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Nov. 18, 1999
Lady Seminoles take on No. 9 Lady Gators
The Florida State Lady Seminole swimming and diving team will travel to Gainesville for a match-up with the Lady Gators on Friday, November 19 at 4:00pm at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium. The Lady Seminoles are 4-2 going into the meet.
The Lady Seminoles are coming off a 174-91 win over Indian River Community College last weekend. Christy Cech and Tanya Gurr led the Lady Seminoles, each winning two events. Cech won the 200 Free (1:51.96) and the 100 Free (51.31) with Gurr winning the 50 Free (24.54) and the 200 Back (2:09.17). Other Lady Seminoles winning their events are Amber Goodwin in the 100 Back (58.77), Keryn Kreynauw in the 100 Breast (1:05.31), Kathleen McCubbins in the 100 Fly (57.90) and Liska Dedekind in the 1000 Free (10:26.72). In diving action, Marya Sabesky won the one-meter (279.52) and three-meter diving (301.50). Diver Caren Hirai finished second on both boards with Brandy Ogelsby finishing third.
No. 20 Seminoles take on the No. 13 Gators
The Florida State Seminole swimming and diving team travels to Gainesville this week to take on the Florida Gators Friday, November 19 at 4:00pm at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium. The Seminoles are 3-2 going into the meet.
The Seminoles are coming off a 142-131 win over Indian River Community College last weekend. Greg Main-Baillie led the Seminoles as he won the 100 Back (50.81) and 100 Free (45.73). Other top finishes included Brett Petersen, winning the 100 Breast (57.11), Steve Forson, winning the 100 Fly (51.32), Danny Chocron, winning the 1000 Free (9:34.96), Joey Marshburn, winning the 50 Free (21.43) and Nelson Mora in the 200 Fly (1:53.38). Brent Burkman took the top spot on both boards in diving action, winning the one-meter with a score of 288.75 and three-meter in a score of 323.55. Roudning out the diving action were Ben Nuttall (3rd on the one-meter), Glenn Gonzales (2nd on the three-meter) and Erik Russell, who finished 4th on the three-meter.
Location: Gainesville, FL
Nickname: Gators
Colors: Orange and White
Conference: Southeastern
Facility: Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium
Head Coach: Gregg Troy
Record at Florida/years: 9-2/second season
Assistant Coaches: Anthony Nesty, Brian Schrader, Martyn Wilby
Volunteer Assistant Coach: Buddy Baarcke
Diving Coach: Donnie Craine
1998-99 Record: M, 8-3, 2-2 in SEC, W: 9-2, 2-2 in SEC
1999 NCAA Finish: Men: 17th – Women: 8th
1999-2000 Record: M: 6-2, 1-1 in SEC – W: 6-1, 1-1 in SEC
1999-2000 CSCAA Rankings: Men:13th – Women: 9th
* records and rankings as of 11/17/99
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Men:
The Gators lead the series 40-21-1, including a 150-92 win in Tallahassee last season.
Women:
The Lady Gators own the series 28-0 including the 152-91 win in Tallahassee last season.
To the Point:
Junior Greg Main-Baillie leads the two teams with 110 points scored, followed closely by junior transfer Christy Cech, who has 108. Cech leads the newcomers for the women as Steven Forson leads the new men with 48 points. Betsy Nagy leads the freshman women with 29 as Devon Crock leads the freshman men with 17.
Getting it Done:
Junior Christy Cech has been getting it done for the Lady Seminoles. The transer from Pietermaritzberg, South Africa, has won every individual event she has competed in this season. Junior Greg Main-Baillie has won 11 of the 14 events he has competed in this season.
A Gator at FSU?
Assistant Coach Michelle Gacio has a diret connection to the Florida Gators. Gacio, a 1996 gradaute of the Univerisity of Florida, was an All-American and coached the Florida Aquatic Swim Team in Gainesville.
From Down Under…
Four Seminoles represented their respective homelands this summer in the 1999 Pan-Pacific Championships in Sydney, Australia. Volunteer assistant coach Brendon Dedekind, representing South Africa, won the 50m Free, Greg Main-Baillie, swimming for South Africa as well, finished 12th in the 50 Free and 15th in the 100 Free at the championships, South African Brett Petersen finished 4th in the 100 Breast and was on the 4th place 400 Free Relay team, and Danny Chocron, who represents Venezuala, finished 2nd in the 25K.
Half and Half
Both the men’s and women’s teams are chock full of new faces. Half of the women’s team and 14 of the 31 Seminoles are brand new. Of those 27, 20 are freshman.
