Post Collegiate Season, Florida Swimmers Making Noise in National Competition
Monday, April 20, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving
2016 Rio Olympics Qualifier List
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Eleven Florida swimmers competed at five different National Time Trials across the world in long course competition with the focus turned on qualifying for 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics. The following Gator student-athletes participated in their native country for its time trail meet.
Sophia Batchelor (New Zealand Nationals), Jack Blyzinskyj (British Nationals), Mitch D'Arrigo (Italian Nationals), Georgia Hohmann (British Nationals), Bayley Main (New Zealand Nationals), Corey Main (New Zealand Nationals), Georgia Marris (New Zealand Nationals), Amelia Maughan (British Nationals), Theresa Michalak (German Nationals), Sebastien Rousseau (RSA Nationals), Mark Szaranek (British Nationals), Jessica Thielmann (British Nationals), Dan Wallace (British Nationals).
All of their results over the past two weeks at these meets is listed below. Also, Swimming World has created a results page for each national meet. For complete results of each competition, click here.
British Nationals (4/14-4/18):
Georgia Hohmann
100-meter Backstroke: 7th – 1:01.87 (finals)
-- 6th – 1:01.52 (prelims)
200-meter Backstroke: 2nd – 2:11.78 (finals)
-- 1st – 2:11.26 (prelims)
Amelia Maughan
50-meter Freestyle: 21st – 26.68 (prelims)
100-meter Freestyle: 13th – 56.34 (prelims)
200-meter Freestyle: 8th – 2:01.72 (finals)
-- 6th – 2:00.42 (prelims)
Jessica Thielmann
200-meter Freestyle: 5th – 2:00.34* (finals)
400-meter Freestyle: 2nd – 4:09.73* (finals)
800-meter Freestyle: 2nd – 8:32.19* (finals)
Jack Blyzinskyj
50-meter Backstroke: 4th – 24.46* (time trial)
100-meter Backstroke: – 8th – 56.04 (finals)
-- 8th – 55.47* (prelims)
100-meter Butterfly: 8th – 54.19 (finals)
-- 8th – 53.76* (prelims)
Mark Szaranek
100-meter Butterfly: 11th – 54.40 (prelims)
200-meter IM: 4th – 2:00.66* (finals)
400-meter IM: 4th – 4:21.53* (finals)
Dan Wallace
200-meter Freestyle: 7th – 1:48.56* (finals)
400-meter Freestyle: 3rd – 3:46.15 (finals)
200-meter IM: 2nd – 1:58.45 (finals)
-- 1st – 1:59.89 (prelims)
For complete results of the British Nationals, click here.
New Zealand Nationals (4/13-4/18):
Sophia Batchelor
100-meter Backstroke: 13th – 1:06.12 (finals)
200-meter Backstroke: 2nd – 2:14.67 (finals)
-- 1st – 2:11.26 (prelims)
Georgia Marris
50-meter Freestyle: 9th – 27.00 (finals)
100-meter Freestyle: 2nd – 56.73* (finals)
200-meter Freestyle: 2nd – 2:00.80* (finals)
50-meter Butterfly: 4th – 28.02* (finals)
Bayley Main
50-meter Freestyle: 8th – 23.56 (finals)
100-meter Freestyle: 7th – 51.42 (finals)
200-meter Freestyle: 12th – 1:53.49* (finals)
50-meter Backstroke: 6th – 27.07* (finals)
100-meter Backstroke: 6th – 58.44 (finals)
-- 7th – 58.36 (prelims)
Corey Main
50-meter Freestyle: 2nd – 22.87* (finals)
100-meter Freestyle: 2nd – 50.13 (finals)
-- 1st – 50.00* (prelims)
200-meter Freestyle: 3rd – 1:50.14* (finals)
100-meter Backstroke: 1st – 54.41* (finals)
200-meter Backstroke: 1st – 2:01.00 (finals)
-- 1st – 2:00.25 (prelims)
For complete results of the New Zealand Nationals, click here.
Italian Nationals (4/9-4/14):
Mitch D'Arrigo
100-meter Freestyle: 27th – 50.97* (prelims)
200-meter Freestyle: 3rd – 1:49.07 (finals)
400-meter Freestyle: 2nd – 3:54.17 (prelims)
For complete results of the Italian Nationals, click here.
German Nationals (4/8-4/11):
Theresa Michalak
200-meter Freestyle: 13th – 2:03.00 (prelims)
400-meter Freestyle: 9th – 4:49.55 (finals)
-- 1st – 4:45.19 (prelims)
200-meter IM: 1st – 2:13.06 (finals)
For complete results of the German Nationals, click here.
RSA Nationals (4/13-4/17):
Sebastien Rousseau
100-meter Backstroke: 5th – 57.12 (prelims)
200-meter Freestyle: 3rd – 1:49.32 (semifinals)
200-meter Butterfly: 1st – 1:57.43 (prelims)
-- 1st – 1:56.40 (semifinals)
-- 2nd – 1:57.20 (finals)
200-meter IM: 5th – 2:07.98 (prelims)
400-meter IM: 1st – 4:16.07 (finals)
For complete results of the RSA Nationals, click here.
(*) -- Denotes personal-best time.
