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UF Swimming and Diving Wins Two Meets
Friday, January 26, 2001 | Women's Swimming & Diving
The Florida men's and women's swimming and diving teams, ranked 10th and seventh respectively, each won two meets on Friday afternoon. The men's team defeated Indian River Community College by a score of 181-117 and Florida Atlantic 208-88. The women's team won its meet against Indian River 195-96 and defeated Florida Atlantic by a score of 195-90.
The women's swimming and diving teams were led by double winner Sara McLarty (Deland HS) who won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:51.71 and touched the wall in 2:05.13 to win the 200-yard backstroke. Sophomore Laura Cross (Pompano Beach, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) posted a winning time of 10:05.14 in the 1000-yard freestyle, freshman Janelle Atkinson (Jamaica/The Bolles School) won the 100-yard backstroke in the time of 59.73 and freshman Cerian Gibbes (Trinidad/The Bolles School) touched the wall in 1:06.51 to win the 100-yard breaststroke. Also posting victories for the Gators was senior Leah Martindale (St James, Barbados/St. Michael School) who won the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 24.28, freshman Rebekah Olsen (Portland, Ore./Westview HS) posted a winning time of 53.44 in the 100-yard freestyle, and sophomores Diane Tennison (Lafayette, La.) won the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 2:05.26 and Katie West (Springfield, Oh./ Catholic Central HS) won the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2:07.50. The divers were just as successful as senior Robyn Grimes (Pennington N.J./ Hopewell Valley Central H.S.) won the one-meter springboard and freshman Nicole Bolt (Orlando/Dr. Phillips H.S.) won the three-meter springboard.
The men's team had first place finishers in 10 of the 16 men's events in the meet. Senior Ricardo Monasterio (Caracas, Venezuela/Institutos Educ. Asociados) won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:18.44. Junior Eric Donnelly (Sarasota, Fla./Cardinal Mooney) came in first in the 200-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 1:53.05. Donnelly also won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:55.16. Freshman Carlos Jayme (Goias, Brazil/Annapolis) won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.82, while senior Greg Reeves (Tallahassee, Fla./Leon) won the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 4:37.15. Junior Duncan Sherrard (Lakeland, Fla./Bartow) won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 50.47. The men's team won both of the diving events, with junior Reggie Coote (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Western) winning both the one-meter and three-meter springboard events.
The women improve their record to 10-2 on the year, while the men are now 8-4. Both teams will return to action Saturday, Jan. 26, when they travel to Coral Gables, Fla., to swim against Miami. The Gators will return home Feb. 3 when they host Tennessee in SEC action.
Florida Results
Women
200-yard Medley Relay
1. Florida B 1:49.00; 2. Florida A 1:50.48
1000-yard Freestyle
1. Cross, Laura 10:05.14; 3. Beard, Blair 10:24.68; 4. Gibney, Chantal 10:32.18
200-yard Freestyle
1. McLarty, Sara 1:51.71; 2. Chapman, Anna 1:53.72; 3. Rzadkowolsky, Sharon 1:54.99;
100-yard Backstroke
1. Atkinson, Janelle 59.73; 5. West, Katie 1:01.85; 6 Hughes, Morgan 1:02.41
100-yard Breaststroke
1. Gibbes, Cerian 1:06.51; 3. Taflinger, Brooke 1:08.62; 7. McCown, Katie 1:11.68
200-yard Butterfly
1. Tennison, Diane 2:05.26; 2. Teague, Cara 2:06.39; 4. Mounce, Mary Beth 2:11.86
50-yard Freestyle
1.Martindale, Leah 24.28, 2. Ellis, Jamie 24.90; 7. Bennett, Andrea 26.59
100-yard Freestyle
1. Olsen, Rebekah 53.44; 2. Hughes, Morgan 53.92; 5. Gibbes, Cerian 55.46
200-yard Backstroke
1. McLarty, Sara 2:05.13; 2. Atkinson, Janelle 2:06.21; 5. Cross, Laura 2:10.03
200-yard Breaststroke
exh. Frega, Desiree 2:21.40; exh. Taflinger, Brooke 2:25.29; exh. McCown, Katie 2:30.76
500-yard Freestyle
exh. Ellis, Jamie 4:57.23; exh. Bennett, Andrea 5:02.90; exh. Tennison, Diane 5:06.61
100-yard Butterfly
exh. Seland, Casey 58.17; exh. Nickson, Natalie 58.73; exh. Martindale, Leah 59.58
200-yard Individual Medley
1. West, Katie 2:07.50; 4. Olsen, Rebekah 2:11.91; 5. Mounce, Mary Beth 2:12.33
200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Florida B 1:36.63; 2. Florida A 1:38.61
One-Meter Diving
1. Grimes, Robyn; 2. Bolt, Nicole; 3. Close, Sarah; 5. Conner, Kristen
Three-Meter Diving
1. Bolt, Nicole, 2. Grimes, Robyn; 3. Close, Sarah; 7. Conner, Kristen
Men
200-yard Medley Relay:
1. Florida "B", 1:33.59; 3. Florida "A", 1:34.49; 4. Florida "C", 1:34.75.
1,000-yard Freestyle:
1. Ricardo Monasterio, 9:18.44; 2. Matt Yacco, 9:38.33; 3. Chris Kellam, 9:51.63.
200-yard Freestyle:
2. Bryan Kim, 1:42.31; 4. Ricardo Molari, 1:44.22; 5. Bryan Foster, 1:47.43.
100-yard Backstroke:
2. Mike Jansen, 51.74; 4. Claudio Ulrich, 53.56; 5. Nathan Summers, 54.01.
100-yard Breaststroke:
2. Ansel Tjin-A-Tam, 58.20; 3. Duncan Sherrard, 58.51; 4. Ian Chadsey, 58.72.
200-yard Butterfly:
1. Eric Donnelly, 1:53.05; 5. Bernie Guenther, 1:57.89; 6. Matt Yacco, 1:59.82.
50-yard Freestyle:
1. Carlos Jayme, 20.82; 3. Hendrik Odendaal, 21.46; 4. Matt Flowers, 21.88.
100-yard Freestyle:
2. Jim Kostowicz, 46.74; 3. Nathan Summers, 47.16; 4. Jose Hernando, 47.47.
200-yard Backstroke:
3. Matt Tomlinson, 1:54.73; 6. Jonathan Strauss, 1:59.03.
200-yard Breaststroke:
5. Bernie Guenther, 2:17.36; Exh. Ian Chadsey, 2:05.22.
500-yard Freestyle:
1. Greg Reeves, 4:37.15; Exh. Ricardo Monasterio, 4:34.34; Exh. Ricardo Molari, 4:57.33.
100-yard Butterfly:
1. Duncan Sherrard, 50.47; 2. Hendrik Odendaal, 51.40; Exh. Carlos Jayme, 52.00; Exh. Phillip Norris, 52.73.
200-yard Individual Medley:
1. Eric Donnelly, 1:55.16; 2. Chris Kellam, 1:55.75; 4. Phillip Norris, 1:55.86.
200-yard Freestyle Relay:
1. Florida "B", 1:23.72; 3. Florida "A", 1:26.42; 5. Florida "C", 1:29.65.
1-meter Springboard:
1. Reggie Coote; 3. Hank Richardson.
3-meter Springboard:
1. Reggie Coote; 3. Hank Richardson.
