Florida State University Athletics
Noles Split Tigers on Saturday
1/7/2023 3:05:35 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 16/RV Florida State swimming and diving teams split duals on Saturday against NR/No. 25 LSU at the LSU Natatorium.
The 16th-ranked men (3-1, 1-0 ACC) defeated the Tigers 180-120, while the women (5-2, 2-0 ACC) fell 119.5-180.5.
“We had some really great performances today,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “I am very proud of how we competed. We had some illnesses and injuries that we were managing, so we’re even happier with how we did. It was a really bright start to the new year and championship semester.”
The men won 11 of the 16 events, which included sweeps in the 200 IM and 100 fly. Yordan Yanchev, Tommaso Baravelli, and Mason Herbet all contributed two individual wins each.
The Seminoles started the meet by winning the 200 medley relay behind Herbet, Baravelli, Adrian Aguilar, and Peter Varjasi with a time of 1:27.15, edging LSU’s top team (1:27.38).
Yanchev then held on to win the 1000 free (9:16.46), and David Quire added a second place showing in the 200 free (1:37.91), just shy of the win (1:37.88).
Herbet won the 100 back (46.72) by two seconds and Baravelli led a one-three-four charge in the 100 breast with a time of 54.18, ahead of Jaydon Cunningham in third (55.77) and Marcos Egri-Martin in fourth (56.37).
The Seminoles grabbed first, third and fourth in the 200 fly, led by Carlos Vasquez, who touched first at 1:49.84, just one one-hundredth of a second ahead of LSU’s top swimmer. Utku Kurtdere followed just behind in third (1:49.94) and Auben Nugent (1:50.35) took fourth.
LSU won the 50 and 100 free, but the Noles got back on track with a win from Arijus Pavlidi in the 200 back with a time of 1:46.18. Baravelli added his second victory of the day, winning the 200 breast at 1:58.29.
Yanchev went wire-to-wire in the 500 free, winning with a time of 4:25.18.
Herbet led the sweep of the 100 fly, touching at 47.47 ahead of Aguilar (48.76) in second and Vasquez (49.12) in third.
Out of the break, Varjasi cruised to victory in the 200 IM (1:48.51) ahead of Baravelli (1:51.06) in second and Max Wilson (1:51.20) in third.
On the boards, Tazman Abramowicz bounced back after finishing sixth on 1-meter to win 3-meter with a score of 367.43 ahead of David Vargas in third (355.70), Darwin Nolasco in fourth (342.90), and Jesco Helling (340.85) in fifth.
Nolasco turned in the top score for the Noles on 1-meter, finishing third at 322.50. Vargas was fourth (322.28) and Helling placed fifth (317.63).
FSU closed out the meet by finishing second in the 400 free relay behind Aguilar, Herbet, Eli Butters, and Pavlidi at 2:56.99.
FSU started the women’s meet with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay behind Tania Quaglieri, Maddy Huggins, Aryanna Fernandes, and Alexandra Dicks (1:41.34).
Julia Brzozowski (10:08. 47) placed second in the 1000 free, but the Tigers swept the 200 free.
The Noles placed second, third and fourth in the 100 back, led by Maddie McDonald (55.41), followed by Jaden Herbet in third (56.36), and Sarah Evans (56.44).
Huggins (1:02.44) and Julia Mansson (1:02.98) added a one-two showing in the 100 breast and Sophie Freeman contributed a win in the 200 fly with a time of 1:59.93.
Gloria Muzito (23.41), Zsofia Kurdi (23.62), and Dicks (23.66) finished second, third and fourth, in the 50 free.
Out of the break, Muzito tied for first place with a time of 50.79 in the 100 free.
Freeman placed second in the 200 back (2:00.65) ahead of Sydney Cole (2:01.21) in third and McDonald (2:01.80) in fourth.
FSU swept the 200 breast, led by Mansson, who won with a time of 2:15.77 ahead of Huggins (2:16.74) in second and Sydney VanOvermeiren (2:19.48) in third. Rachel Moran was also fourth at 2:19.61.
LSU would answer with a sweep of its own in the 500 free and Freeman added another silver in the 100 fly at 54.03.
VanOvermeiren was the top Nole in the 200 IM, touching third at 2:05.23.
After finishing fourth on 3-meter (299.33), Samantha Vear came back to win 1-meter with a score of 307.73.
FSU closed out the meet by taking second in the 400 free relay behind Muzito, Brooke Arnold, Freeman and Kurdi (3:23.58).
FSU will head to Ocala, Fla., to face No.4/8 Florida on Jan. 20, at 2 p.m.
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