Maddy Huggins Sets Florida State Record in Split with Georgia Tech
Maddy Huggins set the Florida State program record in the women’s 200 breaststroke as the Seminoles split an ACC dual meet with Georgia Tech.
The Florida State women claimed a 162-138 win in Tallahassee, while the Georgia Tech men prevailed, 174.5-125.5.
Huggins won the 200 breast in 2:07.98, beating the field by more than four seconds. Her time cut more than a second off the mark of 2:08.57 set in 2021 by Nina Kucheran. Huggins also won the 100 breast in 59.51 and finished second to teammate Edith Jernstedt in the 200 individual medley. Huggins swam breaststroke on Florida State’s winning 200 medley relay to kick off the meet.
Jernstedt showed her versatility by winning the 200 butterfly and finishing second in the 100 fly. The Seminoles got a boost out of the gates by going 1-3 in the medley relay, then 1-2-3 in the 1,000 free, led by Julia Brzozowski, who was also third in the 500. Georgia Tech hit right back with a 1-2-3 in the 200 free led by Sophie Murphy.
Sarah Evans, who led off the winning medley relay, claimed the 100 back. The anchor of the medley relay, Gloria Muzito, finished second in the 50 free and 100 free. The big difference was diving, with Kayleigh Clark sweeping both events for the Seminoles. She led a 1-2 with Evelyn Hall on 1-meter and a podium sweep on 3-meter.
Georgia Tech’s freestyle prowess kept it close. After being on the wrong side of the 1,000 sweep, Murphy went 1:46.59 to pace the field in the 200 free. Second was Zara Masud, who edged out Murphy to win the 500 free and finished third in the 200 fly. Murphy won the 100 free in 49.64, with Georgia Tech’s 50 free winner Anna Hadjiloizou third. Phoebe Wright, who had been third in the 200 free, won the 200 back. Zora Ripkova won the 100 fly and was the runner-up in the 200.
Like the Florida State women, the Georgia Tech men’s win was predicated on an early sweep in the 1,000 free. Mert Kilavuz led the way in 9:01.16, followed to the wall by Lukas Vetkoetter and Charles Perks. Kilavuz led a similar sweep in the 500, his 4:23.54 edging Vetkoetter by a half second, with Vitor Sega third.
At the other end of the spectrum, the Yellow Jackets went 1-2 in the 50 free, Leandro Odorici’s 20.13 edging Robin Yeboah by .08 seconds.
Berke Saka did the backstroke double and added the 200 IM title for Tech. Joao Caballero won both breaststroke events. Antonio Romero prevailed by .17 seconds in the 200 fly. Max Fowler won both diving events for Ga. Tech.
Florida State took both relays, Sam Bork, Mason Herbet and Jokubas Keblys on each winning quartet. Yordan Yanchev won the 100 free and 200 free. Third in the 200 was Logan Robinson, who won the 100 fly and was the 200 fly runner-up. Herbet was third in the 100 free, Keblys third in the 50.
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