2022 SEC Championships: Alabama Women, Florida Men Set Relay Records
It took all of one event for the 2022 SEC Championships to live up to their hype Tuesday afternoon. A meet and conference record went by the wayside in the first event of the day, courtesy of the Alabama women’s 200 medley relay. The flying start is a promise of more to come in the four-day meet hosted by the University of Tennessee.
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Women’s 200 medley relay
Roll Tide right out of the gates. The foursome of Rhyan White, Avery Wiseman, Morgan Scott and Kalia Antoniou were razor sharp in going 1:33.94 in the 200 medley relay. That takes down the SEC record of 1:34.10 set by Tennessee at NCAAs in 2019 and the 1:34.26 that same foursome set at SECs in 2019. The pickups were precise and a net negative thanks to Wiseman’s minus-.07 pickup.
Alabama and Tennessee, the holders of the two A cuts in the league, went 1-2, the Vols’ Irish connection leading to a 1:34.63 (Josephine Fuller, Mona McSharry, Ellen Walshe, AJ Kutsch).
Kentucky (third in 1:35.87) and Auburn (fourth in 1:35.96) both upgraded B cuts to auto cuts. Georgia was fifth.
Event 2 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:32.93 2/17/2021 Virginia
C. Gmelich, A. Wegner, A. Cuomo, K. Douglass
SEC: S 1:34.10 3/22/2019 Tennessee
M Small, N Popov, M Banic, E Brown
SEC Meet: M 1:34.26 2/19/2019 Tennessee
M. Small, N. Popov, M. Banic, E. Brown
Pool: P 1:33.91 11/22/2019Virginia
C Gmelich, A Wenger, K Douglass, M Hill
1:36.40 A
1:37.05 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Alabama-SE 'A' 1:35.01 1:33.94SA 64
1) White, Rhyan E SR 2) r:-0.07 Wiseman, Avery FR
3) r:0.02 Scott, Morgan SR 4) r:0.03 Antoniou, Kalia JR
r:+0.67 23.65 50.00 (26.35)
1:12.37 (22.37) 1:33.94 (21.57)
2 Tennessee-SE 'A' 1:35.89 1:34.63 A 56
1) Fuller, Josephine A FR 2) r:0.21 McSharry, Mona SO
3) r:0.26 Walshe, Ellen FR 4) r:0.21 Kutsch, AJ JR
r:+0.67 24.32 50.48 (26.16)
1:13.41 (22.93) 1:34.63 (21.22)
3 Kentucky-KY 'A' 1:36.89 1:35.87 A 54
1) Brooks, Caitlin P JR 2) r:0.36 Bonnett, Bailey
3) r:0.12 Gati, Izzy SR 4) r:0.26 Gaines, Riley SR
r:+0.51 23.96 50.82 (26.86)
1:14.20 (23.38) 1:35.87 (21.67)
4 Auburn-SE 'A' 1:36.77 1:35.96 A 52
1) Lee, Meghan R SO 2) r:0.30 Makarova, Anastasia
3) r:0.01 Thamm, Claudia JR 4) r:0.12 Hamilton, Rebekah FR
r:+0.66 23.94 50.81 (26.87)
1:14.03 (23.22) 1:35.96 (21.93)
5 Georgia-GA 'A' 1:36.82 1:36.41 B 50
1) McCarty, Eboni F FR 2) r:0.05 Evans, Angharad FR
3) r:0.09 Luther, Dakota SR 4) r:0.24 Fa'Amausili, Gabi
r:+0.70 24.66 51.44 (26.78)
1:14.58 (23.14) 1:36.41 (21.83)
6 Missouri-MV 'A' 1:36.41 1:36.63 B 48
1) Rees, Meredith A JR 2) r:0.19 Jones, Kayla SR
3) r:0.18 Thompson, Sarah SR 4) r:0.29 Keil, Megan SR
r:+0.59 24.28 52.16 (27.88)
1:14.62 (22.46) 1:36.63 (22.01)
7 Arkansas-AR 'A' 1:38.23 1:36.85 B 46
1) Sansores, Andrea A SR 2) r:0.21 Herrmann, Vanessa SR
3) r:0.22 Melton, Kobie SR 4) r:0.04 Barclay, Emily SR
r:+0.65 24.16 51.40 (27.24)
