Melbourne, Fla. - Swimming and Diving will head up to Florida's Space Coast Friday, as they look to defend the FIT Classic title they won last year. A live stream of the event will be provided by Florida Tech.
Meet Details
Meet: FIT Classic
Date: Friday, October 30 | 1:00 pm
Location: Melbourne, Fla. | Panther Aquatic Complex
Media Coverage: Live Video
Looking to Repeat
Both Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving will try to repeat as winners of the FIT Classic, as both teams won the event in 2025. In a field that featured Barry University, Florida Institute of Technology, and Indian River State College, the Bobcats' Men's team scored 823.5 points, and the Women's team scored 804 points. In the Women's events last year, returning Bobcat Katie Gorno won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.34.
Impressive Freshman Starts
Two weeks ago, at the meet at Indian River State College, several freshmen from the Women's team set multiple personal bests. Ingeborg Marie Smehaug broke the program record in the 200-yard fly, while also setting a personal best in the 200-yard IM. Taylor Wagner set a personal best in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Also, Brynn Bruner had three personal bests in Fort Pierce, setting bests in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, and the 200-yard IM.
Leading the NAIA
Transfer Brandon Holder leads the entire NAIA in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:49.63. Holder is the defending NAIA National Champion in the event, as he won the 200-yard backstroke championship while at Cumberlands last season. The Bobcats also have five of the top six times in the 1,650-yard freestyle, with Flynn Smith currently second in the NAIA in the event.
On the women's side, Taylor Wagner leads the NAIA in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:51.29. That time is over 27 seconds faster than the next-quickest swimmer in that event. Ingeborg Marie Smehaug leads the NAIA in the 200-yard fly with her program-record-breaking performance, which is currently over one second quicker than the next swimmer. Smehaug is second in the NAIA in the 200-yard IM as well. Also, Bianca Mitchell is third in the 200-yard freestyle, and Ella Lee-Tjersland is third in the 100-yard backstroke. The Bobcats also hold the best time in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
