EIGHT SCHOOL RECORDS FALL IN MOCS' SEASON FINALE

ORLANDO (2/17) - Eight school records, three each by Craig Hilgenberg and Kaitlyn Smith, highlighted the Moccasins' season-ending performance at the Sunshine State Invitational at Orlando over the weekend.

Hilgenberg broke his own school record with a win the 50-yard freestyle Friday.  His time of 21.51 seconds broke his previous mark of 21.92 that he set last year in this meet while swimming on the 200-yard freestyle relay team. Saturday he won the 100-yard breaststroke in a school-record time of 58.38 seconds, breaking the mark of 59.14 he set in the 2006 Sunshine State Invitational.  Sunday he placed second in the 100-yard freestyle in 47.04 seconds, topping the previous mark of 47.73 he had set in last year's Sunshine State meet.  All three of his record times were provisional NCAA qualifying times.

Smith had a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle Friday with a school-record time of 5:17.82.  That bettered the previous school mark of 5:23.60 set by Casey Renner in 2006.  Saturday Smith won the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:55.97, breaking the previous school record of 11:07.96 that she had set earlier this season.  Sunday she was second in the 1650-yard freestyle in a school-record time of 18:32.03, surpassing the mark of 19:08.04 she had set earlier this season.

In addition to the school records set by Hilgenberg and Smith, Kelsey Duncan broke her own school record in the 200-yard butterfly Sunday with a time of 2:14.95.  That broke the record of 2:16.48 she had set earlier this season.  The final school record that was set went to the men's 800-yard freestyle relay team of John Marotte, Aaron Ostroff, Seamus Burke and Hilgenberg.  They turned in a time of 7:35.38, breaking the mark of 7:44.65 set last season. 

In the final team scores, the Moccasins were fourth in both meets.  Tampa won the men's meet with 1,055 points, followed by Rollins with 740, Saint Leo with 629 and FSC with 289.  Tampa won the women's meet with 912 points, followed by Rollins with 707, Saint Leo with 598 and FSC with 370.

SMITH & HILGENBERG POST DOUBLE WINS IN FINAL DUAL

WINTER PARK (2/2) - Kaitlyn Smith and Craig Hilgenberg each had a pair of wins for the Moccasins, but FSC dropped its final dual meet of the season to Rollins Saturday at Winter Park.  Rollins took the women's meet 129-66 and claimed the men's meet 138-48.  The Moccasin women finished 3-5 in dual meets this season, while the men were 0-8.

Smith won the 200-yard individual medley and took the 500-yard freestyle, while Hilgenberg won the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke.  In the women's meet, FSC also had wins from Caroline Kennon in the 100-yard butterfly and Kara Schulkers in the 100-yard backstroke.

The Moccasins finish their season at the Sunshine State Invitational Feb. 15-17 at Orlando.

TRIPLE WINS FOR KENNON & BURKE, MOCS SPLIT FINAL HOME DUAL WITH FAMU

LAKELAND (1/19) - Caroline Kennon and Seamus Burke each won three events as Florida Southern split its final home swimming meet of the season Saturday against Florida A&M. Kennon won the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard butterfly to lead the FSC women to a 121-32 victory. For the second time this season, the women won every event in their meet. They posted a similar sweep in a win over Rollins Nov. 10. Burke posted wins in the 1650-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle, but the FSC men lost 105-72.

In addition to Kennon's three wins, the Moccasin women received double wins from Kristin Caputo in the 200-yard and 50-yard freestyle, Kara Schulkers in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke, Kaitlyn Smith in the 1650-yard and 500-yard freestyle, and Kelsey Duncan in the 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard individual medley.  Smith's time of 19:08.04 in the 1650 freestyle gave her a second school record this season.  Her time topped the previous mark of 19:31.66 set by Courtney Jackson last season.  Earlier this season Smith set the school record in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:07.96). 

The FSC men had a pair of double winners to go with Burke's three victories. Craig Hilgenberg won the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke and John Marotte took the 200-yard and 50-yard freestyle. Saturday's meet marked the final home appearance for seniors Caputo and Hilgenberg. Each swam the anchor leg for their respective team in the meet's final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay.

The Moccasins' final dual meet of the season is Feb. 2 at Rollins.

MOCS FALL TO INDIANA (PA) & SAINT LEO

SAINT LEO (1/12) - The Moccasins returned to competition for the first time in 2008 and for the first time since November and dropped a pair of dual meets this weekend.  Friday at Albany, Ga., the Moccasins lost to Indiana (Pa.) 132-54 in the women's meet and 149-50 in the men's meet.  Saturday at Saint Leo, the Moccasins lost 108-81 in the women's meet and 96-75 in the men's meet.

Friday against Indiana (Pa.), the Moccasins won four events.  In the women's meet, Caroline Kennon won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.15 and the 200-yard freestyle relay team won  in 1:47.08.  In the men's meet, Craig Hilgenberg won the 100-yard freestyle in 50.10 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.36.  Darton College was the host school for the meet, but those results don't count on the Moccasins' record because Darton is a not a four-year institution.

