Gators Conclude Day One of Florida Invite

Thursday, February 27

Gainesville, Fla

9:30 a.m. (Prelims) | 4:00 p.m. (Finals)

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during the Gators' meet for the Florida Invitational on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at the Stephen C. O?Connell Center Natatorium in Gainesville, FL / UAA Communications photo by Bryce Mitchell

Freshman Fred Lindholm had the most improved time on Thursday, dropping over two seconds off his 500 free prelim time to record an NCAA B-cut time of 4:17.31.

Gators Conclude Day One of Florida Invite

Thursday, February 27, 2025 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

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By: Abby Wisecup

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's and women's swimming team concluded the opening day of the Florida Invitational with FSU on Thursday afternoon at the O'Connell Center Natatorium.

11 Gators swam in at least one of the six individual events and totaled nine NCAA B-cut times.

NCAA B-Cut Times

Paul Dardis – 19.69 (50 Freestyle)
Camille DeBoer – 4:45.10 (500 Freestyle)
Fred Lindholm – 4:17.31 (500 Freestyle)
Andrew Taylor – 4:19.42 (500 Freestyle)
Grace Rainey – 2:10.83 (200 Breaststroke)
Gracie Weyant – 2:11.50 (200 Breaststroke)
Matthew Cairns – 1:43.68 (200 Breaststroke)
Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero – 1:43.72 (200 Breaststroke)
Katie Schroeder – 1:54.63 (200 Backstroke)

Day two begins at 9:30 a.m. and is followed with finals at 4 p.m. Admission for all sessions is free, with live results available to paid subscribers on MeetMobile or on @GatorsSwimDV on socials.

The Invite provides an opportunity for swimmers to earn an NCAA Championship-qualifying time or improve upon their existing provisional cut. Prior to Thursday, 10 swimmers (6 men; 4 women) have recorded an NCAA A-cut time in at least one event, while 49 (28 men; 21 women) have earned an NCAA B-cut time.

For the Friday morning session, spectators can park at the North Lawn of the football stadium. For the afternoon session as well as Saturday morning's session, spectators can park in the O'Connell Center garage. Fans can enter through Gate 2 for all sessions.

Results from Thursday as well as Friday's and Saturday's events can be found below.

Prelim Events	Prelim Results
Women's 500 Yard Freestyle 4:36.89 A NCAA 4:47.20 B NCAA	Camille DeBoer – 4:46.87
Men's 500 Yard Freestyle 4:10.64 A NCAA 4:21.28 B NCAA	Andrew Taylor – 4:19.42 Fred Lindholm – 4:19.51 Amadeusz Knop – 4:22.39
Men's 200 Yard IM 1:40.75 A NCAA 1:45.68 B NCAA	Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero – 1:45.86
Men's 50 Yard Freestyle 18.72 A NCAA 19.69 B NCAA	Paul Dardis – 19.82 Devin Dilger – 19.95
Women's 200 Yard Backstroke 1:50.50 A NCAA 1:56.71 B NCAA	Katie Schroeder – 1:54.63
Women's 200 Yard Breaststroke 2:05.73 A NCAA 2:13.28 B NCAA	Grace Rainey – 2:10.83 Gracie Weyant – 2:11.50
Final Events	Final Results
Women's 500 Yard Freestyle 4:36.89 A NCAA 4:47.20 B NCAA	Camille DeBoer – 4:45.10 (Dropped 1.77)
Men's 500 Yard Freestyle 4:10.64 A NCAA 4:21.28 B NCAA	Fred Lindholm – 4:17.31 (Dropped 2.20) Amadeusz Knop – 4:24.04 (Added 1.65)
Men's 50 Yard Freestyle 18.72 A NCAA 19.69 B NCAA	Paul Dardis – 19.69 (Dropped 0.13) Devin Dilger – 19.91 (Dropped 0.04)
Men's 200 Breaststroke 1:40.05 A NCAA 1:45.34 B NCAA	Matthew Cairns – 1:43.68 Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero – 1:43.72

ORDER OF EVENTS
Friday, February 28, 2025
PRELIMS: Warm-Up: 7:00 am - 9:20 am Start: 9:30 am
FINALS: Warm-Up: 2:30 pm – 3:50 pm Start: 4:00 pm