Florida Gators vs. Virginia Cavaliers SCM Dual Meet Live Recap

Florida vs. Virginia

• October 18, 2024
• Charlottesville, Virginia
• 25 Meters (SCM)

We hope that you haven’t had your fill of short course meters after an exciting first day of the Swimming World Cup series in Shanghai because there’s more on the menu today as the No. 3/3 Florida Gators travel to Charlottesville to face the No. 11/1 Virginia Cavaliers.

It’s a special day for Virginia, especially for the women’s team celebrating their 50th anniversary all weekend and unveiling their 2024 NCAA championship banner before the beginning of the meet. If you aren’t at the AFC to collect a bucket hat or “Four-Peat” tie-dye rally towel, there’s still the intrigue of the SCM set-up to enjoy. Not only does it mean that there’s a 100 IM time trial to enjoy towards the end of the meet, but there will be SCM relays, and the meet will serve as a stepping stone for those on the Virginia and Florida rosters who will race in Budapest at the Short Course World Championships in December.

Virginia hosted Navy for a double intrasquad meet where each program was broken into two teams. However, this is both Virginia and Florida’s first “traditional” match-up of the 2024-25 season and both teams are suited up.

Diving took place at 10 am ET. Florida’s Camila Monroy won the women’s 3-meter with 346.28 points as the Gators went 1-3 as Casey Greenberg scored 303.00 points. The Gators did even better on the men’s 1-meter board as Peyton Donald and Conor Gesing went 1-2 for the Gators with 353.70 and 342.38 points, respectively.

The meet is available to stream through the ACC Network on ESPN+.

Women’s 200m Medley Relay

• American Record: 1:42.38 — United States (O. Smoliga, K. Meili, K. Dahlia, M. Comerford) (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:49.02 — Auburn Tigers (J. Anderson, L. Swander, M. Hoelzer, E. Coparropa) (2004)

1. Virginia ‘A’ (G. Walsh, Skirboll, Curzan, Parker) – 1:44.14 U.S Open Record
2. Florida ‘A’ (Sims, Mayne, Peoples, Cronk) – 1:45.13
3. Virginia ‘B’ – 1:46.30
4. Virginia ‘C’ – 1:49.95
5. Virginia ‘D’ – 1;50.37
6. Florida ‘B’ – 1:50.67

MeetMobile is not updating and the scoreboard on the screen was malfunctioning at the end of the women’s 200 medley relay so we have neither the overall times nor who was on what relay. But, leading off the 200 medley relay for the Virginia ‘A’ relay, Gretchen Walsh broke her teammate Claire Curzan‘s American record in the 50-meter backstroke. Curzan held the record at 25.54, announcers reported Walsh’s split as a 25.37. We are waiting for MeetMobile to confirm that exact split.

With MeetMobile working, we can now confirm that Gretchen Walsh took down the American record in the 50 backstroke with a 25.37 split. Full results to follow shortly.

Men’s 200m Medley Relay

• American Record: 1:30.37 — United States (R. Murphy, N. Fink, S. Casas, M. Andrew) (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:34.25 — Auburn Tigers (D. Van Wie, M. Gangloff, F. Bousquet, D. Gibb) (2004)

1. Florida ‘A’ (Marshall, Smith, Liendo, Fullum-Huot), 1:31.31 US Open 
2. Virginia ‘A’ (Aikins, Nichols, Nicholas, Boyle), 1:32.38
3. Florida ‘B’, 1:34.02
4. Virginia ‘B’, 1:35.91
5. Florida ‘C’, 1:37.25
6. UVA ‘C’, 1:38.18
7. Florida ‘D’, 1:38.67

MeetMobile hasn’t updated yet, so we’re going off the scoreboard that the stream shows and the names that the announcers give us, which doesn’t have the names of the athletes on each relay or the splits of each swimmer. But one thing is clear: the Florida ‘A’ relay smashed the U.S. Open record with a 1:31.31, breaking the record that the Auburn Tigers had held since the 2004 NCAA Championships held in SCM.

We do know that sophomore Jonny Marshall gave the Gators the lead after the backstroke leg. It was Julian Smith versus Noah Nichols on the breaststroke leg; Nichols closed the gap a bit but Josh Liendo quickly extended it again during the butterfly. From there it was all Florida, and they broke the U.S. Open record by 2.94 seconds.

The top three teams were all under the former U.S. Open record, with the Virginia ‘A’ relay grabbing second in 1:32.38 and the Florida ‘B’ relay grabbing the third spot in 1:34.02.