1:15.07 (23.67) 1:36.85 (21.78)
8 Texas A&M-GU 'A' 1:39.06 1:37.60 44
1) Owens, Kaitlyn M FR 2) r:0.25 Perttula, Andrea JR
3) r:0.18 Theall, Olivia SO 4) r:0.16 Kennett, Bobbi SO
r:+0.66 24.52 52.45 (27.93)
1:15.68 (23.23) 1:37.60 (21.92)
9 South Carolina-SC 'A' 1:38.62 1:37.64 40
1) Pantano, Bella L SO 2) r:0.07 Steele, Taylor JR
3) r:0.40 Toh, Nicholle SO 4) r:0.21 Smith, Janie JR
r:+0.65 24.69 51.87 (27.18)
1:15.78 (23.91) 1:37.64 (21.86)
10 Florida-FL 'A' 1:38.01 1:37.78 34
1) Mack, Katelyn G JR 2) r:0.26 Mathieu, Tylor JR
3) r:0.13 Peoples, Olivia FR 4) r:0.15 Cronk, Micayla FR
r:+0.69 24.91 52.65 (27.74)
1:15.81 (23.16) 1:37.78 (21.97)
11 LSU-LA 'A' 1:41.19 1:37.96 32
1) Milutinovich, Katarina JR 2) r:0.29 Boll, Emilie JR
3) r:0.16 Howell, Maddie SO 4) r:0.16 Kucsan, Natalie SR
r:+0.69 25.08 52.13 (27.05)
1:15.76 (23.63) 1:37.96 (22.20)
12 Vanderbilt-SE 'A' 1:41.52 1:40.79 30
1) Burke, Abby E SR 2) r:0.18 Knelson, Faith
3) r:-0.03 Debeer, Tonner SR 4) r:0.29 Beers, Eleanor SO
r:+0.55 25.56 53.94 (28.38)
1:17.80 (23.86) 1:40.79 (22.99)
Men’s 200 medley relay
Keep your 18-second 50 free splits, Florida’s Eric Friese says. A 19-second fly split is the new vogue swim.
Friese’s 19.64 fly split helped the Gators set a meet record in the relay, the foursome of Adam Chaney, Dillon Hillis, Friese and Alberto Mestre winning in 1:22.06. That’s also the Tennessee pool record, taking down a SwimMAC mark of 1:23.02 from 2013 that included Olympians Nick Thoman and Cullen Jones.
Second was Alabama, brought home by Jonathan Berneburg’s 18.81 to go 1:22.28. Tennessee was third, upgrading its B cut to an A. Georgia was fourth, with Luca Urlando going 19.57 on fly. Texas A&M went from no relay cut to an A cut in fifth in 1:24.00. And a low B cut from LSU in sixth might cost a chance to see Brooks Curry blast it at NCAAs in the event. He went 18.14 off the end.
The podium was only set after Auburn, which had posted the third-fastest time, was DQed for an early takeoff. The Tigers had already secured an A cut.
Event 3 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:21.54 3/24/2017 Texas
J. Shebat, W. Licon, J.Schooling, B. Ringgold
SEC: S 1:21.89 3/24/2017 Alabama
C Oslin, P Romanov, L Kaliszak, Z Waddell
SEC Meet: M 1:22.19 2/19/2019 Alabama
Z. Waddell, L. Bams, K. Auerbach, R. Howard
Pool: P 1:23.02 12/6/2013 SwimMAC
N Thoman, E Knight, T Phillips, C Jones
1:24.22 A
1:24.83 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Florida-FL 'A' 1:24.10 1:22.06MA 64
1) Chaney, Adam C SO 2) r:0.17 Hillis, Dillon SR
3) r:0.28 Friese, Eric JR 4) r:0.16 Mestre, Alberto JR
r:+0.67 20.32 43.48 (23.16)
1:03.12 (19.64) 1:22.06 (18.94)
2 Alabama-SE 'A' 1:23.38 1:22.28PA 56
1) Menke, Matthew T JR 2) r:0.04 Maas, Derek JR
3) r:0.15 Sesvold, Tyler SR 4) r:0.11 Berneburg, Jonathan SR
r:+0.63 20.67 43.30 (22.63)
1:03.47 (20.17) 1:22.28 (18.81)
3 Tennessee-SE 'A' 1:24.69 1:23.35 A 54
1) Kammann, Bjoern 2) r:0.21 Houlie, Michael SR
3) r:0.03 Mota, Kayky SR 4) r:0.20 Crooks, Jordan FR
