South Carolina Defeats Georgia for the First Time Since 1985 – College of South Carolina Athletics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina swimming and diving cut up ends in its season-opening meet in opposition to Georgia. The No. 17 Gamecock girls upset No. 12 Georgia 157-141, whereas the Gamecock males fell to No. 9 Georgia, 178-64.

South Carolina claimed victory over Georgia for the primary time since 1985.

WOMEN
On the ladies’s aspect, 5 swimmers claimed particular person wins, and the staff posted three new entries in this system’s all-time top-10 lists. In diving, South Carolina’s girls completed 1-2-3-4 on each boards, with senior Sophie Verzyl main the way in which on each.

• In the primary particular person occasion of the day, sophomore Nora Fluck set a brand new college document within the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:43.81, incomes her a second-place end. Fellow sophomore Emma Reiser completed fourth, notching a time of 9:53.70.
• Sophomore Katie Buehler picked up the occasion win within the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.10. She paired that with a third-place end within the 200 backstroke (1:56.94).
• Senior Jordan Agliano additionally grabbed an occasion win within the 200 butterfly, notching a time of 1:56.68, the tenth quickest time in program historical past. She completed second within the 100 butterfly, notching a time of 53.55.
• Senior Dylan Scholes picked up her personal particular person win within the 50 free, handing over a time of twenty-two.89. She completed second within the 100 free with a 50.09.
• Senior Amy Riordan completed her first meet of the season with a person occasion win within the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:53.95. Freshman Tori Abruzzo (second/1:56.60) and Buehler (third/1:56.94) adopted swimsuit, finishing the Gamecock sweep.
• Junior Delaney Franklin claimed the 200 breaststroke title with a time of two:10.81, the seventh quickest time in program historical past. She grabbed second within the 100 breaststroke with the tenth quickest time in program historical past (1:01.67).
• In the 200 medley relay, the staff of Megan Maholic, Liz Goodwin-Birnie, Taylor Grimley and Kara West notched a time of 1:39.32, touching the wall second, simply behind the Bulldogs.

MEN
The Gamecock males notched six new top-ten program instances alongside 13 podium finishes.

• The Gamecock 200 medley relay staff of Ryan Hufford, Einar Agustsson, Eldor Usmonov and Quinn Buck completed with a 1:25.44, securing second place and notching the ninth-fastest time in program historical past.
• Junior Connor Fry discovered himself with a top-ten mark within the 1000 freestyle, recording a time of 9:06.54.
• Hufford picked up a second-place end within the 100 backstroke with a 46.86. He now ranks sixth in Gamecock historical past.
• Freshman Einar Agustsson made his Gamecock debut, incomes a second-place end within the 100 breaststroke, tailing the eighth quickest time in program historical past with a time of 52.99.
• Junior Pierre Largeron grabbed second within the 500 yard freestyle, handing over a time of 4:18.57. He additionally grabbed the ninth quickest time in program historical past within the 200 freestyle alongside one other second-place end (1:35.20).
• Freshman Merlin Ficher discovered himself within the Gamecock top-ten with a time of 1:43.70 within the 200 backstroke. He additionally completed third within the occasion.
• Graduate pupil Eldor Usmonov recorded the second quickest time in program historical past (46.07) alongside a third-place end within the 100 butterfly.
• The males’s 400 freestyle relay staff of Hufford, Bexon Harrison, Usmonov and Largeron closed out the meet, ending second with the sixth quickest time in Gamecock historical past (2:54.91)

Up Next for the Gamecocks
The Gamecocks girls will head to Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday to tackle the Razorbacks. Events start at 11 a.m. and followers can observe alongside by the subscription-based app MeetMobile.

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