The final morning of the 2019 SEC Championships is under way. There will be heats of the 200 back, 100 free and 200 breast.
Florida and Missouri are in a close race for the team title, separated by just 7.5 points heading into the final day. The Texas A&M women are in front, while Florida looks to catch up.
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Order of events
Women’s 200 Back
Men’s 200 Back
Women’s 100 Free
Men’s 100 Free
Women’s 200 Breast
Men’s 200 Breast
Up-Mid-Down
The number of swimmers each team has in the A, B and C finals tonight.
Women
Auburn: 5-1-3
Tennessee: 4-2-2
Kentucky 4-2-0
South Carolina: 3-1-0
Texas A&M: 2-5-5
Florida: 2-2-5
Georgia: 1-6-0
Missouri: 1-1-7
LSU: 1-1-2
Arkansas: 1-0-2
Alabama: 0-3-1
Men
Florida: 6-5-2
Missouri: 4-4-1
Tennessee: 4-1-0
Texas A&M: 3-3-2
Georgia: 3-0-3
Alabama: 2-3-4
Kentucky: 1-3-2
Auburn: 1-2-0
LSU: 0-2-2
South Carolina: 0-1-0
Women’s 200 Back
Kentucky’s Asia Seidt got the final day off to a fast start, clocking a 1:50.76 to take the top seed in the women’s 200 back.
The Kentucky junior is less than a second ahead of second-seeded Erin Falconer (1:51.43), an Auburn senior.
Auburn got the third seed as well with sophomore Sonnele Oeztuerk clocking a 1:51.94.
Tennessee freshman Sinclair Larson took the fourth seed (1:52.92), followed by South Carolina junior Emily Cornell (1:52.93), Kentucky junior Ali Galyer (1:52.97), Florida junior Sherridon Dressel (1:53.01), and Kentucky freshman Sophie Sorenson (1:53.05).
Event 34 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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SEC Meet: S 1:48.34 2/21/2009 Gemma Spofforth, Florida
Pool: P 1:48.90 12/2/2012 Elizabeth Pelton, California
US Open: O 1:47.30 3/17/2018 Kathleen Baker, California
NCAA: N 1:47.30 3/17/2018 Kathleen Baker, California
American: M 1:47.30 3/17/2018 Kathleen Baker, California
1:50.50 A
1:57.11 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Seidt, Asia JR Kentucky-KY 1:49.35 1:50.76 qB
r:+0.59 26.17 53.95 (27.78)
1:22.29 (28.34) 1:50.76 (28.47)
2 Falconer, Erin SR Auburn-SE 1:53.56 1:51.43 qB
r:+0.58 26.26 54.23 (27.97)
1:22.85 (28.62) 1:51.43 (28.58)
3 Oeztuerk, Sonne SO Auburn-SE 1:54.18 1:51.94 qB
r:+0.62 26.52 54.34 (27.82)
1:22.75 (28.41) 1:51.94 (29.19)
4 Larson, Sinclai FR Tennessee-SE 1:54.21 1:52.92 qB
r:+0.63 27.13 55.43 (28.30)
1:24.21 (28.78) 1:52.92 (28.71)
5 Cornell, Emily JR South Carolina-S 1:55.72 1:52.93 qB
r:+0.57 26.89 55.14 (28.25)
1:23.76 (28.62) 1:52.93 (29.17)
6 Galyer, Ali JR Kentucky-KY 1:51.29 1:52.97 qB
r:+0.57 26.72 54.96 (28.24)
1:23.57 (28.61) 1:52.97 (29.40)
7 Dressel, Sherri JR Florida-FL 1:54.78 1:53.01 qB
r:+0.58 27.03 55.68 (28.65)
1:24.61 (28.93) 1:53.01 (28.40)
8 Sorenson, Sophi FR Kentucky-KY 1:55.39 1:53.05 qB
r:+0.61 26.45 54.55 (28.10)
1:23.52 (28.97) 1:53.05 (29.53)
Men’s 200 Back
Florida sophomore Clark Beach made a big move as the Gators look to close out a team title. Beach dropped nearly two seconds from his seed time to take the top seed in the 200 back, clocking a 1:40.10.
