FORT MYERS, Fla. – For the final time this season, the FGCU swim team will compete at the FGCU Aquatics Center, taking on North Florida on Friday and Saturday.

Senior Day ceremonies will take place before the meet gets started Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. The team will honor seniors Wiktoria Czarnecka, Alexis Durlacher, Ashley Kaminski, Joely Merriman, Brittney Pike, Megan Wakefield, and Taylor Williams.

After completing half the meet on Friday, the two teams will come back on Saturday at 12 p.m. for day two.

The weekend will be used as one final tune-up before the CCSA Championships, which will take place from February 16-19 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The Eagles are coming off a tough loss at FIU on January 22. Sophomore Emma Hixenbaugh (Louisville, Ky./Ballard HS) picked up a win for FGCU in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:08.30. Petra Halmai picked up a couple of second-place finishes against the Panthers in both the 200 breast and 200 IM.

Junior Reese Wakefield (Guelph, Ontario, Canada/Bishop Macdonnelle CHS) also had a big day on the diving board as she qualified for NCAA Zones in both the 1m and 3m with scores of 291.00 and 294.68, respectively. Divers will not compete this weekend, but so far this season, four Eagles have qualified for NCAA Zones this season. Joining Wakefield will be junior Isabeau Keene (Demorest, Ga./Tallulah Falls School), junior Delaney Nelson (Cincinnati, Ohio/Ursuline Academy), and Megan Wakefield (Guelph, Ontario, Canada/Centennial CVI).

Schedule of Events
Day 1
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
200 Free
100 Back
200 Fly
100 Breast
50 Free
1650 Free
400 Free Relay
 
Day 2
400 Medley Relay
500 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
20 min break
100 Free
200 IM
200 Free Relay
 
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Head coach Dave Rollins is only the second coach in program history. He was hired Sept. 1, 2016 and owns a 34-26-1 (.566) dual meet record, which includes a 13-2 (.857) mark against CCSA opponents, in his sixth season. Rollins guided FGCU to back-to-back CCSA titles (2017, 2018), as well as the program's fourth-straight title in 2018, marking the ninth championship in 10 years before winning the 10th championship in program history in 2021. In addition, he has been awarded CCSA Coach of the Year in two of his seasons at the helm. Previously, Rollins was the associate head men's swimming coach at The Ohio State University. Rollins brings over a decade of coaching experience to The Nest, which includes helping to develop Olympians, NCAA Champions and All-Americans, along with multiple conference champions. A native of Brockton, Mass., he was a standout collegiate swimmer in his own right and was inducted into the University of Arizona's Hall of Fame in 2017, as a nine-time NCAA All-American, national champion, school record holder and team captain.
 
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, and 2021 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.