Mack Wins B-Final At Wave One In The 50 Free

Katie Mack<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14050&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=MS9iNOlHBxHl8AIyZPztZPJuAxC7LFpa-6NIoUn_qrI&s=RacPB8IhThMKMPHoLLJxm1qjClZNFUDdl9smLEH3_cs&e= > finishes first in the 50 free B-final to place ninth overall in wave one at the Olympic Trials.

Katie Mack<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D14050&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=MS9iNOlHBxHl8AIyZPztZPJuAxC7LFpa-6NIoUn_qrI&s=RacPB8IhThMKMPHoLLJxm1qjClZNFUDdl9smLEH3_cs&e= > and Gabby Hillis<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13988&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=MS9iNOlHBxHl8AIyZPztZPJuAxC7LFpa-6NIoUn_qrI&s=aoMGP33drlLiz6gL1O4NWVXTHu0khBrKiATMsBzKtbg&e= > got things going on the last night of wave one in the 50 free. Mack finished 14th in the prelims to advance to the B-final where she shattered her prelims time by .22 seconds to win the B-final with a time of 25.78.

Hillis, who also competed in the 50 free, finished eighth in her heat and 59th overall with a time of 26.86.

On the men’s side, Jack VanDeusen<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_roster.aspx-3Frp-5Fid-3D13972&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=MS9iNOlHBxHl8AIyZPztZPJuAxC7LFpa-6NIoUn_qrI&s=KZdtU1rniGPMfkYJeSOB9yQ1HNMOzGOfTIvXVkYZ3C8&e= > finished fourth in his heat and 12th overall in his final race at the trials in the 1500 free with a time of 16:18.49.

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Wave two of the Olympic Trials will begin on Sunday, June 13.