Florida VS. Virginia Dual Meet: Session 2 Live Recap

Florida vs. Virginia

• Friday, October 10th, 2025
• Stephen C. O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL
• Dual Meet Format
• SCY
• Streaming via UVA’s Instagram channel
• Results on Meet Mobile as “UF vs VIRGINIA 101025”
• Session One Recap

The first session of the Florida vs Virginia dual meet saw some fast swimming with Anita Bottazzo’s 55.96 100 breaststroke split, and we are in for more tonight.

The scores after session one have the Florida men in the lead with 96 points to Virginia’s 67, and the Virginia women ahead of the Florida women 88-75.

Tonight, we will see nine individual events, finishing with the 400 free relay at the end of the session.

Women’s 200 Free

1. Anna Moesch (UVA)- 1:41.42
2. Madi Mintenko (UVA)- 1:43.42
3. Lainy Kruger (FLOR)- 1:43.69

Anna Moesch had an electric start to the season, swimming 1:41.42 to win the women’s 200 freestyle in the fastest ever October swim. This was a new personal best for her by almost a second, improving from the 1:42.39 mark she set in March at the 2025 NCAA Championships.

Madi Mintenko also had a strong swim, swimming 1:43.42 to finish 2nd overall, two tenths ahead of Florida’s Lainy Kruger, who also had a strong swim of 1:43.69. Mintenko’s best time stands at 1:42.00 from February of this year and Kruger was just off her best of 1:43.64 from NCAAs

Men’s 200 Free

1. Maximus Williamson (UVA)- 1:33.81
2. Ahmed Jaouadi (FLOR)- 1:35.79
3. Charlie Hutchinson (FLOR)- 1:35.85

Maximus Williamson won the men’s 200 freestyle to make it two straight event wins for Virginia. He was about three seconds off his best time of 1:30.46 from the Texas High School State meet in February.

Ahmed Jaouadi finished 2nd in 1:35.79 for the Gators and Charlie Hutchinson finished 3rd in 1:35.85.

Women’s 100 Back

1. Claire Curzan (UVA)- 50.08
2. Catie Choate (FLOR)- 51.68
3. Sara Curtis (UVA)- 51.71

Claire Curzan won the women’s 100 back in 50.08 for the Hoos, which is the top time in the country this season, ahead of Miranda Grana‘s 52.09 from IU’s meet with Florida. This swim was about a second off her best time of 49.11 from the NCAA Championships in March.

Catie Choate finished 2nd for Florida, touching in 51.68, which was only a tenth off her best of 51.54 and was more than a second faster than the 52.82 she swam to open last season.

Men’s 100 Back

1. Jonny Marshall (FLOR)- 45.68
2. Spencer Nicholas (UVA)- 46.15
3. David King (UVA)- 46.32

Florida won their first event of the session with Jonny Marshall‘s top time in the men’s 100 backstroke. This swim was also just over two seconds faster than the 47.85 mark he swam at Florida’s first SCY meet last year in November.

Spencer Nicholas and David King finished 2nd and 3rd for the Hoos in 46.15 and 46.32.

Women’s 100 Breast

1. Anita Bottazzo (FLOR)- 56.87
2. Emma Weber (UVA)- 59.14
3. Aimee Canny (UVA)- 59.48

Anita Bottazzo built off her strong prelims session, swimming 56.87 in the women’s 100 breast, setting a new personal best time by a little over half-a-second from the 57.49 she swam last November, which was also the school record. This time would have been 2nd at last year’s NCAAs behind Alex Walsh.

Emma Weber and Aimee Canny were 2nd and 3rd, separated by less than half-a-second for Virginia

Men’s 100 Breast

1. Nil Cadevall (FLOR)- 53.87
2. Aleksas Savickas (FLOR)/Matt Heilman (UVA)- 54.41

Florida took their next men’s event with Nil Cadevall‘s 53.87 swim in the men’s 100 breaststroke, coming in more than half-a-second ahead of the tie for 2nd between Gator teammate Aleksas Savickas and UVA’s Matt Heilman in 54.41.

