The University of Florida men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams had a record-setting week at the 2015 Southeastern Conference Championships. A competition that will not soon be forgotten.
GAINESVILLE Fla. - The University of Florida men's and women's swimming & diving teams had a record-setting week at the 2015 Southeastern Conference Championships. A competition that will not soon be forgotten.
Florida's men won the program's third-straight and 36th overall Southeastern Conference Championship. UF's 36 team championships ranks second amongst all sports in the history of the SEC (Kentucky Men's Basketball, 45). On the women's side, the Gators ended their conference championship in third place.
Overall, the Gators won seven SEC championships, broke three school records and registered 16 other UF top-10 times.
The Gator men were strong in all events, capturing individual victories in the 100-yard butterfly (Caeleb Dressel) and the 500-yard freestyle (Mitch D'Arrigo) and earned a relay gold in the 800-yard freestyle event (Wallace, Werner, Alexiou, D'Arrigo).
UF's women won four SEC championships, as Florida captured the 100-yard (Natalie Hinds), 200-yard (Amelia Maughan) and 1,650-yard freestyle (Jessica Thielmann) titles and the 200-yard individual medley crown (Theresa Michalak).
UF Top Times Achieved:
- Men's 200 MR (Homer, Solaeche-Gomez, Main – 1:24.95) – 4th in UF history
- Men's 400 MR (Blyzinskyj, Solaeche-Gomez, Homer, Dressel – 3:05.09) – 4th in UF history
- Men's 200 FR (Main, Dressel, Werner, Curby – 1:17.60) – 4th in UF history
- Men's 400 FR (Dressel, Szaranek, Werner, Wallace – 2:50.31) – 2nd in UF history
- Men's 800 FR (Wallace, Werner, Alexiou, D'Arrigo – 6:12.85) – SEC & UF record
- Mitch D'Arrigo - 500 Free (4:10.77) – 2nd in UF history
- Mitch D'Arrigo – 1,650 Free (14:39.90) – 2nd in UF history
- Caeleb Dressel - 50 Free (18.89) - 2nd in UF history (prelims)
- Caeleb Dressel - 100 Fly (45.28) - 2nd in UF history
- Caeleb Dressel - 100 Free (41.90) – 1st in UF history
- Arthur Frayler – 1,650 Free (14:40.05)
- Carlos Omana – 400 IM (3:40.35) - 6th in UF history
- Mark Szaranek – 400 IM (3:40.22) – 5th in UF history
- Dan Wallace – 200 Fly (1:42.49) – 5th in UF history
- Women's 200 MR (Hinds, McKnight, Batchelor, Michalak - 1:37.12) – 5th in UF history
- Women's 400 FR (Hinds, Linn, Maughan, McKnight – 3:14.12) – 6th in UF history
- Women's 800 FR (Linn, Thielmann, Maughan - 7:00.25) – 5th in UF history
- Natalie Hinds - 100 Free (47.26) – 1st in UF history
- Taylor Katz – 200 Fly (1:54.44) – 3rd in UF history
- Jessica Thielmann – 1,650 Free (15:47.95) – 2nd in UF history
- Kahlia Warner – Women's Platform Dive – 1st in UF history
** SEC Championships video footage courtesy of the Florida Swim Network
