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Florida swimming earns 200-meter medley relay national title on opening day

The Gators men’s swimmers are once again among the best in the business when it comes to aquatic sports.

The Florida men’s swimming program came away with two top-five finishes in the 200-meter medley relay and the 800-meter freestyle relay inside the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday night en route to a 200-meter medley relay national title on opening day.

Adam Chaney, Julian Smith, Josh Liendo and Macguire McDuff set a new NCAA championship meet and program record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:20.15 seconds to claim the crown. The second-seeded Gators got off to a strong start off the block with Chaney’s 20.29 backstroke split against the No. 1 seed Arizona State Sun Devils, as well as the NC State Wolfpack and California Golden Bears.

Smith’s 22.55 breaststroke time kept the Orange and Blue in the thick of things, giving Liendo the seam to the top spot with his 18.97 in the 50 butterfly swim.; McDuff brought Florida across the finish line with a 50 free time of 18.34.

Jake Mitchell swam a 1:30.89 as the anchor in the 800-meter freestyle event to boost his team from sixth to third place in the final heat with a flat 6:08.00. Florida earned fourth place overall and its final heat time ties the program’s second-best ever which was set in 2022.

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Five Florida swimmers earned medals at Phillips 66 Championships Wednesday

Five Florida swimmers earned medals at the Phillips 66 Championships on Wednesday night as the Gators continue to dominate the water.

Five Florida swimmers earned medals at the Phillips 66 Championships on Wednesday night as the Gators continue to dominate the water at this summer’s latest competition. Caeleb Dressel, Annie Lazor, Katie Ledecky, Bella Sims and Kieran Smith all took home some hardware after putting up superb performances in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Volunteer coach Ledecky earned a silver medal for her 1:55.28 in the women’s 200m freestyle — just .02 away from first — while incoming freshman Sims took home the bronze in the same event with a personal-best 1:56.08 — almost a second better than her previous top mark.

In the men’s 200m free, Smith notched a 1:45.63 time — dropping .47 seconds off his prelim time — to earn silver. The other member of the men’s team to earn a medal was Dressel, who dropped an event-best .44 seconds off his prelim time to swim a 23.35 as he continues his work his way back into Olympian form.

Finally, assistant coach Lazor added to the Gators’ haul with a 2:25.86 finish to earn the bronze in the women’s 200m breaststroke.

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Gators swimmer sets record at Phillips 66 National Championships

Florida swimmer Bobby Finke earned a significant achievement on the opening night of the Phillips 66 Championships on Tuesday.

Florida swimmer Bobby Finke earned a significant achievement on the opening night of the Phillips 66 Championships on Tuesday. The senior from Clearwater, Florida, set the U.S. Open and Championship records with his 1500m freestyle time of 14:42.81 — the fifth-fastest in the world this season.

It was also eight seconds faster than any of his competitors.

Additionally, Finke — along with his female colleague, Katie Ledecky — earned a national title. Ledecky, who is currently volunteering as a coach with the Gators while she trains under head coach Anthony Nesty, swam her third-fastest 800m free time ever (and fastest since 2016) with an 8:07.07 final time.

Like Finke, the former Olympian also blew the competition out of the water, winning her event by a 13-second margin.

Other results include Mason Laur’s career-best 1:55.67 in the 200m butterfly and Macguire McDuff’s personal-best 48.24 in the 100m free for the men. On the women’s side, incoming freshman Bella Sims placed seventh with a 53.73 giving her a new personal best.

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Gators News: Four Florida fall sports ranked in top 10

Both of Florida’s swimming & diving teams sit in first place entering the final day while the volleyball team prepares for its final weekend

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We are just a day away from the big game between the Florida Gators and the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville, Tenn. While Vandy does not strike fear in the hearts of most football fans, every game counts and on any given day anything can happen. But there is a lot more happening than the ol’ pigskin game that brings pride to the Gator Nation.

Four Florida athletic teams currently sit in the top 10 of their respective sports, with men’s swimming and diving as well as volleyball at No 5, football at No. 6, and women’s swimming and diving at No. 10.

Speaking of the men’s aquatic team, the swimmers swept all of their events and the Gators finished up with seven total event victories to lead the pack at the Auburn Invitational. Meanwhile, the women also fared well at the same competition, with freshman Cecilia Porter shattering the 100 breast school record by .33 seconds to give the Lady Gators the overall lead heading into the final day. The event competition as well as dual meets for the fall conclude today.

Finally, there is the volleyball team (5-1, 5-1 SEC), which has had quite a successful season heading into their last two matches of the year on their home floor against the Georgia Bulldogs (3-3, 3-3 SEC) tonight. UF holds a 66-9 series advantage over UGA, sporting a dominating 63-1 record with coach Mary Wise at the helm.

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