Reported by James Sutherland.
TEXAS VS FLORIDA VS INDIANA
- Friday, October 19 – Saturday, October 20, 2018
- Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center
- Austin, Texas
- Short Course Yards (25y)
- Live Results
- Full Meet Results (PDF)
The two-day double dual meet between Texas, Florida and Indiana is in the books, with the Longhorn women and Hoosier men cruising to a pair of victories after they both got out to comfortable leads on day 1.
WOMEN’S MEET
TEXAS 201, INDIANA 147
TEXAS 222, FLORIDA 126
FLORIDA 198, INDIANA 155
The Longhorn women won four of the six individual swimming events for the session, including seniors Joanna Evans, Remedy Rule and freshman Julia Cook adding to their victories from day 1.
Evans, who won both the 200 and 1000 on Friday, won the 500 free in 4:45.58 with Rule (4:47.57) 2nd, putting up the 3rd fastest time of the season. Rule, the victor in the 200 fly on day 1, won the 100 fly in 53.15, out-touching Indiana senior Christie Jensen (53.16) by .01. Juniors Claire Adams (Texas) and Shelby Koontz (Indiana) took 3rd and 4th in 54.02 and 54.16 respectively.
Cook followed up her 50 free win from yesterday with a big win in the 100, clocking 49.34 to top senior teammate Brooke Hansen (50.32) by nearly a second. Texas had four women go sub-51, with Grace Ariola (50.80) and Anelise Diener (50.95) finishing 4th and 6th, while Florida’s Bella Garofalo (50.38) and Indiana’s Maria Heitmann (50.89) placed 3rd and 5th.
The other individual win for the Longhorns came in the 200 back, where senior Quinn Carrozzatouched first in 1:55.99. Sophomore Evie Pfeifer, who had a win in the 200 IM on day 1 for Texas, took 2nd in 1:57.41, and Gator freshman Mabel Zavaros placed 3rd for the third time this meet in 1:58.50.
With the meet already won, Texas had their 400 free relays scored as exhibition, though they did put up the top two times in 3:18.04 and 3:22.75, the former being the fastest time in the nation. Cook led off in 49.60, and Adams (48.99), Ariola (49.71) and Hansen (49.74) all had fast splits as well. Rule split 49.59 on the ‘B’ relay, while the top split from official winners Indiana (3:22.84) came from Koontz (50.04).
Indiana won the 200 medley relay to start the session off, as Lilly King‘s 26.80 breast split propelled them past Texas by three-tenths, 1:39.35 to 1:39.67, and their other win on the day also came from King in the 200 breast.
The senior went 2:11.32 for the 4th fastest time of the season, improving her season-best of 2:11.63 which had previously stood 4th. Florida freshman Vanessa Pearl placed 2nd in 2:12.72, and the Hoosiers had the 3rd, 4th and 5th place finishers led by freshman Noelle Peplowski (2:13.94).
The only win for the Florida women came in the final individual event of the meet, and it was a 1-2 as junior Kelly Fertel posted the 4th fastest time of the season in the 400 IM in 4:12.25, with Pearl 2nd in 4:15.29.
Alison Gibson (347.15) of Texas topped Brooke Madden (337.70) of Florida to win the 3-meter diving event as well.
MEN’S MEET
INDIANA 234, TEXAS 119
INDIANA 227, FLORIDA 126
FLORIDA 178, TEXAS 175
The Hoosier men picked up where they left off on Friday, cruising to decisive wins over the Longhorns and Gators by over 100 points. Individually, seniors Mohamed Samy, Ian Finnertyand Vini Lanza all picked up their second win of the meet after all winning on day 1.
Things started off in the 200 medley relay, where Gabriel Fantoni, Finnerty, Lanza and Bruno Blaskovic edged out Texas 1:27.76 to 1:27.87. Fantoni (22.30) and Lanza (20.89) had the top splits on back and fly, while Longhorn freshman Charlie Scheinfeld (24.24) out-split Finnerty (24.52) on breast, and another first-year Daniel Krueger (19.76) had the #2 split in the field on freestyle, only outdone by IU freshman Brandon Hamblin (19.63) on their ‘C’ relay.
Samy then posted the 2nd-fastest time in the nation to win the 100 free in 43.60, followed by teammates Zach Apple (43.92) and Blaskovic (43.96) in a podium sweep. Finnerty held off sophomore teammate Matthew Jerden in the 200 breast, 2:00.05 to 2:00.33, and then Lanza tied the fastest time in the country in the 100 fly in 47.14. That equalled Coleman Stewart of NC State’s mark, while the freshman Fantoni placed 2nd in 47.92 over Longhorn John Shebat (47.97).
The IU men then closed out the meet in the 400 free relay, posting the top time in the nation in 2:54.78 (passing Cal’s 2:55.16). Apple (43.97), Blaskovic (44.07) and Lanza (43.92) were all solid, and then Samy dropped a 42.82 on the anchor leg. The Gators actually led the race through 300, with Khader Baqlah (43.87), Maxime Rooney (43.86) and Kieran Smith (43.47) throwing down 43s before Christoph Margotti (44.08) got overtaken by Samy. The Texas men were right in the thick of things as well, touching 3rd in 2:45.09 with a notable 43.44 leg from Krueger.
Florida had two wins on the day, as Baqlah followed up his standout 200 free from yesterday with a win in the 500 in 4:24.25 over freshman teammate Trey Freeman (4:25.16) and Friday’s 1000 winner Michael Brinegar (4:25.56) of Indiana.
Junior Grant Sanders then posted the fastest time in the NCAA in the 400 IM, clocking 3:50.61 for the win over Smith (3:52.76).
Texas’ lone win on the day came in the 200 back, where redshirt junior Ryan Harty (1:44.08) edged out reigning NCAA champ Austin Katz (1:44.44).
Indiana also had a 1-2 finish in the 3-meter, as James Connor (423.75) and Andrew Capobianco(401.40) led the pack.