Florida Wins the Georgia Tech Invitational

Thursday, November 20

Atlanta, Ga.

12:00 AM

Florida Gators

Georgia Tech Invitational

Florida Wins the Georgia Tech Invitational

Sunday, November 23, 2014 | Men's Swimming & Diving

Complete Results

Florida's No. 7-ranked men captured 10 individual titles and five relay victories, while the No. 16 Gator women notched eight individual and four relay event wins en route to both teams Georgia Tech Invitational titles.

The title was the women's second straight at this meet, with the last crown coming in the 2011-12 season. For the men, the first place finish was UF's first in recent history at the Invite, as the Gators finished runner-up in their last three trips to Atlanta, Ga. The three-day meet was held in the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.

UF's men placed first with a team score of 1,954 points, while the women won with a total of 1,359.

On day three, the Gator men's and women's squads captured three individual titles and had one relay victory.

Individually on day three, the Gator men were led by senior Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez, as he won the men's 200-yard breaststroke in an NCAA 'B' standard time of 1:56.16 seconds. Junior Jessica Thielmann paced the women's team, as she won the women's 1,650-yard freestyle in an NCAA 'A' time of 15:50.74.

The Gators will sit idle next weekend but will be back in action in two weeks for their final meet of the calendar year in Greensboro, N.C. for the U.S. Nationals from Dec. 4-6.

TROY'S TALKING

On the Invite overall…

“It was a very good weekend. Having our athletes achieve 'A' standard times this week is excellent. We also have a few others that are very close. Having them achieve these marks this early in the season is a tremendous plus.” -- Head Coach Gregg Troy

Final 2014 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational Team Standings

MEN			WOMEN
Rank	Team	Score	Rank	Team	Score
1.	Florida	1954	1.	Florida	1359
2.	Georgia Tech	981.5	2.	Arkansas	861.5
3.	Florida State	900	3.	Florida State	686
4.	Indian River	558	4.	Florida Gulf Coast	573.5
5.	Florida Atlantic	352.5	5.	Vanderbilt	371
6.	South Carolina	131	6.	Georgia Tech	353.5
7.	Auburn	102	7.	Florida Atlantic	348
8.	Utah	72	8.	Miami	286
9.	College of Charleston	4	9.	Bowling Green State	224
			10.	Colorado State	251.5
			11.	Indian River College	213
			12.	South Carolina	151
			13.	Campbell	120
			14.	Auburn	93
			15.	Clemson	63
			16.	Utah	37
			17.	Tulane	10

Day Three Winners:

RELAY MAGIC

UF won both men's and women's relay event (400-yard freestyle relay) on day three, with senior Dan Wallace, juniors Corey Main and Pawel Werner and freshman Caeleb Dressel winning the men's race in an NCAA 'B' standard time of 2:53.21. On the women's side, juniors Lindsey McKnight, Sinead Russell, Natalie Hinds and Ashlee Linn placed first in an NCAA 'A' standard time of 3:16.07.

LONG DISTANCE

In addition to Thielmann in the mile, sophomore Mitch D'Arrigo won the men's 1,650-yard freestyle in an NCAA 'B' standard time of 14:54.21 .

FREE TIME

Hinds captured first in the 100-yard freestyle with an NCAA 'B' standard time of 47.98 seconds.

BACK IT UP

Sophomore Jack Blyzinskyj and junior Sinead Russell swept the backstroke events this week, with victories in the men's and women's 100-yard backstroke races last night and wins in the 200-yard back on day three. The duo posted NCAA 'B' standard times of 1:42.70 and 1:53.64, respectively in the 200.

IM IN

Senior Dan Wallace and Thielmann helped the Gators sweep the individual medley events for the Invite, as they won the men's and women's 400-yard IM in an NCAA 'B' standard times of 3:44.12 and 4:09.64.

POSTSEASON FOCUS

In addition to competing in an NCAA Championships-style format this week, the Gators had five NCAA 'A' standard marks through three days of competition.