Florida State University Athletics
Yanchev Smashes Career Best to Close NCAAs
3/25/2023 7:22:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Minneapolis, Minn. – The No.22 Florida State men's swimming and diving closed out the 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
Yordan Yanchev turned in the highlight of the day, clocking a new personal best by almost 12 seconds in the 1650 free at 14:56.18. Yanchev swam down Alex Zettle of Texas in the final 100 yards to claim the heat one win by just under two-tenths of a second. He finished 25th overall.
Yanchev secured the third-fastest time in FSU history, after swimming the eighth at the ACC Championships (15:08.13) this season.
"That was a big swim by Yordan," FSU head coach Neal Studd said. "Nearly dropping 12 seconds after he swam his best mile just about a month ago was a big highlight of the meet. I am very proud of our guys. I thought we had a good meet overall."
Arijus Pavlidi led off prelims by clocking 1:42.70 in the 200 back, finishing 33rd.
Peter Varjasi was just off his career best in the 100 free (42.32), touching with a time of 42.47 for 29th place, moving up in seed.
Tazman Abramowicz closed out his collegiate career by competing in the men's 10-meter platform. Abramowicz performed four dives from the 10-meter platform despite being unable to train or compete at the distance since the start of the season.
Abramowicz received marks between 6.5-7.0 on two of those 10-meter dives, finishing 33rd with a total of 309.20.
"This is the part of this job, the end part, when you watch their last dive, I will never get used to," FSU head diving coach John Proctor said. "It's sad and beautiful at the same time. I am so proud of Taz for what he's managed to pull through. There is a lot behind the scenes, but he's a mountain climber. I'm blessed to have had the opportunity to get to know such an amazing young man,
"Fortunately, this isn't goodbye since he's been accepted to the sports psych master's program," Proctor added. "I'm truly grateful for everything he did this year for our team."
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