Florida Swimming & Diving Remains Undefeated All-Time to Kentucky

Friday, October 2

Lexington, Ky.

5 p.m.

Florida Gators

194

103

Kentucky

Florida Swimming & Diving Remains Undefeated All-Time to Kentucky

Saturday, October 3, 2026 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Gators extend their perfect all-time series record against Kentucky to a combined 31-0.

By: Caroline Kirby

Lexington, Ky. – The No. 3/10 Florida men's and women's swimming and diving programs each had successful outings on Friday. The program opened conference competition with a dual-meet sweep over No. 20/NR Kentucky at the Lancaster Aquatic Center. The men's team defeated the Wildcats 194-103, while the women claimed a 183-115 result. Combined, the Gators finished first in 23 of 28 swimming events.

The women's team opened the meet with five consecutive event victories in the 200 Medley Relay, 1,000 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back and 100 Breast. Senior Catie Choate and freshman Maddie Moreth led the way with individual sweeps of both backstroke and breaststroke events, respectively, while racing alongside Grace Rabb and Sylvia Statkevicius to win the 200 Medley Relay. Freshman Valentina Procaccini claimed her second consecutive 500 Free and 1,000 Free titles as a Gator, while freshman Maeline Bessard earned her first collegiate victory in the 100 Free. Lainy Kruger also captured the 100 Fly title in her home state of Kentucky. In total, nine Gators finished first in 11 of 14 swimming events.

On the men's side, nine Gators accounted for 12 event victories. Junior Devin Dilger and sophomore Nil Cadevall set the tone with the 200 Medley Relay title along with Jonny Marshall and Scotty Buff. Dilger added two individual first-place finishes in the back-to-back 50 and 100 Free events while Cadevall claimed both breaststroke events and 200 IM for the second week in a row. Senior captain Scotty Buff captured his first win of the season in the 100 Fly, while Abdalla Youssef claimed the 200 Fly, to highlight his first appearance as a Gator. Juniors Aiden Norman and Matthew Cairns both earned their second consecutive win of the season in the 200 Back and 200 Fly, respectively. To cap off the meet, Dilger closed the gap during the third leg of the 400 Free Relay before junior Paul Dardis anchored the relay to ensure the Gators' victory.

Hear from Head Coach Anthony Nesty
"It was a great experience having both team's compete together for the first time this season, with our captains leading by example and helping the freshman grow and improve week after week."

Diving
Florida diving played a key role in the Gators' victory over the Wildcats, earning three first-place finishes across four diving events.

Camyla Monroy led the women's squad with a 1-2 finish in the 3-meter (320.70) and 1-meter (316.58) events. Freshman Juliana Giron Trochez landed at fourth on the 3-meter while Alexa Fung followed in fifth. Sophomore Ava Brinkman competed on both springboards, placing eighth in each event.
Jesus Agundez Mora swept the men's diving slate, earning his second consecutive 1-meter victory with a score of 352.58 and taking first on 3-meter with 377.33. First year Gator Miguel Tovar followed up Agundez Mora's feat, placing second on both springboards. Conor Gesing and Jesus Gonzalez wrapped up the 3-meter outing at third and fourth, to give the Gators the sweep.

Hear from Head Diving Coach Bryan Gillooly
"This meet was a big success for us. At this point in the season, we aren't focused as much on scores and results but progression. It's a long season and we are just getting started. Our performance here was a good indicator that we're heading in the right direction."