r:+0.72 21.11 44.22 (23.11)
1:04.92 (20.70) 1:23.35 (18.43)
4 Georgia-GA 'A' 1:23.97 1:23.92 A 52
1) Ng, Wesley Y SO 2) r:0.09 Wayner, Harrison SR
3) r:0.07 Urlando, Luca SO 4) r:0.28 Downing, Dillon JR
r:+0.62 21.57 45.49 (23.92)
1:05.06 (19.57) 1:23.92 (18.86)
5 Texas A&M-GU 'A' 1:25.40 1:24.00 A 50
1) Gogulski, Ethan D JR 2) r:0.24 Puente Bustamandres JR
3) r:0.08 Brown, Jace JR 4) r:0.13 Reno, Seth FR
r:+0.79 21.12 44.38 (23.26)
1:04.76 (20.38) 1:24.00 (19.24)
6 LSU-LA 'A' 1:26.07 1:24.79 B 48
1) Curtis, Griffin M FR 2) r:0.14 Mason, Mitch SO
3) r:0.12 Hassling, Emil SO 4) r:0.16 Curry, Brooks JR
r:+0.71 22.26 46.04 (23.78)
1:06.65 (20.61) 1:24.79 (18.14)
7 Missouri-MV 'A' 1:25.22 1:24.95 46
1) Bochenski, Grant R 2) r:0.10 Patton, Ben JR
3) r:0.13 Kovac, Danny SR 4) r:0.25 Dahlgren, Jack SR
r:+0.58 22.08 45.62 (23.54)
1:05.86 (20.24) 1:24.95 (19.09)
8 South Carolina-SC 'A' 1:25.49 1:25.09 44
1) Laitarovsky, Michael FR 2) r:0.02 Massey, Luke SR
3) r:0.17 Gropper, Guy JR 4) r:0.19 Ross, AJ GR
r:+0.63 21.30 44.50 (23.20)
1:05.53 (21.03) 1:25.09 (19.56)
9 Kentucky-KY 'A' 1:29.27 1:29.51 40
1) Hamilton, Jack B FR 2) r:0.27 Barker, Kyle SR
3) r:0.53 Mussler, Jackson FR 4) r:0.16 Russell, Mac FR
r:+0.72 22.56 46.70 (24.14)
1:08.92 (22.22) 1:29.51 (20.59)
-- Auburn-SE 'A' 1:24.20 DQ
Early take-off swimmer #2
1) Stoffle, Nathaniel L FR 2) r:-0.10 Mikuta, Reid SO
3) r:0.15 Yish, Matthew SR 4) r:0.16 Tirheimer, Logan SO
r:+0.64 21.08 43.86 (22.78)
1:04.16 (20.30) DQ (18.92)
Women’s 1-meter diving
The first diving event of the meet is all about the veterans, with upperclassmen taking four of the top five spots. South Carolina grad student Brooke Schultz led the way, clear of the field by more than 40 points in prelims and winning in 334.30. Freshman Chiara Pellacani of LSU broke the senior blockade by finishing second in 316.70. Kentucky’s Kyndal Knight finished third with Aimee Wilson of Texas A&M fourth.
Event 1 Women 1 mtr Diving
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SEC: S 375.53 1/18/2019 Brooke Schultz, Arkansas
SEC Meet: M 364.30 2/15/2017 Lauren Reedy, Missouri
Pool: P 364.30 2/15/2017 Lauren Reedy, Missouri
265.00 A
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Schultz, Brooke GR South Carolina-S 331.35 334.30 A 32
2 Pellacani, Chiara LSU-LA 285.80 316.70 A 28
3 Knight, Kyndal SR Kentucky-KY 288.85 309.25 A 27
4 Wilson, Aimee SR Texas A&M-GU 287.30 307.70 A 26
5 Cable, Grace M SR Tennessee-SE 279.50 290.65 A 25
6 Lavenant, Montserrat LSU-LA 286.35 287.95 A 24
7 Verzyl, Sophie FR South Carolina-S 315.60 287.70 A 23
8 Wenzel, Meghan SO Georgia-GA 274.50 283.70 A 22
Men’s 3-meter diving
Make it a six-pack for LSU’s Juan Celaya Hernandez, as the Mexican Olympian nabbed his sixth career SEC title. He scored 459.75 in the 3-meter to clear the field by 20 points. Texas A&M’s Kurtis Mathews was second. Tennessee used the home-board advantage to take third and fifth, with Bryden Hattie and Matt Wade, respectively.
