FORT MYERS, Fla. -First place finishes from Logan Rysemus and Colleen O’Neil helped the LSU swim team secure second place for both the men’s and women’s squads respectively on day one at the Florida Gulf Coast Classic Friday at the FGCU Aquatics Complex. The women’s team wrapped up the day with 226 points while the men’s squad totaled 250 points.
LSU returns to action tomorrow on the final day of the FGCU Classic. The team will also participate in a dual meet against Loyola in New Orleans tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. at the University Sports Complex.
“I think we did a good job stepping up and competing today,” said LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer. “There were a few places I felt we should have been better, but that’s why we have these meets. Tomorrow we have another opportunity to better our racing.”
On the men’s side, Logan Rysemus, Silas Dejean, Joao Mescolote and Tyler Harper touched the wall first in the 200 medley relay, finishing with a time of 1:29.93. Senior Brandon Goldman secured two second place finishes in the 400 IM and 200 back, finishing with times of 3:59.85 and 1:49.94 respectively.
Jake Markham, a junior from Denver, came in third in the 200 free with a time of 1:39.83. Mescolote secured second in the 50 free with a time of 20.89.
Rysemus garnered a first place finish in the 100 fly, completing the event at 47.63. Dejean took third with a time of 55.82 in the 100 breast. The relay team of Tyler Harper, Karl Luht, Markham, Mescolote also came in third place in the 400 free relay, rounding out day one of the FGCU Classic at 3:03.72.
For the women’s squad, Leah Troskot came in third in the 50 free with a time of 23.34. Sophie Weber also notched a third place finish in the 200 back, earning a finals time of 2:03.47. In the 100 fly, senior Kara Kopcso earned second place, completing the event at 54.73. Colleen O’Neil touched the wall first in the 100 breast, tallying a finish of 1:02.37.
In the 400 free relay, Haylee Knight, Devon Dabney, Kopcso and Troskot finished fourth with a time of 3:25.66 in the final event of the day for the women’s team.
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Women’s Scores after Day One
1. Ohio State-230 points
2. LSU-226 points
3. Virginia Tech-224 points
4. Florida Gulf Coast- 221 points
5. Utah-205 points
6. Rutgers-181points
Men’s Scores after Day One
1. Virginia Tech-259 points
2. LSU-250 points
3. Utah-241 points