Florida Gators

 
ATHENS, Ga.- Kathleen Golding and Vanessa Pearl got the Gators going on night three of the SEC Championship with a seventh and eighth finish in the 400IM scoring big points for Florida.

Rosie Zaravos finished fourth in the C-final and 20^th overall behind Golding and Pearl.

In the 100-fly, Amanda Ray was the top finisher for the Gators in 14^th overall and sixth in the B-final. Kenady Beil placed fifth in the C-final and 21^st overall with a time of 53.86.

Talia Bates has the top finished of the night for the Gators with a time of 1:44.05 in the 200 free and placed fourth overall. In the B-final, Tylor Mathieu placed second, Nikki Miller placed third,
Katie Mack placed sixth, and Taylor Ault placed seventh, grabbing massive points for the Gators. Annette Schultz placed fourth in the C-final and tied 18^th overall.

In the 100-breast, Cecilia Porter and Adrianna DeBoer went fourth and fifth overall in the A-final. DeBoer went 59.81 to overtake third on the UF all-time best list where she was tied for third before her time tonight.

Katie Minnich was the top finisher for Florida as she finished 13^th overall in the 100-back. In the C-final, Rosie Zaravos finished eighth and 24^th overall.

The squad of Katie Minnich, Cecilia Porter, Talia Bates, and Gabby Hillis placed fifth in the 400-medley relay with a time of 3:33.78. With that time the Gators posted a B-cut for the NCAA's.

On the platform, Ashley McCool placed sixth with a score of 238.45 in the A-final. Emma Whitner placed ninth overall with a score of 251.10 in the B-final and Elizabeth Perez placed 12^th with a score of 232.80.
 
Quotables

Head Coach Jeff Poppell

On his overall thoughts on the team's performance today…

"We had another solid day today and currently hold a slim lead on Kentucky heading into our final day of competition. With some of our best events tomorrow, we're excited to finish this meet off strong."
Diving Coach Bryan Gillooly

On his over thoughts on the team's performance today…

"Another strong day for the women to finish out. Elizabeth and Emma making the B final just barely out of the A and Ashley coming through again with her 3rd A final of the meet finishing 6th. That's a lot of team points in a very close team race. The women represented the Gators with tons of class. Hats off to Ashley for a truly outstanding meet. She was phenomenal."
 
Standings

1. Florida – 779
2. Kentucky – 771
3. Alabama – 684
4. Georgia – 670
5. Texas A&M – 634
6. Tennessee – 633
7. Arkansas – 492
8. Missouri – 432.50
9. Auburn – 384
10. LSU – 315.56
11. South Carolina - 201
12. Vanderbilt - 124

What's Next

Florida will be back in the pool on Saturday morning with the first session of preliminaries.

The day will start-off at 10 a.m. ET with the 200-back followed by, the 100-free, the200-breast, the 200-fly and the 1650-free.

The finals for the respective events and the 400-free relay will begin at 6 p.m. ET.