Florida vs. Georgia
- Oct. 27, 2023
- Stephen C. O’Connell Heart
- SCY (25 yards)
- Crew scores
- Males: No. 3 Florida 175, No. 9 Georgia 125
- Ladies: No. 7 Florida 183, No. 13 Georgia 117
- PDF outcomes
Florida dash star Josh Liendo posted season-best instances within the 50 free (19.30), 100 free (42.84), and 100 fly (46.30) because the Gator women and men swept Georgia of their SEC opener on Friday.
Liendo now ranks 2nd within the NCAA this season within the 50 free behind Arizona State fifth yr Jack Dolan (19.02), sixth within the 100 free, and sixth within the 100 fly. The Canadian standout additionally cut up 18.86 on the anchor leg of Florida’s 200 medley relay (1:26.53) together with Jonny Marshall (22.27 again), Aleksas Savickas (24.32 breast), and Scotty Buff (21.08 fly).
Final season at his first NCAA Championships, Liendo gained the 100 free title in 40.28 whereas including runner-up finishes within the 50 free (18.40) and 100 fly (43.40).
Marshall and Savickas claimed particular person victories within the 200 again (1:44.38) and 200 breast (1:59.01), respectively. Buff, the highest freshman recruit within the nation, positioned third within the 100 fly (47.95) and fifth within the 50 free (20.67).
Senior distance specialists Jake Magahey led the best way for Georgia with a formidable triple, amassing 1st-place finishes within the 500 free (4:21.23), 1000 free (8:59.36), and 200 fly (1:45.37). He now ranks seventh nationally this season within the 1000 free.
Georgia sophomore Ruard van Renen and fifth yr Zach Hils additionally tallied top-10 instances within the 100 again (46.66, fifth in NCAA) and 200 IM (1:47.24, tenth in NCAA). Within the males’s 200 free, Georgia freshman Tomas Koski (1:35.56) edged Florida senior Jake Mitchell (1:35.64) in a decent battle.
On the ladies’s facet, Emma Weyant went her quickest 200 IM time in 4 years with a successful mark of 1:58.13, simply off her personal-best 1:58.07 from 2018. The Florida junior now ranks ninth within the NCAA this season within the occasion.
Isabel Ivey triumphed within the 100 again (52.59), a pair seconds off her lifetime greatest (50.42 from 2019) however nonetheless good for eleventh within the NCAA this season.
High freshman recruit Bella Sims contested longer-distance freestyle occasions for her first time as a Gator, incomes wins within the 200 free (1:45.84) and 500 free (4:44.36). She now ranks thirteenth and twelfth within the NCAA in these occasions, respectively. Sims cut up a season-best 24.94 main off the Florida girls’s 200 medley relay (1:38.68) together with Molly Mayne (27.85), Olivia Peoples (23.35), and Micayla Cronk (22.54). Sims additionally cut up 49.65 main off the victorious 400 free relay (3:17.19) together with Ivey (48.71), Peoples (49.95), and Cronk (48.88).
Fifth-year Zoie Hartman took residence two victories for the Georgia girls, sweeping the 100 breast (1:01.30) and 200 breast (2:13.37). Georgia junior Dune Coetzee (9:43.13) beat teammate Abby McCulloh (9:44.40) within the 1000 free (9:43.13), along with her 9:35.69 from earlier this season rating 2nd within the NCAA behind Stanford’s Aurora Roghair.
The Georgia girls had been racing with out Rachel Stege, who took silver within the 800 and gold within the 1500 on the Pan American Video games final week, each in massive new private greatest instances.
Florida returns to motion subsequent week in Knoxville in opposition to Tennessee and Kentucky whereas Georgia will purpose to bounce again versus Auburn.
