PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Thomas Night Hawks swim teams opened their season at a tri-meet against West Florida and Loyola (La.) on Friday evening in Pensacola, Florida.

For the women, Casey Fair had a pair of good performances in the Women's 50 Yard & 100 Yard Breaststroke, earning a fourth place finish in both events. Meanwhile, Alexis Horn also delivered fifth place finishes in both backstroke events as well.
Karlie Autry placed seventh and fifth in the 50 Yard Freestyle and the 100 Yard Backstroke respectively.

On the men's side, Luca Tona walked away with a couple of golds in the fly, posting a season best time of 53.67 in the 100 yard. He also had a dominant performance in the 50 yard fly, with a time of 23.97.

Jofre Mataro came away with a first place finish in the 50 Yard Backstroke, finishing with a time of 23.61. Then Mataro finished the day with a first place finish in the 50 Yard Freestyle with a time of 21.75. Emil Schildhauer took the gold in both the 50 and 100 Yard Breaststroke. In the 100 yard, Schildhauer posted a time of 1:00.44. while in the 50 Yard, he had a time of 27:05. Finally, Aidan Thrasher had a couple of strong finished, placing second in the 200 Yard Freestyle and sixth in the 50 yard Free.

The Men's relay team of Pelayo Gafo, Schildhauer, Tona, and Mataro delivered an excellent showing in the 200 Yard Medley Relay, taking home the gold with a time of 1:37.36.

Thomas will go on the road for their next meet, as they travel to face Life University on Saturday, Oct. 10th.

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