Divers Shine at Auburn Last Chance Meet

Friday, February 4

Auburn, Ala.

All Day

Florida Gators

Auburn Last Chance Invite

Divers Shine at Auburn Last Chance Meet

Saturday, February 5, 2022 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Bridgette Underwood

Final Results

Gainesville, Fla. – Diving shines at Auburn last chance meet winning all six diving events.

Diving

On the women's side the Gators swept each diving event as Elizabeth Perez shined on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards finishing first on both. Perez finished with 316.40 Points on the 1m board and 339.90 on the 3m board. Newcomer Elettra Neroni picked up her first win as a Gator, finishing first on the platform with a score of 290.25.

On the men's side, Anton Svirskyi won his first event as a Gator scoring 357.50 on the 1m springboard. Leonardo Garcia continued his dominance on the 3m springboard finishing with a score of 411.70. On the platform Garcia picked up his second win of the meet with a score of 388.88.

Session One

Leah Braswell got the Gators off to a strong start as she won the 500 free with a time of 4:45.11. Senior, Nikki Miller finished second with a time of 4:45.65. In the men's 500 free Jack VanDeusen was the fastest Gator, finishing third with a time of 4:18.83.

Freshman, Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero, garbs the win with a new personal best time of 1:46.56 in the 200IM. Following closely behind Gonzalez Pinero was Miguel Cancel finishing second with a time of 1:46.83, and in third was Peter Bretzmann with a time of 1:47.85.

In the 50 free, Isaac Davis and Chance Tirheimer finished fifth and sixth and Jorge Depassier finished ninth. On the women's side, Gabby Hillis finished seventh and Kirschtine Balbuena finished eighth.

Session Two

Madison Kolessar set the tone for the Gators heading into the second session by winning the 400 IM with a time of 4:20.18. In the men's 400 IM the Gators swept the field with VanDuesen finishing first, Bretzmann second, Gonzalez Pinero third, and Miguel Cancel in fourth.

In the 200 free Nikki Miller finished second with Leah Braswell right behind Miller in fourth with a time of 1:47.79.

Raphael Rached Windmuller won the 100 breast with a new personal best time of 53.35. Amro Al-Wir and Mateusz Dubas finished third and forth respectfully.

In the women's 100 back, Katie Minnich and Aris Runnels went one-two and Celi Guzman finished fourth.

Day Two

In the men's 100 free, Tirheimer finished third with a blistering time of 43. 60. On the women's side Gabby Hillis was the fastest Gator in the 100 free finishing seventh with a time of 50.25.

The Gators swept the men's 200 breast with Al-Wir finishing first with a time of 1:55.88, Rached Windmuller in second, Bretzmann in third, and Dubas in fourth.

Gonzalez Pinero went a blistering 1:45.03 to set a new personal best win the 200 fly with Cancel finishing firth with a time of 1:46.58.

In the final event of the meet, Braswell finished first and Kolessar finished second in the 1650 free. Brenna Gravley and VanDeusen also finished first and second to close out the meet.