Event 4 Men 3 mtr Diving
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SEC: S 495.15 3/23/2018 Zhipeng Zeng, Tennessee
SEC Meet: M 483.15 2/21/2019 Zhipeng Zeng, Tennessee
Pool: P 522.10 12/19/2012Kristian Ipsen, Stanford
320.00 A
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Celaya Hernande LSU-LA 433.10 459.75 A 32
2 Mathews, Kurtis SR Texas A&M-GU 407.35 437.80 A 28
3 Hattie, Bryden SO Tennessee-SE 401.85 414.00 A 27
4 Pruitt, Conner SR Auburn-SE 381.55 411.70 A 26
5 Wade, Matt T SR Tennessee-SE 375.05 380.30 A 25
6 Romero, Rodrigo JR Kentucky-KY 352.35 375.90 A 24
7 Povzner, Victor SO Texas A&M-GU 400.05 365.00 A 23
8 Abadia Garcia, FR LSU-LA 373.15 360.20 A 22
Women’s 800 freestyle relay
With social distancing limiting relay finals to just three squads per heat, the dynamic of chaser and chased shifts. And it opens the chance for instances like Tuesday, where Tennessee can leap from the penultimate heat to the top step of the podium.
The Vols dropped more than 10 seconds off their seed time to go 6:56.81, the foursome of Julia Mrozinski, Ellen Walshe, Trude Rothrock and Tjasa Pintar. The time sets a pool record, downing Georgia’s 6:57.09 from 2012. The Vols were seeded fifth.
It’s also an A cut for the Vols, with no foursome entering the 2022 SEC Championships having an A cut in the event. Kentucky also put up an auto time to finish second, from the final heat, in 6:57.60. Riley Gaines’ 1:41.92 on the second leg was the fastest of the competition. There was only one 1:42 (Texas A&M leadoff Chloe Stepanek, 1:42.40) and one 1:43 (Mrozinski, 1:43.21) in the field. Kentucky had had a B cut.
Georgia improved its B cut by 4.5 seconds to 7:01.34. Florida (7:01.77), Alabama (an improved B cut by a second to 7:03.06) and A&M (7:04.12) joined the consideration times.
Event 5 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 6:45.91 3/15/2017 Stanford
S. Manuel, L. Neal, E. Eastin, K. Ledecky
SEC: S 6:51.80 3/16/2016 Georgia
H Flickinger, K Stewart, M Raab, B MacLean
SEC Meet: M 6:52.64 2/19/2013 Georgia
S. Vreeland, M. Romano, J. Mattern, A. Schmitt
Pool: P 6:57.09 2/14/2012 Georgia
S Vreeland, M Margalis, J Mattern, M Romano
7:00.86 A
7:05.88 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Tennessee-SE 'A' 7:07.02 6:56.81PA 64
1) Mrozinski, Julia M FR 2) r:0.40 Walshe, Ellen FR
3) r:0.26 Rothrock, Trude SR 4) r:0.24 Pintar, Tjasa SR
r:+0.63 23.69 49.60 (49.60)
1:16.38 (1:16.38) 1:43.21 (1:43.21)
2:07.16 (23.95) 2:33.51 (50.30)
3:00.66 (1:17.45) 3:27.27 (1:44.06)
3:50.78 (23.51) 4:16.83 (49.56)
4:44.35 (1:17.08) 5:12.49 (1:45.22)
5:36.53 (24.04) 6:02.66 (50.17)
6:29.78 (1:17.29) 6:56.81 (1:44.32)
2 Kentucky-KY 'A' 7:03.45 6:57.60 A 56
1) Gati, Izzy G SR 2) r:0.25 Gaines, Riley SR
3) r:0.26 Sorenson, Sophie SR 4) r:0.23 Wheeler, Kaitlynn JR