1999-2000 MEN’S TOP TIMES (as of 11/13/99)
200 Medley Relay 1. Greg Main-Baillie, Brett Peterson, Steven Forson, Kevin Flanagan (NC State/GT) 1:32.02 2. Jonathan Fry, Chris Brosche, Devon Crock, Nnamnse Ammons (NC State/GT) 1:37.34 3. Jonathan Kaplan, Justin Betts, Will McReynolds, Joey Marshburn (NC State/GT) 1:40.19400 Medley Relay 1. Greg Main-Baillie, Brett Petersen, Steve Forson, Kevin Flanagan (Auburn) 3:22.32 2. Greg Main-Baillie, Brett Petersen, Devon Crock, Julian Daily (Miami) 3:26.60 3. Jonathan Fry, Chris Brosche, Steve Forson, Nnamnse Ammons (Miami) 3:33.30
50 Free 1. Greg Main-Baillie NCState/ GT 21.17 2. Kevin Flanagan NCState/ GT 21.30 3. Nnamnse Ammons Auburn 21.42
100 Free 1. Greg Main-Baillie Auburn 45.58 2. Kevin Flanagan NCState/ GT 46.95 3. Nnamnse Ammons Auburn 47.50
200 Free 1. Greg Main-Baillie IRCC 1:41.99 1. Nelson Mora Auburn 1:43.13 2. Jay McGarity Auburn 1:43.98
500 Free 1. Bill Schultz Auburn 4:39.62 3. Nelson Mora NCState/ GT 4:40.10 2. Danny Chocron Auburn 4:41.82
1000 Free 1. Danny Chocron Miami 9:34.16 2. Bill Schultz Auburn 9:35.52 3. Jonathan Kaplan IRCC 10:03.67
1650 Free 1. Bill Schultz NC State/ GT 15:54.63 2. Danny Chocron NC State/ GT 16:09.60 3. Sech Swisher NC Satae/ GT 17:22.97
200 IM 1. Greg Main-Baillie Auburn 1:53.63 2. Jonathan Kaplan Auburn 1:55.63 3. Justin Betts Auburn 1:58.69
400 IM 1. Bill Schultz NCState/ GT 4:11.79 2. Justin Betts NCState/ GT 4:19.95 3. Jonathan Kaplan NCState/ GT 4:21.87
One-meter Diving 1. Brent Burkman IRCC 288.75 3. Ben Nuttall IRCC 266.40 2. Glen Gonzales IRCC 265.80
Three-meter Diving 1. Brent Burkman IRCC 323.55 2. Glen Gonzales IRCC 320.10 3. Erik Russell IRCC 271.57
100 FLY 1. Steven Forson NCState/ GT 50.56 2. Devon Crock NCState/ GT 51.22 3. Nelson Mora IRCC 51.89
200 Fly 1. Nelson Mora Auburn 1:52.58 2. Steve Forson NCState/ GT 1:53.35 3. Devon Crock Auburn 1:54.63
100 Back 1. Greg Main-Baillie IRCC 50.81 2. Devon Crock IRCC 54.31 3. Kevin Flanagan IRCC 54.38
200 Back 1. Greg Main-Baillie NCState/ GT 1:52.29 2. Jonathan Kaplan Auburn 1:58.83 3. Jonathan Fry Miami 2:00.47
100 Breast 1. Brett Peterson IRCC 57.11 2. Chris Brosche NCState/GT 1:00.01 3. Justin Betts NCState/GT 1:01.75
200 Breast 1. Brett Petersen Auburn 2:06.14 2. Justin Betts Auburn 2:10.87 3. Chris Brosche Auburn 2:13.08
200 Free Relay 1. Kevin Flanagan, Will McReynolds, Nnamnse Ammons, Joey Marshburn (NC State/GT) 1:24.25 2. Julian Daily, Sean Emery, Nelson Mora, Kellen Bailey (NC State/GT) 1:26.09 3. Jay McGarity, Devon Crock, Steven Forson, Chris Brosche (NC STate/GT) 1:28.81
400 Free Relay 1. Kevin Flanagan, Nnamnse Ammons, Julian daily, Will McReynolds (Auburn) 3:08.21 2. Joey Marshburn, Sean Emery, Jay McGarity, Devon Crock (Miami) 3:12.34 3. Cliff Dyer, Seth Swisher, Matt Wallace, Chris Clark (Auburn) 3:12.95
SCORES:
10/9 FSU-153 Miami-84
10/16 FSU-210 Georgia Tech-88
FSU- 148 NC State- 152
10/30 FSU- 108 Auburn- 132
11/12 FSU- 142 IRCC- 131
Women’s Squad
