Florida Ends Auburn Invitational in Dominating Fashion

Sunday, February 10

Auburn, AL

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Adrianna DeBoer won the 200 Breast with a personal-best time.

Florida Ends Auburn Invitational in Dominating Fashion

Sunday, February 10, 2019 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Chad Smith

AUBURN, Ala. –The University of Florida women's swimming team was in action Sunday at the James E. Martin Aquatic Center for the final day of the Auburn Invitational. The Gators won every individual event on the docket.

Celi Guzman started the meet with a first-place finish in the 200 Back with a personal-best time of 1:57.73. Madison Conway placed fifth. With a mark of 2:10.29, Yekaterina Aslanidi achieved a new season-best swim and placed ninth.

With a personal-best swim of 49.57, Kelsey Dambacher won the 100 Free final. Gabby Hillis finished in fourth with a mark of 50.53. Kirschtine Balbuena placed fifth with a time of 50.58, after she recorded a personal-best 50.44 in the prelims. After she posted a season-best 51.48 in the prelims, Bettina Boszormenyi placed 12th with a time of 51.62. Kalie Novosedliak notched a career-best mark of 52.71 in the prelims and followed the prelim performance with a 19th-place finish with a swim of 52.81 in the finals.

Adrianna DeBoer kept the winning and personal-best streaks going in the 200 Breast where she clocked a career-best 2:14.52 and won. Ellie Hatton followed her personal-best performance in the prelims with another career-best time of 2:18.05 and placed seventh. Ellie Zweifel improved on her personal best from prelims with a career effort of 2:18.26 and placed 10th in the final. Jessica Rodriguez finished in 13th place. Rodriguez swam a season-best mark of 2:19.05 in the prelims.

Jillian Hatch closed the individual competition with a victory in the 200 Fly with a personal-best time of 1:59.76, which she improved on from her prelim swim of 2:00.78.

The Gators have a week off before the SEC Championships begin on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Athens, Georgia.

From the coaches – Associate Head Coach Whitney Hite

"Overall a great meet. The women competed very well and it was fun to see them swim fast."
"We had a lot of not only season-best times, but lifetime-best times. It is awesome to see the hard work they have put in come to fruition and their effort and attitudes were terrific."
"Kelsey, Jillian, Adrianna, and Celi led the way, but the great part is really everyone had an awesome meet. We couldn't be more proud of these women!"

Time trials from the weeknd
100 Fly
Madison Conway – 56.76 Season Best
100 Free
Celi Guzman – 51.00 Personal Best
100 Back
Ellie Zweifel – 56.01 Personal Best
200 Fly
Nikki Miller – 2:02.87
Kahra Williams – 2:08.14 Season Best
50 Free
Gabby Hillis – 22.80 Personal Best

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