{"id":111035,"date":"2014-09-30T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=111035"},"modified":"2014-09-30T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T22:59:07","slug":"martyn-wilby-discusses-florida-womens-opening-meet-of-season-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/martyn-wilby-discusses-florida-womens-opening-meet-of-season-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Martyn Wilby Discusses Florida Women’s Opening Meet of Season (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAINESVILLE, Florida, September 30. THE Florida women\u2019s swimming and diving team kicked off the competition portion of their 2014-015 season a little bit earlier than usual, racing against conference for Arkansas last Saturday. The Gators had no problem beating the Razorbacks<\/a> in the first home meet.<\/p>\n

Florida Associate Head Coach Martyn Wilby met with members of the media Monday to talk about the competition, particularly what it means to race in late September. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re certainly not race ready at this moment,\u201d Wilby said. \u201cI think it gave us a good opportunity to swim people in different events and also get a chance to see the freshmen race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lindsey McKnight\u2019s switch to breaststroke for medley relay purposes was one highlight of experimenting with different strokes that Wilby pointed out. Natalie Hinds\u2019 three wins was also a high point for Wilby, saying \u201cshe\u2019s one of the best sprinters in the country\u201d and calling her \u201cinvaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilby also talked about the All-Florida Invitational this weekend and what the format of allowing only three swimmers per school to race in the finals will mean for his athletes in prelims.<\/p>\n