2023 SEC Championships, Night 3: Baylor Nelson Finishes IM Double
The Student Recreation Center Natatorium has had plenty to cheer from Baylor Nelson this week, the Texas A&M sophomore doing the IM double at the SEC Championships.
The second installment on Thursday night included a 1-2 finish for the Aggies, with teammate Anze Fers Erzen following.
All the action from the third night of the meet in College Station:
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- SEC Championships, Night 1: Tennessee Men Set SEC Record; Maggie MacNeil Splits Best-Ever 22.52
- SEC Championships Prelims Day 2: Josh Liendo, Jordan Crooks Bring Heat in 50
- 2023 SEC Championships, Night 2: Maggie MacNeil 20.44 Leads LSU to 200 FR win
- 2023 SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Jordan Crooks, Maggie MacNeil Flying Again
SEC Championships Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 22 1. University of Florida 760 2. University of Tennessee 483 3. Kentucky, University of 452 4. Louisiana State University 439 5. Georgia, University of 391 6. South Carolina, University of, 385 7. University of Alabama 364 8. Auburn University 326 9. Texas A&M University 319 10. University of Arkansas 245 11. Missouri 217 12. Vanderbilt University 94
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 22 1. University of Florida 810.5 2. Texas A&M University 628 3. Auburn University 560 4. University of Tennessee 537 5. Georgia, University of 424.5 6. University of Alabama 354 7. Missouri 297.5 8. South Carolina, University of, 270.5 9. Kentucky, University of 266 10. Louisiana State University 177
Women’s 400 individual medley
For the third straight season, Lauren Poole found herself in the top three at SECs in the 400 IM.
For the second straight season, the 2021 champ was behind a newcomer.
Last year, it was Ellen Walshe. Thursday, Florida’s Emma Weyant swam away from her, booking an A cut in 4:01.18. It’s the Olympic silver medalist’s first season in Gainesville after swimming at the University of Virginia. Her time is an NCAA A cut.
That consigned the senior Poole to second, in 4:04.62. Texas A&M’s German international Giulia Goerigk was third in 4:06.84. Florida bolstered its team title case with Mabel Zavaros fourth and Kathleen Golding fifth.
Event 16 Women 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:54.60 3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
SEC: S 3:58.23 3/22/2019 Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&M
SEC Meet: M 3:58.35 2/17/2012 Elizabeth Beisel, Florida
POOL: P 3:59.30 2/16/2018 Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&M
4:03.62 A
4:17.30 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Weyant, Emma J SO Florida-FL 4:06.44 4:01.18 A 32
r:+0.75 26.60 56.07 (29.47)
1:26.75 (30.68) 1:56.67 (29.92)
2:31.50 (34.83) 3:05.86 (34.36)
3:33.88 (28.02) 4:01.18 (27.30)
2 Poole, Lauren M SR Kentucky 4:07.53 4:04.62 B 28
r:+0.70 25.54 54.81 (29.27)
1:25.59 (30.78) 1:55.61 (30.02)
2:30.94 (35.33) 3:06.13 (35.19)
3:35.38 (29.25) 4:04.62 (29.24)
3 Goerigk, Giulia Texas A&M-GU 4:08.54 4:06.84 B 27
r:+0.72 26.35 57.29 (30.94)
1:29.10 (31.81) 2:00.33 (31.23)
2:34.97 (34.64) 3:10.42 (35.45)
3:39.10 (28.68) 4:06.84 (27.74)
4 Zavaros, Mabel JR Florida-FL 4:07.81 4:07.75 B 26
r:+0.68 26.14 56.03 (29.89)
1:26.91 (30.88) 1:56.98 (30.07)
2:33.66 (36.68) 3:10.57 (36.91)
3:39.82 (29.25) 4:07.75 (27.93)
5 Golding, Kathle JR Florida-FL 4:08.88 4:07.83 B 25
r:+0.70 26.35 56.36 (30.01)
1:27.93 (31.57) 1:59.81 (31.88)
2:34.61 (34.80) 3:11.21 (36.60)
3:40.07 (28.86) 4:07.83 (27.76)
6 Davey, Gillian SR Kentucky 4:10.44 4:09.21 B 24
r:+0.75 26.97 57.52 (30.55)
1:29.92 (32.40) 2:01.74 (31.82)
2:35.76 (34.02) 3:10.16 (34.40)
3:40.01 (29.85) 4:09.21 (29.20)
7 Ownbey, Hannah JR Auburn-SE 4:09.42 4:11.65 B 23
r:+0.66 26.90 57.47 (30.57)
1:30.47 (33.00) 2:02.08 (31.61)
2:37.77 (35.69) 3:13.26 (35.49)
3:42.78 (29.52) 4:11.65 (28.87)
8 Goettler, Laura JR South Carolina-S 4:10.27 4:13.37 B 22
r:+0.65 26.81 57.18 (30.37)
1:29.96 (32.78) 2:02.11 (32.15)
2:37.58 (35.47) 3:13.45 (35.87)
3:44.03 (30.58) 4:13.37 (29.34)
Men’s 400 individual medley
Baylor Nelson went 1:01.62 in breaststroke to leave the field in his wake. His time of 3:38.14 is an NCAA A cut.
