TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 9. THE Florida State men\u2019s swimming team remained perfect on the season, improving to 4-0, after defeating Indian River Community College, the nation\u2019s No. 1 junior college program, Saturday morning at the Bim Stults Pool by the score of 136-102. T<\/p>\n
he Seminoles were able to sneak past the Pioneers thanks in part to the performance of sophomore Louie Gagnet. Gagnet, last year\u2019s ACC Most Valuable Diver, won both the one- and three-meter springboard events and broke his own three-meter school record in doing so. Gagnet\u2019s score of 380.92 on the three-meter surpassed the previous record of 363.85, which he set last season. He scored 312.75 to win the one-meter event.<\/p>\n
The Seminoles started the meet off strong, winning four of the first five events, before having to stave-off a comeback attempt by the Pioneers. The Tribe scored first in the 200-yard medley relay when junior Tal Stricker, sophomores Andrew Castro and Michael Averett and freshman Brent Campbell combined to touch the wall at 1:37.67. The Seminoles had a second relay team actually finish ahead of Stricker and company, but it was disqualified. <\/p>\n
FSU went on to earn wins from sophomore Alan Ribeiro in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:48.01), junior Fernando Jacome, a former Pioneer swimmer, in the 200-free (1:41.86) and junior Wickus Nienaber in the 200-yard individual medley (1:57.59) before IRCC made its run of four-straight wins in the swimming events. <\/p>\n
Nienaber, however, put an end to IRCC\u2019s comeback with his second win, and the Seminole\u2019s last, of the day in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.96).<\/p>\n
The Lady Seminoles had no trouble improving their record to 4-0 on the season with an impressive victory over I.R.C.C., 184-59. Saturday\u2019s victory marks the 13th consecutive dual meet win for the Lady Seminoles. <\/p>\n
The FSU victory came in a commanding fashion as Florida State won 12 of the day\u2019s 13 events. Juniors Emma Dutton and Loren Hansen led the way for the Tribe, combining to win a total of five events on the afternoon. Junior Chelsie Lerew was also impressive winning on both the one- and three-meter diving events.<\/p>\n
The tandem of Dutton and Hansen joined up with fellow juniors Katie Byrnes and Rachel Dong to put together a first place time of 1:48.64 in the 200-yard medley relay and put the Lady Seminoles on track to have big day winning the first event. <\/p>\n
From there the Lady Seminoles went on to win three out of the next four events with Hansen picking up a victory in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.05) and Dutton winning in the 50-free with a time of 23.92. Hansen also went on to win 100-yard breaststroke and the 500-free, while Dutton turned in a winning contribution in 100-breast.<\/p>\n
Senior Liz Parkinson and Sophomore Emily Breen also turned in great performances for the Lady Seminoles winning two events a piece. Individually, Parkinson won the 100-free (53.48) and Breen won the 100-yard butterfly (56.97). Both Parkinson and Breen teamed up with Sophomores Kayce Zemina and Christie Pesce to win the 200- free relay with a time of 1:38.39.<\/p>\n
In diving action, the Lady Seminoles continued their winning ways by sweeping I.R.C.C on the one- and three-meter boards. Lerew was the top performer for the Lady Seminoles as she put together first-place finishes on both the one- and three- meter boards. Sophomores Tiffany Manning and Courtney McClow also dove well for the Lady Seminoles today. Manning earned a second-place finish on the three-meter board and McClow also earned a second-place finish on the one-meter board. The Lady Seminoles teamed up to earn a total of 32 points in the diving events.<\/p>\n
FSU will host its third-straight home meet on Nov. 19, when they take on rival Florida. The meet will begin at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Leach Center Pool, FSU\u2019s indoor facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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