Florida Gators

Meet Results
 
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Gators split their dual meet with Auburn in front of a sellout crowd on Senior Day. The no. 4 men topped the no. 13 Tigers 183-114, while the no. 16 Florida women fell to no. 12 Auburn.
 
The crowd of 1,005 was the first sellout the Gators have had since the renovations to Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
 
Florida's men won seven straight events to begin the meet and took home a total of 12 victories out of a total of 16 events.
 
Jan Switkowski and Caeleb Dressel led the men with four wins apiece, including a sweep of the relays. Both were members of the 200 medley relay, which posted a time of 1:26.27, and the 400 free relay, which finished in first with a time of 2:53.87.
 
Switkowski notched individual wins in the 200 free and 200 back, recording B-cut times of 1:33.95 and 1:44.10, respectively. Dressel also recorded two B-cut times en route to his victories, swimming a 19.64 in the 50 free and a 47.16 in the 100 fly.  
 
Ben Lawless swept the distance events for the men, swimming a 9:02.60 in the 1000 free and a 4:26.03 in the 500 free.
 
Maxime Rooney and Michael Taylor both recorded an individual win and a relay win for Florida. Taylor won the 200 medley relay and clinched the 100 back with a B-cut of 47.81. Rooney swam a B-cut time of 1:46.28 in the 200 fly for his individual victory and helped Florida finish the meet on a high note with a win in the 400 free relay.
 
Mark Szaranek recorded an individual win in the 200 IM on his Senior Day, recording a time of 1:46.75, good for a B-cut. Marco Guarente rounded out the individual wins for Florida's men, swimming a B-cut of 54.30 in the 100 breast.
 
The women took home five victories, led by freshman Taylor Ault, who recorded wins in both the 500 free (4:48.05) and the 1000 free (9:53.89).
 
Sydney Sell won the 200 back with a B-cut time of 1:56.41 and Hannah Burns swam a 1:69.37 to clinch the victory in the 200 fly.
 
The final individual win on the women's side came off the boards, with Brooke Madden recording a score of 312.23 to place first in the 1-meter event.
 
The men finished with 28 top-3 finishes and the women added 24 of their own.
 
The Gators travel to Knoxville, Tenn. to face the no. 7/12 Tennessee Volunteers on Friday for the final dual meet of the season. The meet is set to start at 1 p.m.
 
Swimming Towards Postseason:

• Switkowski (1:33.95), Khader Baqlah (1:34.60) and Grady Heath (1:37.43) all recorded B-cuts in the 200 free.
• Emma Ball notched a B-cut time of 54.29 in the 100 back.
• Michael Taylor recorded his own B-cut time in the 100 back, swimming a 47.81.
• In the 100 breast, Guarente swam a 54.30 for a B-cut qualification.
• Three Florida swimmers recorded B-cuts in the 200 fly – for the women: Burns (1:59.37) and for the men: Rooney (1:46.28) and M. Szaranek (1:46.35).
• C. Dressel's time of 19.64 in the 50 free was good for a B-cut standard.
• Baqlah pitched in another NCAA B-cut time during the meet, swimming a 44.17 in the 100 free.
• Three Gators posted B-cuts in the 200 back – for the women: Sell (1:56.14) and for the men: Switkowski (1:44.10) and Taylor (1:44.56).
• Kelly Fertel (2:15.88) and Guarente (1:59.55) notched B-cuts in the 200 breast for the women's and men's teams.
• Dressel added another B-cut in the 100 fly with a time of 47.16.
• Rounding out the B-cuts are Fertel and M. Szaranek, who recorded times of 1:59.50 and 1:46.75, respectively in the 200 IM.

Diving Towards Postseason:

• Alex Farrow and Dalton Goss both notched Zone qualifications off the 3-meter board with scores of 353.03 and 321.23, respectively.
• Madden recorded Zone scores on both the 1-meter (312.23) and 3-meter (327.23) boards.
• Teya Syskakis posted a score of 295.28 off the 3-meter board and Emma Whitner notched a mark of 267.90 in the 1-meter event to earn Zone qualifications.

Straight from the Source – Head Coach Gregg Troy:

• "We showed a lot of character today. We had a lot of good races against a good team. We are at a good spot, but we still have some glaring weaknesses we need to address. I am proud of the way they went about the races and we won a lot of close races and that is always good this time of year."

Straight from the Source – Diving Coach Bryan Gillooly:

• "Very happy with the performances today. Over the last couple of weeks, we have changed our focus to postseason training and it showed today. We were sharper and had a lot of personal bests this meet. We are closer to where we want to be, which is right on schedule. We don't want to be there yet, but we have a couple more weeks to tighten up a bit more. This just shows that our training is working and we look to get better from here."

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