r:+0.62 24.32 50.84 (50.84)
1:18.04 (1:18.04) 1:45.36 (1:45.36)
2:08.82 (23.46) 2:34.58 (49.22)
3:00.28 (1:14.92) 3:27.28 (1:41.92)
3:51.03 (23.75) 4:17.34 (50.06)
4:44.46 (1:17.18) 5:11.69 (1:44.41)
5:35.47 (23.78) 6:01.78 (50.09)
6:29.16 (1:17.47) 6:57.60 (1:45.91)
3 Georgia-GA 'A' 7:05.71 7:01.34 B 54
1) Hartman, Zoie E JR 2) r:0.63 Parker, Maxine SO
3) r:0.33 Dickinson, Callie SR 4) r:0.36 Coetzee, Dune FR
r:+0.74 23.89 50.01 (50.01)
1:16.85 (1:16.85) 1:44.33 (1:44.33)
2:08.37 (24.04) 2:34.42 (50.09)
3:01.69 (1:17.36) 3:30.21 (1:45.88)
3:54.45 (24.24) 4:21.29 (51.08)
4:48.90 (1:18.69) 5:16.35 (1:46.14)
5:40.59 (24.24) 6:06.82 (50.47)
6:34.00 (1:17.65) 7:01.34 (1:44.99)
4 Florida-FL 'A' 7:08.50 7:01.77 B 52
1) Bates, Talia B JR 2) r:0.48 Nikonova, Ekaterina FR
3) r:0.13 Cronk, Micayla FR 4) r:0.22 Miller, Nikki SR
r:+0.73 23.78 49.94 (49.94)
1:17.53 (1:17.53) 1:45.09 (1:45.09)
2:03.70 (18.61) 2:35.42 (50.33)
3:02.98 (1:17.89) 3:30.40 (1:45.31)
3:53.75 (23.35) 4:19.94 (49.54)
4:47.61 (1:17.21) 5:16.12 (1:45.72)
5:35.55 (19.43) 6:06.79 (50.67)
6:34.24 (1:18.12) 7:01.77 (1:45.65)
5 Alabama-SE 'A' 7:04.06 7:03.06 B 50
1) Delmenico, Mela M FR 2) r:0.30 Dupre, Cora JR
3) r:0.29 Antoniou, Kalia JR 4) r:0.17 Felner, Gracie SO
r:+0.70 24.46 50.99 (50.99)
1:18.61 (1:18.61) 1:45.77 (1:45.77)
2:09.57 (23.80) 2:35.87 (50.10)
3:02.66 (1:16.89) 3:29.84 (1:44.07)
3:53.54 (23.70) 4:19.89 (50.05)
4:48.67 (1:18.83) 5:16.92 (1:47.08)
5:40.88 (23.96) 6:07.91 (50.99)
6:35.28 (1:18.36) 7:03.06 (1:46.14)
6 Texas A&M-GU 'A' 7:13.30 7:04.12 B 48
1) Stepanek, Chloe M SO 2) r:0.27 Buechler, Jordan SO
3) r:0.20 Barzelay, Aviv FR 4) r:0.07 Hepler, Danielle SR
r:+0.65 23.90 49.72 (49.72)
1:15.91 (1:15.91) 1:42.40 (1:42.40)
2:06.85 (24.45) 2:34.84 (52.44)
3:02.74 (1:20.34) 3:29.61 (1:47.21)
3:54.15 (24.54) 4:21.34 (51.73)
4:49.26 (1:19.65) 5:17.51 (1:47.90)
5:42.16 (24.65) 6:09.77 (52.26)
6:37.31 (1:19.80) 7:04.12 (1:46.61)
7 Auburn-SE 'A' 7:06.75 7:06.14 46
1) Leehy, Mykenzie J 2) r:0.24 Merritt, Kensley SO
3) r:0.20 Hamilton, Rebekah FR 4) r:0.24 Hetzer, Emily SR
r:+0.67 24.44 50.64 (50.64)
1:17.77 (1:17.77) 1:45.36 (1:45.36)
2:09.74 (24.38) 2:36.36 (51.00)
3:03.87 (1:18.51) 3:32.66 (1:47.30)
3:56.90 (24.24) 4:23.46 (50.80)
4:50.83 (1:18.17) 5:19.24 (1:46.58)
5:43.88 (24.64) 6:10.93 (51.69)
6:38.50 (1:19.26) 7:06.14 (1:46.90)
8 South Carolina-SC 'A' 7:10.84 7:07.60 44
1) Kraus, Mari L SR 2) r:0.34 Parker, Riley SO
3) r:0.29 Alexander, Emma JR 4) r:0.22 Smith, Janie JR
r:+0.70 24.74 51.19 (51.19)
1:18.22 (1:18.22) 1:45.68 (1:45.68)
2:10.89 (25.21) 2:38.19 (52.51)
3:06.36 (1:20.68) 3:34.48 (1:48.80)
3:59.01 (24.53) 4:25.62 (51.14)
4:53.10 (1:18.62) 5:20.78 (1:46.30)
5:44.71 (23.93) 6:11.68 (50.90)
6:39.66 (1:18.88) 7:07.60 (1:46.82)
9 Missouri-MV 'A' 7:10.44 7:11.08 40
