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Baravelli, Varjasi Collect Three Wins Each Against Gators
1/26/2024 8:52:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
TALLAHASSEE – The No. 16/RV Florida State swimming and diving teams fell to No. 4/3 Florida on Friday.
The swimming events took place at Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training in Ocala, while diving was held at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville.
"We had some great swims today," FSU head coach Neal Studd said. "We're excited with how we look going into the post season."
Despite the loss, five Noles recorded personal bests and 11 performances were just shy of that benchmark.
Tommaso Baravelli and Peter Varjasi contributed three wins each as the 16th-ranked Seminoles fell to the No. 4 Gators 119-181, moving to 5-2, 1-0 ACC to finish the regular season.
Baravelli won the 100 breast (53.29), 200 breast (1:55.36), and 200 IM (1:47.74). His 200 breast was a career-best performance, tying the third-fastest mark in school history that was set by Rob Holderness in 2010.
Varjasi was the winner in the 50 free (19.88) and 100 free (42.86) after anchoring the 200 medley relay team of Mason Herbet, Marcos Egri-Martin and Tobias Schulrath to victory behind a 18.86 split (1:26.63) to start the meet.
The Noles placed second, third and fourth in the 200 free, led by Utku Kurtdere (1:36.92), followed by David Quirie (1:37.74) and Yordan Yanchev (1:37.79).
Sam Bork followed Varjasi in the 50 free, touching third at 20.27. Bork was also third in the 100 fly (48.56) behind Schulrath in second place at 47.94.
The Seminoles closed the swimming portion finishing second in the 200 free relay at 1:19.75 behind Varjasi, Jokubas Keblys, Bork and Yanchev.
On the boards, Darwin Nolasco turned in his best score on 3-meter, placing second at 390.35.
The women's team dropped its meet 118-182 to the third ranked Gators, finishing 5-4, 1-0 ACC on the year.
The women started the meet by taking second place in the 200 medley relay by one one-hundredth of a second (1:37.78) behind the team of Leah Whittaker, Maddy Huggins, Jenny Halden and Gloria Muzito.
Maysa Ratiu was just off her personal best in the 200 free (1:47.41), touching second at 1:47.42. Later in the meet, Ratiu won the 500 free, clocking 4:52.12, which was her best time.
The Seminoles were victorious in both breaststroke distances as Maddy Huggins won the 100 with a time of 1:00.46 and Julia Mansson followed in third (1:02.57). Mansson was the winner in the 200 (2:13.28), edging Huggins (2:13.45), who placed second.
FSU had three swimmers under the two-minute barrier in the 200 fly, as the Noles placed first and second. Edith Jernstedt took first with a time of 1:56.25 and Sophie Freeman followed at 1:57.13, just off her best time (1:57.01). Mabry Bishop added fourth-place points, clocking 1:59.60, which was her best time by over two seconds.
Halden, Freeman, Jernstedt and Bishop also placed second through fifth in the 100 fly, led by Halden at 52.90. Freeman followed at 53.18, Jernstedt took fourth (53.20) and Bishop (54.54) placed fifth.
Halden added a second-place finish in the 50 free at 23.13 and Jernstedt was the runner-up in the 200 IM (1:59.13).
Freeman established her best time in the 200 back at 1:57.42, touching in second place.
The Seminoles closed the meet by finished second in the 200 free relay behind Muzito, Halden, Alexandra Dicks, and Sarah Evans (1:31.99).
Samantha Vear was FSU's top scorer on 1-meter, placing third at 296.90 ahead of Kayleigh Clark (265.30). Izzy Gregesen led the Noles on 3-meter, finishing second with a total of 320.80.
"This was such a good showing by our divers," FSU head diving coach John Proctor said. "You can always see a couple of points here and there in the rear view mirror and we could certainly do that today. These contests were close and that's what you love to see. Hats off to Florida for a great day and congrats to our kids for performing great. This season is coming to a close and every day I think our team is more ready for the postseason and i can't wait to see what they do."
FSU will head to the Auburn First Chance Invite on Feb.9-10 before the ACC Championships, which will run Feb.20-24 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
For updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (@FSU_Swimming), Instagram (@fsuswimdive) and Facebook (FSUSwimmingDiving).
