Georgia Invitational: Ruard van Renen Cracks 43.92 100 Back To Win
Georgia’s Ruard van Renen blasted a time of 43.92 seconds on Thursday to win the men’s 100 backstroke, one of the highlights of a fast night of racing at the Georgia Invitational.
Van Renen’s time was quicker than the 44.46 that was the nation-leading time set by Arizona State’s Adam Chaney entering invitational season. (Will Modglin disrupted those rankings early in the day.)
The action from the third night of four at the meet.
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Georgia Invitational Men’s Team Scores
- Florida, 605
- Georgia, 526
- Florida State, 486.5
- LSU, 327.5
- Alabama, 325
- Georgia Tech, 203
Georgia Invitational Women’s Team Scores
- Florida, 624
- Georgia, 517
- LSU, 465
- Alabama, 426.5
- Florida State, 294.5
- Georgia Tech, 193
Women’s 100 backstroke
Emily Jones continued the strong performance by the Alabama women by winning in 50.61. She was more than a second clear of runner-up Catie Choate of Florida, who went 51.68.
The top six all qualified for NCAAs. LSU’s Zoe Carlos-Broc was third in 51.90, exactly a half second up on Alice Velden of Florida State. The LSU duo of Sofia Sartori (52.42) and Michaela de Villiers (52.55) crowded under the standard of 52.65.
Men’s 100 backstroke
Ruard van Renen made a run at his best time, of 43.85 from NCAAs last year. The South African was in the 45s at this invitational last year, but he’s come leaps and bounds since then.
A half-second behind van Renen’s 43.92 was Max Wilson of Florida State, with a time of 44.43 that sets FSU’s fourth school record of the week. Georgia’s Luca Urlando booked an NCAA swim in third place at 44.79. The entire A final was under the standard, including Jonny Marshall of Florida in 45.23.
Rounding out the NCAA qualifiers was LSU’s Stepan Goncharov (45.25), Tommy Hagar of Alabama (45.46), Aiden Norman of Florida (46.10) and Georgia’s Sam Powe in 46.11.
Women’s 200 breaststroke
Anita Bottazzo polished off another breaststroke win, the Florida swimmer going 2:06.97. She was nearly 1.4 seconds clear of the field, with Elizabeth Nawrocki of Georgia touching second in 2:08.44, two tenths up on Molly Mayne of the Gators. Bottazzo’s time is a personal-best and the second-best in program history.
Seven from the A final made the NCAA cut, as well as B final winner Grace Rainey of Florida in 2:11.08. Nawrocki and Mayne were among four 2:08s, followed by LSU’s Martina Bukvic in 2:08.65 and Grace Rabb of Florida in 2:08.89. (Bukvic’s time moves her into third in program history.) Julia Mansson of Florida State finished sixth in 2:10.50, outtouching Georgia’s Charlotte Headland by one hundredth.
Men’s 200 breaststroke
The men’s race was just as crowded but a little more chaotic. At the top, Florida State’s Tommaso Baravelli held on to beat his fellow Sunshine Stater Aleksas Savickas to the win. Baravelli went 1:53.54, .32 up on Savickas.
Third was Florida State’s Lleyton Arnold in 1:54.11. The Georgia duo Cale Martter and 100 breast champ Elliot Woodburn slotted in with .03 of each other. Jordan Willis of Florida went 1:54.74 to get under the NCAA standard, as did teammate Nil Cadevall from the B final in 1:54.13.
Women’s 500 freestyle
NCAA leader Kennedi Dobson opted out of the 500. That left open the door for Julie Brousseau to win 4:35.14, big points for Florida. Though Georgia was the aggregate winner in the A final, taking four of the top six spots. That includes NCAA cuts for Marie Landreneau in second in 4:39.73 and Elizabeth Tilt in third in 4:42.40.
Michaela Mattes of Florida clocked 4:42.66 to finish fourth. She was .02 ahead of Georgia’s Shea Furse, both under the NCAA time. Sixth-place Clarke Neace finished .09 over it.
Megan Barnes blasted the B final with a 4:41.50 to get the LSU senior to NCAAs.
Men’s 500 freestyle
Ahmed Jaouadi stopped the clock in 4:10.72, a time for the Florida swimmer that is .03 under the nation-leading time that Rex Maurer brought into the week. It’s also the No. 6 time in Gators’ history.
The Tunisian leads four Florida NCAA qualifiers, with Gio Linscheer in fifth at 4:14.78, Charlie Hutchison sixth in 3:14.95 and Eric Brown beating the time in 4:17.41 via a victory in the B final.
Leonardo Alcantara of Alabama finished second in 4:11.28 with the second-fastest time in program history. It was a gap back to Georgia’s Tomas Koski in third in 4:14.13. Sean Green of Georgia was fourth in 4:!4.75, among the seven NCAA qualifiers.
Women’s 50 freestyle
Cadence Vincent was fast in prelims and faster by .01 in finals, going 21.82 to win the 50 free. She was just clear of Michaela de Villiers’ 21.99, the LSU swimmer notching an impressive double. Her teammate Avery Littlefield was third in 22.05.
Fourth place was a time for Alabama’s Charlotte Rosendale and Maryn McDade of Florida State, both in 22.23, which is under the NCAA standard.
Men’s 50 freestyle
Another day, another fast swim for Josh Liendo. The Florida senior went 18.40 to easily beat the field. LSU’s Jere Hribar was second in 18.75. Liendo’s time is the NCAA leader this season. Hribar, a tenth off his personal best, is third in the nation.
Third went to Alex Painter of Florida in 19.35, with LSU’s Stepan Goncharov and Sam Bork of FSU following at .01-second intervals. Tane Bidois of Georgia, in sixth, hit the NCAA standard bang-on at 19.43, while Florida State’s Max Wilson beat the mark by going 19.40 in the B final.
Women’s 400 medley relay
Alabama’s run of women’s success continued with the 400 medley relay, doubling up on the 200 medley relay crown. The quartet of Emily Jones, Jada Scott, Gaby Van Brunt and Cadence Vincent went 3:27.40. They were nearly a second ahead of Florida, which went 3:28.23 with the team of Addison Reese, Anita Bottazzo, Catie Choate and Lainy Kruger. That is an NCAA automatic cut and the third-fastest relay in Florida history.
LSU picked up a provisional time by going 3:31.88 (Zoe Carlos-Broc, Martina Bukvic, Sofia Sartori, Michaela de Villiers). Florida State was fourth in 3:32.65.
Men’s 400 medley relay
A DQ bit Florida’s A squad, which entered with an NCAA provisional time this season and won NCAAs in an NCAA record time last year. That left open the pathway for Georgia to win in 3:00.84 with Ruard van Renen, Elliot Woodburn, Luca Urlando (43.52) and Tomas Koski.
Florida State swam an NCAA A standard in 3:02.52, with a 51.78 from Tommaso Baravelli in breaststroke and a 41.65 from Logan Robinson on the end for the second-fastest time in program history. LSU finished third in 3:05.37, a provisional cut.
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