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The No. 21/NR Florida State swimming and diving teams fell to No. 7/15 Georgia at the Morcom Aquatics Center on Saturday. The men (1-1) dropped its contest 121-179 and the women (3-1) fell 123-176.
“We did some great things today,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We came up short, but Georgia is a very good team. We have a lot to be proud of and this will be something we can build on this season.”
Edith Jernstedt lowered her own Morcom Aquatics Center pool record in the 200 fly, controlling the race for the win at 1:58.06. Jernstedt originally set the mark back in January (1:58.64). She later contributed a win in the 100 fly, touching at 53.79.
Peter Varjasi also bested his pool record in the 100 free, touching at 43.60, eclipsing his standard of 43.62 that was set back on Nov. 14, 2020.
The Seminoles got off to a quick start in the women’s meet, winning the 200 medley relay behind Sarah Evans, Julia Mansson, Jernstedt, and Gloria Muzito at 1:40.84, just ahead of the top team from Georgia (1:40.94).
Georgia won the next four races, until Jernstedt took home the 200 fly. Sophie Freeman (2:02.28) followed in third place ahead of Aryanna Fernandes (2:03.68) in fourth.
Zsofia Kurdi led the way for the Noles in the 50 free, finishing in second at 23.56.
After the break, Muzito added a runner-up finish in the 100 free (50.34) and Mansson brought home the victory in the 200 breast, touching at 2:14.99, which was a season-best.
Once again, Samantha Vear led the Noles on the boards, dominating 1-meter with a score of 303.38. Jessica Buntman also added third-place points, tallying 251.40.
On 3-meter, Vear was the runner-up with a total of 301.65, just ahead of Vivian Johnson in third (281.78), Izzy Gregersen in fourth (271.95) and Buntman (251.40) in fifth.
The Seminoles also added two wins in the men’s diving events as Darwin Nolasco was the winner on 1-meter (294.30) and Jesco Helling picked up the win on 3-meter (331.95) ahead of Nolasco in third (309.90).
“Sammy was great today,” FSU head diving coach John Proctor said. “Darwin also had a nice day. It’s early in the year, but we’ll go back to work and learn from today and get better.”
After the Noles started the day by placing second in the 200 men’s medley relay, Yordan Yanchev won the 1000 free by five seconds, touching with a time of 9:11.56. He later placed second in the 500 free at 4:24.16.
Varjasi was the runner-up in the 200 free, touching at 1:36.06 and Mason Herbet followed with a win in the 100 back, touching at 46.90.
Tommaso Baravelli touched in second place in the 100 breast at 54.95 and Brennan Hammond followed with a runner-up finish in the 200 fly (1:48.14).
Ian Copper (20.04) and Varjasi (20.21) placed second and third in the 50 free before the break.
Arijus Pavlidi (1:46.23) was the runner-up in the 200 back and Baravelli out-touched Luca Orlando from Georgia (2:00.19) for the win in the 200 breast, posting a time of 2:00.17.
The Seminoles finished second, third and fourth in the 100 fly, led by Herbet (47.88), Adrian Aguilar (48.72), and Hammond (49.32). Herbet returned shortly in the 200 IM and finished second at 1:49.10.
The team of Yanchev, Pavlidi, Varis Monroe, and Aziz Ghaffari finished out the meet in second place in the 400 free relay, touching at 2:58.50.
FSU will host Georgia Tech on Friday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m.
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