Florida State vs Florida
- January 31, 2025
- Ocala, Florida
- SCY (25 yards)
- PDF Results
Florida State swept Florida in an in-state battle on Friday. Swimming took place at a neutral site in Ocala while diving took place in Gainesville, the home of the Gators. The Florida State men earned the win 150-149 while the Florida State women won 161-138. The Florida women had won the last six meets against Florida State.
Men’s Recap
With the meet coming down to the final event, the Florida State men were able to hang on and earn the win by one point. Leading the way for the team was freshman Michel Arkhangelskiy. Arkhangelskiy swam to four wins on the day including three at the individual level. He won the 50 free in a 19.65, touching ahead of teammate Sam Bork who swam a 19.86 for 2nd. He also swam a lifetime best in his win in the 100 free, touching in a 42.51.
Arkhangelskiy’s final individual win came in the 100 fly as he swam a lifetime best 46.21 to earn the win over Florida’s Josh Liendo who touched in a 46.42. Arkhangelskiy was also a member of the winning 200 medley relay as Mason Herbet, Tommaso Baravelli, Arkhangelskiy, and Jokubas Keblys touched in a 1:24.95 to finish ahead of Florida’s 1:25.62.
Andrew Rich swam to two wins on the day for Florida State, sweeping the backstroke events. The sophomore earned a win in the 100 back in a 47.21, leading a 1-2 finish as fifth year Mason Herbet touched in a 47.25. Rich touched in a 1:43.68 in the 200 back for the win as well.
The Florida men were led by Raphael Rached Windmuller who swept the breaststroke events. He earned the win in the 100 touching in a 53.83. He won the 200 in a 1:56.67.
Women’s Recap
Maddy Huggins of Florida State led the way earning two individual and one relay win. Huggins won the 100 breaststroke in a 1:00.79 and the 200 breast in a 2:09.14. Both were off of her season best times by over a second. She also helped the team’s 200 medley relay to a win as the relay of Alice Velden, Huggins, Jenny Halden, and Gloria Muzito touched in a 1:36.64. Velden went on win the individual 100 backstroke as well, touching in a 53.17.
The 100 butterfly was a huge event for the Seminoles as they had a 1-2-3 finish. Edith Jernstedt led the way in a 52.50 while Halden swam a 52.89 for 2nd and Sophie Freeman touched 3rd in a 53.90.
Muzito also earned two more wins on the day. She touched first in the 50 free in a 22.81, the only sub-23 second swim of the day. She also helped the team’s 200 free relay to a win as Maryn McDade, Jernstedt, Halden, and Muzito touched in a 1:30.67. It was a 1-2 finish for Florida State in the relay as the ‘B’ relay touched in a 1:32.06. Florida’s ‘A’ relay notably was disqualified for leaving early on a relay exchange.
Leading the way for the Florida women was Bella Sims. The sophomore earned her first win of the day in the 200 free, touching in a 1:46.00. That was her first time swimming the individual version of the event this season as she swam on the team’s 800 free relay leading off in a 1:43.20 at midseason. Sims also earned a win in the 100 free, touching in a 49.41 to hold off Florida State’s Muzito who touched in a 49.42.
The same fsu who didn’t top 110 points, men or women, vs Margo’s squad. Hurricane Milton saved Nesty lol.
Florida swim and dive say hello to Cancun. Safe travels ✈️
had to rub my eyes again because i couldn’t believe that headline wowwowowow
kudos to FSU, i hope they can bring that momentum to SECs
for me, Texas basically has both the conference titles in the bag now
FSU is in the ACC, but agreed that this doesn’t look promising for UF defending their SEC titles
Tennessee might have something to say about this #GBO
FSU regularly rests for UF. Not all.that surprising.
A non-rested UF should still beat FSU. They’re a mid-to-low ACC team, and UF is supposedly the best team in the SEC. At first when I saw this headline I thought maybe Liendo or Sims didn’t swim, but no, they did.
Nah this is devious UF is gonna get rolled at NCAAs.
Liendo and Smith can’t save them lol
These times are slow. Tbh this is how it used to be. In-season swimming was slow and you popped off year end. I’m sure we will see good times next month and March.
Florida swam pretty well mid season and they always are quick when they’re supposed to be at SECs/NCAAs. It’s cool to see teams swim really well in dual meets but it doesn’t really matter until conference/NCAAs.
It does matter when you set an American record
Was Florida lifting throughout the meet or something? These times are not good lol
did ledecky casually drop a 4:26 500?
Yes, 4:26.0 in the 500 tree and 4:00.75 in the 400 IM.
I bet FSU was suited and UF was not