Tennessee senior Joey Reilman took the second seed at 1:40.57, ahead of Texas A&M freshman Shaine Casas (1:40.63) and Georgia junior Javier Acevedo (1:40.68).
Missouri junior Nick Alexander tied Acevedo for the fourth seed, also finishing in 1:40.68.
Tennessee junior Matthew Garcia took the sixth spot at 1:40.86, followed by Missouri freshman Jack Dahlgren (1:40.99) and Florida freshman Kacper Stokowski (1:41.37).
Event 35 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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SEC Meet: S 1:38.29 2/17/2005 Ryan Lochte, Florida
Pool: P 1:38.35 12/5/2015 Ryan Murphy, California
US Open: O 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
NCAA: N 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
American: M 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
1:39.38 A
1:45.04 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Beach, Clark SO Florida-FL 1:41.97 1:40.10 qB
r:+0.53 23.50 48.86 (25.36)
1:14.44 (25.58) 1:40.10 (25.66)
2 Reilman, Joey SR Tennessee-SE 1:39.36 1:40.57 qB
r:+0.58 23.18 48.32 (25.14)
1:14.47 (26.15) 1:40.57 (26.10)
3 Casas, Shaine FR Texas A&M-GU 1:40.04 1:40.63 qB
r:+0.55 23.49 49.58 (26.09)
1:15.39 (25.81) 1:40.63 (25.24)
4 Acevedo, Javier JR Georgia-GA 1:39.88 1:40.68 qB
r:+0.56 23.86 49.39 (25.53)
1:15.25 (25.86) 1:40.68 (25.43)
4 Alexander, Nick JR Missouri-MV 1:39.98 1:40.68 qB
r:+0.51 23.42 48.63 (25.21)
1:14.51 (25.88) 1:40.68 (26.17)
6 Garcia, Matthew JR Tennessee-SE 1:41.57 1:40.86 qB
r:+0.56 23.87 49.62 (25.75)
1:15.71 (26.09) 1:40.86 (25.15)
7 Dahlgren, Jack FR Missouri-MV 1:42.26 1:40.99 qB
r:+0.59 23.96 49.61 (25.65)
1:15.30 (25.69) 1:40.99 (25.69)
8 Stokowski, Kacp FR Florida-FL 1:43.34 1:41.37 qB
r:+0.53 22.82 50.29 (27.47)
1:15.79 (25.50) 1:41.37 (25.58)
Women’s 100 Free
Erika Brown continued to turn heads at the SEC Championships.
The Tennessee junior surged to the top seed in the 100 free, finishing in 46.68, an NCAA automatic qualifying time, just off the SEC meet record.
Missouri senior Annie Ochitwa took the second seed in 47.60, just ahead of Auburn junior Claire Fisch (47.61).
LSU senior Haylee Knight took the fourth sot at 47.98, followed by Auburn senior Aly Tetzloff (48.03), Arkansas junior Anna Hopkin (48.06), Auburn junior Julie Meynen (48.22) and Georgia junior Veronica Burchill (48.24).
Several big names were left out of the final as Texas A&M senior Claire Rasmus (48.46), Florida junior Sherridon Dressel (48.64) and Tennessee junior Stanzi Moseley (48.80) took the 9-10-11 spots.
