Gator Swimming Tallies Two NCAA A-Cut Times in Second Day of Invitational

The Men’s 200 Medley Relay A Team and Bella Sims both earned A-cut times.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Men’s and Women’s swimming team competed two relays and five individual events in the second day of the Florida Invitational with NOVA Southeastern on Friday evening inside the O’Connell Center Natatorium.

The 200 yard medley relay A Team of Adam Chaney, Julian Smith, Joshua Liendo and Macguire McDuff began the evening finals session swimming an 1:22.95 NCAA A-cut time to finish first in the event. Women’s Swimmer Bella Sims followed shortly after with a 50.44 NCAA A-cut and a first-place finish of her own in the 100 yard backstroke.

37 Gators improved their final times from morning prelims, with 27 swimmers recording an NCAA B-cut time. The women’s 200 yard medley relay A team of Catie Choate, Molly Mayne, Olivia Peoples and Micayla Cronk also earned a B-cut time after clocking a 1:36.52.

Saturday concludes the three-day invitational with prelims beginning at 9:30 a.m. prelims, followed by finals starting at 4:00 p.m.

The Florida Invite is the final prep before the Gators head to Auburn, Alabama for SEC Championships from Feb. 20-24. The men’s team is looking for its 12th-straight SEC title, while the women go for back-to-back SEC Champions.

Results from Friday’s prelims and finals as well as Saturday’s events can be found below.
Prelim Events

Prelim Results

Women’s 400 Yard IM

  *   Emma Weyant – 4:08.09
  *   Zoe Dixon – 4:12.45
  *   Anna Auld – 4:17.42
  *   Amanda Ray – 4:18.26
  *   Alex Mitchell – 4:18.95
  *   Julia Podkoscielny – 4:19.89
  *   Camille DeBoer – 4:20.01
  *   Madison Kolessar – 4:20.24

Men’s 400 Yard IM

Heat 1

  *   Gio Linscheer – 3:48.96
  *   Peter Bretzmann – 3:51.27
  *   Andrew Taylor – 3:51.90
  *   Amadeusz Knop – 3:52.76
  *   Josh Parent – 3:55.81
  *   Bobby Dinunzio – 4:00.88
Heat 2

  *   Ben Cote – 3:50.66
  *   Mason Laur – 3:51.19
  *   Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero – 3:52.03
  *   Eric Brown – 3:52.81
  *   Aryan Nehra – 3:56.09
  *   Jack VanDeusen – 3:59.06

Women’s 100 Yard Butterfly

  *   Catie Choate – 54.28
  *   Aris Runnels – 55.60

Men’s 100 Yard Butterfly

  *   Joshua Liendo – 46.02
  *   Billy Jones – 48.04

Women’s 200 Yard Freestyle

  *   Isabel Ivey – 1:43.85
  *   Lainy Kruger – 1:48.03
  *   Micayla Cronk – 1:48.36
  *   JoJo Ramey – 1:49.59
  *   Caroline Pennington – 1:51.62

Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle

  *   Macguire McDuff – 1:37.10
  *   Jake Mitchell – 1:37.89
  *   Sean Sullivan – 1:38.31
  *   Ed Fullum-Huot – 1:39.23
  *   Julian Smith – 1:39.26
  *   Oskar Lindholm – 1:39.51
  *   Daniel Gordon – 1:39.57

Women’s 100 Yard Breaststroke

  *   Molly Mayne – 1:00.39
  *   Olivia Peoples – 1:01.34
  *   Grace Rainey – 1:01.62
  *   Melissa Cowen – 1:02.88
  *   Anna Moore – 1:03.82
  *   Molly Golding – 1:09.81

Men’s 100 Yard Breaststroke

  *   Raphael Rached Windmuller – 52.97
  *   Aleksas Savickas – 54.14

Women’s 100 Yard Backstroke

  *   Bella Sims – 51.88
  *   Carly Meeting – 53.89

Men’s 100 Yard Backstroke

  *   Jonny Marshall – 46.16
  *   Adam Chaney – 47.27
  *   Cam Abaqueta – 47.96
  *   Caleb Maldari – 48.27
  *   Evan Keogh – 49.95

Final Events

Final Results

Women’s 200 Yard Medley Relay

  *   A Team – Catie Choate, Molly Mayne, Olivia Peoples, Micayla Cronk – 1:36.52
  *   B Team – Aris Runnels, Grace Rainey, Isabel Ivey, Madison Kolessar – 1:42.71
  *   C Team – Carly Meeting, Anna Moore, Molly Golding, Caroline Pennington – 1:45.30