Men’s Running Score: Florida – 42, Virginia – 13

Women’s 800m Freestyle

• American Record: 7:57.42 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 7:57.42 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2022)

1. Cavan Gormsen (UVA), 8:21.55
2. Michaela Mattes (FLOR), 8:21.79
3. Mabel Zavaros (FLOR), 8:25.84
4. Camille DeBoer (FLOR), 8:33.33
5. Sophia Knapp (UVA), 8:34.29
6. Anna Auld (FLOR), 8:40.22
7. Elise Clift (UVA), scoreboard error

In a thrilling race that came down to the touch, Virginia’s Cavan Gormsen edged out Florida’s Michaela Mattes for the win in the women’s 800m freestyle. Mattes held the lead through the bulk of the race, but the sophomore Gormsen refused to go away and steadily closed the gap over the closing meters of the race.

The two came under the flags together and at the wall, Gormsen took maximum points in 8:21.55, .24 seconds ahead of Mattes. But the Gators went 2-3-4 with Mattes, Mabel Zavaros, and Camille DeBoer to put the Gators ahead of the Cavaliers.

Women’s Running Score: Florida – 28, Virginia – 27

Men’s 800m Freestyle

• American Record: 7:30.41 — David Johnston, United States (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 7:36.24 — Pál Joensen, Team Europe (2011)

1. Luke Whitlock (FLOR), 7:47.76
2. Andrew Taylor (FLOR), 7:50.64
3. Josh Parent (FLOR), 7:53.29
4. Fred Lindholm (FLOR), 7:53.78
5. Amadeusz Knop (FLOR), 7:58.60
6. Bobby Dinunzio (FLOR), 8:03.50
7. Sam O’Brien (UVA), 8:07.08
8. Peter Thompson (UVA), 8:09.28

Florida distance went to work in the men’s 800 freestyle as the Gators put together a first through sixth sweep. Paris Olympian Luke Whitlock collected the first win of his collegiate career, pulling ahead of reigning SEC champion in the 1650 freestyle, sophomore Andrew Taylor, to earn the win.

Whitlock touched in 7:47.76, while Taylor took second in 7:50.64.

Men’s Running Score: Florida – 73, Virginia – 20

Women’s 200m Freestyle

• American Record: 1:51.81 — Mallory Comerford, United States (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:51.19 — Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong (2022)

1. Aimee Canny (UVA), 1:54.13 African Record
2. JoJo Ramey (FLOR), 1:55.42
3. Leah Hayes (UVA), 1:55.73
4. Anna Moesch (UVA), 1:56.10
5. Emma Weyant (FLOR), 1:56.38
6. Julia Heimstead (FLOR), 1:58.50
7. Reilly Tiltmann (UVA), 1:58.80

Leah Hayes jumped out to the early lead in the women’s 200 freestyle. But Aimee Canny and JoJo Ramey began to close the gap on the third 50. Canny completely pulled away from there, building to the win in 1:54.13. It’s a new African record for Canny, who held the old record at 1:54.89, which she swam back in 2021.

Ramey and Hayes were separated by just over three-tenths as Ramey got her hand on the wall second for the Gators. Virginia notched a 1-3-4 finish with Canny and the freshmen Hayes and Anna Moesch to continue to build their overall lead.

Women’s Running Score: Virginia – 51, Florida – 42

Men’s 200m Freestyle

• American Record: 1:40.49 — Townley Haas, Cali Condors (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:41.58 — Alexander Graham, London Roar (2019)

1. Jake Mitchell (FLOR), 1:43.52
2. Oskar Lindholm (FLOR), 1:44.69
3. David King (UVA), 1:44.75
4. Gio Linscheer (FLOR), 1:45.85
5. Sebastien Sergile (UVA), 1:46.68
6. Devin Dilger (FLOR), 1:48.02
7. Hayden Belotti (UVA), 1:48.76
8. Tristen Davin (UVA), 1:50.97

Jake Mitchell got the job done for the Gators in the 200 freestyle, leading a Gators 1-2 finish. He earned the win in 1:43.52, taking the event win by over a second ahead of his teammate Oskar Lindholm. Freshman David King took third in the event, swimming a 1:44.75 to finish just .06 seconds behind Lindholm.