Event 36 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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SEC Meet: S 46.61 2/18/2012 Ariana Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn
Pool: P 46.84 12/4/2011 Natalie Coughlin, California
US Open: O 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
NCAA: N 45.56 3/18/2018 Simone Manuel, Stanford
American: M 45.56 3/18/2017 Simone Manuel, Stanford
47.35 A
49.51 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Brown, Erika JR Tennessee-SE 47.18 46.68PqA
r:+0.68 22.39 46.68 (24.29)
2 Ochitwa, Ann SR Missouri-MV 47.87 47.60 qB
r:+0.75 22.77 47.60 (24.83)
3 Fisch, Claire JR Auburn-SE 48.37 47.61 qB
r:+0.79 22.74 47.61 (24.87)
4 Knight, Haylee SR Louisiana State- 48.04 47.98 qB
r:+0.67 23.10 47.98 (24.88)
5 Tetzloff, Alyss SR Auburn-SE 48.58 48.03 qB
r:+0.64 22.58 48.03 (25.45)
6 Hopkin, Anna JR Arkansas-AR 47.05 48.06 qB
r:+0.71 22.97 48.06 (25.09)
7 Meynen, Julie JR Auburn-SE 49.24 48.22 qB
r:+0.70 23.22 48.22 (25.00)
8 Burchill, Veron JR Georgia-GA 47.37 48.24 qB
r:+0.70 23.20 48.24 (25.04)
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9 Rasmus, Claire SR Texas A&M-GU 48.53 48.46 qB
r:+0.70 23.75 48.46 (24.71)
10 Dressel, Sherri JR Florida-FL 49.04 48.65 qB
r:+0.66 23.63 48.65 (25.02)
11 Moseley, Stanzi JR Tennessee-SE 48.61 48.80 qB
r:+0.68 23.34 48.80 (25.46)
Men’s 100 Free
The men’s 100 free prelims set up what looks to be an entertaining final with several swimmers all less than a second apart.
Alabama senior Robert Howard took the top seed in 41.96, the only one to break 42 during prelims.
Missouri senior Mikel Schreuders took the second seed in 42.30, the exact same time as his seed time.
Texas A&M junior Adam Koster followed with the third set at 43.28.
Florida junior Maxime Rooney took the fourth seed in 42.41, followed by Tennessee senior Kyle DeCoursey (42.45), Florida junior Khader Baqlah (42.52), Alabama junior Zane Waddell (42.56) and Kentucky junior Peter Wetzlar (42.77).
Event 37 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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SEC Meet: S 41.07 2/20/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 41.62 3/30/2002 Anthony Ervin, California
US Open: O 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
NCAA: N 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
American: M 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
41.88 A
43.80 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Howard, Robert SR Alabama-SE 41.94 41.96 qB
r:+0.71 19.95 41.96 (22.01)
2 Schreuders, Mik SR Missouri-MV 42.30 42.30 qB
r:+0.69 20.32 42.30 (21.98)
3 Koster, Adam JR Texas A&M-GU 43.07 42.38 qB
r:+0.67 20.29 42.38 (22.09)
4 Rooney, Maxime JR Florida-FL 42.39 42.41 qB
r:+0.66 20.34 42.41 (22.07)
5 Decoursey, Kyle SR Tennessee-SE 42.87 42.45 qB
r:+0.68 20.17 42.45 (22.28)
6 Baqlah, Khader JR Florida-FL 43.08 42.52 qB
r:+0.72 20.67 42.52 (21.85)
7 Waddell, Zane JR Alabama-SE 42.92 42.56 qB
r:+0.75 20.40 42.56 (22.16)
8 Wetzlar, Peter JR Kentucky-KY 43.81 42.77 qB
r:+0.66 20.16 42.77 (22.61)
Women’s 200 Breast
Texas A&M senior Sydney Pickrem returned after an unknown medical issue that sidelined her for two days. She took the top seed in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:06.30, an NCAA automatic qualifying time.
Teammate Anna Belousova took the second seed in 2:07.52, followed by Tennessee sophomore Nikol Popov (2:07.60) and Kentucky sophomore Bailey Bonnett (2:08.16).
South Carolina senior Emma Barksdale took the fifth seed in 2:08.43, followed by Tennessee junior Tess Cieplucha (2:08.84), South Carolina junior Albury Higgs (2:09.03) and Florida freshman Vanessa Pearl (2:09.52).
