Freshman Brittany Bayes Leads Way for UT in Day One of SSC Championships

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference Swimming Championships kicked off Thursday as they should, in grand fashion. The day was packed with action and excitement as seven SSC records fell, as well as, nine meet records.

The dust settled on the first day as Nova Southeastern University leads the standings in both men's and women's team standings. Below is a brief overview of the day's action.

Team Standings Points
Women
1 Nova Southeastern 191.50
2 Tampa 159.50
3 Florida Southern 156
4 Saint Leo 87
5 Lynn 74
6 Florida Tech 44
7 Rollins 39

Men
1 Nova Southeastern 175
2 Florida Southern 161
3 Tampa 149
4 Saint Leo 125
5 Florida Tech 79
6 Rollins 8

Day one Preliminaries, Records broken:
Day one action began with Rebecca Matthews of Lynn setting a new SSC record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:01.79 dethroning Alexandra Hipoito of Tampa 2013 mark of (2:03.68). Also, Matthews time makes her as a Women's A qualifier for the NCAA Finals in May. Nova Southeastern's Bryndis Hansen shattered another SSC record as she set the record for the 50 Freestyle. She recorded a time of (22.79) she replaced Marry O'Sullivan of Florida Southern (22.99) was the owner of the record four years running.

Day one Finals, Records broken:
The finals started off with Brittany Bayes of Tampa setting an SSC Championship record for the 1000 Freestyle. Bayes put up a time of 10:04.9, which also earns her a spot in the NCAA Finals as a B qualifier. Once again, Rebecca Matthews of Lynn set a new SSC record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.39 besting her time set earlier on the day. That time also qualifies her as a Women's A qualifier for the NCAA Finals. Bryndis Hansen shattered her time she set earlier in the day in the Women's 50 Freestyle her new record is (22.68). Daniel Bis of Saint Leo relieved Chris O'Linger of his SSC record in the Men's 1000 Freestyle by posting a time of (9:01.09). Another Lion set a record on the day was Pawal Trenda, who set a meet record in the Men's 200 IM with a time of (1:47.77) he replaces Jeb Halfacre of Florida Southern. The women of Nova Southeastern set an SSC record in the 200 medley registering a time of (1:42.43). That record was previously held by Florida Southern (1:43.39) who set the record in 2011.

Women's 200 IM medalists:
1 Matthews, Rebecca JR Lynn Swim (2:00.39)
2 DeVeny, Courtney FR Nsu Sharks (2:01.40)
3 Westman, Malin FR Nsu Sharks (2:04.53)

Women's 50 Freestyle medalists:
1 Hansen, Bryndis FR Nsu Sharks (22.68)
2 Marisa Barton, SO TAMPA (23.20)
3 Erin Plachy, JR TAMPA (23.38)

Women's 1000 Freestyle medalists
1 Brittany Bayes, FR TAMPA (10:04.90)
2 Crenshaw, Alli JR Southern (10:08.91)
3 Carmigniani, Thalie JR Lynn (10:13.19)

Men's 200 IM Medalists
1 Trenda, Pawel JR Saint Leo (1:47.77)
2 Aldabe, Marco SO Nsu Sharks (1:48.72)
3 Lake, Dylan SR Southern (1:50.23)

Men's 50 Freestyle medalists:
1 Assis, Matheus JR Saint Leo (20.05)
2 Gutierrez, Allan SR Southern (20.11)
3 Sickert, Thiago SO Nsu Sharks (20.12)

Men's 1000 Freestyle medalists:
1 Bis, Daniel FR Saint Leo (9:01.09)
2 Woodrow, Blake FR Nsu Sharks (9:13.74)
3 Urbaniak, Jan FR Saint Leo (9:21.79)

Women's 200 Medley medalists:
1 Nova (1:42.43)
2 Lynn (1:44.66)
3 Tampa (1:44.67)

Men's 200 Medley medalists:
1 Nova Southeastern (1:28.55)
2 Florida Southern (1:28.94)
3 Tampa(1:29.10)

For a look at the full results please visit: http://fastswimresults.com/realtime_results/

Action from the YMCA Aquatics Center is slated to begin at 10 a.m. for day two of the SSC Swimming Championship's. A full comprehensive list of the action can be found here: http://ssc.athleticsite.net/2015SwimProgram%282%29.pdf

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