RESULTS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Queens University of Charlotte men's & women's swimming program tacked on two more wins in the 2023 season, as each squad took victories against Old Dominion on Friday night. Colorado State claimed a win over the women's team to finish off the tri-meet. Overall, the Royals claimed 19 event wins on the night.
"The women and men showed a lot of heart and many of them took it to the next level," Associate Head Coach Nic Eriksson said. "Loved watching each of our Royals race. Looking forward, our team leadership is what's going to carry this momentum into our mid-season championship in two weeks. Royals pride is forever."
The Royals kicked the meet off with a victory as the men & the women took both wins in the 400-yard medley relays. The group of Maren Patterson, Abigail Zboran, Annika Huber, and Danielle Melilli completed with a 3:45.23 final time while the men comprised of Andreas Marz, Yannick Plasil, Noah Beladi, and Nien Levy completed with a 3:19.42. The women's time currently sits as a new conference record, passing up Liberty's time of 3:47.83 swam on Oct. 13.
Queens took their next win in the women's 1000-yard free, as
Sophia Lange swam a 10:20.61 — with second-place finisher Maya White of Colorado State finishing over five hundredths of a second behind Lange's time.
Old Dominion and Colorado State would each snag a win in the next two events before
Balazs Berecz took a triumph in the 200-yard free event with a time of 1:38.92.
Next,
Caden Fritz would take his first individual win of the season in the 100-yard backstroke with a final time of 49.26, while Huber grabbed the winning time of 1:03.20 in the women's 100-yard breaststroke and
Noah Beladi took the win in the men's breastroke event with a 56.28. Huber was also victorious in the 200-yard breaststroke event later in the meet, tallying a winning time of 2:17.83.
In the next event,
Abigail Zboran of the Royals was just barely defeated in the women's 200-yard fly by Lucy Matheson of the Rams who finished with a 2:02.63. Zboran bounced back later in the meet with two wins in the 100-yard fly with a 55.53 and in the 200 yard IM with a 2:03.30, a season-best and current ASUN-leading finish.
Other notable wins in the second stretch of the meet included Plasil's win in the 100-yard fly (49.25) and 200-yard fly (1:50.11),
Nien Levy's first career win in the men's 50-yard free (20.97), and Jablcnik Frantisek's two victories in the 500-yard Free (4:34.41) and 200-yard IM (1:51.43).
Jonathan Henschel also picked up his first win of the season in the 100-yard Free with a time of 46.87, while Marz tabbed a 2:03.01 in the 200-yard breaststroke — claiming the first-place spot.
Capping off the meet, the Queens men (
Daniel Meszaros, Levy, Berecz, and Henschel) took home the 400-yard freestyle relay event with a final time of 3:02.11.
Up next, the Royals head into their annual Fall Frenzy which begins on Nov. 17 at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center. Fans are encouraged to visit our Queens Gameday Tickets tab, found
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