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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Nova Southeastern swimming and diving teams made history Friday during the third night of finals at the 2013 NCAA Division II national championship.
Senior
Erin Black (Fort Myers, Fla.) left nothing in the water, as she successfully defended her 500-yard freestyle title and became a two-time champion in the event. Her time of 4:50.29 defeated the first-place seed, Anjali Shakya of UC San Diego, by over one second to win the race. Black is the only female in program history to win back-to-back NCAA Division II individual titles.
In the men’s event,
Oskar Nordstrand (Sr. Stockholm, Sweden) became the first male in program history ever to be crowned an NCAA DII champion. Nordstrand’s time of 4:23.55 beat out second-place Mark Rubin by over a second to win the event.
Both titles add to the recent run of success of NSU athletics. The Sharks have now won seven individual national championships. NSU has also captured multiple titles for the second straight year. Nordstrand becomes the first male athlete in NSU history to win an individual national championship.
This is the first time in program history that both a female and male swimmer won titles in the same event. Currently, The men are in 10th place overall with 122 points, while the women are in 11th with 118 points.
Other swimmers to participate in Friday's finals included
Florian Mehlan (Jr., Moers, Germany), who also swam in the 500-yard freestyle with Nordstrand and placed seventh with a time of 4:30.27, while in the 200-yard butterfly,
Lauren Chapple (So., London, England) came in eighth with a time of 2:05.23.
The 800-yard freestyle relay team of Black,
Ashley Bransford (Jr., Santa Cruz, Aruba),
Kristen Ann Zielinski (Fr., Chesapeake, Va.) and Chapple took fifth place with a time of 7:30.13. On the men's side, the combination of Nordstrand,
Michael Zislin (So., Lighthouse Point, Fla.),
John Michael Hayes (Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.) and Mehlan finished seventh with a time of 6:39.55.
The fourth day of the NCAA championships will kick off Saturday with the prelims at 11 a.m., and finals beginning at 5:30 p.m. The scheduled events are the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, 1,650-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay. Continue to check back to
NSUSharks.com or
NCAA.com throughout the entire meet for results.
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