UF Coaches Gregg Troy and Dale Schultz Address the Media
Monday, February 22, 2016 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
Gator Coaches recpa 2016 SEC Championships
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --University of Florida Head Coach Gregg Troy and Head Diving Coach Dale Schultz addressed the media on Monday following the 2016 SEC Championships in Columbia, Missouri. The Florida men brought home their fourth straight and 37th overall title while the Gator women swam to a sixth-place overall finish.
Outlasting second-place Auburn (1,223) and third place Georgia (1010), the Gators registered (1,275) team points.Caeleb Dressel, who shattered UF, SEC, and American records throughout the week, led all scorers with 96 individual points in addition to his 248 as a member of UF's relay teams.
It wasn't only Dressel that got it done this week for the Gators though. Florida was strong in all events, capturing individual victories in the 50 and 500-Yard Freestyle and the 100-Yard Butterfly. In addition, the Orange and Blue won four relay titles this week, taking wins in the 200 and 400-Yard Medley relays, and the 200, and 800-Yard Freestyle relay events.
On the women's side, the Gators ended their conference championship week in sixth place, with a team score of 754 points UF's women won three SEC titles throughout the week, asKahlia Warnerdove to gold-medal finishes on the one and 3-Meter, andNatalie Hindsswam to a first-place finish in the 100-Yard Freestyle (47.35).
Dressel and Warner each took home one of the SEC's 2016 Yearly Awards as Dressel was named Swimmer of the Meet and Warner Diver of the Meet.
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