Florida Caps SEC Dual Meets with Sweep at Auburn
Florida capped the SEC portion of its dual-meet schedule with a sweep of Auburn at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
The fifth-ranked Gators men’s team scored a 193.5-105.5 win over No. 15 Auburn. The eighth-ranked Gators topped the 13th-ranked Tigers, 179-119.
The Gators dominated all around on the women’s side. Catie Choate led the way with a backstroke sweep and legs on a pair of victorious relays. The junior clocked NCAA A cuts in both backstroke events, going 50.95 to win the 100 and 1:50.66 to blister the field in the 200. She led off the 200 medley relay with a split of 24.21 and split 48.95 on the 400 freestyle relay.
On the latter, she was joined by Lainy Kruger, who won the 100 free in 49.08 and the 200 in 1:45.45. She also finished second in the 50.
The winning medley relay included Anita Bottazzo, whose 58.13 won the 100 breaststroke, and 100 fly runner-up Beatriz Bezerra.
Julie Brousseau won the 500 freestyle in 4:40.20 and the 1,000 free in 9:30.03. Grace Rainey pulled an impressive double by winning the 200 fly in 1:58.93 and the 200 breast in 2:09.46. Grace Rabb won the 200 individual medley in 1:57.71, and Camyla Monroy’s score of 294.60 prevailed in a 1-meter diving event where 2.40 points separated the top three.
Auburn’s biggest source of points were the sprinters. Lisa Klevanovich won the 50 free in 22.09 with Lora Komoroczy third. Klevanovich was second in the 100 free, .05 behind Kruger. Morgan Carteaux won the 100 fly in 52.41. Komoroczy finished second in the 100 back and third in the 100 fly. Juliette Landi, the runner-up in 1-meter, won 3-meter diving with a score of 320.93.
Josh Liendo led the men’s team to a victory. The Canadian Olympian won the 50 free in 19.28 and the 100 fly in a blazing 44.31. He anchored the 400 free relay with a split of 41.34, a race in which the Florida A and B relays and Auburn’s A all got under the NCAA A cut, and he split 19.49 in fly on the 200 medley relay.
Aleksas Savickas swept breaststroke – 52.55 in the 100, 1:54.69 in the 200 – and swam on the winning 200 medley relay. He took the handoff from 100 back winner Jonny Marshall (45.69), with Marshall finishing second to teammate Aiden Norman in the 200 back.
Ahmed Jaouadi won the 500 free (4:15.20) and 1,000 free (8:39.33) with teammates Eric Brown and Luke Corey filling out the podium in alternating order. Conor Gesing won 1-meter diving in 358.65, and Jesus Agundez Mora scored 410.33 to capture 3-meter. Alex Painter was on both winning relays to go with a third-place result in the 100 free, and Nil Cadevall won the 200 IM in 1:45.32 ahead of Brown.
Auburn freshman Daniel Krichevsky won the 100 free in 42.37 and the 200 free in 1:33.10. Classmate Abdalla Youssef Nasr won the 200 fly in 1:44.66.