Event 38 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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SEC Meet: S 2:04.62 2/18/2018 Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&M
Pool: P 2:05.19 2/22/2014 Breeja Larson, Texas A&M
US Open: O 2:02.60 3/17/2018 Lilly King, Indiana
NCAA: N 2:02.60 3/17/2018 Lilly King, Indiana
American: M 2:02.60 3/17/2018 Lilly King, Indiana
2:06.94 A
2:13.97 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Pickrem, Sydney SR Texas A&M-GU 2:06.13 2:06.30 qA
r:+0.73 29.27 1:01.41 (32.14)
1:33.96 (32.55) 2:06.30 (32.34)
2 Belousova, Anna JR Texas A&M-GU 2:06.26 2:07.52 qB
r:+0.73 29.08 1:01.51 (32.43)
1:35.00 (33.49) 2:07.52 (32.52)
3 Popov, Nikol SO Tennessee-SE 2:08.09 2:07.60 qB
r:+0.79 29.44 1:01.75 (32.31)
1:34.48 (32.73) 2:07.60 (33.12)
4 Bonnett, Bailey SO Kentucky-KY 2:08.31 2:08.16 qB
r:+0.65 29.19 1:01.93 (32.74)
1:35.01 (33.08) 2:08.16 (33.15)
5 Barksdale, Emma SR South Carolina-S 2:13.61 2:08.43 qB
r:+0.74 29.22 1:01.55 (32.33)
1:34.59 (33.04) 2:08.43 (33.84)
6 Cieplucha, Tess JR Tennessee-SE 2:13.16 2:08.84 qB
r:+0.80 29.83 1:02.77 (32.94)
1:35.62 (32.85) 2:08.84 (33.22)
7 Higgs, Albury JR South Carolina-S 2:10.44 2:09.03 qB
r:+0.79 28.96 1:01.83 (32.87)
1:34.92 (33.09) 2:09.03 (34.11)
8 Pearl, Vanessa FR Florida-FL 2:08.04 2:09.52 qB
r:+0.75 29.46 1:02.00 (32.54)
1:35.55 (33.55) 2:09.52 (33.97)
Men’s 200 Breast
Texas A&M junior Benjamin Walker clocked an NCAA automatic cut in the 200 breast, finishing in 1:52.74 to take the top seed heading into finals.
Georgia senior James Guest took the second seed in 1:53.58, followed by Florida junior Grant Sanders (1:53.62)and Tennessee senior Matthew Dunphy (1:54.41).
Florida junior Marco Guarante grabbed the fifth seed (1:54.56), followed by Auburn senior Tommy Brewer (1:54.96), Georgia sophomore Jack Dalmolin (1:55.19) and Missouri senior Jordan O’Brien (1:55.59).
Event 39 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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SEC Meet: S 1:51.58 2/21/2015 Nic Fink, Georgia
Pool: P 1:51.59 2/22/2014 Anton McKee, Alabama
US Open: O 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
NCAA: N 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas
American: M 1:47.91 3/25/2018 Will Licon, Texas
1:52.94 A
1:58.43 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Walker, Benjami JR Texas A&M-GU 1:54.48 1:52.74 qA
r:+0.70 25.33 53.83 (28.50)
1:22.95 (29.12) 1:52.74 (29.79)
2 Guest, James SR Georgia-GA 1:55.15 1:53.58 qB
r:+0.68 25.86 54.64 (28.78)
1:24.20 (29.56) 1:53.58 (29.38)
3 Sanders, Grant JR Florida-FL 1:57.84 1:53.62 qB
r:+0.74 25.92 54.90 (28.98)
1:24.01 (29.11) 1:53.62 (29.61)
4 Dunphy, Matthew SR Tennessee-SE 1:53.76 1:54.31 qB
r:+0.67 25.95 55.06 (29.11)
1:24.49 (29.43) 1:54.31 (29.82)
5 Guarente, Marco JR Florida-FL 1:57.59 1:54.56 qB
r:+0.65 25.26 54.27 (29.01)
1:23.53 (29.26) 1:54.56 (31.03)
6 Brewer, Tommy SR Auburn-SE 1:58.68 1:54.96 qB
r:+0.70 25.59 54.52 (28.93)
1:24.17 (29.65) 1:54.96 (30.79)
7 Dalmolin, Jack SO Georgia-GA 1:58.46 1:55.19 qB
r:+0.72 25.39 54.88 (29.49)
1:24.66 (29.78) 1:55.19 (30.53)
8 O'Brien, Jordan SR Missouri-MV 1:54.55 1:55.59 qB
r:+0.73 25.74 54.84 (29.10)
1:24.46 (29.62) 1:55.59 (31.13)
