Gainesville, Fla. – The Gators collect five wins on night three of the Toyota US Open.
Day Three Finals
Bobby Finke<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14716&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=Qq4pmdP55VuZGb6Dn-XDT6A1cmYQ2ahhOCsOCL5G4TE&e= >, famous for his closing speed, did exactly that in the last 50 meters yet again to win the 400 IM with a time of 4:17.39. Finke split 57.47 over the final 100 meters, and 27.34 over the final 50 meters, to win the race. Behind Finke was Brennan Gravley<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14720&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=bym4PEnmz4u64NmqM_KjDndUN9DKaU9WxTOsJnApaz0&e= > who finished seventh and Tyler Watson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14736&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=83DVds20_hPZviDOEBFJcYvoEb8Nw_d6UP3BJ3NZMGc&e= > finished 12th.
In the women’s 400 IM, Kathleen Golding<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14743&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=i2wkRunTva0HWL_83IocQiF1v4HInb5M21ECMo1UpZU&e= > bested her prelims time by 3.86 to finish fifth with a time of 4:49.82.
Mabel Zavaros<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14763&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=erPUFOCyUX5dJICA5JD57G6Mcaj8ho-sF8L338ILqQg&e= > and Eric Friese<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14718&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=UXxfuE1IM29NZYjCA9-g9koedpuJukystmDX9efH914&e= > swept the 100 fly in both the men’s and women’s races. Zavaros swam a 1:00.05 and Friese swam a 52.56. Amanda Ray<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14757&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=5SSqS_i5_Ljd4lXIMtoUkCHn6Vog8LVu0gKiWMEN7zs&e= > tied for fifth with a time of 1:01.15 and Jace Crawford<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14711&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=kTSELoW_2lse5MPhLbUXcA0QoaUDaSoOrYB3Fou18KI&e= > finished fourth with a time of 53.68.
Katie Ledecky<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_coaches.aspx-3Frc-3D1439&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=s4G7N0Ho6MehDaagixYRBSKLsnjvItn6thW5cH8dolE&e= > and Trey Freeman<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14717&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=DZAZToyJBC_TEkfKV4jw_0PiruSlNLDY-6UGMBbdnNI&e= > continued the sweep in the 200 free. Ledecky won her third race and broke her sixth Championship Record (three in prelims, three in finals) at the US Open. Freeman blasted his way to the front to claim his second win at the US Open going 1:47.90 for the win.
Behind Ledecky was Talia Bates<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14738&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=ddAbDJyOx_Ffu5LlS29iZHiRR4XFRP8XOKgl9sdnzl0&e= > who finished seventh, Golding in ninth and Micayla Cronk<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14773&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=yltmo8D4GvnDzoYJoFnXPLeApe8JmhcJF9HfAgHAu0Q&e= > in 11th. Following Freeman was freshman Oskar Lindholm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14778&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=l0VIR5PmA8chVejGUpFvruOW_zVNXeDOU5nvfFpDnKY&e= > who finished third with a time of 1:50.63, Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14775&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=1Mr6f3Wp6bwnTDztAOVRmlSYJyXZ9BbUDChIlrJAseQ&e= > in tenth and Adam Chaney<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14710&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=wczSU58r07J81-DV5_rWceGvw6uK7cuqFB5WH45AeEY&e= > in 13th.
Tylor Mathieu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14749&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=nezTrXY-FNvMMwGWgOmgClqUhlCvDfhFi-7sKjUEB5w&e= > went a blistering 1:10.28 to finish tied for second in the 100 breast. In the men’s 100 breast, Raphael Rached Windmuller<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14777&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=vYncZdFevObot4bq9glvI68Fpocshf2CirQPAkJLRsc&e= > finished fourth with a time of 1:02.71.
In the final two races of the night, Chaney dropped .69 second off of his prelims time to finish third in the 100 back with a time of 55.43. Talia Bates<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14738&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=gTreEG511jmzk1u8zryp7mW2He3l0ovA9U8BuHeY0K41WG6WFIlvfTEwt05QcIjo&s=ddAbDJyOx_Ffu5LlS29iZHiRR4XFRP8XOKgl9sdnzl0&e= > bested her prelims time to finish sixth in the 100 back.
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On the final day of the Toyota US Open, prelims will start at 10 a.m. with the 200 back followed by the 100 free, 200 breast, and the 200 fly.
