Friday, September 27
Fort Lauderdale, FL
3:00 PM
Florida Gators
at
Nova Southeastern University
Gators Start New Year with Pair of Away Meets
Thursday, September 26, 2019 | Men's Swimming & Diving
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Gator men's swimming and diving team begins their quest for their eighth-consecutive conference championship this weekend with a pair of meets against in-state competition.
On Friday, the Gators will open up their season at 3:00 p.m. with a tri-meet for the first time in their program's history against Nova Southeastern University and Indian River State College. This will mark the first matchup between Florida and Nova, while the Gators and the River were consistent opponents from 1998-2010. The Gators own the series with a record of 10-0.
The men and women will then come together in Boca Raton on Saturday for their last meet of the weekend at FAU. The Gators and Owls have a long history dating back to the 1998-99 season, with the Gators holding a perfect 15-0 record against them. Last season, the men opened up at FAU and picked up a 240-58 victory to start off the year.
The Gators posted a sixth-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Championships, the seventh-straight year that Florida finished highest of any SEC team. A total of 12 Gators qualified for the championships, taking home 30 All-American honors for their performances.
Victories in the 800 free relay, 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 fly and 1,650 free led to the Gators winning the conference title with 1,233 points, almost 100 points ahead of the second-place team.
During the regular season, the men's team swept their SEC opponents (5-0) on their way to an 9-1 overall record. Additionally, the team brought home various conference accolades, including Men's Swimming Coach of the Year, 11 All-SEC honorees, five SEC All-Freshman selections, and the Co-Freshman Swimmers of the Year in Robert Finke and Kieran Smith
The team will be back in action after almost two full weeks off with two more road meets at Minnesota on Oct. 11 at 7:00 p.m. and Missouri, their conference-opener, on the 18th.
All-SEC Returners:
Finke
Trey Freeman
Khader Baqlah
Smith
Clark Beach
Will Davis
Marco Guarente
Grant Sanders
All-American Returners:
Baqlah (3)
Beach, C. (1)
Davis, W. (2)
Finke (1)
Freeman (2)
Guarente (2)
Sanders (1)
Smith (7)
Full week schedule:
Nova/Indian River: 3:00 p.m.
FAU: 10:00 a.m.
Pre-Meet Notes
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On Friday, the Gators will open up their season at 3:00 p.m. with a tri-meet for the first time in their program's history against Nova Southeastern University and Indian River State College. This will mark the first matchup between Florida and Nova, while the Gators and the River were consistent opponents from 1998-2010. The Gators own the series with a record of 10-0.
The men and women will then come together in Boca Raton on Saturday for their last meet of the weekend at FAU. The Gators and Owls have a long history dating back to the 1998-99 season, with the Gators holding a perfect 15-0 record against them. Last season, the men opened up at FAU and picked up a 240-58 victory to start off the year.
The Gators posted a sixth-place finish at the 2019 NCAA Championships, the seventh-straight year that Florida finished highest of any SEC team. A total of 12 Gators qualified for the championships, taking home 30 All-American honors for their performances.
Victories in the 800 free relay, 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 fly and 1,650 free led to the Gators winning the conference title with 1,233 points, almost 100 points ahead of the second-place team.
During the regular season, the men's team swept their SEC opponents (5-0) on their way to an 9-1 overall record. Additionally, the team brought home various conference accolades, including Men's Swimming Coach of the Year, 11 All-SEC honorees, five SEC All-Freshman selections, and the Co-Freshman Swimmers of the Year in Robert Finke and Kieran Smith
The team will be back in action after almost two full weeks off with two more road meets at Minnesota on Oct. 11 at 7:00 p.m. and Missouri, their conference-opener, on the 18th.
All-SEC Returners:
Finke
Trey Freeman
Khader Baqlah
Smith
Clark Beach
Will Davis
Marco Guarente
Grant Sanders
All-American Returners:
Baqlah (3)
Beach, C. (1)
Davis, W. (2)
Finke (1)
Freeman (2)
Guarente (2)
Sanders (1)
Smith (7)
Full week schedule:
Nova/Indian River: 3:00 p.m.
FAU: 10:00 a.m.
Pre-Meet Notes
Follow the Gators:
| FloridaGators.com | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook |
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