TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State divers Tazman Abramowicz and Samantha Vear were named the ACC Divers of the Week on Tuesday following their performances at LSU on Saturday. Abramowicz wins his first ACC Men’s Diver of the Week honor after finishing first on 3-meter with a score of 367.43, which was his highest of the season after sitting out most of the Fall due to injury. He won the event by just over four points in a high-scoring, competitive field where five divers scored above 340 points. He was also sixth on 1-meter at 307.73 and both scores were NCAA Zone B standards. Abramowicz contributed one of FSU’s 11 event victories against the Tigers, as the Noles won, 180-120. The Calgary, Alberta, native becomes the third Seminole to win the award this season. Jesco Helling was the winner on Oct. 11 and Darwin Nolasco was picked on Nov.1. Vear wins her second ACC Women’s Diver of the Week honor of the season and fourth of her career, after placing first on 1-meter with a
ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 19/24 Florida State swimming and diving teams continued competing at the Georgia Invite at the Gabrielsen Natatorium. “We had a great day,” FSU head coach Neal Stud said. “I thought overall we had some good swims and we have an awesome vibe. Everyone is supporting their teammates and it’s showing in the pool.” The 19th-ranked men saw a pair of podium performances from Tazman Abramowicz and Adrian Aguilar. Abramowicz turned in a score of 356.25 for third place and Aguilar also won bronze in the 100 fly at 46.54, which was a personal best. The swim ties as the seventh-fastest in school history. Utku Kurtdere led off the men’s meet with a NCAA provisional swim in the 400 IM, touching at 3:51.30 for 14th. The Noles were led by three in the consolation heat of the 200 free as Peter Varjasi turned in the top time at 1:34.23, which was good for 10th place. Yordan Yanchev followed at 1:35.43 for 13th and David Quiire placed 16th at 1:36.87 after posting hi
ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 19/24 Florida State swimming and diving teams opened competition at the Georgia Invite on Thursday at the Gabrielsen Natatorium. “I thought we had a good first day,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We had season and career-best swims across the board. We were much better at night, so tomorrow we’ll look to adjust and get it done in the morning.” Peter Varjasi paced the 19th-ranked Noles, swimming in five races. Varjasi won silver in the 200 IM behind a four-second drop, touching at 1:43.17 (NCAA B), which was under the 2022 NCAA invited time. Varjasi qualified third for the final at 1:44.80 in prelims. His swim was the second fastest in FSU history behind Pavel Sankovich’s school record (1:41.92) which was set back in 2014. Varjasi started the night by leading off the 200 free relay, splitting 19.43 and helping FSU finish sixth with a team of Mason Herbet, Blake Moran, and Ian Cooper at 1:17.84. The Seminoles were also sixth in the 400 medley re
Results Coral Gables, Fla. – After a slow start, the Florida State women’s swimming and diving team came back to defeat Miami on the road, 157-143 at the UC Whitten Pool. The Noles are now 5-1, 2-0 ACC on the season and have won 20-straight meetings over the Hurricanes. “I was really proud of how we responded,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “Miami jumped out on us early and we had to really dig deep after the first break. We got behind each other and we had some big swims in the middle part of the meet that set us up to take the win at the end.”