Florida, Minnesota Swimming and Diving Split Dual Meets

Photo Credit: Griffin Scott

GAINESVILLE – The University of Florida men’s swimming and diving team and University of Minnesota women’s swimming and diving team emerged victorious on Saturday afternoon in the teams’ dual meet in Gainesville. The Florida men earned a 167-125 win, while the Minnesota women scored 183 points to Florida’s 117.

Florida started off the meet with a sweep of the 200 medley relays. On the women’s side, Sinead Russell, Lindsey McKnight, Sierra Kuhn and Natalie Hinds posted a 1:41.20 to edge Minnesota’s Tori Simenec, Kierra Smith, Danielle Nack and Becca Weiland by .01. Meanwhile, the Florida men posted a comfortable win as Corey Main, Matt Elliott, Christian-Paul Homer and Caeleb Dressel cruised to a two-second win in 1:27.91.

Freshman Brooke Zeiger kickstarted things for Minnesota, touching first in the 1000 free in 9:44.67 to beat Florida’s Jessica Thielmann (9:45.76) by just over a second. Later on in the meet, Zeiger would add another win in the 400 IM at 4:14.94. Lauren Votava kept the momentum on the Gophers’ side, posting a 1:47.99 to win the 200 free. Kierra Smith dominated the 100 breast two events later, winning by more than three and a half seconds in 1:00.92. Smith also won the 200 breast by almost 12 seconds later in the meet with a 2:09.46.

Danielle Nack followed with a sub-2:00 performance in the 200 fly at 1:59.67. Becca Weiland (50 free, 22.89) and Lexi Tenenbaum (3-meter diving, 324.90) made it four wins in a row for the Gophers. Weiland added a second victory in the 100 fly (53.94) later in the afternoon.

Natalie Hinds gave Florida its first win in several events on the women’s side with a 49.60 in the 100 free, not far in front of Minnesota’s Lauren Votava (49.78). Georgia Hohmann added a win in the 200 back at 1:56.25, while Jessica Thielmann swam a 4:47.17 to win the 500 free.

Florida also got a win from Sinead Russell in the 100 back (54.50), while Minnesota’s Zhou Yu won 1-meter diving with 329.32 points.

The Florida men were led by multiple event winners Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez and Mitch D’Arrigo. D’Arrigo edged teammate Corey Main to win the 200 free by .08 in 1:37.14, then scored a three and a half second win in the 500 free with a 4:23.47. Solaeche-Gomez put his stamp on the 100 breast by nearly two seconds with a 54.90, then picked up another win in the 200 breast with a 2:00.15.

Jack Blyzinskyj (100 back, 48.58), Matt Elliott (200 fly, 1:48.75), Caeleb Dressel (50 free, 20.00), Corey Main (200 back, 1:46.39) and Christian-Paul Homer (100 fly, 48.60) also won events for Florida.

CJ Smith (1000 free, 9:08.68), Manny Pollard (3-meter diving, 387.75), Daryl Turner (100 free, 44.42), Matt Barnard (1-meter diving, 337.05) and Jakub Maly (400 IM, 3:58.41) won individual events for Minnesota.

Minnesota swept the 400 freestyle relays, with Lauren Votava, Becca Weiland, Tori Simenec and Blake Zeiger winning the women’s race in 3:22.38 and Daryl Turner, Paul Fair, Ryan Miksch and Carl Newenhouse topping the men’s heat in 3:01.40.

Results: Minnesota vs. Florida

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