With the Gators capping a victory over FAU at home, a select
member of the men’s team were in Dallas, Texas for the Classic @ SMU, in which
they finished third out of seven competitors with 283.50 points, falling to Michigan
and USC who posted 315 and 309 points, respectively, at Perkins Natatorium
Saturday evening. The meet featured a slew of prestigious swim programs in
Southern Methodist University (C-USA), No. 4 Michigan (Big 10), No. 5 USC (Pac
12), No. 13 Florida (SEC), No. 16 North Carolina (ACC) and No. 20 Purdue (Big
10).
On hand at the Classic @ SMU were junior Cameron Martin (Clearwater, Fla.),
sophomores Marcin Cieslak (Warsaw, Poland), Brad deBorde (Longwood, Fla.), Mike Lewark (Davie, Fla.) and Connor Signorin (East Windsor, N.J.) as
well as freshmen Nicholas Caldwell (Sarasota,
Fla.), Matthew Curby (Ovieda, Fla.) Matt Elliott (Peoria, Ill.), Eduardo Solaeche-Gomez (Madrid, Spain).