#4/6 Gators Sweep #8/12 Georgia in Conference Opener

Friday, October 31

11 AM

Florida Gators

191

154

University of Georgia

Florida swimming & diving kicked off Georgia rivalry weekend with a home dual-meet sweep, as the men won 191-154 and the women 194-145.

#4/6 Gators Sweep #8/12 Georgia in Conference Opener

Friday, October 31, 2025 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

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By: Abby Wisecup

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 4/6 Florida swimming and diving teams opened SEC competition with a home dual-meet sweep over No. 8/12 Georgia on Friday afternoon inside the Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium. The Gator men posted a 191-154 victory, while the women secured a 194-145 win.

Prior to the first event, UF Athletics 2025 Hall of Fame inductee Theresa Andrews was honored.

Honored our newest Gator Great 🐊 pic.twitter.com/9GplFr65iD
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) October 31, 2025

The Gators swept both relay events and collected 14 individual victories across the 24 combined events. Six women recorded eight NCAA cut times, while Ahmed Jaouadi and Josh Liendo each recorded one for the men on Friday.

On the men's side, Liendo led the Gators with a team-high 27 points in his first competition back since representing Canada at the 2025 World Aquatics World Cup. The senior swept his individual events, winning the 50-yard freestyle (18.68), the 50-yard butterfly (19.69) and the 50-yard fly with an NCAA qualifying time of 43.87. Liendo also contributed to both winning relays, swimming the fly leg (19.42) on the 200-medley relay and anchoring the 200-free relay with an 18.54 split to close out the meet.

Following his first-place finish in the 1000-yard free on Thursday, Jaouadi added another distance victory in the 500-yard free with an NCAA cut time of 4:15.82. Sophomores Devin Dilger and Aiden Norman also earned individual wins, with Dilger taking the 100-yard free in 43.02 and Norman following with a first-place time of 1:42.70 in the 200-yard backstroke.

On the women's side, Anita Bottazzo and Catie Choate each led the Gators with 27 points, winning two individual events apiece and recording two NCAA qualifying times on Friday. Choate led off Florida's winning 200-yard medley relay with a 24.10 back split before Bottazzo followed with a 25.74 breaststroke leg, helping the Gators post a first-place time of 1:37.09.

Bottazzo went on to sweep the breast events, posting NCAA cut times of 57.05 in the 100-yard breast and 2:07.89 in the 200-yard breast, while also anchoring the 200-free relay with a 22.09 split. Choate added victories in both back events, winning the 100-yard (51.53) and 200-yard (1:53.67) events each with NCAA qualifying marks.

Julie Brousseau and Lainy Kruger also notched individual victories and NCAA cut times. Kruger opened Friday's individual events with a win in the 200-yard free (1:44.05), while Brousseau closed out the individual races by taking first in the 400-yard IM (4:08.69). Additionally, Grace Rabb and Molly Mayne recorded NCAA qualifying times in the 200-yard breast, finishing in 2:10.58 and 2:10.88, respectively.

That's a Gator SWEEP 🧹🧹

presented by @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/IooTOBqrtN
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) October 31, 2025

Records:

Men: No. 4 Florida (2-1, 1-0 SEC) vs. No. 8 Georgia (4-2, 2-1 SEC)
Women: No. 6 Florida (2-1, 1-0 SEC) vs. No. 12 Georgia (2-3, 1-1 SEC)

Series History:

Men: Florida leads 64-20-3
Women: Florida now leads 20-19

Up Next
The Gators now turn their focus to mid-season preparations as they head to Athens, Ga., for the Georgia Invitational. The three-day meet runs from Wednesday, Nov. 19, through Friday, Nov. 21, at Gabrielson Natatorium. Florida has swept the event in each of the last two seasons, with the men tallying 1,157.5 points and the women 1,156.5 in last year's victory.

Complete results from Friday's events can be found below. Bolded and Underlined times denote an NCAA cut.

