The No. 14 ranked Florida State men’s swimming and diving team edged out a win at home against LSU by a 153-145 margin. The LSU women claimed a 168-132 win.<\/p>\n
Florida State’s Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n The men were led by freshman Peter Varjasi,<\/strong> who contributed three individual wins including an LSU pool record-setting swim in the 100 free at 43.69.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a great road win for the men against a good SEC team,\u201d FSU head coach Neal Studd<\/strong> said. \u201cThe women had a great meet, they just lost too many events. The ladies actually had some in-season best times and they fought their tails off. I\u2019m proud of both teams.\u201d<\/p>\n Varjasi joins FSU Hall of Fame swimmers Brendon Dedekind<\/strong> and Stephen Parry<\/strong> on the LSU Natatorium record board, as Dedekind set the 50 free mark at 19.68 and Parry posted a 1:44.90 in the 200 fly back on Jan. 24, 1998. After finishing second in the 200 medley relay, freshman Scott Pekarske<\/strong> cruised to victory in the 1000 free, with a time of 9:23.03.<\/p>\n Freshman Aziz Ghaffari<\/strong> (1:37.49) along with seniors Vladimir Stefanik<\/strong> (1:38.39) and Rudo Loock<\/strong> (1:38.48) finished second, third and fourth in the 200 free. After LSU swept the 100 back, sophomore Izaak Bastian<\/strong> won the 100 breast with a time of 55.36 and freshman Nevada Wood<\/strong> won a close race for third at 56.46.<\/p>\n Senior Max Polianski<\/strong> (1:48.84) and freshman Nick Vance<\/strong> (1:50.02) contributed second and third place points in the 200 fly before Varjasi won the 50 free with a dual meet best swim of 19.90. His classmate, Ian Cooper<\/strong> took third at 20.44.<\/p>\n After the break, Varjasi set the pool record in the 100 free, followed by Vance (1:47.85) and sophomore Jackson Lucas<\/strong> (1:48.41) finishing second and third in the 200 back. Bastian held on to win a close 200 breast by one-tenth of a second at 2:00.56 and the Seminoles picked up a huge one-two boost in the 500 free, led by Ghaffari (4:30.45) followed by Pekarske (4:34.00). But before the break, the Tigers added a first and second place showing in the 100 fly.<\/p>\n Senior Cam Thatcher<\/strong> and junior Joshua Davidson<\/strong> finished second (382.05) and third (370.80) on 3-meter, but Davidson put up a huge victory on 1-meter with a total 365.70, which was 55.57 points higher than the second place finisher, giving the Noles a slight 133-129 edge.<\/p>\n Out of the break, Varjasi won the 200 IM by two seconds at 1:48.00 and Vance followed in fourth (1:51.78) and Loock (1:52.44) took fifth, putting the pressure on the Tigers heading into the final event. LSU would win the 200 free relay, but the Seminoles claimed second (1:21.53) and third place (1:21.63) and the meet win.<\/p>\n The women started off the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay behind sophomore Maddie McDonald,<\/strong> sophomore Nina Kucheran,<\/strong> sophomore Aryanna Fernandes<\/strong> and junior Rebecca Moynihan<\/strong> at 1:39.34.<\/p>\n Sophomores Maggie Emary<\/strong> and Stephanie Holmes<\/strong> led a one-two showing in the 1000 free, with Emary winning at 10:15.91 and Holmes following in second at 10:17.32. Their classmate, Kertu Alnek<\/strong> followed with a second place finish in the 200 free (1:50.05) and McDonald was the runner-up in the 100 back at 55.56.<\/p>\n Kucheran dominated the 100 breast with a time of 1:00.76 and Fernandes followed by taking second in the 200 fly (2:00.99). But the Tigers finished the front part of the meet with a sweep in the 50 free.<\/p>\n Out of the break, Alnek won the 100 free (50.45) but LSU answered with a one-two finish in the 200 back. Kucheran swam her season best dual meet time in the 200 breast for the win at 2:12.04, but LSU added another one-two finish in the 500 free. Fernandes added a second place finish in the 100 fly (54.90) before the final break.