Gainesville, FL. – Eight Gators registered a total of nine US Olympic qualifying times on Friday night at at the SwimAtlanta’s Mizuno 2021 Atlanta Classic.
Talia Bates<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13977&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=6MwOA52aJXz6TWel8DoNFGJZzERb3t1Ie3jEQphhXSQ&e= > led it off for the Gators as she went 1:59.97 to place four to hit an Olympic qualifying time in the 200 free. Bates grabbed her second qualifying time of the meet in the 100 fly as she went 1:00.07 to place seventh.
Tylor Mathieu<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13992&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=4gMUiDOXDcxfCgGbQ1_xiFE-X7qGbBgsA3biyIBf3NA&e= > and Adrianna DeBoer<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13982&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=ftwyEU_420TpnsDvypKefphnPtq3QkPgcbVa8-Su6MI&e= > were the next Gators to hit Olympic qualifying times. Mathieu went 1:09.78 to place fourth in the 100 breast and DeBoer placed ninth with a time of 1:10.84.
In the 400IM, Kathleen Golding<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13984&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=HwxFN3jV9c8aMKEOzjHGEqMyw4N2z9m6ei9ZvXffnX0&e= > placed fourth with a blistering time of 4:46.12 to hit the qualifying time with 1.6 seconds to spare.
On the men’s side, Kieran Smith<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13968&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=kKmMW4ddR38AXcZBmxIIQzKk4O7P9YYc0Klqu-sJQ4Q&e= > won the 200 free with a time of 1:46.46 and Trey Freeman<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13948&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=OgvTLicb6EdCagoQEno9jmFxbYxIW-0yOE5Pr-u6es4&e= >placed sixth with a time of 1:48.26, both hitting a qualifying time in the final.
Bobby Finke<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13946&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=k4l74QxrcbQ7HoK2W3ZxNLAGQNQron3tEUKfhCxzoho&e= > and Tyler Watson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13974&d=DwIGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=nezTZVRUaXEKA03A8fNpsmukTpfNhGxGzx_JpaDUt4o&s=BsKAkEevr46xwhneE6P-eY45aCaFRSfvn1YV8-CuuoU&e= > are the last two Gators to hit qualifying times in the last event of the day. In the 400IM Finke went 4:17.36 to place fourth and Watson goes 4:24.81 to place sixth.
The Gators return tomorrow for day two of action at the SwimAtlanta’s Mizuno 2021 Atlanta Classic.
