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Georgia Swimmers And Divers Sweep Florida
October 31, 2014 | Swimming & Diving
The No. 4 Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0 SEC) posted a 174.5-122.5 victory over No. 5 Florida while the second-ranked Lady Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0) defeated the third-ranked Lady Gators 176-119.
Oct. 31, 2014
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ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams swept Florida on Friday at Gabrielsen Natatorium.
The No. 4 Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0 SEC) posted a 174.5-122.5 victory over No. 5 Florida while the second-ranked Lady Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0) defeated the third-ranked Lady Gators 176-119. The Lady Bulldogs also extended their UGA all-sports record with their 92nd straight win at Gabrielsen Natatorium.
"I was really proud of the team efforts demonstrated by both the women and the men," said Harvey Humphries, Georgia's Acting Head Coach. "We have trained really well the last two weeks and the swimmers and divers got mentally prepared for this meet over the last couple of days. We got off to a great start, and that really set the tone. We have the utmost respect for Florida's program. I'm really proud of the way our kids raced today."
Chase Kalisz, Ty Stewart and Ian Forlini each won twice for the Bulldogs. Kalisz swept the 200 butterfly in 1:45.64 and the 200 individual medley in 1:47.13. Stewart took both the 100 butterfly (47.91) and the 200 backstroke (1:45.17). Forlini posted the top scores for both the 1-and 3-meter springboards at 349.05 and 374.10, respectively.
Other winners for the Bulldogs were Nicolas Fink in the 200 breaststroke (1:56.74), Taylor Dale in the 100 backstroke (47.43), Matias Koski in the 200 freestyle (1:36.78), and Kevin Litherland in the 1,000 freestyle (9:05.26).
Dale, Fink, Pace Clark and Michael Trice won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:27.08. Trice, Koski, Alec Cohen and Fink took the 400 freestyle relay in 2:58.42.
Amber McDermott, Kylie Stewart and Annie Zhu were double winners for the Lady Bulldogs. McDermott won the 500 freestyle in 4:46.79 and the 1,000 freestyle in 9:43.00. Stewart posted the top times in the 100 backstroke (53.42) and the 200 backstroke (1:55.54). Zhu touched first in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke in 1:02.98 and 2:15.16, respectively.
The Lady Bulldogs also got wins from Hali Flickinger in the 200 butterfly (1:57.20), Olivia Ball on the 3-meter springboard (334.95) and Lauren Harrington in the 100 butterfly (54.13).
Olivia Smoliga, Emily Cameron, Stewart and Chantal Van Landeghem won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.90. Van Landeghem, Maddie Locus, Jordan Mattern and Stewart posted the top time in the 400 freestyle relay (3:26.41).
Georgia's teams will be back in action next Friday in Atlanta against Georgia Tech and Savannah College of Art and Design.
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