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Swimming & Diving Sweeps Florida State
Saturday, November 18, 2000 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The eighth-ranked Florida women's swimming and diving team and the 10th-ranked men's swimming and diving team combined for a sweep of the Florida State Seminoles at the Bim Stults Aquatic Center on Friday. The women's team won 139-102, while the men defeated the Seminoles 147-94.
The women's team won eight of the 13 events and was led by a pair of freshmen, Sara McLarty (DeLand, Fla./DeLand) and Nicole Bolt (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips), who each won two events. McLarty finished first in the 200-yard individual medley (2:05.98) and 200-yard backstroke (2:05.36). Bolt took first on the one-meter and three-meter springboard events with scores of 271.80 and 281.70, respectively.
Fellow freshman Janelle Atkinson (Jamaica/The Bolles School) won the 1,000-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 9:45.54. Redshirt-sophomore Megan Melgaard (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with her time of 1:52.41. Junior Natalie Nickson (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips) won the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.29) and senior Sharon Rzadkowolsky (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) swam the fastest time in the 500-yard freestyle to take first (4:55.36).
The men's team was led by senior Greg Reeves (Tallahassee, Fla./Leon) who won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:49.25. Reeves also finished second in the 1,000-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 9:34.09. Fellow senior Bryan Kim (Seoul, South Korea/Yangjae) swam the fastest time in the 1,000-yard free with a time of 9:26.60. Kim finished second in the 200-yard butterfly, swimming the event in 1:52.24.
Both teams will have a week off before returning to the water. The men's and women's swim teams will return to action at the U.S. Open, in Auburn, Ala., Nov. 30-Dec.2; the meet will last all day. The men's and women's diving teams will also be in action that weekend, when they travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to compete in the Alabama Diving Invitational, Dec. 1-3. The invitational will last all day.
FLORIDA MEN'S RESULTS
400-yard Medley Relay
1. Florida A, 3:23.52; 3. Florida B, 3:28.97; exh. Florida C, 3:32.59.
1,000-yard Freestyle
1. Bryan Kim, 9:26.60; 2. Greg Reeves, 9:34.09; 3. Eric Donnelly, 9:37.16; 4. Matt Yacco, 9:48.89.
200-yard Freestyle
2. Ricardo Monasterio, 1:43.54; 3. Nathan Summers, 1:44.64; 4. Jose Hernando, 1:45.59; 5. Bryan Foster, 1:45.80.
50-yard Freestyle
2. Jim Kostowicz, 21.20; 4. Matt Flowers, 21.51; 5. Hendrik Odendaal, 21.52; 8. Phillip Norris, 22.17.
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Ryan Lusk, 1:52.94; 4. Ansel Tjin-A-Tam, 1:56.99; 7. Chris Kellam, 1:59.23; 8. Adrian Cameron, 2:01.32.
One-Meter Diving
1. Reggie Coote, 274.28; 3. Hank Richardson, 254.40.
200-yard Butterfly
1. Greg Reeves, 1:49.25; 2. Bryan Kim, 1:52.24; 7. Ian Chadsey, 2:01.88; 8. Matt Yacco, 2:03.27.
100-yard Freestyle
2. Nathan Summers, 46.57; 4. Ryan Lusk, 48.25; 5. Adrian Cameron, 48.55; 7. Chris Kellam, 48.75.
200-yard Backstroke
1. Mike Jansen, 1:49.02; 2. Eric Donnelly, 1:55.55; 3. Matt Tomlinson, 1:55.62; 6. Jonathan Strauss, 2:02.73.
500-yard Freestyle
1. Ricardo Monasterio, 4:31.06; 2. Duncan Sherrard, 4:41.27; 3. Bryan Foster, 4:50.00; 4. Ricardo Molari, 4:52.13.
Three-Meter Diving
1. Hank Richardson, 304.05; 3. Reggie Coote, 273.75.
200-yard Breaststroke
1. Phillip Norris, 2:03.57; 2. Ian Chadsey, 2:04.74; 4. Ansel Tjin-A-Tam, 2:07.42; 8. Bernie Guenther, 2:12.17.
400-yard Freestyle Relay
exh. Florida B, 3:08.77; exh. Florida C, 3:11.94; exh. Florida A, 3:15.29
FLORIDA WOMEN'S RESULTS
400-yard Medley Relay
2. Florida B, 3:53.03; 3. Florida C, 3:56.89, exh. Florida A, 3:58.82
1,000-yard Freestyle
1. Janelle Atkinson, 9:45.54; 2. Laura Cross, 10:02.06; 3. Anna Chapman, 10:09.23; exh. Melissa Pavlik, 10:09.71
200-yard Freestyle
1. Megan Melgaard, 1:52.41; 3. Sharon Rzadkowolsky, 1:53.89; 4. Diane Tennison, 1:54.67; exh. Andrea Bennett, 1:55.88
50-yard Freestyle
2. Leah Martindale, 24.12; 4. Rebekah Olsen, 24.72; 5. Cara Teague, 25.00
200-yard Individual Medley
1. Sara McLarty, 2:05.98; 2. Brooke Taflinger, 2:06.78; 4. Katie West, 2:11.60; exh. Casey Seland, 2:11.81
One-meter Diving
1. Nicole Bolt, 271.80; 4. Robyn Grimes, 250.65; 6. Sarah Close, 231.00; exh. Kristen Connor, 179.33
200-yard Butterfly
1. Natalie Nickson, 2:04.29; 2. Casey Seland, 2:05.17; 4. Rebekah Olsen, 2:06.25; exh. Blair Beard, 2:08.03
100-yard Freestyle
3. Leah Martindale, 53.00; 5. Cara Teague, 53.65; 6. Morgan Hughes, 53.77; exh. Melissa Pavlik, 55.01
200-yard Backstroke
1. Sara McLarty, 2:05.36; 2. Janelle Atkinson, 2:06.87
500-yard Freestyle
1. Sharon Rzadkowolsky, 4:55.36; 2. Laura Cross, 4:55.58; 3. Megan Melgaard, 5:02.61; exh. Andrea Bennett, 5:04.95
Three-meter Diving
1. Nicole Bolt, 281.70; 3. Robyn Grimes, 259.43; 5. Sarah Close, 229.13; exh. Kristen Connor, 190.80
200-yard Breaststroke
2. Cerian Gibbes, 2:20.38; 3. Desiree Frega, 2:20.64; 4. Katie West, 2:23.91; exh. Katie McCown, 2:31.68
400-yard Freestyle Relay
exh. Florida B, 3:31.98; exh. Florida A, 3:35.41; Florida C, 3:40.11
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