Cadevall’s swim was a little more than half-a-second faster than the 55.35 he swam last month vs Florida.

Women’s 200 Fly

1. Tess Howley (UVA)- 1:54.38
2. Lainy Kruger (FLOR)- 1:55.71
3. Katie Grimes (UVA)- 1:56.04

Virginia’s Tess Howley won the women’s 200 fly in 1:54.38, a few tenths faster than she opened last season where she swam 1:54.73. She was out in 54.54 and came home in 59.84 to win by almost a second-and-a-half.

Lainy Kruger finished 2nd at 1:55.71 and Katie Grimes was 3rd for UVA at 1:56.04.

Men’s 200 Fly

1. Thomas Heilman (UVA)- 1:41.69
2. Hayden Bellotti (UVA)- 1:45.48
3. Thomas Mercer (UVA)- 1:45.58

Virginia swept the podium in the men’s 200 butterfly with Thomas Heilman swimming 1:41.69 to win the event by nearly four seconds over teammates Hayden Bellotti and Thomas Mercer who were a tenth apart at 1:45.48 and 1:45.58.

Women’s 100 Free

1. Anna Moesch (UVA)- 47.05
2. Sara Curtis (UVA)- 48.09
3. Bryn Greenwaldt (UVA)- 49.54

Anna Moesch was on fire, winning her 2nd event of the session, the women’s 100 free in another new Nation Leading swim of 47.05. Her lifetime best in the event stands at 46.76 from the Tennessee Invitational last November.

Virginia also took the 2nd and 3rd spots in the event with freshman Sara Curtis swimming 48.09 fro 2nd and transfer Bryn Greenwaldt swimming 49.54 for 3rd.

Men’s 100 Free

1. Devin Dilger (FLOR)- 42.48
2. Maximus Williamson (UVA)- 43.06
3. Alex Painter (FLOR)- 43.39

The men’s 100 free went to Florida’s Devin Dilger in 42.48, a new best by almost three tenths, dropping from the 42.72 he swam at the Winter Junior Championships in December of 2023.

Maximus Williamson swam 43.06 to finish 2nd for the Hoos and Alex Painter was 3rd in 43.39 to pick up the final top three spot for the Gators.

Women’s 200 Back

1. Catie Choate (FLOR)- 1:51.58
2. Charlotte Wilson (UVA)- 1:52.55
3. Madi Mintenko (UVA)- 1:54.59

The Gators 2nd event win of the women’s session came from Catie Choate in the women’s 200 back at 1:51.58. Her lifetime best is only three tenths faster at 1:51.25 from the NCAA Championships last year.

The Hoos finished 2nd and 3rd with Charlotte Wilson swimming 1:52.55 and Madi Mintenko swimming 1:54.49

Men’s 200 Back

1. David King (UVA)- 1:41.04
2. Aiden Norman (FLOR)-1:42.34
3. Jonny Marshall (FLOR)- 1:43.99

The men’s 200 backstroke had the opposite team finishes than the women’s. David King won the event for Virginia, swimming 1:41.04 to win by a little over a second ahead of Aiden Norman‘s 1:42.34 for Florida.

The Gators also took 3rd overall with Jonny Marshall touching in 1:43.99.

Women’s 200 Breast

1. Emma Weber (UVA)- 2:08.58
2. Grace Rainey (FLOR)- 2:10.35
3. Zoe Skirboll (UVA)- 2:10.94

Emma Weber won the 200 breaststroke in 2:08.58, two seconds faster than where she started the season last year at 2:10.23 from November against UNC vs UVA.

Grace Rainey finished 2nd in 2:10.35 for Florida and Zoe Skirboll was 3rd in 2:10.94 for Virginia.

Men’s 200 Breast

1. Nil Cadevall (FLOR)- 1:57.32
2. Matt Heilman (UVA)- 1:58.47
3. Giovanni Linscheer (FLOR)- 1:58.99

Nil Cadevall won his 2nd breaststroke event of the session, swimming 1:57.32 to win by just over a second ahead of Matt Heilman‘s 1:58.47 and more than a second-a-half ahead of Gator teammate Giovanni Linscheer‘s 1:58.99.