1) Gowans, Molly L SR 2) r:0.24 Feddersen, Amy JR
3) r:0.14 Rink, Macy 4) r:0.30 Bloebaum, Allison SR
r:+0.67 25.01 51.93 (51.93)
1:19.55 (1:19.55) 1:47.38 (1:47.38)
2:11.24 (23.86) 2:38.05 (50.67)
3:06.68 (1:19.30) 3:35.59 (1:48.21)
4:00.22 (24.63) 4:27.00 (51.41)
4:54.76 (1:19.17) 5:22.95 (1:47.36)
5:47.86 (24.91) 6:15.20 (52.25)
6:43.04 (1:20.09) 7:11.08 (1:48.13)
10 LSU-LA 'A' 7:17.78 7:16.38 34
1) Osborne, Reagan R SO 2) r:0.20 Liles, Jolee JR
3) r:0.08 Curry, Peyton FR 4) r:0.35 Thompson, Sarahrace SO
r:+0.64 24.42 50.78 (50.78)
1:18.56 (1:18.56) 1:46.97 (1:46.97)
2:11.89 (24.92) 2:39.07 (52.10)
3:07.01 (1:20.04) 3:35.04 (1:48.07)
3:59.56 (24.52) 4:27.50 (52.46)
4:56.34 (1:21.30) 5:24.79 (1:49.75)
5:50.40 (25.61) 6:19.15 (54.36)
6:47.83 (1:23.04) 7:16.38 (1:51.59)
11 Arkansas-AR 'A' 7:28.65 7:18.37 32
1) Camisa, Eleonora FR 2) r:0.15 Herrmann, Vanessa SR
3) r:0.50 Simpson, Rebecca FR 4) r:0.38 Vavrinova, Adela JR
r:+0.68 24.61 51.44 (51.44)
1:19.94 (1:19.94) 1:49.66 (1:49.66)
2:14.84 (25.18) 2:42.75 (53.09)
3:11.10 (1:21.44) 3:39.60 (1:49.94)
4:03.94 (24.34) 4:30.95 (51.35)
4:59.97 (1:20.37) 5:29.69 (1:50.09)
5:54.45 (24.76) 6:21.84 (52.15)
6:49.95 (1:20.26) 7:18.37 (1:48.68)
12 Vanderbilt-SE 'A' 7:31.65 7:25.81 30
1) Beers, Eleanor D SO 2) r:0.14 Ward, Taylor JR
3) r:0.05 Stout, Alina SO 4) r:0.25 Traba, Mercedes FR
r:+0.73 25.29 52.90 (52.90)
1:21.14 (1:21.14) 1:50.14 (1:50.14)
2:15.11 (24.97) 2:43.80 (53.66)
3:13.20 (1:23.06) 3:42.48 (1:52.34)
4:07.11 (24.63) 4:35.31 (52.83)
5:04.81 (1:22.33) 5:34.79 (1:52.31)
6:00.72 (25.93) 6:29.17 (54.38)
6:57.62 (1:22.83) 7:25.81 (1:51.02)
Men’s 800 freestyle relay
Even the arrival of Matt Sates and the absence of Bobby Finke couldn’t shut down the Florida relay train.
The Gators’ quest for a 10th straight SEC title on the men’s side got a double-relay-double-point boost with the 800 free relay holding off a charge from Georgia to take the win.
The Gators went 6:08.00, the squad of Kieran Smith, Trey Freeman, Oskar Lindholm and Alfonso Mestre doing the damage. Smith went 1:30.42 off the front, while Mestre turned in a 1:33.33 on the end to hold off Georgia.
That takes down the conference record set at NCAAs in 2019 by the Gators at 6:09.14 (featuring Smith and Freeman) and the SEC meet record set in 2020 at 6:09.91 (with Smith leading off). It also downs the 2017 pool mark which also belonged to a Gators foursome.
Georgia gave them a push, though, upgrading a B cut to an A in 6:09.32. Sates started it with a 1:31.82 to put the pressure on Smith, Luca Urlando (1:32.24) got a step on Freeman before the Florida junior rallied and Jake Magahey exerted pressure on the end at 1:32.33. Zach Hils swam a sub-1:33 third leg.
Kentucky and Alabama both secured auto cuts to finish third and fourth, respectively. Auburn upgraded to an A cut in fifth.
