Maddie Huggins sets Florida state record in split with Georgia Tech
Maddie Huggins sets a Florida State program record in the women’s 200 breaststroke as the Seminoles split the ACC dual meet with Georgia Tech.
In Tallahassee, the Florida State women won 162-138 and the Georgia Tech men won 174.5-125.5.
Huggins won the 200 meters in 2:07.98, beating the others by more than four seconds. Her time was more than a second off Nina Kucheran’s 2021 mark of 2:08.57. Huggins also won the 100 chest with a score of 59.51 and placed second behind teammate Edith Jernstedt in the 200 individual medley. Huggins opened the meet by swimming the breaststroke on Florida State’s winning 200-meter medley relay.
Jernstedt showed her versatility by winning the 200 butterfly and second in the 100 fly. The Seminoles went 1-3 in the medley relay, followed by a 1-2-3 in the 1,000 free, led by Julia Brzozowski, who also placed third in the 500. Georgia Tech responded with a right-handed hit. 1-2-3 in the 200 free led by Sophie Murphy.
Sarah Evans, who led the winning medley relay, completed the 100 back. Medley relay anchor Gloria Muzito took second place in the 50 and 100 free. The big difference was diving, with Kayleigh Clark dominating both events for the Seminoles. She led one-two with Evelyn Hall in the 1m and completed the podium in the 3m.
Georgia Tech’s freestyle prowess was a close second. After being on the bad side in the 1,000 meter sweep, Murphy paced the field in the 200 free with a time of 1:46.59. Second place went to Zara Masoud, who edged out Murphy to win the 500m free and took third place in the 200m fly. Murphy won the 100 free in 49.64, with Georgia Tech free champion Anna Hadjiloizou third. Phoebe Wright, who was third in the 200 free, won the 200. Zora Lipkova won the 100 fly and was runner-up in the 200 fly.
Like the Florida State women’s, the Georgia Tech men’s victory was predicated on an early dominant victory in the 1,000 free. Mert Kirabs led the way with a time of 9 minutes, 1.16 seconds, followed by Lucas Betketter and Charles Parks. Kirabz led a similar run in the 500 meters, finishing 0.5 seconds ahead of Betketter in 4:23.54, with Vitor Sega taking third place.
On the other hand, the Yellow Jackets went 1-2 in the 50 free with Leandro Odorici’s 20.13 points, beating Robin Eboah by 0.08 seconds.
Burke Saka added a 200IM title to the Tech team with a backstroke double. João Caballero won both breaststroke events. Antonio Romero won the 200 fly by 0.17 seconds. Max Fowler won both diving events for Georgia Tech.
Florida State had the winning quartet of relays in Sam Bourque, Mason Harbett and Jokubas Kebris. Yordan Yanchev won the 100 free and 200 free. Third place in the 200 was Logan Robinson, who won the 100 fly and was runner-up in the 200 fly. Harvet was third in the 100 free and Kebri was third in the 50.