Women’s 100m Backstroke

• American Record: 55.04 — Olivia Smoliga, Cal Condors (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 55.09 — Minna Atherton, London Roar (2019)

1. Gretchen Walsh (UVA), 54.89 American Record, U.S Open Record
2. Catie Choate (FLOR), 57.23
3. Charlotte Wilson (UVA), 58.11
4. Zoe Dixon (FLOR), 58.63
5. Kate Morris (UVA), 59.40
6. Carly Meeting (FLOR), 1:00.16
7. Abby Kapeller (UVA), 1:02.43

Walsh is two for two in American records so far at this meet. First, she set the American record in the 50 backstroke leading off the 200 medley relay, now she’s taken ownership of the 100 backstroke American record. Walsh brought both the American and U.S. Open records under 55 seconds for the first time; in the former, she took down Olivia Smoliga‘s 55.04 from the 2020 ISL season with a 54.89.

Walsh separated herself from the field immediately, splitting 26.84/28.05 en route to the win.

Florida sophomore Catie Choate was the best of the rest, finishing in second in 57.23, 2.34 seconds behind Walsh. Choate was clear of everyone else besides Walsh, as it was Charlotte Wilson who took third in 58.11, almost a second behind Choate.

Running Women’s Score: Virginia – 64, Florida – 48

Men’s 100m Backstroke

• American Record: 48.33 — Coleman Stewart, Cali Condors (2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 48.92 — Matt Grevers, United States (2015)

1. Jonny Marshall (FLOR), 50.46
2. Jack Aikins (UVA), 51.01
3. Scotty Buff (FLOR), 51.62
4. Aiden Norman (FLOR), 51.69
5. Caleb Maldari (FLOR), 52.51
6. Will Thompson (UVA), 52.59
7. Teddy Cross (UVA), 53.79
8. Alex Hotta (UVA), 53.84

Marshall led off the Gators’ U.S. Open record, giving them the lead heading into the breaststroke leg. He followed that up by dominating the 100 backstroke, taking the win in 50.46. For reference, the British record is a 50.14, set by Liam Tancock in 2009.

In his return to NCAA dual meet racing, Jack Aikins took second in 51.01, while the Gators took 3-4-5 in addition to first place. Scotty Buff led the 3-4-5 trio, ahead of Aiden Norman who swept the backstrokes at Junior Pan Pacs for Canada this summer.

Men’s Running Score: Florida – 87, Virginia – 25

Women’s 100m Breaststroke

• American Record: 1:02.50 — Lilly King, Cali Condors (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:02.77 — Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania (2022)

1. Emma Weber (UVA), 1:05.27
2. Zoe Skirboll (UVA), 1:05.59
3. Molly Mayne (FLOR), 1:07.55
4. Grace rainey (FLOR), 1:08.56
5. Anna Keating (UVA), 1:08.88
6. Anna Moore (FLOR), 1:08.89
7. Gracie Weyant (FLOR), 1:09.11
8. Katie Christopherson (UVA), 1:10.22

Women’s Running Score: Virginia – 64, Florida – 48

Men’s 100m Breaststroke

• American Record: 55.56 — Nic Fink, Cali Condors (2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 55.92 — Adam Peaty, London Roar (2019)

1. Julian Smith (FLOR), 57.27
2. Noah Nichols (UVA), 57.84
3. Aleksas Savickas (FLOR), 58.62
4. R. Rached Windmuller (FLOR), 59.75
5. Cam Abaqueta (FLOR), 1:00.99
6. Matthew Heilman (UVA), 1:01.02
7. Jay Gerloff (UVA), 1:01.25
8. Tim Connery (UVA), 1:01.83

Men’s Running Score: Florida – 101, Virginia – 30

Women’s 200m Butterfly

• American Record: 2:01.73 — Kelsi Dahlia, United States (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:03.39 — Cammile Adams, United States (2015)

1. Tess Howley (UVA), 2:04.65
2. Bella Sims (FLOR), 2:04.85
3. Lainy Kruger (FLOR), 2:07.83
4. Addison Reese (FLOR), 2:09.75
5. Bailey Hartman (UVA), 2:09.81
6. Carly Novelline (UVA), 2:11.22
7. Maggie Schalow (UVA), 2:12.25

Women’s Running Score: Virginia – 88, Florida – 62

Men’s 200m Butterfly

• American Record: 1:48.66 — Tom Shields, LA Current (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:48.77 — Daiya Seto, Energy Standard (2019)

1. Mason Laur (FLOR), 1:55.00
2. Joaquin Gonzalez Pinero (FLOR), 1:56.26
3. Matt Cairns (FLOR), 1:57.94
4. Sean Sullivan (FLLR), 1:58.67
5. Colin Bitz (UVA), 1:58.78
6. Matt Styczen (UVA), 1:59.47
7. Dillon Wright (FLOR), 2:01.22
8. Harry Belcher (UVA), 2:03.69

