Mestre’s Victory Highlights No. 9 Florida's First Day At Auburn Invitational

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With Mestre's 500 free win, he has now posted three victories in his first collegiate season.

Mestre’s Victory Highlights No. 9 Florida's First Day At Auburn Invitational

Friday, February 7, 2020 | Men's Swimming & Diving

By: Ryan Sosic

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Alfonso Mestre's 500 free victory highlighted the No. 9 Gators during the first day of the Auburn Invitational at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.

Mestre would go on to win the Florida-filled event with a B-cut time of 4:21.96. He would shave almost five full seconds from his time set in the morning prelims.

Brennan Gravley finished behind his freshman classmate, posting a personal-best swim of 4:24.33 to claim a runner-up bid. To round out the top-three, Drew Clark hit the wall in a season-best swim of 4:24.39, also faster than his effort from the A.M.

The final two Gators in the event would also set new best efforts as Gators as Tyler Watson (4:26.82) finished in fifth, while Advait Page (4:26.82) tallied an eighth-place finish.

Ethan McCloud was the lone Florida representative in the 200 IM, as the freshman would finish in third-place with a new personal-best swim of 1:49.80. He previously set a new lifetime-best in the preliminary round, finishing with a time of 1:51.54.

The third and final individual event was led by Viktor Toth, who was just .12 seconds off the winning time. Toth's mark of 20.36 was a new season-best.

Lucas Kravchenko would improve on his new personal-best swim set from the morning with his sixth-place effort of 20.84.

What's Next

The group will be right back in the water tomorrow morning with the second day at the Martin Aquatics Center. Prelims will again begin at 11:00 a.m. ET with the 400 IM and the finals will kick-off later in the evening at 6:30 p.m.

In total, seven events will occur on Saturday.

The third and final day of events will begin on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. (prelims). The last round of final swims will be pushed up to 3:00 p.m.

Invitational Schedule

Women		MEN
	Saturday
11	200 Medley Relay	12
13	400 IM	14
15	100 Fly	16
17	200 Free	18
19	100 Breast	20
21	100 Back	22
23	800 Free Relay	24
	Sunday
25	1,650 Free	26
27	200 Back	28
29	100 Free	30
31	200 Breast	32
33	200 Fly	34
35	400 Free Relay	36