Oct. 4, 2008
Complete Results
Coral Gables, Fla. -
Miami swimming and diving jumped into action on Saturday morning, enjoying a season-opening split with Florida Gulf Coast (W, 140-103) and Florida State (L, 99-143) at the Norman Whitten Pool in Coral Gables, Fla.
Delayed for the first 25 minutes due to storms in the Coral Gables area, heavy rains would not deter the Hurricanes from their season and home-opener. A great recruiting class by both head coach Christie Shefchunas (swimming) and Randy Ableman (diving) brought a great crowd out to the Whitten Pool despite the weather.
UM (1-1) picked up 12 top-five individual finishes on Saturday, as well as a first place finish in the 400 freestyle relay. The `Canes 400 free relay squad picked up a winning time of 3:32.15, while the "B" team finished with a mark of 3:48.53.
Ryann Labreche started things off for the Orange and Green with a second place time (10:28.35) in the 1000 freestyle. Annika Saarnak finished second (1:52.24) in the 200 free while teammate Lauren Jacoby was eighth (1:58.37).
Lizzi Torres finished fourth in the 50 free registering a time of 24.98. She also took a second place mark (53.41) in the 100 free.
In her season debut, Britta Boesing finished third in the 200 IM with a time of 2:07.93. She recorded a third place time of 2:07.43 in the 200 backstroke.
Boesing followed that up with a first place time of 2:21.82 in the 200 breaststroke.
"I'm very happy with how the girls performed today," stated swimming coach
Christie Shefchunas. "This is the first meet of the year, and already they're so far ahead of where they were last year."
The Hurricane divers, men and women, looked great despite the rain on the springboards.
Reuben Ross took second place in the men's 1m springboard with a score of 344.35 while FSU's Terry Horner (350.75) took first place. J.J. Kinzbach finished fifth (282.55).
Ross and Kinzbach went first and third, respectively, in the men's 3m springboard as Ross posted a score of 346.50 and Kinzbach collected a 325.00.
In the women's 1m springboard, the Hurricanes went 1-2-3 led by Jenna Dreyer's winning score of 302.40. Dreyer, returning after redshirting in 2007-08, was eager to get back on the boards after representing her home country of South Africa in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Highly-touted freshman Kelci Bryant was second with 295.65, and last year's NCAA Champion Brittany Viola was third (275.60).
Again the `Canes went first, second, third in the women's 3m springboard led by Viola's first place score of 283.15. Second place as awarded to Dreyer (274.90) and Bryant was third with 267.50.
UM heads back into the water next Saturday, Oct. 11 when they travel to Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) foe North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C.
![Jenna Dreyer returned for the Hurricanes on Saturday [photo by JC Ridley]](http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mifl/sports/c-swim/auto_action/2356035.jpeg)