Name Cl Event Hometown Kristen Adams JR Free Greer, SC Summer Bell SO Back, IM Apollo Beach, FL Anne Blachford SR Breast, IM, Free Brampton, Ontario Anne Caruso FR Diving Plantation, FL Christy Cech SO Free Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Liska Dedekind JR Free Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Jill Deviese FR Fly Yorktown, VA Amber Goodwin SO Back, Free Midland, TX Shannon Goff FR Fly Birmingham, AL Tanya Gurr SR Free Harare, Zimbabwe Caren Hirai SO Diving McLean, VA Karin Holmstedt JR Free Nodinge, Sweden Kristen Keelan FR Breast, Fly, IM Raleigh, NC Lisa Kirsch SO Distance Free Winter Springs, FL Karyn Krenauw SO Breast Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Leah Lane FR Breast, IM Kennesaw, GA Karen Lawsky FR Breast Boca Raton, FL Megan Lock SR Free Englewood, FL Kathleen McCubbins FR Fly Richmond, VA Amber McClain SO Distance Free Midland, TX Betsy Nagy FR Back, IM Shalimar, FL Brandy Oglesby JR Diving Altamonte Springs, FL Katie Ruscoe SR Free, Fly Port Richey, FL Marya Sabesky SR Diving Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN Sarah Scobey SR Sprint Free, Back Winter Park, FL Christine Williams FR Free Mercerville, NJ
Head Coach- Neil Harper
Assistant Coaches- Andy Robins, Michelle Gacio
Diving Coach- Patrick Jeffrey
Men’s Squad
Name Cl Event Hometown
Nnamnse Ammons FR Free Mitchellville, MD
Kellen Bailey FR Free Lawrenceville, GA
Justin Betts FR Breast, IM Springfield, VA
Chris Brosche FR Breast Orlando, FL
Brent Burkman SR Diving Reston, VA
Danny Chocron SR Free Caracas, Venezuela
Chris Clark SO Free Bend, OR
Jared Craven FR Free Southern Pines, NC
Devon Crock FR Fly, Free, Back Alexandria, VA
Julian Daily SR Free, Fly, Back Cincinnati, OH
Louis Dondero JR Diving Christiansburg, VA
Cliff Dyer JR Free Homosasse, FL
Sean Emery SO Free Marietta, GA
Kevin Flanagan SR Back, Free Honolulu, HI
Steven Forson SO Fly, Back Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Jonathan Fry FR IM, Back Chesterfield, VA
Glen Gonzales SR Diving Pensacola, FL
Greg Jackson JR Fly, IM Midlothean, VA
Jonathan Kaplan SO IM, Breast Winter Haven, FL
Greg Main-Baillie JR Back, Free Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Joey Marshburn FR Free Marietta, GA
Jay McGarity SR Free Naples, FL
Will McReynolds SO Free, IM Apopka, FL
Nelson Mora SR Fly, Free Caracas, Venezuela
Ben Nuttall SR Diving Thunder Bay, Ontario, CAN
Brett Petersen SR Breast, IM East London, South Africa
Eric Russell FR Diving Highlands Ranch, CO
Bill Schultz SR Distance Free, IM Bowie, MD
Michael Singelton SO IM Richmond, VA
Seth Swisher SR Free Boulder, CO
Matt Wallace FR Fly Bloomfield Hills, MIHead Coach- Neil Harper
Assistant Coaches- Andy Robins, Michelle Gacio
Diving Coach- Patrick Jeffrey
1999-2000 ScheduleOct. 9 MIAMI (M&W) Tallahassee, FL Men: W, 153-84, Women: W, 146-87 Oct. 16 NC State (M&W) Atlanta, GA Men: L, 148-152, Women: W, 163-123 Georgia Tech (M) W, 210-88 Oct. 23 No. 16 Minnesota (W) Pullman, WA L, 41-54 Washington State (W) W, 48-46 Oct. 30 AUBURN (No. 2 M&No. 8 W) Tallahassee, FL Men: L,132-108, Women: L,140-102 Nov. 12 INDIAN RIVER CC (M&W) Tallahassee, FL Men: W, 142-131, Women: W, 174-91 Nov. 19 Florida Gainesville, FL 4:00pm Dec. 21 IRCC Relay Invite (M&W) Ft. Pierce, FL 3:00pm Jan. 3 College Forum Diving Invite Ft. Lauderdale, FL All Day Jan.14-15 Dallas Morning News Classic (M) Dallas, TX 7:30pm Jan. 22 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (M&W) Tallahassee, FL Noon Jan. 28 Georgia (M&W) Athens, GA 4:00pm Feb, 5 Louisiana State (M&W) Baton Rouge, LA 11:00am Feb. 17-19 Women's ACC Championships Chapel Hill, NC ALL DAY Feb. 24-26 Men's ACC Championships Chapel Hill, NC ALL DAY March 3-4 Tiger Invite (M) Auburn, AL All Day March 10-11 NCAA Diving Zone Qualifier TBA All Day March 16-18 Women's NCAA Championship Indianapolis, IN All Day March 23-25 Men's NCAA Championships Minneapolis, MN All Day