Women’s 50m Freestyle

• American Record: 23.44 — Abbey Weitzeil, LA Current (2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 23.10 — Kasia Wasick, Poland (2022)

1. Gretchen Walsh (UVA), 23.10 American Record, T-U.S. Open 
2. Maxine Parker (UVA), 24.66
3. Micayla Cronk (FLOR), 25.16
4. Olivia Peoples (FLOR), 25.28
5. Aspen Gersper (UVA), 25.33
6. Kayleigh Duffy (UVA), 25.76
7. Lilly Daley (FLOR), 26.04
8. Carly Meeting (FLOR), 26.05

Women’s Running Score: Virginia – 102, Florida – 67

Men’s 50m Freestyle

• American Record: 20.16 — Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 20.24 — Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors (2019)

1. Josh Liendo (FLOR), 20.88
2. Ed Fullum-Huot (FLOR), 21.47
3. Alex Painter (FLOR), 21.50
4. Connor Boyle (UVA), 22.05
5. Spencer Nicholas (UVA), 22.14
6. Paul Dardis (FLOR), 22.22
7. Simon Lins (UVA), 22.41
8. Jack Madoch (UVA), 22.46

Men’s Running Score: Florida – 133, Virginia – 36

Women’s 100m Freestyle

• American Record: 51.26 — Abbey Weitzeil, LA Current (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 51.00 — Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong (2022)

Men’s 100m Freestyle

• American Record: 45.08 — Nathan Adrian/Caeleb Dressel, USA/Cali Condors (2009/2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 45.22 — Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors (2019)

Men’s Running Score: 

Women’s 200m Backstroke

• American Record: 2:00.03 — Missy Franklin, United States (2011)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:59.57 — Katinka Hosszu, Team Europe (2015)

Men’s 200m Backstroke

• American Record: 1:46.68 — Ryan Lochte, United States (2010)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:48.40 — Shaine Casas, United States (2022)

Men’s Running Score: 

Women’s 200m Breaststroke

• American Record: 2:14.57 — Rebecca Soni, United States (2009)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:17.03 — Lilly King, Cali Condors (2019)

Men’s 200m Breaststroke

• American Record: 2:01.60 — Nic Fink, United States (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:02.33 — Cody Miller, United States (2015)

Men’s Running Score: 

Women’s 400m Freestyle

• American Record: 3:52.88 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 3:54.04 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2022)

Men’s 400m Freestyle

• American Record: 3:34.38 — Kieran Smith, United States (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 3:35.99 — Kieran Smith, United States (2022)

Men’s Running Score: 

Women’s 100m Butterfly

• American Record: 54.59 — Kelsi Dahlia, Cali Condors (2021)
• U.S. Open Record: 55.10 — Jeanette Ottesen, Denmark (2015)

Men’s 100m Butterfly

• American Record: 47.78 — Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 48.63 — Tom Shields, United States (2015)

Men’s Running Score: 

Women’s 100m IM (Time Trial)

• American Record: 56.99 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
• U.S. Open Record: 57.81 — Beata Nelson, United States (2022)

Men’s 100m IM (Time Trial)

• American Record: 49.28 — Caeleb Dressel, Cali Condors (2020)
• U.S. Open Record: 51.04 — Shaine Casas, United States (2022)

Women’s 200m IM

• American Record: 2:02.12 — Kate Douglass, United States (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 2:03.66 — Katinka Hosszu, Team Europe (2015)

Men’s 200m IM

• American Record: 1:49.63 — Ryan Lochte, United States (2012)
• U.S. Open Record: 1:50.76 — Daiya Seto, Energy Standard (2019)

Men’s Running Score: 

Women’s 400m Freestyle Relay

• American Record: 3:26.29 — United States (T. Huske, K. Douglass, C. Curzan, E. Brown) (2022)
• U.S. Open Record: 3:26.48 — Energy Standard (P. Oleksiak, S. Sjöstrom, K. Sanchez, F. Heemskerk) (2019)

Men’s 400m Freestyle Relay

• American Record: 3:03.03 — United States (C. Dressel, B. Pieroni, M. Chadwick, R. Held) (2018)
• U.S. Open Record: 3:05.11 — London Roar (C. McEvoy, K. Chalmers, Y. Kisill, D. Scott) (2019)

Men’s Running Score: