Florida State University Athletics
Noles Shine at TYR Pro Series
4/4/2022 3:52:58 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
San Antonio, Texas – Five members of the Florida State swimming and diving teams competed in the TYR Pro Series at the Northside Swim Center in San Antonio, Texas last week.
Jokubas Keblys and Arijus Pavlidi swam in the championship heats, while Sydney Boals, Yordan Yanchev and Peter Varjasi appeared in at least one consolation final each.
“It was an awesome start to our summer long course schedule,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We always want to support the goals of our athletes, even in the offseason and we’re really happy with how this meet went.”
Keblys swam his career best in the morning heats of the 50m free, touching at 22.52, tying for fifth. At night, Keblys was slightly off that mark, placing seventh at 22.62. Both swims were FINA ‘B’ standards.
The Lithuanian also competed in the 100m free, finishing in 19th place at 51.10.
Pavlidi earned a spot in the top heat in the 100m back, clocking 56.82 in prelims. In finals, he swam faster, touching at 56.59 for sixth place. He also competed in morning heats of the 200m back, where he finished sixth at 2:08.30.
After competing at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta from March 23-26, Yanchev was right back in action, racing in the 200m and 400m free.
Yanchev placed 18th in the 200m free (1:52.18) before taking 13th in the 400m free at 4:03.70.
Varjasi joined Yanchev at NCAAs as a relay swimmer. He followed that performance by finishing 18th in the 50m free (22.88) and 14th in the 100m free (50.40), after he clocked a 50.13 in prelims.
Boals competed in the 400m IM and the 400m free where she earned second swims in both races.
In the 400m IM, Boals qualified 10th out of prelims and competed in the consolation heat, dropping two seconds from her morning swim (5:04.71), touching 11th at 5:02.65, which was slightly off her career best (5:02.21).
Boals raced in the 400m free the next day, advancing to the bonus heat at 4:33.16. At night, she saw a massive time drop, clocking 4:27.64 for a personal best by almost two seconds.
David Quirie and Nina Kucheran will compete in the 2022 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials at the Saanich Commonwealth Place in Victoria, B.C., from April 5-10.
Tania Quaglieri will compete in the Italian National Championships, starting on April 9.
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