Florida Swimming & Diving Splits Season-Opening Twin Meet at Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. – The Florida swimming and diving groups cut up their season-opener twin meet in opposition to Indiana on Friday afternoon on the Hoosiers’ Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Gator girls secured a 170-130 victory, whereas the boys fell to the Hoosiers, 208-92.
 
Florida’s girls dominated the meet with 10 occasion wins and swept the highest two spots in seven of the 12 swimming occasions. Julie Brousseau and Lainy Kruger every contributed 18 factors to the group complete after each incomes two particular person occasion wins and swimming on the 400-yard medley relay group who completed second.
 
Catie Choate 24.62), Anita Bottazzo (26.52), Beatriz Bezerra (23.95) and Addison Reese (22.17) kicked the meet off with a first-place end within the 200y medley (1:37.86), whereas Grace Rabb (200 IM), Grace Rainey (200y breast), Bottazzo (100y breast) and Choate (200y again) contributed particular person victories for the ladies as properly.
 
On the boys’s aspect, the Gators posted 12 top-three finishes, as freestyler Ahmed Jaouadi received the 200y free in 1:37.42 and ending second within the 500y free (4:23.43) in his Gator debut to tally a team-high 13 factors.
 
The males closed out the meet on a excessive notice, because the 400y free relay group of Devin Dilger (43.56), Josh Liendo (42.36), Alexander Painter (44.20) and Scotty Buff (44.51) claimed first place with a time of two:54.63.
 
In complete, 10 swimmers and 4 divers made their Gator debuts on Friday. Among the standouts was freshman diver Maria Garcia, who received the 3-meter occasion with a rating of 308.48 and positioned second within the 1-meter (254.78).
 
Up Next
The Gators return to Gainesville on Friday, Oct. 10 to host the Virginia Cavaliers in a twin meet on the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium. Both swimming and diving occasions will happen all through the day, starting with the primary swimming session at 10:00 AM ET. Florida diving will comply with at 12:30 PM ET and the second swimming session will resume at 4:00 PM to wrap up the meet.
 
Complete outcomes from at this time’s twin meet could be discovered beneath.
 
Men’s Results

Women’s Results

Men’s 1-Meter Results:

Women’s 1-Meter Results:

Men’s 3-Meter Results:

Women’s 3-Meter Results:

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