<\/p>\n In diving the Seminoles were led by senior Molly Carlson,<\/strong> as she finished second on 1-meter (282.45) and third on 3-meter (332.10). Her classmate, Ayla Bonniwell<\/strong> took fifth on 1-meter (251.78) and fourth on 3-meter (273.38).<\/p>\n Kucheran posted her third win on the day in the 200 IM (2:03.25) and freshman Sydney VanOvermeiren<\/strong> followed in second (2:03.53). FSU would take second in the final 200 free relay with a time of 1:32.11 behind Moynihan, junior Emma Terebo,<\/strong> Fernandes and Alnek.<\/p>\n LSU’s winners<\/strong><\/p>\n In the pool, Helen Grossman<\/strong> and Cassie Kalisz<\/strong> both won multiple events in route to the Tigers victory. Grossman won both the 100 and 200-Yard Fly with times of 53.94 and 1:58.72. This marks the sixth time the senior has won the 100-Yard Fly this season. Kalisz swept the backstroke events for the fifth time this season. She touched the wall in 54.37 in the 100-Yard and 1:58.11 in the 200-Yard. Katarina Milutinovich,<\/strong> Natalie Kucsan,<\/strong> and Summer Stanfield<\/strong> also brought home individual wins for the Tigers. Milutinovich won the 200-Yard Free with a time of 1:48.17, Kucsan won the 50-Yard Free with a time of 23.40, and Stanfield won the 500-Yard Free with a time of 4:53.54.<\/p>\n On the men\u2019s side, Lewis Clough<\/strong> and Karl Luht<\/strong> both brought home multiple individual wins. Clough won the 100-Yard Fly for the third time this season with a time of 48.40 and the 200-Yard for the second time with a time of 1:47.72. Luht won both both backstroke events for the second time this season with times of 48.22 in the 100-Yard and 1:47.15 in the 200-Yard. Brooks Curry,<\/strong> the reigning SEC Freshman of the Week, also claimed a victory for the men as he won the 200-Yard Free with a time of 1:36.70.<\/p>\n “We knew the women\u2019s team was capable of swimming like this,\u201d said LSU head swim coach Dave Geyer.<\/strong> \u201cThere is talent in all classes. When you look at the results and who performed well it is the senior class all the way down to our freshman class. When I looked at the scheduling and I saw this opportunity to get a lot of racing in about four or five weeks out from the SEC Championships, I jumped on it. To us dual meets, although fun to win, are all about training and preparation for the end of the season.”<\/p>\n On the boards, Aimee Wilson<\/strong> led the way for the women, winning both the one and three-meter springboard events. She scored a 288.08 on one-meter and a 337.95 on three-meter. This marks the second time in Wilson\u2019s career that she won both springboard events in the same meet, as she did so last season against Houston and Rice. Hayley Montague<\/strong> dove to a score of 336.75, a new career best, to earn the silver on three-meter. She also dove to a score of 269.78 on one-meter to finish in fourth place. Anne Tuxen<\/strong> finished in third and fifth place on one and three-meter with scores of 277.35 and 281.33.<\/p>\n For the men, Manny Vazquez Bas<\/strong> set a new career best to win three-meter with a score of 403.20 and dove to a score of 310.13 on one-meter to take the silver. Dakota Hurbis<\/strong> dove to a score of 316.80 on three-meter and 291.00 on one-meter to finish in fourth and third place.<\/p>\n \u201cTo win three of the four events, set two personal bests, and sweep the one and three-meters at this point in January is great,\u201d said LSU head diving coach Doug Shaffer.<\/strong> \u201cThis was exactly what I wanted to see as we are making the turn and looking to the championship season. I wanted to see the performances we had and I am very happy. Tomorrow is a new day so we have to get up tomorrow and compete again just like we will at the SEC Championships.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Florida State Swimming and LSU Swimming. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The No. 14 ranked Florida State men’s swimming and diving team edged out a win at home against LSU by a 153-145 margin. 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