Tallahassee, Fla. – The No. 16/RV Florida State swimming and diving teams will hit the road to face NR/No. 25 LSU on Saturday at 11 a.m., at the LSU Natatorium. The 16th-ranked men enter the contest 2-1 with victories over Florida Southern and Georgia Tech, while the RV women boast a 5-1 record with wins over FSC, North Florida, West Florida, Georgia Tech, and Miami. Both squads fell to No. 10/9 Georgia. “We’re looking forward to getting back into dual meets,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “LSU has a very good team. They have a couple of Olympic gold medalists on both sides, so we’ll have our hands full. We’re looking to compete hard with them and see what we can do after finishing our great training block of the season.” The meet will follow the 16-event format with teams racing in the 100’s and 200’s of each stroke in addition to the 50, 500, 1000 (1650) free, as well as the 200 IM. The meet will begin with the 200 medley relay and finish with the 400 free rel
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