Woodburn and van Renen Post Top 10 Times at Florida
M: No. 4 Florida 191, No. 9 Georgia 154
W: No. 6 Florida 194, No. 12 Georgia 145
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A pair of top 10 times in program history highlighted the University of Georgia swimming and diving teams’ second day of competition against Florida Friday at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
Fast Facts
W: No. 6 Florida 194, No. 12 Georgia 145
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A pair of top 10 times in program history highlighted the University of Georgia swimming and diving teams’ second day of competition against Florida Friday at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
Fast Facts
- The Georgia men earned six individual wins in Friday’s competition, while the Bulldog women tallied four overall.
- Sophomore Elliot Woodburn completed an outstanding meet with a breaststroke sweep, totaling three wins for the weekend. In the 100y breaststroke, Woodburn took first with a new personal-best time of 52.08, becoming the second-fastest performer in program history behind Nic Fink. His NCAA cut time was also the eighth-fastest mark in Bulldog history. Later in the meet, he won the 200y breaststroke with a time of 1:56.35.
- Senior Ruard van Renen became the program’s third-fastest performer in the 100y butterfly, finishing second with a new personal-best time of 45.56. He also earned a win in the 100y backstroke with an NCAA cut time of 45.62.
- Freshman Kennedi Dobson remained unbeaten in the 500y freestyle as she touched first with an NCAA cut time of 4:38.28. The Bulldog freestyle group also shone in the 100y freestyle as Marie Landreneau (49.42), Katie Belle Sikes (49.53), and Emma Norton (49.94) earned the top three spots.
- Senior Ieva Maluka picked up the victory in the 200y butterfly with a season-best NCAA cut of 1:56.97. Fellow senior Olivia Della Torre won the 100y butterfly with a time of 54.52, narrowly clipping teammate Norton at 54.53.
- Sophomore Drew Hitchcock picked up a pair of wins, first taking the 200y butterfly with an NCAA time of 1:43.00, followed by another NCAA time of 3:45.73 in winning the 400y IM. Hitchcock now has 12 dual meet wins this season. In other action, Junior Tomas Koski took the 200y freestyle with a NCAA cut time of 1:32.92.
Up Next
Georgia opens its home schedule with the annual Georgia Fall Invitational, running Wednesday, Nov. 19-Friday, Nov. 21 at Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium. The Bulldogs will be joined by Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, and LSU.
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