Behind him, teammate Anze Fers Erzen got to the wall second in 3:40.14. He was just .22 ahead of Ian Grum of Georgia, who recorded his third consecutive podium finish in the event. He had been second last year. Giovanni Linscheer of Florida was fourth.
Event 17 Men 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:31.84 1/21/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona State
SEC: S 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
SEC Meet: M 3:35.76 2/16/2018 Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
POOL: P 3:35.76 2/16/2018 Hugo Gonzales, Auburn
3:39.16 A
3:51.31 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Nelson, Baylor Texas A&M-GU 3:39.58 3:38.14 A 32
r:+0.60 23.11 49.71 (26.60)
1:17.17 (27.46) 1:44.20 (27.03)
2:14.66 (30.46) 2:45.82 (31.16)
3:12.33 (26.51) 3:38.14 (25.81)
2 Fers Erzen, Anz Texas A&M-GU 3:41.65 3:40.10 B 28
r:+0.66 23.46 50.20 (26.74)
1:18.09 (27.89) 1:45.42 (27.33)
2:16.45 (31.03) 2:47.69 (31.24)
3:14.44 (26.75) 3:40.10 (25.66)
3 Grum, Ian SR Georgia 3:41.71 3:40.32 B 27
r:+0.70 22.66 49.00 (26.34)
1:16.90 (27.90) 1:44.06 (27.16)
2:16.18 (32.12) 2:48.69 (32.51)
3:14.74 (26.05) 3:40.32 (25.58)
4 Linscheer, Giov FR Florida-FL 3:41.99 3:40.90 B 26
r:+0.72 24.35 51.69 (27.34)
1:20.64 (28.95) 1:48.52 (27.88)
2:19.49 (30.97) 2:50.33 (30.84)
3:16.14 (25.81) 3:40.90 (24.76)
5 Driggers, Lando SO Tennessee-SE 3:42.03 3:40.94 B 25
r:+0.71 23.81 50.71 (26.90)
1:18.73 (28.02) 1:45.81 (27.08)
2:17.49 (31.68) 2:49.26 (31.77)
3:15.87 (26.61) 3:40.94 (25.07)
6 Laur, Mason A SO Florida-FL 3:40.18 3:42.28 B 24
r:+0.62 23.14 49.50 (26.36)
1:18.18 (28.68) 1:45.88 (27.70)
2:17.48 (31.60) 2:49.67 (32.19)
3:16.27 (26.60) 3:42.28 (26.01)
7 Puente Bustaman Texas A&M-GU 3:41.74 3:43.49 B 23
r:+0.64 23.41 50.54 (27.13)
1:19.67 (29.13) 1:48.68 (29.01)
2:18.93 (30.25) 2:49.17 (30.24)
3:16.44 (27.27) 3:43.49 (27.05)
8 Rosely, Zane T JR Kentucky 3:43.53 3:44.33 B 22
r:+0.59 24.05 51.31 (27.26)
1:20.28 (28.97) 1:48.56 (28.28)
2:20.24 (31.68) 2:52.12 (31.88)
3:18.83 (26.71) 3:44.33 (25.50)
Women’s 100 butterfly
Only Maggie MacNeil could go 48.99 in the 100 butterfly and look less than impressed by it.
