Florida State University Athletics
10/7/2022 9:42:53 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida State swimming and diving teams started the 2022-23 season on Friday in dominating fashion.
The women took home the title at the Osprey Invite in Jacksonville, Fla., winning with a total of 1,345.5 over Georgia Southern (699) and North Florida (666.5).
“Today was a lot of fun,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “The ladies swam well and had a great attitude and beat two teams. It was a pleasure to be around the team and their spirit today.”
The Seminoles flexed their depth, winning every race and sweeping 13 of the 17 events contested.
Contributing five wins on the day was Edith Jernstedt, who was a part of the 200 medley, 400 free and 200 free relay victories in addition to her own wins in the 100 fly (54.33) and 200 fly (1:59.27).
Gloria Muzito contributed four wins, leading the Noles in the 200 free (1:52.26), 50 free (24.04), and 100 free (51.87). Muzito was also a part of the 200 free relay that finished first at 1:35.21, after she split 23.54 going third.
Anna Metzler made her FSU debut by leading the sweep of the 400 IM (4:20.95), finishing ahead of Sydney VanOvermeiren (4:28.77) and Sydney Cole (4:35.46). She also won the 200 IM, touching with a time of 2:04.28.
Cole also touched first in the 200 back at 2:02.51 ahead of Metzler (2:02.94) in second and Maddie McDonald (2:04.19) in third.
Griffiths followed Muzito in the 200 free (1:53.05) and 100 free (53.23), but she was victorious in the 500 free (5:02.43).
Ella Dyjack won her first collegiate race, touching first in the 1000 free at 10:28.29. She was also the runner-up in the 500 free (5:06.18) and was third in the 200 free (1:54.16).
A pair of rookies also added wins in their first outing. Sarah Evans took home the win in the 100 back (56.03) and Julia Mansson (1:03.20) edged Maddy Huggins (1:03.60) for the win in the 100 breast.
Later in the meet, Huggins cruised to the win in the 200 breast (2:20.58) ahead of VanOvermeiren in second at 2:24.49.
The men are in control of the TYR Classic, winning every event on Friday night and will take (276) a 31-point lead into Saturday’s competition.
“The team came to the meet today ready to race,” FSU assistant coach Steve Barnes said. “They did a great job of bringing energy to their races and they had a desire to win. We put together some great races that we can build off of for the second day of this meet.”
The Seminoles started out with a four-second win in the 400 medley relay behind Mason Herbet, Jason Martindale, Adrian Aguilar, and Blake Moran behind a time of 3:19.82.
Peter Varjasi established a new meet record in the 200 free, touching with a time of 1:37.45. Varjasi set the old mark last season at 1:38.25.
Utku Kurtdere put up a dominating win in the 400 IM, winning by eight seconds with a time of 4:01.49.
Aguilar touched first in the 100 fly (48.88) and Moran was the winner in the 50 free (21.11).
Martindale cruised to win the 100 breast (54.80) and Herbet (47.84) was just off his meet record from 2021 (47.61) for the victory in the 100 back.
Varjasi, Moran, Aguilar, and Herbet won the 200 free relay to close out the session at 1:21.96.
The divers also put up a one-two punch, led by Jesco Helling in first, scoring 339.90 on 3-meter. Darwin Nolasco followed in second at 283.20.
“The divers also came ready to do what was needed to put FSU in a position to win the invite,” Barnes added.
The men will return to the Biscayne Bay Aquatics Center to compete in the second day of competition, starting at 10 a.m.
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