{"id":598687,"date":"2024-11-01T17:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=598687"},"modified":"2024-11-01T17:37:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:37:20","slug":"emma-weyant-julian-smith-pace-floridas-sweep-of-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/emma-weyant-julian-smith-pace-floridas-sweep-of-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Weyant, Julian Smith Pace Florida’s Sweep of Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emma Weyant, Julian Smith Pace Florida’s Sweep of Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Per tradition, Southeastern Conference rivals Florida and Georgia faced off in a dual meet the day before the two schools meet in football, and the Gators maintained the upper hand they have built in this rivalry in recent years. The Florida women took down Georgia by a narrow 158-142 margin while the men won 172.5-127.5, despite some impressive performances from two Bulldog veteran males.<\/p>\n

The Florida women cruised in the 200 medley relay to begin the meet. The team of\u00a0Catie Choate<\/strong>,\u00a0Molly Mayne<\/strong>,\u00a0Olivia Peoples<\/strong> and\u00a0Micayla Cronk<\/strong> took the win in 1:38.44, one-and-a-half seconds ahead of Georgia. Choate had Florida’s first individual win, touching out\u00a0Georgia’s\u00a0Eboni McCarty<\/strong> to win the 100 backstroke by two hundredths, 52.82 to 52.84, and Mayne topped the 100 breaststroke (1:02.85).\u00a0Julia Heimstead<\/strong> scored first place in the 200 butterfly (1:59.09).<\/p>\n

Choate’s second win of the day came in the 200 back, her time of 1:54.86 beating the field by 2.60 seconds. Emma Weyant<\/strong> took first in the 200 breast (2:14.50) as well as the 400 IM (4:08.90), and Peoples won the 100 fly (53.20). Diving wins went to Camyla Monroy<\/strong> on 3-meter (361.43) and 1-meter (296.03).<\/p>\n

Georgia’s freestyle crew shined against Florida.\u00a0Rachel Stege<\/strong> pulled away from teammate\u00a0Abby McCulloh<\/strong>, the reigning NCAA Champion in the 1650 freestyle, to win the 1000-yard event in 9:39.32.\u00a0Ieva Maluka<\/strong> topped the 200 free (1:46.55), and in the sprints,\u00a0Katie Belle Sikes<\/strong> won the 50 (22.95) and\u00a0Helena Jones<\/strong> took first in the 100 (49.38). Stege won again in the 500 free (4:44.35), and the team of Jones, Stege,\u00a0Sloane Reinstein<\/strong> and Maluka dominated the 400 free relay in 3:17.99.<\/p>\n