Florida Swimmers Primed for National and Worldwide Competitors

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Following a robust fall marketing campaign, 15 Florida swimmers are set to compete on nationwide and worldwide phases this week.

Four former Gators and 9 present Gators are set to race on the 2025 Toyota U.S. Open, held Dec. 2-6 on the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. Long course competitors begins Wednesday at 5 p.m., adopted by prelims Thursday-Saturday at 10 a.m. and finals every evening at 7 p.m.

This occasion has been permitted by World Aquatics to function a qualifying occasion for the World  Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) – Beijing 2026.

On the skilled facet, Bobby Finke, Caeleb Dressel, Kieran Smith and Emma Weyant will every compete in a minimum of three occasions, with Smith entered in 5 and each Finke and Weyant set for 4.

Grace Rabb leads the ladies’s entries with seven occasions, whereas Aiden Norman paces the lads’s group with six.

Seven males will characterize Florida’s present roster, together with Devin Dilger, Charlie Hutchison and Aleksas Savickas who’re every entered in 4 occasions, whereas Matthew Cairns will race the 200m fly.

On the ladies’s facet, Lainy Kruger is slated for 5 occasions, with teammates Molly Mayne entered in 4  and JoJo Ramey set for 3.

Every session might be livestreamed on the USA Swimming Network. This is the one strategy to watch the prelims classes and the space free session to open the meet, whereas day two and day three finals classes might be on Peacock.

Internationally, sophomore Bea Bezerra and future Gator Koen De Groot will characterize Florida. Bezerra is competing on the Brazilian Junior Nationals from Dec. 2-6 in Rio de Janeiro, whereas De Groot is slated to race the 50m and 100m breaststroke on the European National Championships in Lublin, Poland from Dec. 2-7.

U.S. Open Event Schedule  

Day                                                                                   Event(s)

Wednesday (5:00 p.m.)                                                    1500m free

Thursday (Prelims: 10:00 a.m. & Finals: 7:00 p.m.)          50m again, 400m free, 200m IM, 50m Breast, 50m Free

Friday (Prelims: 10:00 a.m. & Finals: 7:00 p.m.)               100m fly, 400m IM, 100m breast, 100m again, 200m free

Saturday (Prelims: 10:00 a.m. & Finals: 7:00 p.m.)           800m free, 50m fly, 200m again, 200m breast, 100m free, 200m fly

 

U.S. Open Championships | December,3-6, 2025 | Austin, Texas

        Name                                             Event(s) Entered

1. Matt Cairns                                  200m fly
2. Devin Dilger 50m free, 200m free, 50m fly, 100m free
3. Bobby Finke                                 1500m free, 400m free, 400m IM, 800m free
4. Charlie Hutchison            400m free, 200m IM, 400m IM, 200m free
5. Aleksas Savickas                        200m IM, 50m breast, 100m breast, 200m breast
6. Aiden Norman            100m free, 50m again, 200m IM, 100m again, 200m free, 200m again
7. Kieran Smith                                 100m free, 400m free, 200m IM, 200m free, 200m again
8. Caeleb Dressel                             50m free, 100m fly, 50m fly
9. Lainy Kruger                                200m fly, 200m IM, 100m fly, 200m free, 50m fly
10. Molly Mayne                                 200m IM, 50m breast, 100m breast, 200m breast
11. Grace Rabb                                  50m again, 200m IM, 50m breast, 100m breast, 100m again, 50m fly, 200m breast
12. JoJo Ramey                                 400m free, 200m free, 200m again
13. Emma Weyant                             400m free, 400m IM, 200m free, 200m breast

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