If he isn’t fired, he will turn into UFs Dabo Swinney.

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The Florida State cross country teams closed out the regular season at the Wisconsin Pre-National meet on Saturday in Madison, Wisc., at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course.

Racing in a field that contained 250 student-athletes in the women’s championship 6k race, Bieke Schipperen led the way, finishing 24th with a career best of 19:59.3. Agnes McTighe followed in 29th, clocking a lifetime best of 20:01.0. Elizabeth Barlow was the third Nole to cross the line in 64th with a personal best time of 20:22.5. Brooke Mullins followed in 82nd with a personal best of 20:30.1. Anna Sentner was the fifth FSU scorer at 21:06.9 (164th).

FSU placed ninth (364), marking the second highest course finish in program history in a field that featured 30 ranked teams.

On the men’s side in the championship 8k, Joe Farley turned in the top time for FSU with a career best of 23:59.1 (108th). Zach Leachman followed in 143rd with a time of 24:16.1. Coleman Cronk was the third Seminole to cross the line in 169th with a time of 24:26.2. Patrick Donnelly clocked a lifetime best of 24:29.5, placing 179th. Zachary Cloud rounded out the scoring for the Noles in 185th with a time of 24:31.8.

The Seminoles placed 31st (763).

“I challenged the guys to find improvement in their race from Nuttycombe and now they delivered,” said assistant coach Ian Frazier. “Joe Farley in particular ran incredibly patient and moved up all throughout the entirety of the race, which rewarded him with a huge course best and what I believe to be the best XC race of his collegiate career.”

“Behind him almost every guy ran a 30-40 second course best, proving that we’re still on the right path," added Frazier. “Once we clean up that final 2k of the race and get Kidus and Matt back in the lineup, I know we will cement ourselves as a top 20 team nationally.”

Florida State will begin postseason competition at the ACC Championship on Nov. 1 in Cary, N.C., at the WakeMed Soccer Park.

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The No. 22/RV Florida State swimming and diving team fell to No. 7/10 Georgia on Saturday at the Morcom Aquatic Center.

Senior Maddy Huggins tied her own school record in the 200-yard breaststroke and won three events, two individual and one relay. Graduate student Samantha Vear earned a pair of individual victories with a sweep of the diving events as FSU totaled seven wins on Saturday.

On a pleasant and sun-soaked day that marked the second weekend of competition in 2024-25, the Seminole faced their first ranked opponent of the year. The RV Florida State women (3-1) suffered their first loss of the season, as they were edged by No. 10 Georgia, 183.5-116.5. The No. 22 FSU men (0-2) lost to No. 7 UGA 218-81.

“I thought we had a great day, and obviously we ran into a really good program that swam fast and deserved to win,” FSU head coach Neal Studd said. “We had some great individual performances again. Maddy Huggins tied the school record, and winning that first relay on the women's side was awesome. We have a lot to be really proud of. A few athletes were out with injuries, and we missed them today, but again, overall, a good day and I like the direction we're headed.”

One week after she broke the FSU record, Huggins matched it on Saturday as part of another impressive day for the senior. Huggins won the 200 breaststroke in 2:07.98 to tie her week-old record. Earlier in the day, she posted a victory by more than three seconds in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 59.04.

Huggins’ day began with a 200 medley relay win, as she and junior Sarah Evans, graduate student Jenny Halden and senior Gloria Muzito won in 1:37.62. The foursome touched the wall 0.34 seconds ahead of the runners-up from Georgia to open the meet.

Vear won both diving events while making her season debut. First was a win on 1-meter to lead a sweep of the top three places by Florida State, followed by a 3-meter victory to pace a 1-2 finish for FSU. Vear’s 1-meter win came with a mark of 328.40 and her 3-meter win was with a score of 345.40. Redshirt junior Kayleigh Clark was second in both diving events, with a 306.65 on 3-meter and a 283.55 on 1-meter

Junior Tommaso Baravelli won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:57.48, as he edged out a Bulldog finisher for the victory by 0.16 seconds. Baravelli’s day also included a second-place showing in the 100 breaststroke in 54.28.

Fellow junior Sam Bork earned a win in the 50 freestyle. He touched the wall in 20.04 for his first victory of the season.

