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Minnesota Women, Florida Men Victorious

The Golden Gophers travelled to the University of Florida to take on the Gators. The women’s team stayed perfect, beating the Gators 183-117 to improve to a 5-0 record on the season. The men’s team fell to Florida 167-125, they now have a record of 3-2. 

Both the Minnesota men’s and women’s teams trailed the Gators in the 200 medley relay. 

However, Minnesota answered placing first in the 1000 freestyle. Freshman Brooke Zeiger led the heat, placing first with a time of 9:44.67 ahead of Florida’s Jessica Thielmann. 

Senior CJ Smith had an impressive performance when he won the men’s 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:08.68. The event was a battle between Smith and Gator Arthur Frayler, coming down to the last 50 when Smith pulled away for the win. 

Lauren Votava had a first-place finish in the women’s 200 freestyle with a time of 1:47.99.
 
In the 100 breast, the Gopher women took first, second and third. Junior Kierra Smith took home the gold with a powerful 1:00.92. Blake Zeiger and Rae Bullinger followed. 
 
Freshman Danielle Nack dominated in the 200 fly, placing first with a time of 1:59.67. 
 
Brandon Hatanaka and Andrew Hartbarger battled in the 200 fly taking third and fourth in the event consecutively. 
 
Becca Weiland sprinted her way to a 22.89 for first place in the women’s 50 freestyle. Sophomore Paul Fair posted a 20.88 in the 50 free for third place. 
Lexi Tenenbaum totaled 324.90 points on the three-meter boards for first place. Junior Manny Pollard finished first on the three-meter with 387.75 points. 

Sophomore Daryl Turner picked up a first-place finish for the Gophers in the 100 freestyle, finishing with a time of 44.42. 

Senior Carl Newenhouse powered his way to a 1:47.68 in the 200 back to place second after Florida’s Corey Main. 

Kierra Smith took the win in the 200 breast posting a time of 2:09.46 for first place, nearly twelve seconds faster than Gator Lindsey McKnight. Smith’s time is currently recorded as the second fastest time in the nation. 

Senior Becca Weiland picked up her second win of the day in the women’s 100 fly. Weiland finished with a time of 53.94 for first. 
On the women’s one-meter, the Gophers dominated going 1-2-3 in the event. Yu Zhou finished first with a total of 329.32 points. The men followed suit placing first, second and third on the one-meter. Matt Barnard finished first with a total of 337.05 points. 

Freshman Brooke Zeiger picked up her second event win of the day in the 400 IM. Zeiger finished with a time of 4:14.94, five seconds over the rest of the field. 

The Minnesota women finished the day taking first and second place in the 400 free relay. The relay team of Lauren Votava, Becca Weiland, Tori Simenec and Blake Zeiger finished with a time of 3:22.38. 

The Gators put their athletes in as exhibition, giving the Gophers the final win of the day with a time of 3:01.40. 

 

The University of Florida’s No. 5-ranked men's swimming & diving team defeated No. 19 Minnesota, 167-125. Meanwhile, UF’s No. 11 women’s squad fell to the No. 10-ranked Gophers, 183-117, on Saturday afternoon in Gainesville.

The Gators registered 15 NCAA ‘B’ standard times throughout the dual meet. The UF men are now 3-1 overall, while the loss dropped the women to 3-2.

In the overall series, Florida’s men are now 5-1 all-time against Minnesota, and the Gator women dropped their first dual meet against the Gophers, as the series is now, 2-1.

Senior Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez paced the men’s squad, as he notched first place finishes in both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke races with times of 54.90 seconds and 2:00.15, respectively. His mark in the 100 breast was an NCAA ‘B’ standard time. 

Junior Natalie Hinds led the Gator women, as she clocked two individual NCAA ‘B’ standard times in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle races. Hinds finished runner-up and first in each event with times of 22.91 and 49.60 seconds, respectively. In addition, Hinds was a member of UF’s winning 200-yard medley relay team along with classmates Sinead Russell, Lindsey McKnight and Sierra Kuhn, as they clocked a time of 1:41.20.

Florida has just two meets left in 2014, beginning with the Georgia Tech Invitational from Nov. 20-22 in Atlanta, Ga. The final meet of the calendar year is from Dec. 4-6 in Greensboro, N.C. as UF will compete in the U.S. Nationals.

TROY’S TALKING

On who impressed him…

“On the women’s side, Georgia Hohmann was real good for us. She and Ashlee Linn are both coming off injuries, and they overcame some things and swam really well today. Natalie Hinds has raced and trained well all season long and Jessica Thielmann continues fighting off all the big bullets coming at her. On the men’s side a lot of guys swam well. I was really impressed with Carlos Omana, whose results didn’t end up in wins, but he did really well today. He was a little disappointed after last week’s meet and he came back and had a great week of training and stepped up. Mark Szaranek is showing a lot of versatility in a lot of areas and Corey Main was really good. Overall, those guys were really good.” -- Head Coach Gregg Troy

O’DOME DOMINANCE 

The men’s team has experienced great success at home since 2010, as the Gators are now unbeaten in their last 19 dual meets in the O’Dome. 

RELAY MAGIC

In addition to the Gator women winning the 200-yard medley relay, UF’s men topped that race as well, as seniors Matt Elliott and Christian Homer, junior Corey Main and freshman Caeleb Dressel clocked a time of 1:27.91. 

GOING THE DISTANCE

Sophomore Mitch D’Arrigo and junior Jessica Thielmann each won the men’s and women’s 500-yard freestyle in NCAA ‘B’ standard times of 4:23.47 and 4:47.17, respectively. 

BACK IT UP

Sophomore Jack Blyzinskyj and Main swept the men’s 100- and 200-yard backstroke races in times of 48.58 seconds and 1:46.36. On the women’s side, Russell and redshirt freshman Georgia Hohmann won each race with marks of 54.50 seconds and 1:56.25. Main, Russell and Hohmann’s times were all NCAA ‘B’ standard marks.

FREESTYLING 

Dressel and D’Arrigo won the 50- and 200-yard freestyle races in NCAA ‘B’ standard times of 20.00 seconds and 1:37.14, respectively. 

COME FLY WITH ME

Senior Christian Homer and Elliott swept the men’s 100- and 200-yard butterfly races with marks of 48.60 seconds and 1:48.75, respectively. 

POSTSEASON FOCUS

In addition to UF’s first-place finishes, the Gators recorded 15 NCAA ‘B’ standard marks throughout the dual meet. They were:
·         Mitch D’Arrigo (200 Free, 1:37.14; 500 Free, 4:23.47)

·         Caeleb Dressel (50 Free, 20.00)

·         Matt Elliott (400 IM, 3:50.36)

·         Corey Main (200 Free, 1:37.22; 200 Back, 1:46.39)

·         Carlos Omana (400 IM, 3:53.53)

·         Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez (100 Breast, 54.90; 200 Breast, 2:00.15)

·         Dan Wallace (400 IM, 3:51.86)

·         Natalie Hinds (50 Free, 22.91; 100 Free, 49.60)

·         Georgia Hohmann (200 Back, 1:56.25)

·         Sinead Russell (100 Back, 54.50)

·         Jessica Thielmann (500 Free, 4:47.17)

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