Florida Gators
Florida State
Gators Begin the New Year with Sweep over Ranked Florida State Teams
Sunday, January 4, 2015 | Men's Swimming & Diving
The University of Florida's No. 4-ranked men's swimming & diving teams defeated No. 22 Florida State, 173-126. Meanwhile, UF's No. 7 women's squad down the 20th-ranked Seminoles, 185-115, on Saturday afternoon in Tallahassee, Fla.
Florida's men and women continued its great success over FSU, as the men now lead the Seminoles 54-23-1 and the Gator women lead Florida State 41-3 all-time.
Junior Corey Main led the men's team, as he swept the sprint events by placing first in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle races in times of 20.29 and 44.97 seconds, respectively. The Auckland, New Zealand native also finished runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle with a mark of 1:39.83.
The Gator women were led by junior Jessica Thielmann, as she won the 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle events in 4:50.50 and 9:48.94, respectively. On the boards, UF was led by junior Kahlia Warner, as she placed first on the three-meter dive with a score of 334.42 points.
Overall, the Gators captured 19 first place finishes and registered eight NCAA 'B' standard times throughout the dual meet.
UF's men now sport a 4-1 dual meet record, while the Gator women are a solid 4-2 so far this season.
Florida next competes at No. 10 Auburn on Jan. 24, before returning home a week later on Jan. 31 to finish off its regular season against No. 15 Tennessee in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium.
TROY'S TALKING
On his overall thoughts about the meet…
“It's always good to come away with a victory. We raced very well throughout the meet and won a lot of close races. However, we still have plenty of things to clean up and improve upon going forward.”
Head Coach Gregg Troy
GATOR DEBUTS
Four individuals made their Gator debuts today for UF's women's squad, including Sophia Batchelor, Georgia Marris, Amelia Maughan, Theresa Michalak.
GOING THE DISTANCE
In addition to Thielmann in the distance events, junior Arthur Frayler won the men's 500-yard and 1,000-yard freestyle races in times of 4:26.36 and 9:03.96, respectively.
BACK IT UP
The Florida women took home both backstroke races, as junior Sinead Russell won each race with times of 54.77 (100-yard) and 1:58.74 (200-yard), respectively.
For the men, senior Christian Homer won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 48.81 seconds and sophomore Jack Blyzinskyj placed first in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:50.21.
FREESTYLING
Florida's women won two of three sprint events, as junior Natalie Hinds placed first in the 50-yard freestyle (23.10) and classmate Lindsey McKnight clocked the fastest mark in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.86).
The Gator men swept all three events with Main winning the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events and sophomore Mitch D'Arrigo taking home first place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.21).
BREASTSTROKE
Seniors Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez and Matt Elliott won the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke races in times of 55.00 seconds and 1:59.41, respectively. Meanwhile for the women, McKnight placed first in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:18.21.
DOING IT ALL
McKnight captured a first place finish in the 200-yard individual medley with a mark of 2:02.28.
POSTSEASON FOCUS
In addition to an outstanding night of first-place finishes, UF recorded eight NCAA 'B' standard marks throughout the dual meet.
· Matt Elliott (200 Breast)
· Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez (100 Breast, 200 Breast)
· Natalie Hinds (100 Free)
· Georgia Hohmann (100 Back)
· Ashlee Linn (200 Back)
· Sinead Russell (100 Back, 200 Back)
FOLLOW THE GATORS
GatorZone.com
Twitter
Facebook
