Division II Meet Of The Week: Tampa Falls To Indian River

In their second showdown and first dual meet in the 2016-2017 season, NJCAA powerhouse Indian River took down the University of Tampa men and women. The Indian River men won the meet 156-106, while the women came out with a narrow two-point win, 132-130.

In the men’s meet, Indian River was dominant winning 11 of the 15 contested events. Indian River delivered the first blow to the Spartans with an opening relay win, but Tampa battled right back with a 1-2-3 sweep in the men’s 1,000 led by junior Tommy Reminger. Senior All-American Martin Hammer was another individual event winner for the Spartans, taking the 50 freestyle (21.00). Freshman Brett Saunders recorded Tampa’s only other two wins, in the 200 back (1:52.76) and 200 IM (1:54.12).

The women’s meet was a battle throughout that came down to the last relay. While the meet was only decided by 2 points, similar to the men’s meet Indian River was first in 11 of the 15 contested events. The Spartan women kept it close with the depth of their roster, consistently finishing 2-3-4 in any event won by Indian River to manage the point swing. The Spartans did win four events throughout the meet, including first place finishes from sophomore Ali Lombardi in the 1,000 free (10:48.42), sophomore Izzy Spalding in the 200 butterfly (2:11.92), sophomore McKenzie Street in the 200 breast (2:27.58), and junior Brittany Bayes in the 500 free (5:19.67). If just one of those other races had gone to Tampa the women would have came away with a victory, but Indian River racked up too many wins in individual and relay events for the D2 school to catch them.

Tampa will next compete at the Savannah College of Art and Design on Friday, January 13th. Full results of the meet can be founds here.

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Alexander B Gallant
7 years ago

Go River

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