Friday, October 28
Athens, GA
11 a.m.
Florida Gators
122
at
178
Georgia
Samuel Smith posted a season-best and NCAA-qualifying 377.03 score in his 3-meter win.
Florida Falls to Georgia to Begin SEC Action
Friday, October 28, 2016 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
The Gators posted six NCAA B-standard times and three NCAA-qualifying scores
FULL MEET RESULTS
ATHENS, Ga. – In Florida's third meet in as many weeks, the No. 7 Georgia men defeated No. 8 Florida 178-122, while the 2016 national champion and No. 8 Georgia women defeated No. 18 Florida 164-125 Friday inside the Gabrielsen Natatorium.
Georgia's women now own a home win streak of 101 straight meets.
Sophomore Samuel Smith went on a tear in the diving well, winning the 1-meter at 336.68 and the 3-meter at 377.03 and crushing the respective 300- and 320-point NCAA standards for those events. His 1-meter score was his second-highest of the season, while his 3-meter score is his year's best by almost 27 points.
Teya Syskakis, with a third-place finish in the 3-meter, also passed the NCAA standard with a score of 284.40.
Caeleb Dressel and Jan Switkowski added to the men's wins. Dressel took the 50 free in 19.56, while Switkowski touched first in the 200 IM at 1:47.20. Their times both stand as NCAA Division I's third-fastest in those respective events at this point in the season.
Due to an early timing issue in which the finish was deemed too close to call, Florida's A-team of Dressel, Stanley Wu, Switkowski and Mark Szaranek tied with Georgia's C-team of Taylor Dale, Chase Kalisz, Pace Clark and Javier Acevedo in the 200 medley relay, both timing out at 1:27.97.
In addition, Maxime Rooney (1:37.55 in the 200 free), Dressel (48.49 in the 100 back, 19.56 in the 50 free and 47.65 in the 100 fly) and Switkowski (1:45.63 in the 200 fly and 1:47.20 in the 200 IM) achieved NCAA B-standard times.
On the women's side, Savanna Faulconer added another dual-meet title to her resume, winning the 100 breast in 1:04.63.
Next, the Florida women will travel to Arkansas Thursday, Nov. 3 and will meet up later with the men's team on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Texas A&M.
TROY'S TAKE ON SWIMMING
"We're not excited about the score, but on the men's side, all the races were close. We swam well, not as well as what we need to. There were some real bright spots. Some of the distance freestylers raced well. We were a little bit better than last week in most places. Jan Switkowski's starting to look really good again. Overall, we've got some things to work on still, but we're moving in the right direction.
"On the women's side, they were dramatically better than last week. It's just a really, really good Georgia team. Hats off to them – they were well-prepared and swam really well. Sherridon Dressel is starting to show some real signs of life. The girls' distance freestylers raced well. Savanna Faulconer was good again. For the most part, we saw improvement from last week. We still have a lot of things to work on."
GILLOOLY'S TAKE ON DIVING
"The team continues to progress with each meet. Our goal coming in was to 'compete' better, and that's what we were able to do. The divers were really challenging themselves to add points to the team score. We were just a few individual dives away from being really good. Samuel Smith is finally injury-free and was able to get back on track and lead the way. We look forward to seeing this very good Bulldog team again at SECs."
FLORIDA'S WINS
Men's Events
1-meter – Samuel Smith (336.68)
3-meter – Samuel Smith (377.03)
50 free – Caeleb Dressel (19.56)
200 IM – Jan Switkowski (1:47.20)
200 medley relay (tied w/ Georgia) – A-team (Caeleb Dressel, Stanley Wu, Jan Switkowski, Mark Szaranek) [1:27.97]
Women's Events
*1-meter – Teya Syskakis (260.85)
100 breast – Savanna Faulconer (1:04.63)
*100 fly – Alyssa Yambor-Maul (56.06)
*200 IM – Savanna Faulconer (2:03.45)
*400 free relay – A-team (Sherridon Dressel, Kelsey Dambacher, Bella Garofalo, Amelia Maughan) [3:25.22]
*All of Georgia's times/scores counted as exhibition times/scores
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ATHENS, Ga. – In Florida's third meet in as many weeks, the No. 7 Georgia men defeated No. 8 Florida 178-122, while the 2016 national champion and No. 8 Georgia women defeated No. 18 Florida 164-125 Friday inside the Gabrielsen Natatorium.
