{"id":625577,"date":"2025-10-31T19:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=625577"},"modified":"2025-10-31T19:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:17:16","slug":"south-carolina-women-florida-state-men-secure-dual-meet-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/south-carolina-women-florida-state-men-secure-dual-meet-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Women, Florida State Men Secure Dual Meet Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Carolina Women, Florida State Men Secure Dual Meet Victories<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Carolina Gamecocks swimming and diving teams traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., for a dual meet against the Florida State Seminoles. The South Carolina women continued a strong start to the season with a dominant victory, scoring 199 points to FSU’s 101, while the home team won the men’s contest 179-121.<\/p>\n

Nora Fluck<\/strong> provided the first win for South Carolina’s women in the 1000 freestyle (9:43.64), and\u00a0Breckin Gormley<\/strong> followed that up by taking the top spot in the 200 free (1:46.55).\u00a0Amy Riordan<\/strong> won a tight 100 backstroke (52.50) while Jordan Agliano<\/strong> topped the 200 butterfly (1:57.19). Dylan Scholes<\/strong> was the winner of the 50 free (22.61).<\/p>\n

Following the first break, Riordan doubled up with a win in the 100 free (49.19), followed by Megan Maholic<\/strong> winning the 200 back (1:57.13). In that event, Gamecock swimmers swept the top-four spots.<\/p>\n

Delaney Franklin<\/strong> got the better of the field in the 200 breaststroke (2:10.92) while Gormley won again in the 500 free (4:45.10).\u00a0Sophie Verzyl<\/strong> was first in 3-meter diving (344.10), and Franklin completed her day with an additional win in the 200 IM (2:00.33). Riordan, Scholes,\u00a0Ellery Ottem<\/strong> and\u00a0Sofia Luper <\/strong>were victorious in the 400 free relay (3:19.66).<\/p>\n

Florida State’s women opened with a win from\u00a0Alice Velden<\/strong>,\u00a0Julia Mansson<\/strong>, Maryn McDade<\/strong> and\u00a0Mary Leigh Hardman<\/strong> in the 200 medley relay (1:37.54). Mansson was the first individual winner in the 100 breast (1:01.33), and Kayleigh Clark<\/strong> took first in 1-meter diving (281.93).\u00a0Sophie Freeman<\/strong> topped the 100 fly by two hundredths over South Carolina’s Agliano, 53.59 to 53.61.<\/p>\n