Tars Continue Impressive Showing in Clearwater

CLEARWATER, Fla. (February 19, 2022) – Rollins continues to hold onto fourth position after another day of swimming at the Long Center.  Harold Lockhart again highlighted the Rollins efforts, taking home a silver medal in the 500 Yard Freestyle.
 
Both Harold Lockhart and Chance Ricca continued their impressive performances, qualifying fourth and fifth, both with NCAA B-Cut times, in the 500 Yard Freestyle.  Cameron Dolly also earned a night swim in the event, qualifying for the B-Final.  Tully Njoroge punched his ticket to the A-Final in the 100 Yard Breaststroke, while Patrick Lester finished 11^th, good for a B-Final berth.  Connor Xu headlined four Tars who earned final spots in the 200 Yard Butterfly. Xu earned an A-Final spot, while Michael Tucker, Asa Marvel, and Christopher Barker each earned B-Final places.
 
Lockhart demolished the previous school record by nine second on his way to a silver in the 500 Yard Freestyle final.  The Sophomore registered his second NCAA A-Cut performance of the meet, stopping the clock in 4:20.94.  Ricca just missed a podium spot of his own, finishing fourth in the event with an NCAA B-Cut time of 4:25.29.  Dolly tallied a 13^th place result in the B-Final, while Payden Knettles earned his spot in the B-Final, finishing 16^th.
 
Njoroge stopped the clock in 56.30 seconds, earning eighth place and setting a new school record, in the 100 Yard Breaststroke.  Lester also tallied points for the Tars with a 13^th place result in the B-Final.
 
Xu finished 7^th in the A-Final of the 200 Yard Butterfly with a time of 1:51.46.  The B-Final of the event was littered with Tars. Tucker earning third, eleventh overall, Barker in sixth, 14^th overall, and Marvel in eighth, 16^th overall.
 
The Tars tallied a fourth place result in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay.  Christian Huber, Luke Bunnell, Cruse Sweeney, and Lockhart teamed up to stop the clock in a school record time of 1:21.50.  Marco Ljubic, Xu, Tucker, and Ricca also registered a fourth in their heat, touching the wall in 1:24.17.
 
The first four teams remain the same in the standings.  Nova Southeastern, with 625.5 points, hold a slight edge over Florida Southern, with 624 points.  Tampa holds the bronze position.  The Tars sit fourth for another day.  Florida Tech jumped a spot, into fifth, with Lynn and saint Leo rounding out the field.
 
UP NEXT:
The SSC Championships will conclude tomorrow from the Long Center in Clearwater.

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