Florida Swimming & Diving Splits Dual Meet in Season Opener Against Virginia

Friday, October 18

Charlottesville, VA

1 PM

Florida Gators

231

University of Virginia

during the Gators' practice on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 in Gainesville, FL / UAA Communications photo by Bryce Mitchell

Josh Liendo and Julian Smith both won their two respective swimming events.

Florida Swimming & Diving Splits Dual Meet in Season Opener Against Virginia

Friday, October 18, 2024 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Full Meet Results

By: Abby Wisecup

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Florida swimming and diving teams kicked off their 2024-25 season with a split win against Virginia on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. The No. 3 men topped No. 15 men 231-69, while the No. 3 women's fell 119-181 to the top-ranked and four-straight national champions.

The men posted 13 wins in their 14 scored swimming events, while Olympic medalist's Emma Weyant and Bella Sims tallied two first-place finishes on the women's side. Additionally, 18 Gators grabbed the second-place spot in the combined 28 swimming events.

Overall, 12 swimmers made their Gator debut, as freshman Luke Whitlock and Aiden Norman both posted their first collegiate wins in the 800m freestyle (7:47.76) and the 200m backstroke (1:51.02), respectively.

Josh Liendo and Julian Smith led the way individually on the men's side after touching the wall first in their two events. Liendo, who won a silver medal in the 100m fly at 2024 Paris Olympics, scored 18 individual points, while also being on the 200m medley and 400m free relay winning teams. Similar to his fellow Gator, Smith recorded 18 points in his two individual events, and was the second leg for both winning relay teams.

On the women's side, Sims led the way with 13 individual points, while being the leadoff for Florida's 200m medley relay team and anchor for 400m free relay team who both placed second.

Diving
Florida finished on top in all four diving events, with junior Peyton Donald and sophomore Camyla Monroy leading the way in both their respected 1-meter and 3-meter events.

Sophomore Conor Gesing followed his fellow Gator in second for both the men's 1-meter and 3-meter, while Casey Greenberg finished in third in both the women's 1-meter and 3-meter.

Up Next
The Gators added a Tri-Meet to their 2024-25 schedule on Friday, Oct. 25 against the University of Tampa and Rollins College. Tampa will serve as host, with events starting at 12:30 p.m. ET inside the Riesman Aquatics Center.

Men's Results

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
800m Freestyle	Luke Whitlock	7:47.76	1st
	Andrew Taylor	7:50.64	2nd
	Josh Parent	7:53.29	3rd
	Fred Lindholm	7:53.78	4th
	Amadeusz Knop	7:58.60	EXH
	Bobby Dinunzio	8:03.50	EXH
200m Freestyle	Jake Mitchell	1:43.52	1st
	Oskar Lindholm	1:44.69	2nd
	Gio Linscheer	1:45.85	4th
	Devin Dilger	1:48.02	6th
	Eric Brown	1:46.71	EXH
100m Backstroke	Jonny Marshall	50.46	1st
	Scotty Buff	51.62	3rd
	Aiden Norman	51.69	4th
	Caleb Maldari	52.51	5th
100m Breaststroke	Julian Smith	57.27	1st
	Aleksas Savickas	58.62	3rd
	Raphael Rached Windmuller	59.75	4th
	Cam Abaqueta	1:00.88	5th
200m Butterfly	Mason Laur	1:55.00	1st
	Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero	1:56.26	2nd
	Matt Cairns	1:57.94	3rd
	Sean Sullivan	1:58.67	4th
50m Freestyle	Josh Liendo	20.88	1st
	Ed Fullum-Huot	21.47	2nd
	Alexander Painter	21.50	3rd
	Paul Dardis	22.22	6th
100m Freestyle	Julian Smith	47.60	1st
	Alexander Painter	47.70	2nd
	Ed Fullum-Huot	48.76	3rd
200m Backstroke	Aiden Norman	1:51.02	1st
	Jonny Marshall	1:51.98	2nd
	Caleb Maldari	1:55.43	4th
	Sean Sullivan	2:00.26	7th
	Amadeusz Knop	1:57.14	EXH
200m Breaststroke	Raphael Rached Windmuller	2:08.58	2nd
	Aleksas Savickas	2:08.73	3rd
	Peter Bretzmann	2:09.58	4th
	Oskar Lindholm	2:14.15	6th
400m Free	Jake Mitchell	3:45.05	1st
	Eric Brown	3:47.05	2nd
	Gio Linscheer	3:48.08	3rd
	Andrew Taylor	3:48.34	5th
100m Fly	Josh Liendo	49.37	1st
	Scotty Buff	51.08	3rd
	Devin Dilger	52.85	5th
	Matt Cairns	53.46	6th
200m IM	Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero	1:57.63	1st
	Mason Laur	1:57.63	2nd
	Josh Parent	2:00.41	5th
	Sean Sullivan	2:02.43	7th
	Peter Bretzmann	2:01.74	EXH
	Amaduesz Knop	2:02.02	EXH
	Luke Whitlock	2:03.50	EXH
	Bobby Dinunzio	2:05.96	EXH
200m Medley Relay	J. Marshall, J. Smith, J. Liendo, E. Fullum-Huot	1:31.31	1st
	A.Norman, A. Savickas, S. Buff, A. Painter	1:34.02	3rd
	C. Maldari, R. Windmuller, M. Laur, P. Dardis	1:37.25	5th
	M. Cairns, P. Bretzmann, J. Gonzalez Pinero, C. Abaqueta	1:38.67	7th
400m Freestyle Relay	J. Liendo, J. Smith, A. Painter, E. Fullum-Huot	3:08.53	1st
	D. Dilger, A. Norman, J. Mitchell, O. Lindholm	3:11.54	2nd
	A.Taylor, A. Knop, E. Brown, F. Lindholm	3:22.92	6th