Saturday against Saint Leo, Kaitlyn Smith was a double winner in the women's meet for FSC, taking the 1000-yard freestyle (11.29.10) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:37.45).  Amanda Cokee won the 50-yard freestyle (27.21), Kelsey Duncan won the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.31) and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Kristin Caputo, Smith, Kara Schulkers and Cokee won (4:00.37).  For the FSC men, John Marotte won the 100-yard freestyle (52.54), Seamus Burke won the 500-yard freestyle (5:32.28), Hilgenberg won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.26) and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Marotte, Aaron Ostroff, Mike Mansfield and Hilgenberg won (3:34.24).

The Moccasins' next meet is Saturday (Jan. 19) against Florida A&M at noon at the Hollis Wellness Center Pool.  That will be FSC's final home meet of the season.  

MOCS SPLIT WITH ROLLINS, WOMEN WIN EVERY EVENT

LAKELAND (11/10) - Saturday's dual meet with Rollins resulted in a split, with Rollins claiming the men's meet 180-60, but the Moccasin women captured every event in their meet to win 145.5-92.5.

Craig Hilgenberg had FSC's only wins in the men's meet, capturing the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.88) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.66).

The Moccasin women were led by triple winners Amanda Cokee and Kaitlyn Smith. Cokee won the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.39), 50-yard freestyle (26.43) and 100-yard freestyle (57.72). Smith won the 500-yard freestyle (5:26.54) and 1,000-yard freestyle (11:19.67) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:24.73).

In addition to the two triple winners, FSC also had double wins from Kara Schulkers in the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.80) and 200-yard backstroke (2:24.32), Caroline Kennon in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:13.86) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:41.41) and Kelsey Duncan in the 100-yard (1:02.69) and 200-yard butterfly. Duncan's winning time of 2:16.48 in the 200-yard butterfly is a school record. The Lady Mocs also won both relay events.

FSC will swim an exhibition meet against its alumni team next Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Hollis Wellness Center Pool.

MEN FOURTH, WOMEN SECOND AT SUNSHINE STATE RELAYS

WINTER PARK (11/3) - At Saturday's Sunshine State Relays at Winter Park, the Moccasin men placed fourth and the women were second in the five-school competition.  Tampa won the men's meet with 692 points, followed by Rollins with 320, Saint Leo with 302, FSC with 260 and Central Florida with 78.  Tampa won the women's meet with 394 points, followed by FSC with 330, Rollins with 318, Saint Leo with 252 and Central Florida with 234.

The FSC men placed fourth in six of the 10 events, while the FSC women placed second in six events of the 10 events.  All of the events were relays.

The Moccasins' next meet is a dual meet with Rollins Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Hollis Wellness Center Pool.

MEN FALL TO SCAD & SAINT LEO, WOMEN SPLIT

LAKELAND (10/27) - The Moccasin men fell in both ends of Saturday's double-dual meet with Savannah College of Art & Design and Saint Leo, but the FSC women earned a split. The Moccasin men fell to Saint Leo 68-27 and lost to SCAD 72-23.  The Lady Mocs beat Saint Leo 52-43 and lost to SCAD 77-18. 

In the men's competition, FSC's Craig Hilgenberg won the 100-yard freestyle in 49.71 and was second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:06.80) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.19).

In the women's competition, SCAD won every event. FSC's Kaitlyn Smith set a school record for the second straight meet, breaking the mark she set two weeks ago against Tampa with her second-place time of 11:07.96 in the 1,000-yard freestyle.

The next competition for the Mocs will be next Saturday at the Sunshine State Relays in Winter Park at 11 a.m.

MOCS FALL TO TAMPA IN OPENER

LAKELAND (10/13) - With Tampa winning eight of 11 men's events and seven of 11 women's events, the Moccasins lost their season-opening meet Saturday at the Hollis Wellness Center Pool.  The Spartans took the men's meet 195-113 and claimed the women's meet 179-93.  

For the men, FSC’s first-place points came from Matt Love in the 500-yard freestyle (5:15.30), Aaron Ostroff in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:11.07) and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Doug Mullins, Mike Mansfield, Love and John Marotte (3:31.13). 

In the women's meet, FSC freshman Kaitlyn Smith set a school record in her Moccasin debut, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle in 11:13.91, topping the previous mark of 11:36.07 set by Courtney Jackson in 2005.  She also posted first-place points in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:32.35.  The Moccasins’ other first-place points came from Emily Quatronomi in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:16.75) and in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with the team of Kara Schulkers, Smith, Caroline Kennon and Amanda Cokee recording a time of 3:55.20.

The Moccasins were short-handed for the meet, as Kristin Caputo and Casey Renner on the women’s team were sidelined with injuries and Craig Hilgenberg was unavailable to the men’s team due to an academic commitment. 

The Moccasins’ next meet is a double-dual with Savannah College of Art & Design and Saint Leo Oct. 27 at 10 a.m. at the Hollis Wellness Center Pool.