Gators Finish Strong on the Final Night of the US Open

Gainesville, Fla. – As the final night of the Toyota US Open came to a close 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=wSyYjf4rn119PkqXcD1-bgrVDyiyfuoeQJFR2nFXjtQ&e= > got his third win.

Day Three Prelims

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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=wSyYjf4rn119PkqXcD1-bgrVDyiyfuoeQJFR2nFXjtQ&e= > strikes again with another win, this time in the 1500 free with a time of 15:04.77. 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=2XUzZF2sgDoI0eELBvvN8Skx-3e4R2hnypb5SeInw8A&e= > was right behind Finke with a third place finish. Brennan Gravely finished in sixth, 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=SlAnuwNf58g7tnAI6LwCT1xW8puCgmdtr7WTyRNOoUw&e= > in ninth, and 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=Q-EvLEF4MhJ8JET6FKlb4Py4zS2k2ITpkmcgqTeRxeY&e= > in 11th.

Elise Bauer<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14739&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=_JdDbnOSy7ae_ean8YaEmSevQSkhKLHHzQkI6JzD8gQ&e= > got the final night of the US Open started for the women with a third-place finish in the 1500 free. In the front of the pack was volunteer coach 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=aUTC1h9Z1VZ82jww12gJryxgoGIEjriNMFtdC5I-tV0&e= > who swam a 15:45.32 to take the win by 36 seconds.

Rosie Zavaros<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14761&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=iad78MlSBgZiM33uRWIn5PxUfUhsTJ5v6Ke9g7_ElWw&e= > knocked off half a second from her prelims time to go 2:12.83 to finish fourth in the 200 back.

In the final of the women’s 100 free, 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=XSUumKbcbj_bFFUn0aco2uk9M6SV4LRZ_rqKSMHRdmA&e= > swam her way into a fifth place finish with a time of 55.86. 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=NrwbRL_Y2WnATIpCYwHQ0SMC7QZqBohx4l98X7XMYU8&e= > finished right behind Cronk if sixth with a time of 56.11.

In the men’s 100 free, 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=2krqu8arzk1mTJaLUt2AVbDQmYCZsiXNMuh9odpVzyg&e= > was the fastest gator going 50.23 to finish sixth. 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=elqW9o-QxmGX2khKSIKaYXc9I6fo106pmtaF92xLR4o&e= > finished 11th 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=2XUzZF2sgDoI0eELBvvN8Skx-3e4R2hnypb5SeInw8A&e= > 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=w4O11BR3Mex2S4EaFizQoq1Bl_BYqlM7ph2YNv4sJN0&e= > posted a new personal best time by one and half seconds to finish third in the 200 breast with a time of 2:32.73.

In the Men’s 200 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=OHXAeZrZPaHQo6KemWnkfdnlu10WWWETWXY8I986CYs&e= >, went a personal best time of 2:15.92 to finished second.

In the women’s 200 fly, 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=w7BRjL9LfBeuQdbDPoaNqVFhrHi4hJLTWBlzgAoWMgQ&e= > finished third with a time of 2.11.51 and 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=HvbTndiDRZzdahOVr8jiKWljf-85lhrfVMyERbnLP3E&e= > finished tied for fourth with a time 2:14.32.

In the final race of the Toyota US Open, 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=Tlc6-VO3eYKPOuh5ni9WmRqZgXT_GhorrY8mptMANL4&e= > finished in fourth place and 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=oTPJCuj5VbFVJoAr3gyYw5X0lmzp-j500oHy1KPLjNCpY8i_XuUrYuX6DBpdEIbR&s=MeDdMPdAI6EiWxpy0J8O7rtAtlwv6RA8N-xJr5I03IM&e= > finished in seventh.