Event 6 Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 6:05.08 3/27/2019 Texas
D. Kilber, A. Katz, J. Newkirk, T. Haas
SEC: S 6:09.14 3/27/2019 Florida
K Baqlah, K Smith, T Freeman, M Rooney
SEC Meet: M 6:09.91 2/18/2020 Florida
K. Smith, G.Quinn, K. Baqlah, C. Beach
Pool: P 6:12.18 2/14/2017 Florida
K Baqlah, M Rooney, M D'Arrigo, M Szaranek
6:16.80 A
6:21.32 B
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Florida-FL 'A' 6:14.99 6:08.00SA 64
1) Smith, Kieran S SR 2) r:0.42 Freeman, Trey JR
3) r:0.41 Lindholm, Oskar FR 4) r:0.42 Mestre, Alfonso JR
r:+0.68 20.82 43.52 (43.52)
1:06.93 (1:06.93) 1:30.42 (1:30.42)
1:51.65 (21.23) 2:15.00 (44.58)
2:38.88 (1:08.46) 3:02.38 (1:31.96)
3:23.74 (21.36) 3:47.33 (44.95)
4:11.05 (1:08.67) 4:34.67 (1:32.29)
4:55.67 (21.00) 5:19.01 (44.34)
5:43.49 (1:08.82) 6:08.00 (1:33.33)
2 Georgia-GA 'A' 6:21.08 6:09.32MA 56
1) Sates, Matthew E FR 2) r:0.24 Urlando, Luca SO
3) r:0.27 Hils, Zach JR 4) r:0.27 Magahey, Jake SO
r:+0.63 20.97 44.14 (44.14)
1:07.93 (1:07.93) 1:31.82 (1:31.82)
1:52.10 (20.28) 2:15.05 (43.23)
2:38.71 (1:06.89) 3:04.06 (1:32.24)
3:24.78 (20.72) 3:48.01 (43.95)
4:12.14 (1:08.08) 4:36.99 (1:32.93)
4:57.59 (20.60) 5:20.60 (43.61)
5:44.41 (1:07.42) 6:09.32 (1:32.33)
3 Kentucky-KY 'A' 6:24.75 6:14.35 A 54
1) Berg, Max SO 2) r:0.22 Wilby, Mason SR
3) r:0.25 Martin Roig, Victor FR 4) r:0.24 Clark, Jakob JR
r:+0.63 21.25 44.87 (44.87)
1:08.96 (1:08.96) 1:33.17 (1:33.17)
1:54.29 (21.12) 2:17.87 (44.70)
2:42.05 (1:08.88) 3:06.59 (1:33.42)
3:27.72 (21.13) 3:50.98 (44.39)
4:15.11 (1:08.52) 4:39.61 (1:33.02)
5:01.14 (21.53) 5:25.14 (45.53)
5:49.75 (1:10.14) 6:14.35 (1:34.74)
4 Alabama-SE 'A' 6:22.54 6:14.94 A 52
1) Alves, Kaique K FR 2) r:0.42 Hawke, Charlie FR
3) r:0.32 Auerbach, Cam JR 4) r:0.33 Piotrowski, Kacper SO
r:+0.65 22.03 45.55 (45.55)
1:09.59 (1:09.59) 1:33.28 (1:33.28)
1:54.05 (20.77) 2:17.39 (44.11)
2:41.70 (1:08.42) 3:06.57 (1:33.29)
3:27.57 (21.00) 3:51.21 (44.64)
4:15.49 (1:08.92) 4:40.98 (1:34.41)
5:02.09 (21.11) 5:26.01 (45.03)
5:50.33 (1:09.35) 6:14.94 (1:33.96)
5 Auburn-SE 'A' 6:18.20 6:15.96 A 50
1) Sztolcman, Christian M SR 2) r:0.18 Husband, Ryan SO
3) r:0.37 Rathle, Jacques FR 4) r:0.00 Bonson, Michael SO
r:+0.68 20.94 44.54 (44.54)
1:09.60 (1:09.60) 1:35.36 (1:35.36)
1:56.71 (21.35) 2:20.52 (45.16)
2:44.89 (1:09.53) 3:09.23 (1:33.87)
3:30.74 (21.51) 3:53.89 (44.66)
4:18.28 (1:09.05) 4:43.27 (1:34.04)
5:03.75 (20.48) 5:27.05 (43.78)
5:51.09 (1:07.82) 6:15.96 (1:32.69)
6 Missouri-MV 'A' 6:21.78 6:18.74 B 48
1) Dubois, Jack R SR 2) r:0.10 Dahlgren, Jack SR
3) r:0.43 Rindshoej, Freddie 4) r:0.31 Kovac, Danny SR
r:+0.70 22.21 45.91 (45.91)
1:10.45 (1:10.45) 1:35.44 (1:35.44)
1:56.60 (21.16) 2:20.01 (44.57)
2:43.57 (1:08.13) 3:07.67 (1:32.23)
3:29.25 (21.58) 3:52.83 (45.16)
4:17.38 (1:09.71) 4:42.80 (1:35.13)
5:03.57 (20.77) 5:27.02 (44.22)
