SEC Friday Recaps: Florida Sweeps Florida State; Tennessee, Virginia Split

Caeleb Dressel. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The Florida Gators swept rival Florida State in the Fresh From Florida Sunshine Showdown.

The No. 6 men defeated the No. 19 Seminoles 209-91, while the No. 9 women topped FSU 184-116.

Florida’s men recorded 12 individual wins and two relay wins en route to the victory, while the women notched 12 wins (10 individual, two relays) and 27 top-3 finishes.

Jan Switkowski and Caeleb Dressel each picked up four wins on the men’s side. Both contributed to first place finishes in the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay, but individually, Switkowski won the 100 fly (47.61) and 200 fly (1:44.44) with B-cut times. Caeleb notched wins in the 50 free and 100 free, recording B-cut times of 19.40 and 43.57, respectively.

On the women’s side, Sherridon Dressel won the 50 free with a time of 23.18 and followed with a 50.16 in the 100 free.

Brooke Madden led the Gator women on the 1-meter, finishing with her fourth win of the season. She posted a mark of 270.45.

Tennessee splits with Virginia

Behind a four-victory performance by junior Kyle DeCoursey, the No. 12 Tennessee men’s swimming and diving team rolled to a 198-100 victory over No. 21 Virginia on Friday at Allan Jones Aquatic Center.

The Vols (6-1) won 14 of 16 events in the comprehensive win to open the 2018 spring schedule.

The No. 7 Tennessee women (5-2) won 7 of 16 events in a 177-123 loss to No. 11 Virginia. The seven events were won by seven different Lady Vols.

DeCoursey won the 200 freestyle (1:36.20) the 50 freestyle (20.06) and the 100 freestyle (44.23). He also swam the anchor leg to help the Vols rally past Virginia in the 400 freestyle relay to conclude the meet.

Senior Sam McHugh won the 200 butterfly (1:46.29) and the 200 IM.

Additional Tennesssee victories on the men’s side included David Heron in the 1650 freestyle (15:05.71), Braga Verhage in the 100 backstroke (49.24), Peter John Stevens in the 100 breaststroke (54.02), Taylor Abbott in the 500 freestyle (4.28.86) and Ryan Coetzee in the 100 butterfly (47.66).

With his preliminary performance in the Tennessee Diving Invitational, Colin Zeng provided a victory in the 1-meter springboard (365.60), and senior Liam Stone got the win on 3-meter (379.60).

Seven swimmers and divers provided victories for the Lady Vols: Amanda Nunan in the 1650 freestyle (16:50.61), Micah Bohon in the 100 backstroke (54.45), Tjasa Pintar in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.28), Emily Sykes in the 200 breaststroke (2:16.09), Erika Brown in the 100 butterfly (53.47) and Meghan Small in the 200 IM (2:00.34).

For Virginia, Caitlin Cooper and senior Jennifer Marrkand captured two individual first-place finishes to lead the women. Cooper paced the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.35 and 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.40. Marrkand won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:57.61 and the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:50.64.

On the men’s side, redshirt junior Brendan Casey and freshman Matthew Otto finished first in the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard breaststroke, respectively. Casey recorded a time of 1:46.67, while Otto finished with a time of 1:59.10.

Lim wins at Tennessee Diving Invitational

Georgia’s Freida Lim won the women’s platform competition during the Tennessee Collegiate Diving Invitational.

Lim, a sophomore from Singapore, rolled up 267.05 points on five dives. She led off with 68.6 and 63.0 on her first two dives — an inward 2.5 somersault pike and a forward 3.5 somersault pike — to seize control of the competition. Minnesota’s Kristen Hayden was second with 254.30 points and Missouri’s Madeline McKernan came in third with 253.60.

Missouri sweeps SMU

The Missouri men defeated SMU 173-85 to improve to 4-1 in dual meets this season, while the women downed the Mustangs 147-11 to go to 2-3 on the year.

Three Tigers, senior Erin Metzger-Seymour and juniors Courtney Evensen and Jordan O’Brien all secured two event wins on the day.

Evensen took home top honors in both the women’s 500 free (5:04.06) and 1000 free (10:20.80), while O’Brien swept the breaststroke events, with victories in the 100 (55.67) and 200 (2:03.72). Metzger-Seymour took home titles in the 200 free (1:50.64) and 100 fly (55.25).

Senior Sharli Brady claimed a win in the 200 fly (2:01.51) and had the top time in the 200 IM (2:04.07), but she swam in exhibition.

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