Georgia's women now own a home win streak of 101 straight meets.
Sophomore Samuel Smith went on a tear in the diving well, winning the 1-meter at 336.68 and the 3-meter at 377.03 and crushing the respective 300- and 320-point NCAA standards for those events. His 1-meter score was his second-highest of the season, while his 3-meter score is his year's best by almost 27 points.
Teya Syskakis, with a third-place finish in the 3-meter, also passed the NCAA standard with a score of 284.40.
Caeleb Dressel and Jan Switkowski added to the men's wins. Dressel took the 50 free in 19.56, while Switkowski touched first in the 200 IM at 1:47.20. Their times both stand as NCAA Division I's third-fastest in those respective events at this point in the season.
Due to an early timing issue in which the finish was deemed too close to call, Florida's A-team of Dressel, Stanley Wu, Switkowski and Mark Szaranek tied with Georgia's C-team of Taylor Dale, Chase Kalisz, Pace Clark and Javier Acevedo in the 200 medley relay, both timing out at 1:27.97.
In addition, Maxime Rooney (1:37.55 in the 200 free), Dressel (48.49 in the 100 back, 19.56 in the 50 free and 47.65 in the 100 fly) and Switkowski (1:45.63 in the 200 fly and 1:47.20 in the 200 IM) achieved NCAA B-standard times.
On the women's side, Savanna Faulconer added another dual-meet title to her resume, winning the 100 breast in 1:04.63.
Next, the Florida women will travel to Arkansas Thursday, Nov. 3 and will meet up later with the men's team on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Texas A&M.
TROY'S TAKE ON SWIMMING
"We're not excited about the score, but on the men's side, all the races were close. We swam well, not as well as what we need to. There were some real bright spots. Some of the distance freestylers raced well. We were a little bit better than last week in most places. Jan Switkowski's starting to look really good again. Overall, we've got some things to work on still, but we're moving in the right direction.
"On the women's side, they were dramatically better than last week. It's just a really, really good Georgia team. Hats off to them – they were well-prepared and swam really well. Sherridon Dressel is starting to show some real signs of life. The girls' distance freestylers raced well. Savanna Faulconer was good again. For the most part, we saw improvement from last week. We still have a lot of things to work on."
GILLOOLY'S TAKE ON DIVING
"The team continues to progress with each meet. Our goal coming in was to 'compete' better, and that's what we were able to do. The divers were really challenging themselves to add points to the team score. We were just a few individual dives away from being really good. Samuel Smith is finally injury-free and was able to get back on track and lead the way. We look forward to seeing this very good Bulldog team again at SECs."
FLORIDA'S WINS
Men's Events
1-meter – Samuel Smith (336.68)
3-meter – Samuel Smith (377.03)
50 free – Caeleb Dressel (19.56)
200 IM – Jan Switkowski (1:47.20)
200 medley relay (tied w/ Georgia) – A-team (Caeleb Dressel, Stanley Wu, Jan Switkowski, Mark Szaranek) [1:27.97]
Women's Events
*1-meter – Teya Syskakis (260.85)
100 breast – Savanna Faulconer (1:04.63)
*100 fly – Alyssa Yambor-Maul (56.06)
*200 IM – Savanna Faulconer (2:03.45)
*400 free relay – A-team (Sherridon Dressel, Kelsey Dambacher, Bella Garofalo, Amelia Maughan) [3:25.22]
*All of Georgia's times/scores counted as exhibition times/scores
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