South Carolina Women, Florida State Men Secure Dual Meet Victories
The South Carolina Gamecocks swimming and diving teams traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., for a dual meet against the Florida State Seminoles. The South Carolina women continued a strong start to the season with a dominant victory, scoring 199 points to FSU’s 101, while the home team won the men’s contest 179-121.
Nora Fluck provided the first win for South Carolina’s women in the 1000 freestyle (9:43.64), and Breckin Gormley followed that up by taking the top spot in the 200 free (1:46.55). Amy Riordan won a tight 100 backstroke (52.50) while Jordan Agliano topped the 200 butterfly (1:57.19). Dylan Scholes was the winner of the 50 free (22.61).
Following the first break, Riordan doubled up with a win in the 100 free (49.19), followed by Megan Maholic winning the 200 back (1:57.13). In that event, Gamecock swimmers swept the top-four spots.
Delaney Franklin got the better of the field in the 200 breaststroke (2:10.92) while Gormley won again in the 500 free (4:45.10). Sophie Verzyl was first in 3-meter diving (344.10), and Franklin completed her day with an additional win in the 200 IM (2:00.33). Riordan, Scholes, Ellery Ottem and Sofia Luper were victorious in the 400 free relay (3:19.66).
Florida State’s women opened with a win from Alice Velden, Julia Mansson, Maryn McDade and Mary Leigh Hardman in the 200 medley relay (1:37.54). Mansson was the first individual winner in the 100 breast (1:01.33), and Kayleigh Clark took first in 1-meter diving (281.93). Sophie Freeman topped the 100 fly by two hundredths over South Carolina’s Agliano, 53.59 to 53.61.
The men’s meet began with Max Wilson, Tommaso Baravelli, Michel Arkhangelskiy and Sam Bork taking first for Florida State in the 200 medley relay by more than a second in 1:24.81. The relay began a huge day for Arkhangelskiy, who later scored victories in the 50 free (19.82), 100 free (42.97) and 100 fly (46.34). While the 100 free victory was by more than one-and-a-half seconds, Arkhangelskiy had to work to defeat Bork by four hundredths in the 50 free and then touch out South Carolina’s Eldor Usmonov by 0.02 for the 100 fly win.
Logan Robinson came in first in the 200 free (1:35.78), and Wilson got first in the 100 back (47.41) before Mathias Christensen came through in the 200 fly (1:44.56) and 200 IM (1:46.94). The team of Utku Kurtdere, Robinson, Gustav Olsson and Wilson provided a win in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:56.17.
South Carolina’s Connor Fry swam a time of 9:03.79 to win the 1000 free, and Einar Margeir Agustsson was the top performer in both the 100 breast (52.91) and 200 breast (1:56.21). Max Spencer was the top scorer in 1-meter diving (376.50), and Charles Bayer took first in the 3-meter event (333.38). Merlin Ficher won the 200 back (1:44.36), and Pierre Largeron came in first in the 500 free (4:24.64).