MacNeil set the third-fastest time in history – behind what had been her NCAA record of 48.89 and the new mark set an hour earlier by Kate Douglass of Virginia at 48.84 – in winning in 28.99. That’s an SEC record, erasing the 49.38 that Erika Brown had set in 2020. It also takes down Brown’s pool mark from 2018. And it was two-plus seconds in front of the field, the entire field a body length behind her when she turned for home. MacNeil is the first LSU woman to win three golds at an SEC meet since 1993 (Lucy Findlay).
The best of the rest was Meghan Lee of Auburn, who turned in a time of 51.01. Rhyan White brought the outside smoke to go from eighth in prelims to third in 51.47. (Alabama’s American Olympian had been second last year.) Andrea Sansores finished third for Arkansas.
Event 18 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 48.89 3/19/2021 Maggie MacNeil, Michigan
SEC: S 49.38 2/19/2020 Erika Brown, Tennessee
SEC Meet: M 49.38 2/20/2020 Erika Brown, Tennessee
POOL: P 49.85 2/16/2018 Erika Brown, Tennessee
50.92 A
53.69 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 MacNeil, Maggie GR LSU-LA 51.12 48.99SA 32
r:+0.69 10.56 23.09 (12.53)
35.82 (12.73) 48.99 (13.17)
2 Lee, Meghan R JR Auburn-SE 51.28 51.01 B 28
r:+0.64 11.21 24.07 (12.86)
37.41 (13.34) 51.01 (13.60)
3 White, Rhyan E SR Alabama-SE 52.38 51.47 B 27
r:+0.66 11.21 24.03 (12.82)
37.51 (13.48) 51.47 (13.96)
4 Sansores, Andre SR Arkansas-AR 51.86 51.77 B 26
r:+0.67 10.65 23.79 (13.14)
37.71 (13.92) 51.77 (14.06)
5 Theall, Olivia Texas A&M-GU 51.97 51.80 B 25
r:+0.64 10.85 24.02 (13.17)
37.58 (13.56) 51.80 (14.22)
6 Peoples, Olivia SO Florida-FL 52.08 51.81 B 24
r:+0.67 10.94 23.92 (12.98)
37.62 (13.70) 51.81 (14.19)
7 Dickinson, Call GS Georgia 52.09 52.02 B 23
r:+0.64 11.26 24.48 (13.22)
37.97 (13.49) 52.02 (14.05)
8 Stotler, Sara B SO Tennessee-SE 52.07 52.64 B 22
r:+0.69 11.08 24.47 (13.39)
38.10 (13.63) 52.64 (14.54)
Men’s 100 butterfly
Make it a Canadian clean sweep of the fly, thanks to Josh Liendo. The Florida freshman nailed his finish to go 44.11, an NCAA A cut and the fourth-fastest time in the nation this season. It denied Jordan Crooks another title, the Tennessee sophomore finishing second in 44.37, also an A cut (he had been 44.04 in prelims).
Third was Frenchman Clement Sacchi of Missouri in 45.08. Crooks’s teammate, Bjoern Kamman, went 45.32 to finish fourth in a decidedly international final.
Event 19 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
SEC: S 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
SEC Meet: M 44.04 2/16/2023 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
POOL: P 44.04 2/16/2023 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
44.82 A
47.23 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Liendo, Josh FR Florida-FL 44.34 44.11 A 32
r:+0.64 9.09 20.27 (11.18)
32.23 (11.96) 44.11 (11.88)
2 Crooks, Jordan SO Tennessee-SE 44.04 44.37 A 28
r:+0.65 9.20 20.13 (10.93)
31.86 (11.73) 44.37 (12.51)
3 Secchi, Clement SR Missouri-MV 45.21 45.08 B 27
r:+0.63 9.46 20.64 (11.18)
32.48 (11.84) 45.08 (12.60)
4 Kammann, Bjoern SO Tennessee-SE 45.41 45.32 B 26
r:+0.68 9.43 20.87 (11.44)
32.87 (12.00) 45.32 (12.45)
5 Stoffle, Aidan SR Auburn-SE 45.68 45.93 B 25
r:+0.62 9.63 21.09 (11.46)
33.34 (12.25) 45.93 (12.59)
6 Foote, Connor R Texas A&M-GU 45.62 46.07 B 24
r:+0.65 9.52 20.95 (11.43)
33.07 (12.12) 46.07 (13.00)
7 Brice, Luke A 5Y Tennessee-SE 46.03 46.18 B 23
r:+0.62 9.66 21.28 (11.62)
33.45 (12.17) 46.18 (12.73)
8 Lierz, Harrison JR Tennessee-SE 46.01 46.23 B 22
r:+0.66 9.52 21.24 (11.72)
33.36 (12.12) 46.23 (12.87)
Women’s 200 freestyle
Tennessee’s Brooklyn Douthwright went out fast and dared the field to catch her.