The swimming events took place at Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training in Ocala, while diving was held at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville.
"We had some great swims today," FSU head coach Neal Studd said. "We're excited with how we look going into the post season."
Despite the loss, five Noles recorded personal bests and 11 performances were just shy of that benchmark.
Tommaso Baravelli and Peter Varjasi contributed three wins each as the 16th-ranked Seminoles fell to the No. 4 Gators 119-181, moving to 5-2, 1-0 ACC to finish the regular season.
Baravelli won the 100 breast (53.29), 200 breast (1:55.36), and 200 IM (1:47.74). His 200 breast was a career-best performance, tying the third-fastest mark in school history that was set by Rob Holderness in 2010.
Varjasi was the winner in the 50 free (19.88) and 100 free (42.86) after anchoring the 200 medley relay team of Mason Herbet, Marcos Egri-Martin and Tobias Schulrath to victory behind a 18.86 split (1:26.63) to start the meet.
The Noles placed second, third and fourth in the 200 free, led by Utku Kurtdere (1:36.92), followed by David Quirie (1:37.74) and Yordan Yanchev (1:37.79).
Sam Bork followed Varjasi in the 50 free, touching third at 20.27. Bork was also third in the 100 fly (48.56) behind Schulrath in second place at 47.94.
The Seminoles closed the swimming portion finishing second in the 200 free relay at 1:19.75 behind Varjasi, Jokubas Keblys, Bork and Yanchev.
On the boards, Darwin Nolasco turned in his best score on 3-meter, placing second at 390.35.
The women's team dropped its meet 118-182 to the third ranked Gators, finishing 5-4, 1-0 ACC on the year.
The women started the meet by taking second place in the 200 medley relay by one one-hundredth of a second (1:37.78) behind the team of Leah Whittaker, Maddy Huggins, Jenny Halden and Gloria Muzito.
Maysa Ratiu was just off her personal best in the 200 free (1:47.41), touching second at 1:47.42. Later in the meet, Ratiu won the 500 free, clocking 4:52.12, which was her best time.
The Seminoles were victorious in both breaststroke distances as Maddy Huggins won the 100 with a time of 1:00.46 and Julia Mansson followed in third (1:02.57). Mansson was the winner in the 200 (2:13.28), edging Huggins (2:13.45), who placed second.
FSU had three swimmers under the two-minute barrier in the 200 fly, as the Noles placed first and second. Edith Jernstedt took first with a time of 1:56.25 and Sophie Freeman followed at 1:57.13, just off her best time (1:57.01). Mabry Bishop added fourth-place points, clocking 1:59.60, which was her best time by over two seconds.
Halden, Freeman, Jernstedt and Bishop also placed second through fifth in the 100 fly, led by Halden at 52.90. Freeman followed at 53.18, Jernstedt took fourth (53.20) and Bishop (54.54) placed fifth.
Halden added a second-place finish in the 50 free at 23.13 and Jernstedt was the runner-up in the 200 IM (1:59.13).
Freeman established her best time in the 200 back at 1:57.42, touching in second place.
The Seminoles closed the meet by finished second in the 200 free relay behind Muzito, Halden, Alexandra Dicks, and Sarah Evans (1:31.99).
Samantha Vear was FSU's top scorer on 1-meter, placing third at 296.90 ahead of Kayleigh Clark (265.30). Izzy Gregesen led the Noles on 3-meter, finishing second with a total of 320.80.
"This was such a good showing by our divers," FSU head diving coach John Proctor said. "You can always see a couple of points here and there in the rear view mirror and we could certainly do that today. These contests were close and that's what you love to see. Hats off to Florida for a great day and congrats to our kids for performing great. This season is coming to a close and every day I think our team is more ready for the postseason and i can't wait to see what they do."
FSU will head to the Auburn First Chance Invite on Feb.9-10 before the ACC Championships, which will run Feb.20-24 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
For updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (@FSU_Swimming), Instagram (@fsuswimdive) and Facebook (FSUSwimmingDiving).
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