Women’s 100 Fly

1. Claire Curzan (UVA)- 50.06
2. Lawson Ficken (UVA)- 51.79
3. Carly Novelline (UVA)- 52.90

UVA took the top three spots in the women’s 100 fly with Claire Curzan swimming 50.06 to come in more than a second ahead of Lawson Ficken‘s 51.79. This was about a second off her best of 49.02 from the ACC Championships in February.

Ficken set a new best time in the 100 fly at 51.79, dropping from the 52.43 she went last January. Carly Novelline was 3rd in 52.90.

Men’s 100 Fly

1. Thomas Heilman (UVA)- 45.29
2. Spencer Nicholas (UVA)- 46.53
3. Scotty Buff (FLOR)- 46.87

Virginia also finished 1st and 2nd in the 100 fly with freshman Thomas Heilman winning in 45.29. Spencer Nicholas finished 2nd in 46.53, and Florida’s Scotty Buff was 3rd at 46.87.

Women’s 500 Free

1. Aimee Canny (UVA)- 4:34.26
2. Cavan Gormsen (UVA)- 4:37.90
3. Katie Grimes (UVA)- 4:38.07

Aimee Canny had a blistering swim in the women’s 500 free to win in 4:34.26. This swim was a new personal best for her, dropping from the 4:35.43 she swam at last season’s Tennessee Invitational.

Cavan Gormsen was 2nd in 4:37.90 which was three seconds faster than the 4:40.46 she swam at Virginia’s first short course meet of the year last season.

Katie Grimes was 3rd in 4:38.07

Men’s 500 Free

1. Ahmed Jaouadi (FLOR)- 4:14.94
2. Eric Brown (FLOR)- 4:19.44
3. Charlie Hutchinson (FLOR)- 4:20.32

Ahmed Jaouadi won the 500 free for Florida by nearly five seconds, touching in 4:14.94 to come in ahead of teammate Eric Brown, who swam 4:19.44, and Charlie Hutchinson, who was 4:20.32.

Women’s 400 Free Relay

1. UVA ‘A’- 3:11.55 (Ficken 48.87, Greenwaldt 49.02, Curzan 47.00, Moesch 46.66)
2. UVA ‘B’- 3:12.90 (Mintenko 48.73, Hayes 48.89, Canny 47.95, Curtis 47.33)
3. FLOR ‘A’- 3:15.52 (Kruger 48.41, Choate 48.79, Reese 49.29, Bezerra 49.03)

The Virginia women took 1st and 2nd in the last event of the meet. The ‘A’ relay of Lawson Ficken (48.87), Bryn Greenwaldt (49.02), Claire Curzan (47.00), and Anna Moesch (46.66) swam 3:11.55 to beat the Virginia ‘B’ relay time of 3:12.90.

Men’s 400 Free Relay

1. UVA ‘A’- 2:50.52 (T. Heilman 42.84, King 42.93, Aikins 42.77, Williamson 41.98)
2. FLOR ‘A’- 2:52.69 (Dilger 42.79, Painter 42.70, Dardis 44.07, Buff 43.13)
3. UVA ‘B’- 2:55.90 (Bellotti 44.70, Howat 43.43, Thompson 43.77, Powers 44.00)

Virginia won the last men’s event of the meet as well with the relay of Thomas Heilman (42.84), David King (42.93), Jack Aikins (42.77), and Maximus Williamson (41.98) swimming 2:50.52.

The Florida ‘A’ relay finished 2nd in 2:52.69

Team Scores

Women

• Virginia 224 — 127 Florida

Men

• Florida 191.5 — 159.5 Virginia

The Virginia women had a very strong showing at their first real meet of the season with them scoring 224 points to beat the Florida women’s score of 127.

The men’s meet was much closer than last year, with the teams exactly tying when only swimming points are added. The Florida men scored more diving points (Virginia doesn’t have a diving team), which helped them win the meet 191.5 to 159.5. At this meet last year, the UVA men did not win a single event, and only scored 69 points.