Vols Defeat Florida; Remain Unbeaten

The second-ranked Tennessee swimming and diving team remained undefeated with hard-fought win against 10th-ranked Florida on Saturday afternoon at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville. The Volunteers moved to 10-0 on the season with a 5-0 mark in the Southeastern Conference with the 128.5-107.5 victory over the Gators.

"We were a little concerned coming into this meet," commented Vol head coach John Trembley. "It has been a tough time in Knoxville lately with illness and injury. It was an ugly, but big win."

The Vols won seven of the 13 events on the afternoon as the UT sprinters led the charge. The trio of Renalto Gueraldi (20.15), Chris Hussey (20.33) and Michael Gilliam (20.48) took the top three spots in the 50 freestyle. The Vols again flexed sprint muscles again in the 100 freestyle with Gilliam taking top honors with a time of 44.35 and Gueraldi and Hussey finishing third and fourth, respectivley.

"There were two great performances," said Trembley. "Gueraldi's win in the 50 free was huge. Gilliam continued to be a dominant 100 freestyler at this meet."

With the outcome still in doubt entering the 400 freestyle, the Vol sprinters came through again. Jeremy McDonnell and Brent Owen joined Gueraldi and Hussey on the winning squad the beat second-place Florida by more than three seconds.

The Vols opened the meet by taking the top two spots in the 400 medley relay. The winning squad consisted of Gilliam, Chris Stewart, Jamie Graves and Owen. Other winners for the Vols included Greg Simpson (200 free), Shannon Roy (three-meter diving) and Andrew Bree (200 breaststroke)

Tennessee will close out the dual-meet portion of its schedule next week with a dual-meet at Kentucky. The Volunteers defeated the Wildcats earlier in the season at the SEC East Dual-Meet Extravaganza.

400 Medley Relay
1. Tennessee	3:17.19
(Gilliam, Stewart, Graves, Owen)
2. Tennessee	3:18.08
(Parrish, McDonnell, Hoggatt, Burton)
3. Florida	3:20.27
(Jansen, Norris, Reeves, Kostowicz)
1000 Free
1. Ricardo Monasterio	UF	9:15.63
2. Steve Cromer	UT	9:22.88
3. Matt Yacco	UF	9:35.94
4. Jason Baxter	UT	10:32.62
200 Free
1. Greg Simpson	UT	1:39.26
2. Brett Tannhauser	UT	1:39.87
3. Duncan Sherrard	UF	1:40.60
4. Rocardo Molari	UF	1:42.90
5. Eric Donnelly	UF	1:43.30
5. Michael Gross	UT	1:43.30
50 Free
1. Renato Gueraldi	UT	20.15
2. Chris Hussey	UT	20.33
3. Michael Gilliam	UT	20.48
4. Carlos Jayme	UF	20.49
5. Jim Kostowicz	UF	20.87
200 IM
1. Bryan Kim	UF	1:49.55
2. Andrew Bree	UT	1:49.81
3. Jeremy McDonnell	UT	1:50.21
4. Greg Reeves	UF	1:52.21
5. Ben Brink	UT	1:53.32
One Meter Diving
1. Hank Richardson	UF	324.90
2. Shannon Roy	UT	312.15
3. Jake Dorsey	UF	254.03
200 Fly
1. Greg Reeves	UF	1:48.52
2. Bryan Kim	UF	1:49.20
3. Duncan Sherrard	UF	1:49.51
4. Jason Baxter	UT	1:51.90
5. Jamie Graves	UT	1:52.08
100 Free
1. Michael Gilliam	UT	44.35
2. Carlos Jayme	UF	44.98
3. Renalto Gueraldi	UT	45.11
4. Chris Hussey	UT	45.78
5. Nathan Summers	UF	46.04
500 Free
1. Ricardo Monasterio	UF	4:26.82
2. Brett Tannhauser	UT	4:29.91
3. Bryan Kim	UF	4:34.81
4. Steve Cromer	UT	4:37.57
5. Eric Donnelly	UF	4:43.63
Three-Meter (UT 105.5, UF 94.5)
1. Shannon Roy	UT	365.18
2. Hank Richardson	UF	352.80
3. Jake Dorsey	UT	257.55
200 Breast  (UT 115.5, UF 103.5)
1. Andrew Bree	UT	2:00.66
2. Phillip Norris	UF	2:01.50
3. Ian Chadsey	UF	2:04.47
4. Ansel Tjin-A-Tam	UF	2:04.51
5. Chris Stewart	UT	2:06.26
400 Free Relay
1. Tennessee	3:00.01
(McDonnell, Owen, Gueraldi, Hussey)
2. Florida	3:03.32
(Odendaal, Foster, Hernando, Jayme)
3. Tennessee	3:03.63
(Tannhauser, Burton, Hoggatt, Simpson)
Final Score:
Final Score:
Tennessee 128.5, Florida 107.5

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