FORT PIERCE, FL - It's early deja vu for the Jamestown Community College (JCC) swimming and diving teams, with the Jayhawk ladies holding a 41-point lead on second place after the first day of the NJCAA swimming and diving national championships. Their male counterparts aren't too far behind, sitting in second by just five points of the pace.

"Overall, the women are in a very good situation," said head coach Todd Conklin. "We have a lot more great swims ahead of us after our lightest day of the week, so being in first is a great spot to be. On the men's side, we knew it was going to be a battle. We need to do a better job of preparing coming in so we are prepared for the rest of the week," he added.

The night started in spectacular fashion, with Roxanne Lothian finding a spot on the podium with her seventh-place finish in the 50 breast.

Zach Johnson followed that up with a sixth-place finish on the men's side, the highest an individual male has ever placed for JCC at nationals. His time of 26.32 set both a Jayhawk program record and a new region 3 record.

Next up was one of the distance swims in the form of the 1,000 free. Cassie Lyon captured ninth for Jamestown, swimming a 12:06:34, smashing the JCC program record by over 20 seconds.

"It's nice to get off to some records being broken. Zach Johnson grabbing a regional and school record and Cassie Lyon with a tremendous drop, then the 800 free relay team achieving something of that magnitude," mentioned Conklin.

For the men in the 1,000 free, Diego Villarroel and Samuel Hersom claimed 16th and 17th, respectively.

The 200 individual medley then took center stage, where Willow Chase swam a 2:37:31 to grab another podium for the Jayhawks as she finished seventh.

Villarreol was back in the water for the 200 IM, where he clocked a 17th-place finish.

The next event was the sprints of the 50 free. Sophomore Emily Swan scored points for JCC with her 13th place time.

It was Daniel Peterson for the guys, who scored points with a 14th-place swim.

Last up was the 800 free relay. For the ladies, the team of Willow Chase, Addison Lawson, Sophia Gervasio, and Cassie Lyon set a new program record as they touched in fourth place with a 9:05:35. Topping the old mark by a slim .6 seconds.

The men's squad of Samuel Hersom, Christian Merrill, Daniel Peterson, and Diego Villarroel clocked an 8:08:30, good for seventh place.

"Super proud of both the men and women after day one; tomorrow will be a tremendous day for us. Hopefully, we can continue to improve on our swims," finished Conklin.

There is little time for the Jayhawks to rest up before they are back in the water of Indian River State College for day two of the national championships at 9:30 AM.