55.18, with Fair leading off in 57.30.

In combined scoring, Thomas fell to New College 251-231, Ave Maria 379-188 and St. Thomas 608-128. The men lost to Ave Maria 227-113 and St. Thomas 306-81. The women fell to New College 150-85, Ave Maria 152-75 and St. Thomas 302-47.

The Night Hawks will host their first true dual meet of the season and senior day as they take on Life University on Saturday, Nov. 7th at 1:00 pm at the Butler-Mason YMCA. 

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