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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Florida Gulf Coast swimming team won five events and beat Wingate 156-79 on Saturday, but came up just short against host Queens, 119-113, in a tri-meet scored head-to-head.
 
Aislyn Barnett won the 200 breaststroke in 2:13.56 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.70. She opened the meet with a 16:36.41 in the 1650 freestyle, the third-fastest time in program history and 0.9 seconds off the school record. Her swim beat Wingate’s field and was 0.38 seconds behind Queens’ winner, with both swimmers finishing under the previous pool record. Olivia Bates (17:12.04) was second against Wingate and third against Queens in the mile.
 
FGCU started the meet with a win in the 400 medley relay. Izzy Ackley, Leah Gentry-Tuney, Nori Hetyei and Jasmin Kroll swam 3:41.72 and beat Queens’ A relay by 0.59 seconds.
 
Cassie Bauer and Ackley went 1-2 in the 200 backstroke, with Bauer winning in 1:58.40 and Ackley touching in 1:59.22. Bauer also swam 55.33 in the 100 backstroke, which won against Wingate and placed second against Queens. Abby Adams was third against Wingate in the 200 backstroke (2:03.25) and second in the 100 backstroke (56.78).
 
Hetyei and Charlotte Driesse went 1-2 in the 200 butterfly in 2:03.64 and 2:04.55. Hetyei added a 56.19 in the 100 butterfly to finish second in both head-to-head matchups.
 
Against Wingate, the Eagles swept the top three spots in two events. Barnett, Gentry-Tuney (1:04.60) and Kata Joo (1:05.64) went 1-2-3 in the 100 breaststroke. Driesse (1:51.64), Kroll (1:52.03) and Libby Freeman (1:53.41) did the same in the 200 freestyle, and Driesse was also second against Queens. Kroll won the 50 freestyle against Wingate in 23.45. Freeman (52.78) and Sydney Ringwald (53.33) were second and third against Wingate in the 100 freestyle.
 
Bates placed second against Queens and won against Wingate in the 400 IM (4:29.30). Ali Bendall was third against Queens in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.57). Kroll, Driesse, Bauer and Gentry-Tuney closed the meet with a 3:25.33 in the 400 freestyle relay, which beat Wingate and finished second to Queens.
 
“The team came out ready to compete today,” head coach Dave Rollins said. “We looked to adjust our lineup a bit to get needed race experience for our athletes, which probably led to us falling a little short against Queens, but getting those races in will pay off come conference time. Excited to get back to work and defend the nest in a couple weeks.”
 
Next, FGCU’s divers travel to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the South Florida Diving Invite Nov. 6-7, while the Eagles’ swimmers host SMU on Nov. 7 in a dual meet with sessions at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
 
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