Florida Splits Dual at Virginia

Saturday, October 17

Charlottesville, VA

11 a.m.

Florida Gators

144

117

Virginia

Results

Florida Splits Dual at Virginia

Saturday, October 17, 2026 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Ahmed Jaouadi and Nil Cadevall led Florida with four combined individual victories.

By: Caroline Kirby

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Florida swimming split the top-ten matchup against No. 10/1 ranked Virginia on Saturday afternoon at the Cavaliers' Fitness and Aquatic Center. The No. 3 Gator men secured a 144-117 victory, while the No. 10 women fell to the No. 1 ranked Cavaliers, 57-205.

Florida's men dominated early, opening the meet with a 200 medley relay victory by Jonny Marshall, Nil Cadevall, Scotty Buff and Devin Dilger. Overall, the men tallied 7 victories in the 200 medley relay, 1,000 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 breast, 500 free and 400 free relay. Sophomores Ahmed Jaouadi and Nil Cadevall led the Gators with two first-place individual performances each. Jaouadi secured the top finish in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle, while Cadevall executed a sweep of both breaststroke events, accomplishing the feat for the third time this season.

Jonny Marshall had successful outings, finishing first in the 100 backstroke and third in the 200 backstroke adding 12 points to the team's total. Devin Dilger delivered a strong performance in the sprint freestyle events, finishing second in both the 50 and 100 freestyle, while also contributing to both first-place relays. Sophomore Abdalla Youssef continued to excel on the butterfly front, finishing second in both butterfly events. Junior Luke Corey accomplished the same feat on the distance free side, placing second in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle events, while junior Aiden Norman placed second in the 200 backstroke and third in the 200 freestyle.

The women's team performance was highlighted by senior JoJo Ramey, who finished first in the 200 backstroke, marking her best finish this season. Junior Julie Brousseau delivered on the distance side with a second place finish in the 500 freestyle and fourth place finishes in the 200 freestyle, 400 individual medley and 400 free relay. Valentina Procaccini and Francesca Zucca led the freshman, with Procaccini placing second in the 1,000 free and fifth in the 500 while Zucca finished second in the 200 breaststroke and fourth in the 100 breaststroke during her Gator debut. Senior Lainy Kruger led the Gators in the 200 butterfly with a solid third place finish in the event.

Hear From Head Coach Anthony Nesty
"Virginia is a great program, and we knew coming in that this would be a good opportunity to challenge ourselves against one of the best teams in the country. I'm really proud of the way our men competed from start to finish and continued to step up for one another throughout the meet. On the women's side, we were significantly limited by illness and injury, but I thought our group showed a tremendous amount of toughness and fight. There are definitely things we can be better at; We'll learn from it, get back to work, and keep moving forward."

Men's Results

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
200 Medley Relay	A – J. Marshall, N. Cadevall, S. Buff, D. Dilger B – T. Pearson, J. Willis, Z. Bagi, M. Johnson Jr.	1:23.24 1:25.96	1 4
1,000 Freestyle	Ahmed Jaouadi Luke Corey Santiago Alzate	8:43.27 8:59.02 9:04.93	1 2 3
200 Freestyle	Aiden Norman Ahmed Jaouadi Paul Dardis	1:35.17 1:35.82 1:37.16	3 4 7
100 Backstroke	Jonny Marshall Tai Pearson Caleb Maldari	45.44 46.49 47.09	1 3 4
100 Breaststroke	Nil Cadevall Jordan Willis	52.71 54.89	1 4
200 Butterfly	Abdalla Youssef Liam Smith Matthew Cairns	1:43.08 1:43.33 1:44.29	2 3 5
50 Freestyle	Devin Dilger Scotty Buff Zoltan Bagi Marvin Johnson Jr.	19.21 19.59 19.60 19.77	2 3 4 5
100 Freestyle	Devin Dilger Marvin Johnson Jr. Paul Dardis	42.27 43.47 43.79	2 3 4
200 Backstroke	Aiden Norman Jonny Marshall Caleb Maldari	1:40.98 1:43.72 1:45.50	2 3 4
200 Breaststroke	Nil Cadevall Jordan Willis	1:53.33 1:57.50	1 2
500 Freestyle	Ahmed Jaouadi Luke Corey Santiago Alzate Matthew Cairns	4:18.32 4:22.73 4:25.70 4:33.18	1 2 3 6
100 Butterfly	Abdalla Youssef Scotty Buff Tai Pearson Zoltan Bagi	45.70 46.35 46.60 46.91	2 4 5 7
400 Individual Medley	Liam Smith Santiago Alzate Luke Corey	3:51.19 3:52.90 3:58.91	4 5 6
400 Freestyle Relay	A – D. Dilger, A. Norman, S. Buff, M. Johnson Jr. B – A. Youssef, P. Dardis, J. Marshall, T. Pearson C – Z. Bagi, M. Cairns, N. Cadevall, C. Maldari	2:49.92 2:54.17 2:57.47	1 3 5

Women's Results

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
200 Medley Relay	A – Z. Ferguson, M. Moreth, L. Kruger, M. Bessard B – G. Rabb, M. Mayne, Z. Dixon, J. Ramey	1:38.89 1:39.94	4 5
1,000 Freestyle	Valentina Procaccini Carla Serra	9:29.36 9:50.00	2 4
200 Freestyle	Julie Brousseau JoJo Ramey Valentina Procaccini	1:44.91 1:48.64 1:49.28	4 6 7
100 Backstroke	Zuri Ferguson Bomin Kim	53.10 1:00.23	4 6
100 Breaststroke	Francesca Zucca Madeline Moreth Molly Mayne Gracie Weyant	1:00.76 1:01.43 1:02.10 1:05.98	4 6 7 8
200 Butterfly	Lainy Kruger Grace Rainey Zoe Dixon	1:56.85 1:57.43 1:59.50	3 4 6
50 Freestyle	Maeline Bessard Maddie Moreth Francesca Zucca	23.15 24.84 25.81	5 6 7
100 Freestyle	Lainy Kruger Maeline Bessard Grace Rabb	49.11 49.86 50.95	4 6 7
200 Backstroke	JoJo Ramey Zuri Ferguson	1:53.39 1:59.53	1 5
200 Breaststroke	Francesca Zucca Maddie Moreth Molly Mayne	2:12.38 2:13.55 2:14.65	2 4 6
500 Freestyle	Julie Brousseau Valentina Procaccini Carla Serra	4:40.18 4:47.45 4:54.41	2 5 7
100 Butterfly	Grace Rainey Zoe Dixon	53.62 54.27	5 6
400 Individual Medley	Julie Brousseau Zoe Dixon Bomin Kim	4:07.89 4:17.62 4:23.91	4 6 7
400 Freestyle Relay	A – L. Kruger, M. Bessard, J. Ramey, J. Brousseau B – V. Procaccini, C. Serra, M. Mayne, B. Kim	3:18.29 3:27.01	4 5

Up Next
Gators Swimming & Diving will continue its road dual schedule in Athens, Georgia on Friday, Oct. 30, as Florida takes on the Georgia Bulldogs at 11 a.m.

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