TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No.18/RV Florida State swimming and diving team dominated the All-Florida Invite, winning each team dual on Friday afternoon at the Morcom Aquatics Center.
 
The Seminoles were victorious in 29 of 32 events, with nine 1-2-3 finishes and another eight 1-2 finishes. As a team, the FSU men and women bested Florida Southern and the women also beat North Florida and West Florida.
 
“It was a great day,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We had some really good performances across the board, men and women, and I’m just excited with what we did today. It strengthens us for the three SEC opponents we have coming up.”
 
Sophomore Mary Leigh Hardman led the women with three individual victories and one relay title. She won the 200 freestyle (1:48.43), 100 freestyle (50.53) and 50 freestyle (23.26). Hardman also anchored the winning 200 freestyle relay with freshman Antonina Biegajlo and sophomores Maryn McDade and Nika Steigerwald, splitting 23.29 seconds as the Seminoles finished in 1:31.95 to cap the meet.
 
Sophomore Logan Robinson led the men’s team, taking two individual victories in the 100 backstroke (48.47) and 100 freestyle (44.20) along with a relay win.
 
Florida State opened the meet with a sweep in the 200 medley relays. The women’s team of seniors Sarah Evans and Julia Mansson, McDade and Steigerwald got it done for the Seminoles in 1:39.00, while sophomore Michel Arkhangelsky, freshman Liam O’Connor, Robinson and sophomore Seneca Oddo secured the men’s win in 1:27.75.
 
Freshman Thomas Matheson picked up his first collegiate win in the 1000 freestyle (9:23.79).
 
On the boards, redshirt senior Kayleigh Clark, coming off ACC Diver of the Week honors following her performance at the Dual Meet Tournament, swept both diving events on Friday, scoring 291.38 on 1-meter and 331.28 on the 3-meter. Sophomore Hayden Schroeder won 1-meter (348.00) and sophomore Jack Bessire took the men’s 3-meter with a career-best 341.63. Florida State swept the top three spots in all four diving events.
 
In the 200 butterfly, senior Mabry Bishop led the way at 2:01.57, followed by freshman Caroline Agee in 2:03.15; Agee also took first in the 400 IM (4:23.33).
 
Sophomore Liberty Horter was first in the 1000 freestyle (10:10.52) before Arkhangelsky (1:35.15) and sophomore Mathias Christensen (1:37.20) went 1-2 in the 200 freestyle.
 
The Seminoles swept both 100 backstroke races, with senior Marcos-Egri Martin and sophomore Lleyton Arnold going 1-2 for the men, and Mansson and freshman Martina Fanunza doing the same for the women.
 
The men also posted two 1-2-3-4 finishes, with senior Tommaso Baravelli leading the 200 breaststroke (1:57.87) and junior Andrew Rich topping the 200 backstroke (1:45.23).
 
Other Seminole winners included senior Sophie Freeman in the 100 backstroke (56.42), freshman Walter Kueffer in the 50 freestyle (20.45), Mansson for her second individual victory in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.17), freshman Olivia Moore in the 500 freestyle (4:57.64), senior Utku Kurdere in the 500 freestyle (4:27.78), McDade in the 100 butterfly (54.20), junior Gustav Olsson in the 100 butterfly (47.82) and Christensen in the 400 IM (3:49.36).
 
The Seminoles will return to action next Friday, October 31, when they host South Carolina at 12 p.m. ET at the Morcom Aquatics Center.
 
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