MIAMI, Fla. – The Florida State swimming and diving teams opened the 2021-22 season by winning the TYR Classic at the Biscayne Bay Campus Aquatics Center. Heading into the second and final day of competition, the ladies (217) held a slight edge of the host team, FIU (213) after Friday’s session. With two student-athletes in each race only allowed to score points in their entered heat, the women won seven of the 16 heats in order to take the team title over FIU (408) with a total of 437 points. The men finished the meet with a total of 517.5 points, well ahead of TCU (321) and Pitt (312). “We had an awesome day today,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “The ladies turned a small lead overnight into a huge win. They were outstanding today and dominated the competition. The men carried the momentum from yesterday and had some great performances.” The women started the day with a win in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:41.23 behind Tania Quaglieri, Nina Kucheran, Jenny
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MIAMI, Fla. – The Florida State swimming and diving teams are leading the TYR Classic in both the men’s and women’s meets. Competition will resume on Saturday at the Key Biscayne Bay Campus Aquatics Center
The men have 258.5 points ahead of TCU (158), Pitt (156) amongst others and the women (217) hold a slight edge over FIU (213).
“We had a pretty good first day,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “The men won every event and the women swam well too. It’s nice to have the lead on both sides heading into the second day.”
The men won all eight swimming events on the day.
FSU dominated the 400 medley relay to open the meet with a time of 3:13.66 behind Mason Herbet, Izaak Bastian, Max McCusker and Peter Varjasi.
Varjasi followed that swim with wins in the 200 free (1:38.25) and 50 free (20.41).
Nick Mason held on to win the 400 IM with a time of 3:57.41, and McCusker added a victory in the 100 fly (48.11).
Bastian tied for first in the 10
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January 8, 2021 No. 16 Men Defeat LSU, No. 22 Women Tie
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No.16 Florida State men’s swimming and diving team (3-0, 1-0 ACC) picked up its third win of the season on Friday, defeating RV LSU 170.5-91.5 at the Morcom Aquatics Center. The No. 22 FSU women (1-1-1, 0-1 ACC) tied the RV Tigers 131-131 as both teams competed in swimming events only.
“I thought we had a pretty good day,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We’ve only been back in the water this week and I liked what I saw. We lost at LSU last year on the women’s side, so for us to tie is a step in the right direction. We had some great swims from both teams and I am really proud of the effort.”