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Gators Open Long Course Season at Texas
Saturday, October 17, 2015 | Men's Swimming & Diving
AUSTIN, Texas -- The University of Florida men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened Day One competition with Texas and Indiana on Friday night inside the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. Tonight's competition was swam in a long-course format.
The top-ranked men's team surrendered a loss to the defending National Champion Texas Longhorns, 201-98, while scoring a 157-143 win over Indiana. On the women's side, the Gators dropped both duals – falling to Texas, 171-129, and Indiana, 159-139.
Senior Corey Main picked up the Gators first win of the night in the 100 backstroke -- touching out with a time of 56.98 seconds. Junior Jack Blyzinskyj finished close behind in fourth (57.27). Later in the 200 backstroke, Main, an Auckland, New Zealand, native, posted his second victory on the night with a time of 2:05.15.
Sophomore Caeleb Dressel added to the wins column with a top finish in the 50 freestyle, coming in at the 22.94 mark. Later in the 100 freestyle, the Green Coves Springs, Florida, native posted a second-place finish -- coming in with a time of 50.38. Dressel capped his Day One highlights with a win in the 100 fly (53.99). Sophomore Mark Szaranek finished third overall with a time of 2:05.16.
Szaranek capped a strong night by posting a win to wrap up UF's final individual race -- the 200 individual medley (2:05.40).
On the women's side, the Orange and Blue gathered a 1-2-4 finish in the 100 breaststroke from senior Ashlee Linn (first, 1:03.48), Sydney Sell (second, 1:04.39) and Georgia-Mae Hohmann (fourth, 1:04.99).
Junior Taylor Katz kept the momentum going with a first-place showing in the 200 butterfly, coming in with a time of 2:16.17.
Natalie Hinds had a pair of top-two finishes on the night. Her first came in the form of a top-finishing 100 freestyle (57.27). Later in the 100 butterfly, the Midland, Texas, native, finished runner-up with a time of 1:01.71.
In the diving well, senior Kahlia Warner stole the show, taking first-place on both the one and three-meter boards. Warner, a Queensland, Australia, native, posted a six dive score of 293.25 off the one-meter and later dove to a mark of 324.10 off the three-meter. Fellow senior Delaney Dye also had a strong second-place showing off the three-meter, posting a score of 302.75.
On the men's side, senior Zach Hernandez led the UF divers with a sixth-place score of 295.65.
The Gators return to action tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET for Day Two competition. Both the men and the women will compete in a short-course setting throughout the day.
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