TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State swimming and diving staff started the 2025-26 season with 16 wins on the primary day of the FSU Invite on Friday night time on the Morcom Aquatics Center.
The Seminoles have been victorious in 16 of twenty-two occasions to open the two-day meet, with 4 1-2-3 finishes and one other 4 1-2 finishes.
Both the FSU women and men are in first place by at the least 40 factors on the midway level of competitors. The males (185 factors) lead Purdue (120), West Virginia (101) and Tampa (80), whereas the ladies (175 factors) are forward of Rice (130) and WVU (101.5).
“We had a great first day,” FSU head coach
Neal Studd stated. “We came out and really nailed some great relays, we won all four relays which was amazing, that’s huge points. Our divers were amazing, we won every board. We’re excited, they leaned into the fun events and hopefully we can come back tomorrow morning and finish the job.”
Sophomore
Logan Robinson and freshman
Martina Fanunza each gained two particular person occasions, and Fanunza added a relay victory in her collegiate debut. Sophomore
Maryn McDade additionally gained three occasions, one individually and two relays.
The Seminoles began the night time off with a sweep within the 200 medley relay. The girls took first and second place, with the A staff ending in 1:38.22 to win by practically 4 seconds because of sophomore
Alice Velden, Fanunza, McDade and senior
Kiara Caamano. The males’s staff gained behind seniors
Max Wilson and
Marcos Egri-Martin, sophomore Michel Arkhangelsky and senior
Sam Bork with a time of 1:25:22.
In her first collegiate race, Fanunza gained the 50 breaststroke in 28.78, simply forward of sophomore
Amelia Marek in second place in 29.22.
Egri-Martin held on to win the 50 breaststroke in 24.37 for 2 early wins on the day, and sophomore
Mathias Christensen took the crown within the 400 particular person medley in 3:47.38.
Robinson’s first victory of the day got here within the 100 butterfly, main a 1-2 end in 46.70. His second win was within the 100 particular person medley in 49.40.
The Florida State girls went 1-2-3 in back-to-back occasions. The first was the 50 freestyle, led by McDade (22.72) and adopted by freshman
Antonina Biegajlo (23.45) and Caamano (23.48). One occasion later was the 200 breaststroke, the place Fanunza (2:17.24) was adopted by freshmen
Caroline Agee (2:17.79) and Izzy Phifer (2:18.16).
Coming off a historic freshman 12 months and ACC particular person championship, Arkhangelsky took residence his first particular person occasion win of the 12 months within the 50 freestyle with a time of 19.54.
Senior
Tommaso Baravelli was first within the 200 breaststroke (1:59.60) earlier than Velden (53.42) and senior
Sarah Evans (53.84) went 1-2 within the 100 backstroke.
Meanwhile, the divers posted 1-2-3 finishes in each occasions. Sophomore
Evelyn Hall (282.35), freshman Brooklyn Markusson (261.15), and redshirt senior
Kayleigh Clark (257.20) led the ladies on three-meter and sophomores
Noah Turner (282.15) and
Carlos Vargas (269.10), and freshman
Jack Sparks (260.65) took the rostrum for the lads.
FSU completed the night time by sweeping the 100 freestyle relay. The girls acquired it began in 41.00 behind McDade, Caamano, Evans, and Velden and the lads capped it off in 35.14 because of Bork, Arkhangelsky, Wilson, and junior
Gustav Olsson.
The second and remaining session of the FSU Invite will begin at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday and can function 22 occasions. Admission is free for all followers on the Morcom Aquatics Center.
Live outcomes might be
available at Meet Mobile. Direct hyperlinks and dwell updates from the pool might be discovered by following and connecting with the Seminoles on
Twitter/X,
Instagram and
Facebook.
For updates and unique content material, observe the Seminoles on Twitter/X (@FSU_Swimming), Instagram (@FSUSwimDive) and Facebook (FSUSwimmingDiving).