Women's Results

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
800m Freestyle	Michaela Mattes	8:21.79	2nd
	Mabel Zavaros	8:25.84	3rd
	Camille DeBoer	8:33.33	4th
	Anna Auld	8:40.22	8th
200m Freestyle	JoJo Ramey	1:55.42	2nd
	Emma Weyant	1:56.38	5th
	Julia Heimstead	1:58.50	6th
100m Backstroke	Catie Choate	57.23	2nd
	Zoe Dixon	58.63	4th
	Carly Meeting	1:00.16	6th
100m Breaststroke	Molly Mayne	1:07.55	3rd
	Grace Rainey	1:08.56	4th
	Anna Moore	1:08.89	6th
	Gracie Weyant	1:09.11	7th
200m Butterfly	Bella Sims	2:04.85	2nd
	Lainy Kruger	2:07.83	3rd
	Addison Reese	2:09.75	4th
50m Freestyle	Micayla Cronk	25.16	3rd
	Olivia Peoples	25.28	4th
	Lilly Daley	26.04	7th
	Carly Meeting	26.05	8th
100m Freestyle	Micayla Cronk	54.33	3rd
	Lainy Kruger	54.68	4th
	Addison Reese	55.05	5th
	Lilly Daley	56.42	7th
200m Backstroke	Catie Choate	2:03.67	2nd
	JoJo Ramey	2:04.84	3rd
	Zoe Dixon	2:06.63	4th
	Mabel Zavaros	2:07.02	6th
200m Breaststroke	Grace Rainey	2:26.98	4th
	Molly Mayne	2:27.09	5th
	Sofia Plaza	2:28.35	7th
	Anna Moore	2:31.30	8th
400m Freestyle	Emma Weyant	4:00.98	1st
	Michaela Mattes	4:08.58	3rd
	Gracie Weyant	4:11.99	6th
	Camille DeBoer	4:15.98	7th
100m Butterfly	Olivia Peoples	57.81	2nd
	Julia Heimstead	59.29	5th
	Addison Reese	59.45	6th
200m IM	Bella Sims	2:06.75	1st
	Zoe Dixon	2:09.67	3rd
	Mabel Zavaros	2:12.14	5th
	Sofia Plaza	2:14.70	6th
200m Free Relay	B. Sims, M. Mayne, O. Peoples, M. Cronk	1:45.13	2nd
200m Free Relay	C. Choate, A. Moore, A. Reese, L. Daley	1:50.67	6th
400m Free Relay	J. Heimstead, M. Cronk, L. Kruger, B. Sims	3:36.51	2nd
	E. Weyant, O. Peoples, C. Meeting, M. Zavaros	3:43.94	5th
	J. Ramey, A. Moore, M. Mayne, G. Weyant	3:46.12	6th
	C. Choate, M. Mattes, C. DeBoer, A. Auld	3:48.72	7th