No. 1 Keiser University men's swimming fell to the reigning NCAA Division II National Champions, the Tampa Spartans on Friday afternoon, 121.5-78.5. The Seahawks won three individual events and three relay events.

Keiser will be back in the pool against Nova Southeastern on Saturday, January 10. The first event of the meet is set for a 10:00 a.m. start at Lake Lytal Family Aquatic Center.
 

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• 100 Medley Relay - Nicklas Pedersen, Noel De Geus, Isaiah Aleksenko, Jet Fuhrmann (41.38)
• 200 Fly - Aleksenko (1:48.80)
• 250 Free Relay - De Geus, Hanno Boeckmann, Dawid Malik, Fuhrmann (1:50.28)
• 50 Back - Aleksenko (22.58)
• 100 Breast - De Geus (55.19)
• 100 Free Relay - De Geus, Aleksenko, Fuhrmann, Boeckmann (38.50)

 

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• Keiser falls to 2-4 in dual meets this season
• The Seahawks move to 1-9 all-time against Tampa
• Before the meet, the strokes were determined in order, however, the distances were not revealed until swimmers were just behind the blocks
• Keiser opened the meet with a speedy 100 Medley Relay of Pedersen, De Geus, Aleksenko, and Fuhrmann who clocked a time of 41.38 for the win
• Carlos Trinidad had his best moment of the season when the freestyle distance was set for 50 yards and he followed up with a third-place finish 
• Aleksenko was upset to hear the maximum distance for the butterfly was selected, but still won by two seconds with a time of 1:48.80
• In the crescendo 250 Yard Free Relay, De Geus, Boeckmann, Malik, and Fuhrmann out-touched the Spartans at the wall to finish with a time of 1:50.28
  • The race was a relay that went 25 yards, 50 yards, 75 yards, and then finally 100 yards
• Later in the meet, Aleksenko was much happier and dove straight into the pool when he heard that the backstroke event would be 50 yards
  • He promptly won the event just in front of Nicklas Pedersen who took second
• De Geus also had some relief when he only had to do a 100 Breast in which he swam a 55.19 for the win
• The Seahawks closed out the meet with a 38.50 4x25 Relay swam by De Geus, Aleksenko, Fuhrmann, and Boeckmann
• Overall, the men were slightly more lucky in the pulls, only pulling one true max distance event

 

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Keiser will be back in the pool against Nova Southeastern on Saturday, January 17. The first event of the meet is set for a 10:00 a.m. start at Lake Lytal Family Aquatic Center.
 

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