Men’s 200 Yard Medley Relay

  *   A Team – Adam Chaney, Julian Smith, Josh Liendo, Macguire McDuff – 1:22.95
  *   B Team – Jonny Marshall, Aleksas Savickas, Billy Jones, Ed Fullum-Huot – 1:25.17

Women’s 400 Yard IM

  *   Emma Weyant – 4:06.42 (B)*
  *   Zoe Dixon – 4:11.97 (B)*
  *   Julia Podkoscielny – 4:13.65 (B)*
  *   Anna Auld – 4:15.49 (B)*
  *   Alex Mitchell – 4:17.33*
  *   Amanda Ray – 4:17.85*
  *   Madison Kolessar – 4:19.71*
  *   Camille DeBoer – 4:21.11

Men’s 400 Yard IM

𝗔-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹

  *   Mason Laur–3:41.16 (B)*
  *   Gio Linscheer-3:45.50 (B)*
  *   Eric Brown-3:45.82 (B)*
  *   Ben Cote-3:46.03 (B)*
  *   Andrew Taylor-3:47.96 (B)*
  *   Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero-3:49.80 (B)*
  *   Peter Bretzmann-3:50.35 (B)*
  *   Amadeusz Knop- 3:50.91*
𝗕-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹

  *   Josh Parent – 3:47.91 (B)*
  *   Aryan Nehra – 3:55.39*
  *   Jack VanDeusen – 3:56.59
  *   Bobby Dinunzio – 3:58.32*

Women’s 100 Yard Butterfly

  *   Aris Runnels – 54.09*
  *   Catie Choate – 54.30*

Men’s 100 Yard Butterfly

  *   Josh Liendo – 45.08 (B)*
  *   Billy Jones – 47.32*

Women’s 200 Yard Freestyle

  *   Isabel Ivey – 1:43.03 (B)*
  *   Micayla Cronk – 1:45.44 (B)*
  *   Lainy Kruger – 1:46.30 (B)*
  *   JoJo Ramey – 1:50.20
  *   Caroline Pennington – 1:50.48*

Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle

𝗔-𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹

  *   Macguire McDuff – 1:32.91 (B)*
  *   Julian Smith – 1:34.10 (B)*
  *   Oskar Lindholm – 1:35.36 (B)*
  *   Jake Mitchell – 1:35.43 (B)*
  *   Sean Sullivan – 1:35.88*
  *   Ed Fullum-Huot – 1:39.13*
  *   Daniel Gordon – 1:39.76

Women’s 100 Yard Breaststroke

  *   Grace Rainey – 1:00.78 (B)*
  *   Molly Mayne – 1:00.88 (B)
  *   Olivia Peoples – 1:01.66
  *   Anna Moore – 1:02.65*
  *   Melissa Cowen – 1:03.12
  *   Molly Golding – 1:01.19*

Men’s 100 Yard Breaststroke

  *   Rachael Rached Windmuller – 53.17 (B)
  *   Aleksas Savickas – 53.44 (B)*

Women’s 100 Yard Backstroke

  *   Bella Sims – 50.44 (A)*
  *   Carly Meeting – 54.21

Men’s 100 Yard Backstroke

  *   Jonny Marshall – 45.81 (B)*
  *   Adam Chaney – 46.09 (B)*
  *   Caleb Maldari – 46.57 (B)*
  *   Cam Abaqueta – 47.51*
  *   Evan Keogh – 49.13*

Women’s 800 Yard Freestyle Relay

  *   A Team: Sims, Weyant, Kruger, Ramey – 7:09.69
  *   B Team: Podkoscielny, Dixon, Auld, DeBoer – 7:25.62

Men’s 800 Yard Freestyle Relay

  *   A Team: Laur, Mitchell, Sullivan, Lindholm – 6:22.58
  *   B Team: Gonzalez Pinero, Linscheer, Taylor, Brown – 6:31.13
  *   C Team: Dinunzio, VanDeusen, Parent, Bretzmann – 6:43.18

* Indicates improved time

Saturday’s Events Prelims 9:30 a.m. / Finals 4:00 p.m.

1650 Freestyle

200 Yard Backstroke

100 Yard Freestyle

200 Yard Breaststroke

200 Yard Butterfly

400 Yard Free Relay

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