Gators Swim & Dive Lead Way Following Day One of Georgia Invite

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The Gators finished first in a combined six swimming events.

Gators Swim & Dive Lead Way Following Day One of Georgia Invite

Thursday, November 21, 2024 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Day One Diving Results Day One Swimming Results

By: Abby Wisecup

ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 4/6 men's and women's swim & dive teams had a strong showing in day one of the Georgia Fall Invitational, as both teams sit at the top of the leaderboard following seven events.

Scores – Men

Florida – 299.5
Georgia – 254.5
Alabama – 194.5
LSU – 116.5
Missouri – 108

Scores – Women

Florida – 326.5
Alabama – 189.5
Georgia – 179
LSU – 159
Missouri - 133

Overall, the program recorded 26 NCAA B-cut times and four NCAA A-cut times. Both of the men's relay A team's and the women's 400 medley relay A Team tallied an A-cut time, while sophomore Bella Sims posted the only Gator individual A-cut time of the day. The sophomore posted a first-place time of 4:31.06 in the 500 freestyle to reset her program record she set during her freshman season. Furthermore, 16 Gator men and 13 women swam NCAA B-Cut times.

Men's NCAA A-Cut Times

Swimmer	Event	Time	NCAA A-Cut Standard
Julian Smith, Josh Liendo, Alexander Painter and Ed Fullum-Huot	200 Free Relay	1:15.10	1:16.51
Jonny Marshall, Julian Smith, Josh Liendo and Alexander Painter	400 Medley Relay	3:02.95	3:04.96

Women's NCAA A-Cut Times

Swimmer	Event	Time	NCAA A-Cut Standard
Bella Sims	500y Freestyle	4:31.06	4:36.89
Bella Sims, Anita Bottazzo, Olivia Peoples and Micayla Cronk	400 Medley Relay A Team	3:26.27	3:30.89

Men's NCAA B-Cut Times

Event	Swimmer	Time	NCAA B-Cut Standard
500 Freestyle	Gio Linscheer Jake Mitchell Eric Brown Andrew Taylor Josh Parent Oskar Lindholm Luke Whitlock Luke Corey	4:15.04 4:16.06 4:16.37 4:17.51 4:19.02 4:19.13 4:19.18 4:19.70	4:21.28
200 IM	Julian Smith Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero Mason Laur	1:41.01 1:44.76 1:44.87	1:45.68
50 Freestyle	Josh Liendo Alexander Painter Scotty Buff Ed Fullum-Huot Devin Dilger	18.80 19.24 19.30 19.50 19.68	19.69

Women's NCAA B-Cut Times

Event	Swimmer	Time	NCAA B-Cut Standard
500 Freestyle	Julie Brousseau Emma Weyant Mabel Zavaros Michaela Mattes Camille DeBoer Anna Auld	4:37.19 4:37.62 4:41.17 4:37.95 4:47.68 4:45.44	4:47.20
200 IM	Zoe Dixon Lainy Kruger Catie Choate	1:54.57 1:56.29 1:58.88	1:59.55
200 Freestyle Relay	Bella Sims, Julia Heimstead, Olivia Peoples and Micayla Cronk	1:28.94	3:32.88

Not only did Sims set the women's 500 free record but she also reset the women's 100 backstroke record after clocking a 49.93 as the leadoff in the 400 medley relay. Additionally, the women updated seven spots between three events on the program's top-10 times sheet. On the men's side Julian Smith had two top-10 program times himself, while additionally being a member of the men's 400 medley relay who recorded the fifth-best time in program history. The senior posted the program's seventh-best individual time in the 200 IM and his leadoff 19.00 50 freestyle time in the 200 free relay ranks eighth-best individually.

Women Top-Ten Times

Event	Swimmer	Time	Top-10 Spot
500 Freestyle	Bella Sims Julie Brousseau Michaela Mattes	4:31.06 4:37.19 4:37.95	No. 1 No. 7 No. 9
200 IM	Lainy Kruger	1:56.29	No. 10
Women's 400 Medley Relay	Bella Sims, Anita Bottazzo, Olivia Peoples and Micayla Cronk	3:26.27	No. 2

Men Top-Time Times

Event	Swimmer	Time	Top-10 Spot
50 Freestyle	Julian Smith	19.00	No. 8
200 IM	Julian Smith	1:41.01	No. 7
Men's 400 Medley Relay	Jonny Marshall, Julian Smith, Josh Liendo and Alexander Painter	3:02.95	No. 5

Josh Liendo and Julian Smith earned two individual wins for the Gator men and were both part of the two winning relay teams. Zoe Dixon and Sims recorded a pair of first-place wins for the women, as Sims was also the leadoff for the women's first-place 400 medley relay team.

Men's Top-Three Finishes

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
200 Free Relay	Julian Smith, Josh Liendo, Alexander Painter and Ed Fullum-Huot	1:15.10	1st
200 IM	Julian Smith Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero	1:41.01 1:44.76	1st 3rd
50 Freestyle	Josh Liendo Alexander Painter	18.80 19.24	1st 3rd
400 Medley Relay	Jonny Marshall, Julian Smith, Josh Liendo and Alexander Painter	3:02.95	1st

Women's Top-Three Finishes

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
500 Freestyle	Bella Sims	4:31.06	1st
200 IM	Zoe Dixon Lainy Kruger	1:54.57 1:56.29	1st 2nd
400 Medley Relay	Bella Sims, Anita Bottazzo, Olivia Peoples and Micayla Cronk	3:26.27	3rd

Diving
Gator Diving saw five or their six advance to either the finals or the consolation final. In the men's 3-meter springboard, Conor Gesing finished fourth overall, Peyton Donald improved his prelim score by over 10 points to follow in fifth place. Elisha Dees finished in the top-16 during prelims to earn a spot in the consolation final, where the junior scored a 298.00 for 11th overall.

Men's 3-Meter Results

Diver	Prelim Score	Total Score	Place
Conor Gesing	333.55	336.15	4th
Peyton Donald	322.25	333.35	5th
Elisha Dees	284.45	298.00	11th

Camyla Monroy stayed steady in the women's 1-meter, earning second in the finals after advancing with a second-place prelim score. Casey Greenberg represented Florida in the women's 1-meter consolation final, where the Gainesville native placed 14th overall.

Women's 1-Meter Results

Diver	Prelim Score	Total Score	Place
Camyla Monroy	325.20	370.95	2nd
Casey Greenberg	247.80	241.70	14th
Chloe Bishop	211.00	211.00	25th

Up Next
Day two of the Invite kicks off with 9:30 a.m. prelims with the 400y IM, 100y fly, 200y Free, 100y Breast and 100y Back events taking place inside Gabrielsen Natatorium. Men's 3-meter and women's 1-meter diving prelims will follow 11:30 a.m., with finals taking place at 5:30 p.m. Swimming finals will also begin at 5:30, as the 200y Medley Relay and the 800y free relay will bookend Thursday's finals.

How to Watch
Prelims and finals will be streamed on SECN+ for authenticated subscribers of the network. Links for the live stream are available on the swim & dive schedule pages on Floridagators.com. Fans can follow Meet Mobile for updated results.

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