Gainesville, Fla. – 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=smQDuXrbPUlpkx34XvmE7SB3B3ud_mkJMb8lBkGQewE&e= > and 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=pYzTB-QkjGUN9JGWf4PYQ63P7YjY_IYLDcczvnLRNAQ&e= > come away with a pair of wins for the Gators on night two of the Toyota US Open.
Night 2 Finals
The second night of the 2021 Toyota U.S. Open kicked off with yet another signature win from distance powerhouse 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=pYzTB-QkjGUN9JGWf4PYQ63P7YjY_IYLDcczvnLRNAQ&e= >, who took the 400-meter freestyle in 4:00.51, good for her second U.S. Open meet record in as many days.
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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=FovJYGo28kwzRWYM2BiGl55JQ4p1wmhXJ_Du10pPdfQ&e= > bested her prelims time by two second to finish seventh overall in the 400 free. In the B-final 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=njGT3IZr95xpk5gURrMNxsAbaFJ9kmyO-dx2rMOeYDo&e= > finished first by nearly two seconds to secure ninth overall with a time of 4:13.76. 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=-lrA7XgPxOfZfSOZvPk0wZW7uD3BSPfzbubI7sy4V2o&e= > finished 11th. 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=XJ6XGs8evticihbM5mDtpTQuypyBx9IkXURrPeInfaE&e= > took control of the C-final with a first-place finish by three and half second to finish 17th overall.
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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=smQDuXrbPUlpkx34XvmE7SB3B3ud_mkJMb8lBkGQewE&e= > captured the men’s 400-meter freestyle title in 3:49.06, giving Florida Gators swimmers their fourth-consecutive first-place finish to open the competition. Last night’s 800 free champion 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=pO0TDPoJj8Bo4vEslsN4CpMLQySXQeY4557HyckQNcA&e= >, finished third behind Freeman with a time of 3:51.44. 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=ArhhvGD9ntpk44qYNdANAtyy1kXWDEK-q1SWuI0cDfc&e= >, pulled out the win in the B-final with 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=9AkMMtTwasXMmbDhAsvdtH20AqFOh7QGoXa20OIROf4&e= > 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=ZnYEHWrlWEcj4s5tgXhrGErYcdZDLYzaSvpioEk5d64&e= > finishing fifth and sixth respectively in the B-final. In the C-final 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=92R-kULmzsRmku5oe5BFwNfM1gKIw03JmMa4x67AQrM&e= > secured the win by 2.80 to finish 17th overall.
In the 200 IM, 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=vevc6FCgyw3uXohi-oRYdhuXubB8Mp0yQV_se9GV03s&e= > finished sixth overall with a time of 2:16.54. On the men’s side, 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=sETQzO9-4GNlCU4arboZlUyFJTZ9KHaBMtz8vnJbyaQ&e= > moved up one spot from prelims to finish third with a time of 2:04.49.
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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=dQDRnB_YrYZCL-2kvbQg3G2OfbttQbPwSvn7FJm0-CY&e= > went 25.63 to finish fourth in the A-final in the 50 free, while Micayla Cron finished second din the C-final and 18th overall.
In the men’s 50 free, there was only .01 second separating first and second. 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=N7WUp4dbZmZ52cmzFLo_BXxcJ8qYYMA9rsdZ1IrgiSo&e= > finished second with a time of 22.37, respectively. 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=ONCKk8JezDdkfu0GihvJfbxnfKIrZQZ90SAMmCa_GzEK9xHqzpBQ8dDrDHbCENkw&s=w9vfuTzokBYla8X38VefN1ybSux5jAgWmzd-JH0Xj8I&e= > finished fifth in the B-final and 13th overall with a time of 23.17.
Up Next
The 400 IM will kick off day three of the Toyota US Open Friday Dec. 2, at 10 a.m. The 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and the 100 back will follow with the finals starting at 7 p.m.