Women's Swimming Results

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
200 Medley Relay	A – C. Choate, M. Moreth, G. Rabb, S. Statkevicius B – Z. Ferguson, M. Mayne, L. Kruger, M. Bessard	1:40.33 1:42.36	1 3
1,000 Freestyle	Valentina Procaccini Carla Serra	9:50.02 10:06.16	1 2
200 Freestyle	Julie Brousseau Valentina Procaccini JoJo Ramey Bomin Kim	1:47.94 1:48.23 1:50.96 x1:54.39	1 2 5 7
100 Backstroke	Catie Choate Zuri Ferguson Sofia Plaza	53.11 54.27 58.17	1 2 5
100 Breaststroke	Maddie Moreth Grace Rabb Molly Mayne	1:01.93 1:02.89 1:05.08	1 3 7
200 Butterfly	Grace Rainey Zoe Dixon	2:01.58 2:01.72	2 3
50 Freestyle	Sylvia Statkevicius Maeline Bessard	23.57 23.67	2 3
100 Freestyle	Maeline Bessard Sylvia Statkevicius	50.67 50.80	1 2
200 Backstroke	Catie Choate Zuri Ferguson JoJo Ramey	1:56.72 1:58.99 1:59.81	1 2 3
200 Breaststroke	Maddie Moreth Sofia Plaza Grace Rainey Molly Mayne	2:14.83 2:17.51 2:18.16 2:17.51	1 3 4 6
500 Freestyle	Valentina Procaccini Julie Brousseau Carla Serra	4:50.51 5:00.37 x5:03.68	1 4 6
100 Butterfly	Lainy Kruger Zoe Dixon Zuri Ferguson	55.33 55.79 56.94	1 3 5
200 Individual Medley	Zoe Dixon Grace Rabb Lainy Kruger Sofia Plaza	2:01.82 2:02.79 2:04.23 2:05.64	2 EXH EXH EXH
400 Freestyle Relay	A – S. Statkevicius, C. Choate, V. Procaccini, L. Kruger B – J. Brousseau, J. Ramey, B. Kim, M. Bessard	3:21.93 3:29.27	1 EXH

Women's Diving Results

Event	Diver	Score	Place
1-Meter	Camyla Monroy Alexa Fung Ava Brinkman Juliana Giron Trochez	295.13 280.65 237.75 235.43	2 4 8 9
3-Meter	Camyla Monroy Juliana Giron Trochez Alexa Fung Ava Brinkman	319.58 263.78 261.60 240.90	1 4 5 8

Men's Swimming 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.	1:26.32 1:28.19	1 3
1,000 Freestyle	Ahmed Jaouadi Luke Corey Santiago Alzate	8:55.90 9:08.47 9:19.17	1 3 5
200 Freestyle	Abdalla Youssef Aiden Norman Paul Dardis	1:37.72 1:38.66 1:39.58	1 2 5
100 Backstroke	Jonny Marshall Tai Pearson Caleb Maldari	47.16 48.32 50.05	2 4 5
100 Breaststroke	Nil Cadevall Jordan Willis	54.36 55.70	1 5
200 Butterfly	Matthew Cairns Liam Smith Abdalla Youssef	1:47.64 1:48.47 1:52.50	1 2 5
50 Freestyle	Devin Dilger Scotty Buff Marvin Johnson Jr. Zoltan Bagi	19.49 20.34 20.35 20.66	1 3 4 7
100 Freestyle	Devin Dilger Paul Dardis Marvin Johnson Jr.	43.92 44.73 44.97	1 2 4
200 Backstroke	Aiden Norman Jonny Marshall Caleb Maldari Liam Smith	1:44.23 1:46.04 1:48.57 1:51.22	1 3 4 5
200 Breaststroke	Nil Cadevall Jordan Willis	1:59.36 2:04.40	1 4
500 Freestyle	Ahmed Jaouadi Santiago Alzate Abdalla Youssef	4:27.99 4:32.79 4:37.90	3 5 6
100 Butterfly	Scotty Buff Tai Pearson Zoltan Bagi	47.54 47.71 49.04	1 2 5
200 Individual Medley	Nil Cadevall Matthew Cairns Liam Smith Santiago Alzate	1:47.74 1:51.68 1:54.45 1:54.75	1 EXH EXH EXH
400 Freestyle Relay	A – A. Norman, S. Buff, D. Dilger, P. Dardis B – T. Pearson, A. Youssef, J. Marshall, M. Johnson Jr.	2:55.12 2:58.69	1 EXH

Men's Diving Results

Event	Diver	Score	Place
1-Meter	Jesus Agundez Mora Miguel Tovar Jesus Gonzalez Conor Gesing	335.33 322.13 306.98 290.63	1 2 3 5
3-Meter	Jesus Agundez Mora Miguel Tovar Conor Gesing Jesus Gonzalez	377.33 356.03 342.08 340.88	1 2 3 4

Up Next
Gators Diving opens up home competition against Miami on Friday, Oct. 16 while swimming travels to Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 17, to take on the Virginia Cavaliers. Both competitions are slated for an 11 a.m. start.

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