5:51.91 (1:09.11) 6:18.74 (1:35.94)
7 Texas A&M-GU 'A' 6:25.63 6:19.13 B 46
1) Bratanov, Kaloyan D SR 2) r:0.14 SchnippenkoetteMark SR
3) r:0.10 Dickey, Trey FR 4) r:0.29 Bobo, Clayton SR
r:+0.68 21.74 45.36 (45.36)
1:08.85 (1:08.85) 1:32.63 (1:32.63)
1:54.45 (21.82) 2:18.35 (45.72)
2:42.77 (1:10.14) 3:07.22 (1:34.59)
3:28.62 (21.40) 3:52.76 (45.54)
4:18.35 (1:11.13) 4:43.85 (1:36.63)
5:05.39 (21.54) 5:28.99 (45.14)
5:53.67 (1:09.82) 6:19.13 (1:35.28)
8 Tennessee-SE 'A' 6:26.25 6:21.01 B 44
1) Bailey, Seth S SR 2) r:0.30 Vargas, Joaquin
3) r:0.32 Jackson, Will SO 4) r:0.16 Tarasenko, Aleksey
r:+0.60 21.82 45.63 (45.63)
1:10.61 (1:10.61) 1:36.45 (1:36.45)
1:58.42 (21.97) 2:22.60 (46.15)
2:47.15 (1:10.70) 3:11.57 (1:35.12)
3:32.81 (21.24) 3:56.70 (45.13)
4:21.19 (1:09.62) 4:46.49 (1:34.92)
5:08.00 (21.51) 5:31.71 (45.22)
5:55.73 (1:09.24) 6:21.01 (1:34.52)
9 South Carolina-SC 'A' 6:25.40 6:22.72 40
1) Costin, Phil SR 2) r:0.35 Novoszath, Tamas GR
3) r:0.35 Daniels, Connor SO 4) r:0.27 Davila, Rafael SR
r:+0.74 21.68 45.04 (45.04)
1:09.26 (1:09.26) 1:34.48 (1:34.48)
1:56.17 (21.69) 2:19.96 (45.48)
2:44.87 (1:10.39) 3:10.85 (1:36.37)
3:32.48 (21.63) 3:56.75 (45.90)
4:21.74 (1:10.89) 4:46.55 (1:35.70)
5:08.30 (21.75) 5:32.45 (45.90)
5:57.51 (1:10.96) 6:22.72 (1:36.17)
10 LSU-LA 'A' 6:26.73 6:28.89 34
1) Thompson, Joel D SO 2) r:0.10 Adrian, Spencer JR
3) r:0.24 Warmbier, Ryan FR 4) r:0.12 Vikstrom, Isak JR
r:+0.61 22.14 46.43 (46.43)
1:11.47 (1:11.47) 1:37.26 (1:37.26)
1:58.93 (21.67) 2:23.15 (45.89)
2:47.69 (1:10.43) 3:12.77 (1:35.51)
3:35.04 (22.27) 3:59.83 (47.06)
4:25.20 (1:12.43) 4:50.91 (1:38.14)
5:12.44 (21.53) 5:37.12 (46.21)
6:02.71 (1:11.80) 6:28.89 (1:37.98)
Women’s team standings
The Aggies are up after the first day of competition with 155 points, ahead of LSU with its diving prowess. But Kentucky and Tennessee are lurking in third and fourth, respectively.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5 1. Texas A&M University 155 2. Louisiana State University 150 3. Kentucky, University of 148 4. University of Tennessee 145 5. South Carolina, University of, 139 5. Georgia, University of 139 7. University of Florida 130 8. University of Alabama 114 9. Auburn University 107 10. Missouri 97 11. University of Arkansas 78 12. Vanderbilt University 60
Men’s team standings
A diving deficit means Florida sits sixth, with Texas A&M and Tennessee leading the way after Day 1. But the Gators have done their work in the pool, and are 19 points clear of Georgia after the first session.
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6 1. Texas A&M University 156 2. University of Tennessee 155 3. Kentucky, University of 153 4. Louisiana State University 139 5. Universityof Alabama 137 6. University of Florida 133 7. Missouri 122 8. Georgia, University of 114 9. South Carolina, University of, 105 10. Auburn University 90
