Gators men’s swim and dive won their 10th SEC Championship Saturday giving them win No. 43 in program history.
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What a meet. What a run. Your 2022 SEC Champions ๐ฅ#GoGators pic.twitter.com/C2rrJv5k9c
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) February 20, 2022
Recap
The No. 5 Gators had a total score of 1414 point Saturday night.
Medalists ๐ค Teammates #GoGators pic.twitter.com/b4ggyepUzY
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) February 19, 2022
The Gators dominated in the 1650 free, Trey Freeman won gold with a swim of 14:39.74. Surely, he is making history as the second fastest in the nation this year behind teammate Bobby Finke. Tyler Watson was right behind Freeman as well, earning his first individual medal (bronze) with a time of 14:40.45. Gators continued to dominate with Oskar Lindholm taking fifth with a time of 14:50,78. Alfonso Mestre taking sixth with a time of 14:53.32. Nicholas Hernandez-Tome taking seventh with a time of 14:54.46. Jack VanDeusen taking eighth with a time of 14:55.57 and Brennan Gravley taking ninth withย time of 14:58.86 giving the Gators 173 points.
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Gators take 5th-9th ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
5. Lindolm – 14:50.78
6. Alfonso Mestre – 14:53.32
7. Hernandez-Tome – 14:54.46
8. VanDeusen – 14:55.57
9. Gravley – 14:58.86#GoGators— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) February 19, 2022
In the 200 backstroke A-Final, Kieran Smith won his third individual medal of the meet with a time of 1:39.51. Marking as the third-fastest time in the nation and fourth in Florida record books.
No stopping him ๐ช
Gold for Kieran in the 200 back ๐ฅ#GoGators pic.twitter.com/8Y85txYfJ4
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) February 19, 2022
In the 100 yard freestyle A- Final, Adam Chaney earned his third individual medal, a bronze medal with a time of 41.83. Macguire McDuff ended in fourth with a time of 42.24, and Eric Friese ended in sixth with a time of 42.65. In the B-Final, Alberto Mestre finished the Gators with a final time of 42.55.
Back on the podium ๐ฅ
Adam grabs BRONZE in the 100 free! #GoGators pic.twitter.com/GVIGjMyfTD
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) February 20, 2022
In the 200 yard breaststroke A-Final, Amro Al-Wir finished in fourth with a final time of 1:53.90. Kevin Vargas finished in fifth with a final time of 1:54.45. In the B-Final Peter Bretzmann finished in 12th with a final time of 1:55:58. In the C-Final, Julian Smith finished it for Florida in 19th place with a final time of 1:55.82.
BIG-TIME 200 breast A-Final swims ๐
4. Al-Wir – 1:53.90
5. Vargas – 1:54.45 #GoGators pic.twitter.com/wExOD1PhYb— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) February 20, 2022
To wrap it up for the Gators the men secured their fifth and final relay with a final time of 2:46.91 from McDuff, Chaney, Friese and K. Smith.
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Moving Forward
The Gators Men’s swim and dive ended with six medals racked and three of those being gold.
Nothing ๐บ๐พ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ like it ๐ถ๐ท#GoGators pic.twitter.com/xaxHujeY1w
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) February 20, 2022
Head Coach Anthony Nesty, is proud of the team and stated “”As an alumni and now as a coach, it has been my lifelong dream to be the coach at Florida and it came through a couple of years ago. 10 in a row. We are going to enjoy this, but like you said, we have a lot more work to do.”