Georgia Tech Invitational Prelims Day Two, Arkansas Swimming Well, Florida’s Depth Showing

by Ian Murphy 1

November 21st, 2014 ACC, College, SEC

Florida continued to show its depth on day two of the Georgia Tech invitational, and while they may not have the top seed in every event, they qualified a number of their swimmers for finals.

Chelsea Tatlow of Arkansas dropped almost 11 seconds for to take the number one seed in the women’s 400 IM. Tatlow swam a 4:13.71 in prelims, four seconds faster than Taylor Katz of Florida, who was 4:17.96. Megan Rankin, also of Florida, was 4:18.08 for the third seed, followed by her teammate Jordan Smith in 4:18.09.

The men’s 400 IM was almost an all Florida A final if it Michael Kenny of Georgia Tech and Kyle Doxtater of Florida State had not finished sixth and eighth respectively. Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez is the number one seed with a 3:53.45.

Chelsea Britt of Florida State holds the top seed in the women’s 100 fly with a 53.63. Emma Svensson of FGCU was second in the morning with a 54.12.

Georgia Tech’s Andrew Kosic and Ben Southern are seeded first and second in the 100 fly with a 46.79 and a 47.46, respectively.

Anna Mayfield and Maddie Monroe of Arkansas are the top two seeds in the women’s 200 freestyle. Mayfield swam a 1:46.84 and Monroe swam a 1:47.90. Florida did not qualify a swimmer for the A final.

They did, however, have the top time in the men’s 200 free. Justin Kaisrlik swam a 1:37.38 to take the top seed, ahead of his teammates Mitch D’Arrigo (1:37.38) and Pawel Werner (1:37.73).

Arkansas got another top seed in the 100 breast, Nikki Daniels is dangerously close to the NCAA A cut (59.12) after her 59.58 performance this morning. Florida State’s Jason Coombs is seeded first in the men’s breaststroke with a 54:08.

FGCU’s Kira Toussaint holds the top seed in the women’s 100 backstroke with a 53.57. Corey Main of Florida holds the top seed in the men’s 100 backstroke with a 48.73.

Finals start at 6 p.m. ET with live results available here.

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Sean S
9 years ago

Anyone know why Matt Elliott isn’t swimming in the meet?