{"id":467551,"date":"2021-03-28T12:07:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T19:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=467551"},"modified":"2021-03-28T13:22:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:22:21","slug":"bobby-finke-kieran-smith-usher-in-fast-future-for-florida-gators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-kieran-smith-usher-in-fast-future-for-florida-gators\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Finke, Kieran Smith Usher in Fast Future for Florida Gators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all eyes on the Texas-Cal showdown, the Florida Gators put together some of the most impressive performances of the NCAA Championships. The Gators finished third behind some stellar individual performances by <strong>Kieran Smith<\/strong> and <strong>Bobby<\/strong> <strong>Finke<\/strong>, and consistently fast relays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was massive,\u201d Bobby Finke said of Florida\u2019s statement performance this week. \u201cOur coaches wanted to make sure we would be able to swim fast throughout the meet and not just the first couple of days. I am just excited for how we are going to be able to do next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All five relays finished in the top four for the Gators, which was a big factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelays were huge for us at this meet, especially compared to the past few years. Our team is pretty young and it is fun to see us develop our different gears. After SECs, I was thinking our relays were pretty much as good as they could get, but I was totally wrong. We maintained or moved up in all of them and dropped time \u2014 and we don\u2019t lose a single senior on the relays. We return all 20 legs,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_467336\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-467336\" data-attachment-id=\"467336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-kieran-smith-usher-in-fast-future-for-florida-gators\/kieran-smith-florida-16\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kieran-smith-florida-1-e1616819794996.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,796\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Luke Jamroz Photography&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1616805178&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Luke Jamroz Photography \\u00a9&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kieran&#8211;smith&#8211;florida\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;kieran&#8211;smith&#8211;florida&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Luke Jamroz Photography&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kieran-smith-florida-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kieran-smith-florida-1-1024x815.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-467336\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kieran-smith-florida-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"kieran--smith\" width=\"389\" height=\"278\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-467336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kieran Smith. Photo Courtesy: Luke Jamroz Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finke won the 1,650 freestyle in 14:12.52, shattering the meet record by 10 seconds. It was nearly as fast as his own NCAA and American record of 14:12.08.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time, I actually tried to go out faster than what I did at SECs, but I went out in practically the same time but I was trying harder, so that was a little disappointing. I have swam the mile three different ways now but have gotten all 14:12s. I am trying to learn how to swim it again and train on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their previous races were pretty impressive, too.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Finke won the 400 IM and Kieran Smith followed suit in the 200 free \u2014 both in comeback fashion. Finke, a junior, won the 400 IM in 3:36.90, breaking the pool record in the event.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t that he won, it was how he won.<\/p>\n<p>Finke trailed Texas freshman <strong>Carson Foster<\/strong>, well behind in fact, for the first 300. Foster turned at 2:46.12 ahead of Finke at 2:47.46. Finke has proved to be one of the top closers in the country, as this followed a similar pattern seen in the 400 IM at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-grabs-gold-in-400-im-carson-foster-breaks-wjr-for-silver\/\">2019 summer nationals<\/a> when Finke ran down Foster a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n<p>Finke\u2019s performance inspired Smith to continue the trend when his turn came up in the 200 free. Smith won in 1:30.10, but again, it wasn\u2019t that he won, it was how he won.<\/p>\n<p>Texas&#8217; <strong>Drew Kibler<\/strong> took the early lead with a first-half split of 43.29. Smith was a 43.79 on the front half and stayed close throughout, closing the gap with a methodic finish and burst of speed in the final 25.<\/p>\n<p>Smith split a 23.16, just a few tenths quicker than his teammate\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bobby-finke-runs-down-foster-with-23-8-final-50-to-win-400-im-ncaa-title-for-gators\/\">Bobby Finke<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>earlier in the 400 IM as he won his first individual title of his career after coming last year as the top man in the 200 and 500 free before the meet was cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I just approach the race differently beforehand. Instead of telling myself I am not going to feel the pain or ignore the pain, I just accept it and know I will be in pain. I don\u2019t want it to sneak up on me. I want to be fully aware of it and that helps me mentally prepare for it to try to do the whatever I can the last 50 to get my hand on the wall,\u201d Finke said. \u201c<strong>Zane Grothe<\/strong> said that at the end of every practice he felt like the end of every race when you are dead tired. I think our Christmas training really trained us well for that. After every practice everyone was dead. There was one practice where we did 90x100s. Half the team crawled out of practice. We just laid on the pool deck. It was a sight to see,\u201d Finke said.<\/p>\n<p>They weren\u2019t done.<\/p>\n<p>Smith followed that up with a sixth-place finish in the 100 freestyle (41.89), to go along with his 500 free runnerup finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, this year, the only difference in my splits from last year are all on the last 50. I was 23.6 last year and 23.1 on both of those swims this year. For me, it is a combination of doing all of those yards and getting up and going fast during quality practices. I make it an important part of practice to finish stronger than when I start,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Now they are hoping their fast NCAAs help them finish the year stronger than when they started as they head to the Olympic Trials this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is going to help us build confidence. I think our whole team is going to be closer and it is going to help us build confidence with whatever other meet we have,\u201d Finke said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all eyes on the Texas-Cal showdown, the Florida Gators put together some of the most impressive performances of the NCAA Championships. 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