Jessica Thielmann, Natalie Hinds And Caeleb Dressel Double As Florida Tops LSU

Caeleb Dressel sets a national 15-16 record in the 100 freestyle.

Photo Credit: Peter H. Bick

GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 10. Jessica Thielmann, Natalie Hinds and Caeleb Dressel each won two individual events to lead the University of Florida swimming and diving teams to a sweep of LSU on Friday night. The Gator women prevailed 166-134, while the men came out on top by a score of 162.5-122.5.

The meet started off with a bang as the Florida women edged LSU in the 200 medley relay by just one one-hundredth of a second, 1:41.17 to 1:41.18. Sinead Russell, Lindsey McKnight, Sierra Kuhn and Natalie Hinds got the win for the Gators ahead of LSU’s Caley Oquist, Colleen O’Neil, Kara Kopcso and Amber Carter.

Jessica Thielmann led a 1-2-3-4 sweep of the 1000 free for the Gators, as she touched first in 9:55.52. Taylor Roy (10:04.09) and Megan Rankin (10:10.09) also picked up points for Florida. Thielmann added a second win in the 500 free later in the meet, touching first in the 500 free in 4:49.02. In the 200 free, she finished second to Lindsey McKnight, who got to the wall first, 1:48.74 to 1:49.16.

Florida sprint specialist Natalie Hinds also picked up a pair of wins for the Gators, stopping the clock in 22.66 in the 50 free and 49.47 in the 100 free, both strong early-season times.

LSU’s Colleen O’Neil was the class of the field in the women’s breaststroke events tonight as she won both the 100 breast (1:02.52) and 200 breast (2:18.34) for the Tigers. Kara Kopcso also picked up a pair of victories for the Tigers in the 200 fly (1:58.34) and 200 IM (2:01.63). Amber Carter (100 fly, 53.89) also recorded a win for LSU.

Sinead Russell (100 back, 54.18), Ashlee Linn (200 back, 1:58.08) and Georgia-Mae Hohmann (200 back, 1:58.08) also won events for the Florida women. Florida’s foursome of Lindsey McKnight, Alyssa Yambor-Maul, Natalie Hinds and Jessica Thielmann claimed the 400 free relay in 3:23.97.

In the diving well, Florida’s Kahlia Warner won the 1-meter with 289.05 points, while LSU’s Cassie Weil won the 3-meter with 318.68 points.

On the men’s side, freshman Caeleb Dressel led the Gator men with two individual wins. In the 50 free, Dressel cleared 20 seconds and won by more than a full second in 19.94. Later in the meet, he edged teammate Christian-Paul Homer in the 100 fly, 48.39 to 48.46.

Several other Florida swimmers recorded wins at the meet. Nicholas Alexiou grabbed the first individual event of the meet with his 9:30.87 in the 1000 free, 13 seconds ahead of LSU’s Elliot Dewlen (9:43.89). Pawel Werner kept the ball rolling for the Gators in the next event, winning the 200 free by almost three seconds in 1:39.04.

Jack Blyzinskyj (100 back, 48.67) and Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez (100 breast, 54.87) followed up with wins in the next two events. In the 200 fly, Matt Elliott edged a pair of LSU swimmers, finishing in 1:48.35 to top Frank Greeff (1:48.97) and Brandon Goldman (1:49.78). Goldman rebounded with a win in the 200 back later on in 1:49.48.

Corey Main (100 free, 44.81), Dan Wallace (200 breast, 2:04.32), Mitch D’Arrigo (500 free, 4:29.43) and Carlos Omana (200 IM, 1:51.11) also won individual events for Florida.

Florida’s B squad of Corey Main, Erik Kahr, Mark Szaranek and Enzo Martinez Scarpe topped the opening 200 medley relay in 1:29.34, while LSU’s Marco Gonzalez, Joao Victor Mescolote, Frank Greeff and Alex Linge won the 400 free relay in 3:05.12.

LSU’s Andrew Suchla topped the men’s 1-meter diving field with 308.40 points, while Florida’s Zach Hernandez claimed the 3-meter with 352.88 points.

Results: LSU vs. Florida

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Geofff full
9 years ago

It was McKnight that won the 200 not Rankin

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