Men's Results

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
200-yard Medley Relay	Florida 'A' Jonny Marshall (21.36 back split) Aleksas Savickas (24.33 breast split) Josh Liendo (19.42 fly split) Alexander Painter (19.32 free split)	1:24.43	1st
200-yard Medley Relay	Florida 'B' Scotty Buff (21.62 back split) Nil Cadevall (24.47 breast split) Devin Dilger (20.78 fly split) Marvin Johnson Jr (19.94 free split)	1:26.81	3rd
200-yard Free	Aiden Norman	1:35.30	2nd
	Charlie Hutchison	1:35.78	4th
	Ahmed Jaouadi	1:37.17	5th
	Paul Dardis	x1:37.38	6th
100-yard Back	Jonny Marshall	46.38	2nd
	Scotty Buff	47.33	3rd
	Caleb Maldari	47.36	4th
100-yard Breast	Nil Cadevall	53.92	2nd
	Aleksas Savickas	54.43	3rd
	Jordan Willis	54.67	4th
	Gio Linscheer	x55.73	-
200-yard Fly	Matthew Cairns	1:47.34	3rd
	Eric Brown	1:47.79	4th
	Luke Corey	1:51.66	6th
100-yard Free	Devin Dilger	43.02	1st
	Alexander Painter	x43.57	-
	Paul Dardis	x43.97	-
	Marvin Johnson Jr.	x45.21	-
200-yard Back	Aiden Norman	1:53.67	1st
	Jonny Marshall	x1:43.86	-
	Caleb Maldari	x1:45.82	-
200-yard Breast	Jordan Willis	1:56.43	2nd
	Aleksas Savickas	x1:58.56	-
	Nil Cadevall	x1:58.91	-
500-yard Free	Ahmed Jaouadi	4:15.82	1st
	Eric Brown	x4:21.45	-
	Luke Corey	x4:26.68	-
100-yard Fly	Josh Liendo	43.87	1st
	Scotty Buff	x47.64	-
	Alexander Painter	x47.92	-
	Matt Cairns	x49.66	-
400-yard IM	Eric Brown	3:46.28	2nd
	Gio Linscheer	x3:49.95	-
	Charlie Hutchison	x3:50.24	-
	Caleb Maldari	x4:05.38	-
200-yard Free Relay	Florida 'A' Scotty Buff (20.11 split) Devin Dilger (19.45) Alexander Painter (19.18) Josh Liendo (18.54)	1:17.28	1st
200-yard Free Relay	Florida 'B' Jonny Marshall (20.51) Paul Dardis (19.74) Aiden Norman (20.03) Marvin Johnson Jr.(20.01)	x1:20.29	-

Women's Results

Event	Swimmer	Time	Place
200-yard Medley Relay	Florida 'A' Catie Choate (24.10 back split) Anita Bottazzo (25.74 breast split) Beatriz Bezerra (24.40 fly split) Lainy Kruger (22.85 free split)	1:37.09	1st
	Florida 'B' Carly Meeting (25.03 back split) Molly Mayne (27.09 breast split) Zoe Dixon (24.33 fly split) Grace Rabb (22.81 free split)	1:39.26	2nd
	Florida 'C' Zuri Ferguson (25.51 back split) Anna Moore (28.46 breast split) Sofia Plaza (25.58 fly split) Gracie Weyant (23.22 free split)	x1:42.77	5th
200-yard Free	Lainy Kruger	1:44.05	1st
	Michaela Mattes	1:46.71	4th
	Sylvia Statkevicius	x1:47.47	6th
	JoJo Ramey	x1:47.62	7th
100-yard Back	Catie Choate	51.53	1st
	Grace Rabb	x53.32	-
	Carly Meeting	x53.82	-
	Zuri Ferguson	x54.51	-
100-yard Breast	Anita Bottazzo	57.05	1st
	Molly Mayne	x1:00.56	-
	Gracie Weyant	x1:03.25	-
	Sofia Plaza	x1:04.40	-
200-yard Fly	Michaela Mattes	1:57.97	2nd
	Addison Reese	x1:58.44	-
	Grace Rainey	x2:00.38	-
100-yard Free	Sylvia Statkevicius	49.98	4th
	Julie Brousseau	x50.19	-
	Carly Meeting	x50.40	-
200-yard Back	Catie Choate	1:53.67	1st
	Zoe Dixon	x1:55.57	-
	JoJo Ramey	x1:55.88	-
	Zuri Ferguson	x1:58.37	-
200-yard Breast	Anita Bottazzo	2:07.89	1st
	Grace Rabb	2:10.58	-
	Molly Mayne	2:10.88	-
	Anna Moore	x2:15.35	-
500-yard Free	Camille DeBoer	4:45.74	2nd
	Lainy Kruger	x4:51.85	-
	Gracie Weyant	x4:55.68	-
100-yard Fly	Addison Reese	54.59	3rd
	Beatriz Bezerra	x54.81	-
	Michaela Mattes	x56.11	-
400-yard IM	Julie Brousseau	4:08.69	1st
	Sofia Plaza	x4:14.31	-
	Grace Rainey	x4:17.89	-
	Zoe Dixon	x4:18.53	-
200-yard Free Relay	Florida 'A' Carly Meeting (23.10 split) Lainy Kruger (22.24 split) Sylvia Statkevicius (22.74 split) Anita Bottazzo (22.09 split)	1:30.17	1st
	Florida 'B' Addison Reese (23.52 split) Beatriz Bezerra ( Catie Choate Grace Rabb (22.65 split)	x1:31.27	-
	Florida 'C' Michaela Mattes (24.23 split) Molly Mayne (23.58 split) Anna Moore (23.69 split) Julie Brousseau (23.56 split)	x1:35.06	-

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