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UF Completes Final Day of Southern States
Sunday, February 17, 2002 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Members of the University of Florida men's and women's swimming teams completes action at the Southern States Championships Saturday. Florida did not participate in team scoring in the three-day event.
In the men's 1,650-yard freestyle, Matt Yacco eclipsed the meet record by 15 seconds, clocking in at 15:35.88. Oliver Heinricher followed with a time of 15:43.75, while Jesus Dominguez and Steve Friedlander finished the event in 15:50.42 and 15:57.05, respectively.
In the men's 200-yard backstroke, Jonathan Strauss finished in 1:51.46, and Chris Dwyer clocked in at 46.79 in the 100-yard freestyle. Katie McCown touched the wall in 2:22.79 in the 200-yard breaststroke, while Corey Welch led Florida swimmers in the men's 200-yard breaststroke with a meet-record time of 2:02.97. Will Ratliff and Bernie Guenther also swam that event.
Florida travels to Fayetteville, Ark., for the SEC Championships next week. The diving portion of the event runs from Feb. 18-20, while swimming goes from Feb. 20-23.
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