Along with their wins in the 200 medley relay, Evans and Halden also notched runner-up finishes individually. Evans was second in the 100 backstroke in 54.63 and Halden swam the 100 butterfly in 54.14 to take second.

Senior Edith Jernstedt and freshman Logan Robinson also placed second in individual events on Saturday, Jernstedt in the 200 butterfly in 1:57.20 and Robinson in the 100 butterfly in 47.13.

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Jamie Connel became a singles co-champion at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships on Saturday afternoon. Florida State has already secured two automatic NCAA Singles Championship qualifiers with Corey Craig and Connel.

Connel entered the tournament as the No. 7 seeded player and began his run with two straight set victories in the first two rounds. The third round match began with a dropped first set before battling back and claiming the second set tiebreaker en route to a dominant 6-2 third set.

Connel was then tasked with Georgia’s Thomas Paulsell, the No. 14 player in the nation at home. The All-ACC honoree blitzed through the first set 6-2 before just falling short in a second set tiebreaker. He responded with a resounding 6-1 third set to move to the semifinals and face No. 43 Martin Katz of Miami. Connel punched his ticket to the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis Singles and Doubles Championship after only dropping five total games en route to the final. The final was abandoned as the two finalists shared the championship.

Alex Bulte provided one of the bigger upsets of the tournament over Miami’s Antonio Prat in three sets, knocking off the No. 58 player in the nation. Azariah Rusher also earned a three-set victory in the first round of singles play.

In the doubles tournament, Youcef Rihane and Bulte came up huge in the set tiebreaker to win 7-4 while Joshua Dous-Karpenschif and Erik Schiessl handled their business in the first round of the tournament with an 8-4 set win. Both pairings dropped in the round of 16.

Florida State will hit the road next weekend and travel to Gainesville for the annual Bedford Cup beginning on Friday.

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Singles Main Draw - Round of 64
Azariah Rusher (FSU) def. Ettore Danesi (USF) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
#82 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Stepan Mruzek (USF) 6-2, 6-3
Nemanja Stefanovic (MERC) def. Jan Sebesta (FSU) 6-4, 6-2
Alex Bulte (FSU) def. #58 Antonio Prat (MIAMI) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2
Eder Fernandez Blanco (STET) def. #88 Youcef Rihane 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
Aaron Williams (GEOSOU) def. Erik Schiessl 7-6 (5), 6-7 (7), 7-5
Edward Tymes (GAST) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Singles Main Draw - Round of 32
#14 Thomas Paulsell (UGA) def. Azariah Rusher (FSU) 7-5, 6-2
#82 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Freddy Blaydes (UGA) 7-6 (5), 6-4
Richard Biagiotti (GT) def. Alex Bulte (FSU) 6-1, 6-4

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Singles Main Draw - Round of 16
#82 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Dimitris Paliouras (GEOSOU) 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Singles Main Draw - Quarterfinals
#82 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. #14 Thomas Paulsell (UGA) 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Singles Main Draw - Semifinals
#82 Jamie Connel (FSU) def. #43 Martin Katz (MIAMI) 6-3, 6-2

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Singles Main Draw - Final
#82 Jamie Connel (FSU) vs. #64 Miguel Perez Pena (UGA) (ABN)

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Doubles Main Draw - Round of 64
Lucca Pignaton/John Bernard (FAU) def. Corey Craig/Elias Sumann (FSU) 8-3

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Doubles Main Draw - Round of 32
Jiri Jenicek/Mark Havlicek (FAU) def. Azariah Rusher/Justin Lyons (FSU) 8-6
#47 Joshua Dous-Karpenschif/Erik Schiessl (FSU) def. Luca Hotze/Simeon Terziev (UCF) 8-4
#41 Youcef Rihane/Alex Bulte (FSU) def. Juan Jose Rodriguez Garceran/Marc Saura (STET) 8-7 (4)
Adriano Dzhenev/Nicolas Oliveira (UCF) def. #78 Jamie Connel/Jan Sebesta (FSU) 8-6

ITA Men’s Southeast Regional Championships - Men’s Doubles Main Draw - Round of 16
Jeremy Jin/Kevin Edengren (FLA) def. #47 Joshua Dous-Karpenschif/Erik Schiessl (FSU) 8-6
Christophe Clement/Krish Arora (GT) def. #41 Youcef Rihane/Alex Bulte (FSU) 8-5