Florida State Men Get Two Wins by Six Total Points in Alabama, LSU Tri-Meet
The Florida State men’s team pulled out a pair of thrilling victories on Saturday at the Seminole Heritage Meet, edging Alabama by two points and LSU by four.
Alabama’s women’s team was the big winner on that side of the meet, topping both LSU and Florida State. It gave the Seminoles and the Crimson Tide three wins apiece.
Men’s
- Florida State 151, Alabama 149
- Florida State 170, LSU 130
- Alabama 152, LSU 148
Women’s
- Alabama 219, LSU 81
- Alabama 183, Florida State 117
- Florida State 211, LSU 89
Florida State’s big swing came in the men’s 100 backstroke early in the meet. Max Wilson won the race in 47.79 seconds, .14 ahead of teammate Mason Herbet. Andrew Rich followed in third place to ensure a 1-2-3 result in both duals. Wilson finished second in the 200 individual medley, and Herbet would add a runner-up result in the 100 butterfly.
The sprint battles on the men’s side did not disappoint. In the 50 freestyle, Jere Hribar of LSU went 19.94 to come out on top of FSU’s Peter Varjasi by .02 seconds, with Tim Korstanje of Alabama third in 20.04.
Varjasi turned the tables in the 100 free, his time of 43.84 edging Hribar by .19 seconds. FSU’s Yordan Yanchev swept up second. (It was part of a monster day for Yanchev, the Bulgarian finishing third in the 1,000 free and second in the 500 free.)
Florida State got a boost from Utku Kurtdere, who finished second in the 200 free and third in the 200 IM. Darwin Nolasco (344.80 points) and David Vargas went 1-2 on 1-meter diving, and Vargas finished second on 3-meter.
Charlie Hawke was all over Alabama’s efforts. He finished second, to Jacob Pishko of LSU (9:06.92) in the 1,000 free, then turned around one event later to edge Kurtdere by .23 seconds in winning the 200 free in 1:37.32. In the back half of the meet, he had just enough left to hold of Yanchev’s charge in the 500 free with a time of 4:23.32, .35 seconds to the good on the touch.
Hawke also split 19.57 on the winning Alabama 200 free relay, teaming with Zarek Wilson, Korstanje and Ben Hines. Tommy Hagar, Trey Sheils, Korstanje and Hines teamed to win the 200 medley relay in 1:27.95.
Hagar had a huge day, winning the 200 fly in 1:46.94. He added the 100 back crown with a time of 1:45.87, and capped the day by clocking in 1:49.47 to capture the 200 IM. Sheils was second in the 100 breast and third in the 200, the latter won by teammate Michael Deans in 1:59.40. Deans was third in the 100. Korstanje won the 100 fly in 47.40.
Pishko augmented his 1,000 free win by finishing second in the 200 fly. The Bama breaststrokers were left looking up at Mitch Mason in the 100, his time of 54.60 leaving Sheils (54.77) and Deans (54.80) behind. Mason was second in the 200 breast, as was Griffin Curtis in the 200 back. The Tigers’ Zayne Danielwicz scored 343.55 points to win men’s 3-meter diving.
The Alabama sprint axis of Jada Scott, Cadence Vincent and Kailyn Winter was just about enough for the Crimson Tide to get their two wins on the women’s side.
That trio joined with Kasia Norman to win the 200 medley relay in 1:39.49, the Tide teams going 1-2, and with Jada Surrell-Norwood to win the 200 free relay in 1:31.00.
Scott won the 100 back in a time of 54.44 seconds, .41 up on teammate Gaby Van Brunt. She outdueled Winter for the 50 free crown, 22.55 to 23.08. Vincent won the 100 free in 49.29, with Diana Petkova second. Petkova would later win the 200 IM in 2:00.81.
Avery Wiseman swept the breaststroke events, both thrilling races with Florida State’s Maddy Huggins. Wiseman’s 1:01.38 was five-hundredths up on Huggins in the 100. In the 200, the margin was .08 seconds, Wiseman stopping the clock in 2:12.41.
Mackenzie Brandt’s sweep was more decisive, the sophomore winning the 1,000 free in 10:03.94 and the 500 free in 4:53.95.
Florida State got a troika of wins from Sophie Freeman. She went 1:59.40 to win the 200 fly, 53.72 in the 100 fly and 2:00.30 in the 200 back. Both fly wins came with teammate Edith Jernstedt second, and the junior was also the runner-up in the 200 IM. Maysa Ratiu won the 200 free in 1:50.23 and finished second in the 500. Samantha Vear’s score of 297.90 broke the LSU diving blockade to get the Seminoles some key points.
Helle Tuxen won 3-meter diving for LSU with a score of 314.00. She was third on 1-meter, behind Vear and teammate Montserrat Gutierrez Lavenant. Sofia Sartori (200 fly) and Michaela De Villiers (50 free) had third-place results for the Tigers in the pool.
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