Florida’s Josh Liendo Fires 18.6 50 Free Days after 100 Fly SCM WR in First Day of Dual Vs UGA

Florida v. Georgia

• October 30-31, 2025
• Stephen C. O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Current Scores
  • Women – Florida: 99, Georgia: 25
  • Men – Florida: 93, Georgia: 36

Less than a week after setting a new 100 butterfly SCM World Record in his home country of Canada on the final stop of the World Cup, Florida’s Josh Liendo is riding that World Cup taper, blasting an 18.68 in the 50 free on the first day of a two day battle against conference foe Georgia in Gainesville.

Liendo dominated the field in the 50 free, finishing over a second ahead of runner-up finisher and Florida sophomore Alex Painter in 19.69. For reference, Liendo’s fastest time in the 50 free from October of last season was 18.92.

That 50 free was not the first sign that Liendo was still on the momentum train; his first win came in the 50 butterfly, where Liendo was the only swimmer to swim under the 20 second barrier, clocking 19.69. Liendo’s junior teammate Scotty Buff clocked the only other sub-21 second performance in 20.88.

Other Notable Men’s Performances:

• Florida junior Jonny Marshall took a narrow win over Ruard Van Renen of Georgia to claim the men’s 50 backstroke, out touching the Bulldog by six hundredths of a second, clocking 21.24.
• Gator freshman Ahmed Jaouadi dominated the 1000 free, winning by nearly 15 seconds in 8:36.65. Jaouadi now holds the nation leading time by three seconds, and sits less than three seconds off fo Clark Smith‘s NCAA record time of 8:33.93.
• The Gator men dominated on the boards; junior Conor Gesing took the 1-meter event in 373.73, while freshman teammate Jesus Agundez Mora notched the 3-meter crown (369.38).
• Georgia sophomore Elliot Woodburn picked up the lone event win for the Bulldogs on day one with his 50 breast performance of 24.00.

It is important to mention that Luca Urlando did not compete for the Bulldogs at this meet.

The Florida women swept all five events in the pool, and claimed another two event wins on the boards.

Gator freshman Beatriz Bezerra comfortably won the 50 fly, winning by over half a second in 23.89.

Florida finished 1-2-3 in the 50 breast, leading the charge was sophomore Anita Bottazzo in 26.58, freshman Grace Rabb clocked 27.80, and junior Molly Mayne rounded out the top three in 27.90.

Florida sophomore Julie Brousseau took the six second win over Georgia’s Kennedi Dobson in the 1000 free, clocking 9:25.20. This time mproves on her time from NCAAs from last year that sat aat 9:25.50.

Junior Catie Choate and freshman Sylvia Statkevicius rounded out the day 1 winners in between the lane lines for the gators, with Choate winning the 50 back (23.99) and Statkevicious claiming the 50 free (22.83).

Freshman diver Maria Garcia added big points on the boards for Florida, winning both 1-meter (325.20) and 3-meter (361.95).

Friday’s events will be a more traditional event format; with the events as follows:

• 200 Medley Relay
• 200 Freestyle
• 100 Backstroke
• 100 Breaststroke
• 200 Butterfly
• 100 Freestyle
• 200 Backstroke
• 200 Breaststroke
• 500 Freestyle
• 100 Butterfly
• 400 IM
• 200 Free Relay