Atlanta, Ga. – On the final night of the Georgia Tech Invite, Nina Kucheran lowered her school record in the 200 breast with at time of 2:08.57 (NCAA B) for silver.
In prelims, Kucheran turned in a time of 2:11.36 and was seeded fifth for the final. At night she climbed to second, turning in a new personal best, a mark she set at the 2019 ACC Championships (2:08.78).
Pia Murray led off the session by taking bronze in the 200 back, touching at 1:55.73 (NCAA B), which was just off her best (1:55.21). Maddie McDonald followed in seventh at 1:57.39.
The Noles had two in the top heat of the 100 free, led by Rebecca Moynihan in sixth at 49.60 and Zsofia Kurdi in seventh (49.72). Kurdi would lead off the 400 free relay with her fastest split, touching at 49.50.
Rookie Edith Jernstedt turned in her best at 1:58.26 and Hannah Womer also clocked her career best at 1:58.57. Jernstedt now ranks seventh in school history and Womer is eighth. Both swims were NCAA provisional standards.
FSU was led by Maggie Emary in the 1650 free as she touched with a time of 17:02.54 for 13th.
The Noles closed out the night by placing fourth in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:18.38 behind Kurdi, Gloria Muzito, Womer and Moynihan.
On the boards, Kayleigh Clark placed eighth with a tally of 216.35 ahead of Victoria Cervantes in 10th (209.20).
“We had a great weekend of racing,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We showed great fight and amazing team spirit. I’m really proud of all of our student-athletes. A special shout out goes out to our parents group in the stands for everything they do, they were awesome.”
Arijus Pavlidi led the way in the 200 back for the men, finishing sixth with the seventh-fastest time in FSU history at 1:43.29.
FSU put three in the top heat of the 100 free, led by Peter Varjasi, who took bronze with a time of 42.80 ahead of Jakub Ksiazek in sixth at 43.11. McCusker placed 10th (44.97) after clocking a 43.07 in the morning heats.
Bastian led the way for the Noles in the 100 breast, clocking 1:57.27 for sixth place.
Rush Clark added his best time in the 200 fly, touching for sixth place at 1:46.26 ahead of Brennan Hammond and Zach Smith, who tied for ninth (1:47.70).
The men closed out the night placing fifth in the 400 free relay behind Varjasi, Yordan Yanchev, Mason Herbet and McCusker with a time of 2:53.07.
David Quirie led the way in the mile for the Noles, finishing 15th with a time of 15:18.53.
Once again, Jesco Helling grabbed bronze on platform, scoring 315.70, which is a Zone B qualifying score.
“I’m really proud of the divers this week,” FSU head diving coach John Proctor said. “We’ve battled some injuries and being under the weather as of late. The women especially on tower today had a long, tough day. But we came out with some zone scores and that’s really what we wanted to accomplish.”
The women finished fourth with a score of 788 while the 19th-ranked men took third with a total of 886.5.
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