Florida v. Kentucky
October 2, 2026
Lancaster Aquatic Center, Lexington, KY
SCY (25 yards)
Results
Final Scores
Women: Florida 183, Kentucky 115
Men: Florida 194, Kentucky 103
The Florida Gators dominated on the road in Lexington, handling business against SEC foe Kentucky and bringing home a pair of early-season conference wins: the women downed the Wildcats 183 to 115, while the men handled business 194 to 103.
Several multi-event winners led Florida; Catie Choate picked up a pair of backstroke wins, clocking 53.11 and adding the 200 back to her meet resume in 1:56.72. Her fellow gator Maddie Moreth earned a stroke sweep of her own, nabbing the 100 breast in 1:01.93, and stopping the clock in 2:14.83 to win the 200 breast.
Julie Brousseau got the scoring off to a hot start with an early win in the 200 free, clocking 1:47.94. Valentina Procaccini was another big winner in Lexington, claiming a pair of distance freestyle wins in 4:30.51 in the 500 and 9:50.02 in the 1000.
Florida’s men were also well represented, with Nil Cadevall winning three individual events. He swept both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in 54.36 and 1:59.36, respectively. He added another win in the 200 IM in 1:47.74.
The Gator men were firing on all cylinders, with Devin Dilger winning the 50 and 100 free in 19.49 and 43.92; Ahmed Jaouadi picked up where he left off last season with a win in the 1000 free, clocking a sub-9-minute time in 8:55.90. Abdalla Youssef took the win, touching in 1:37.72 in the 200 free.
Kentucky still managed to tough out a couple of wins to soften the early-season loss.
On the women’s side, Billie Sherratt won the 200 fly in 2:01.25. Valeria Tarin took a nail-biter win in the women’s 50 free in 23.54, while Hayden Penny snagged the 200 IM in 2:00.48.
Devin Naoroz beat Florida’s Jonny Marshall in the 100 back by more than half a second in 46.45; Marshall took the runner-up spot in 47.16. The other win came at the hands of freshman Filippo Bertoni, who took a distance win in the 500 free in 4:24.68.