Tyler Watson, Edouard Fullum-Huot, Raphael Rached Windmuller, Jace Crawford all record wins Saturday.
AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 3/7 Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up the Auburn Invitational with four more event wins on Saturday, Feb. 4. After posting four wins on Friday, the Gators ended their trip to Auburn with eight total event wins.
The Florida men dominated the 1650 free, finishing in the top five spots, led by Tyler Watson’s victorious time of 14:48.34, nearly 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Jack VanDeusen finished second, followed by Nicholas Hernandez-Tome, Brennan Gravley, and Ben Cote.
After winning the 50 free last night, Edouard Fullum-Huot claimed first in the 100 free on Saturday, touching the wall in 42.49 for the win. Chance Tirheimer finished sixth, while Daniel Gordon was in 13th.
For the second straight day, Jace Crawford found himself first on the podium, this time in the 200 fly, swimming a 1:43.49 to edge out a win. Billy Jones finished third with a 1:45.37.
Raphael Rached Windmuller swam a 1:55.95 in the 200 breast to claim the top spot in the group, just ahead of Amro Al-Wir who finished second. Peter Bretzmann came in third, as the Gators went one-two-three in the event.
On the women’s side, Mary Kate Kelley finished third in the 200 back at 1:57.65, while the freshman duo of Jessica Strong and Anna Moore finished sixth and seventh in the 200 breast.
Florida will now set its sights on the SEC Championships, which take place from February 14-18 in College Station, Texas.
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