They did not.
Douthwright clocked in at 1:42.64, an NCAA A cut that bettered the field by nearly three-quarters of a second. Second was Texas A&M’s Chloe Stepanek, in 1:43.77. That duo finished second and third, respectively, last season, and Stepanek was second as a freshman. Douthwright turned around from finishing 12th in the 100 fly an event earlier.
Then came the Floridians, solidifying the Gators’ hold on the team lead. Micayla Cronk finished third in 1:43.77, six tenths ahead of teammate Talia Bates. Ekaterina Nikonova was sixth, the Gators’ lead over Tennessee creeping up near 300 points.
Event 20 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:39.10 3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
SEC: S 1:41.21 3/16/2012 Megan Romano, Georgia
SEC Meet: M 1:41.83 2/20/2014 Shannon Vreeland, Georgia
POOL: P 1:42.01 3/20/2009 Dana Vollmer, CAL
1:42.98 A
1:47.12 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Douthwright, Br Tennessee-SE 1:43.69 1:42.64 A 32
r:+0.62 24.21 50.22 (26.01)
1:16.25 (26.03) 1:42.64 (26.39)
2 Stepanek, Chloe Texas A&M-GU 1:43.54 1:43.37 B 28
r:+0.69 24.30 50.68 (26.38)
1:17.15 (26.47) 1:43.37 (26.22)
3 Cronk, Micayla SO Florida-FL 1:44.17 1:43.77 B 27
r:+0.66 24.04 50.38 (26.34)
1:17.06 (26.68) 1:43.77 (26.71)
4 Bates, Talia B SR Florida-FL 1:45.01 1:44.37 B 26
r:+0.69 24.15 50.61 (26.46)
1:17.64 (27.03) 1:44.37 (26.73)
5 Nevmovenko, Pol JR Auburn-SE 1:45.59 1:44.39 B 25
r:+0.68 24.49 50.59 (26.10)
1:17.30 (26.71) 1:44.39 (27.09)
6 Nikonova, Ekate SO Florida-FL 1:44.42 1:44.63 B 24
r:+0.71 24.00 50.34 (26.34)
1:17.45 (27.11) 1:44.63 (27.18)
7 Gati, Izzy G GS Kentucky 1:45.38 1:44.97 B 23
r:+0.62 24.55 51.34 (26.79)
1:18.23 (26.89) 1:44.97 (26.74)
8 Wheeler, Kaitly SR Kentucky 1:45.18 1:45.18 B 22
r:+0.60 24.45 51.05 (26.60)
1:17.67 (26.62) 1:45.18 (27.51)
Men’s 200 freestyle
Charlie Hawke keeps dropping time. This time, the Alabama sophomore went 1:31.20 to set the pool record, erasing a mark set at 2009 NCAAs by Shaune Fraser (1:31.70). He needed all of it to outkick Jack Dahlgren of Missouri, who turned into the last 50 ahead. But Hawke came back in 23.37 to Dahlgren’s 23.75 to edge him by .14 seconds.
Dahlgren’s time of 1:31.34 was also under the pool mark and also an NCAA A cut. Macguire McDuff closed in 23.15 to go from fifth at 150 to third, passing Kentucky’s Max Berg and fifth-place Brooks Curry (1:33.15).
Event 21 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard
SEC: S 1:29.48 2/23/2021 Kieran Smith, Florida
SEC Meet: M 1:29.48 2/22/2021 Kieran Smith, Florida
POOL: P 1:31.70 3/27/2009 Shaune Fraser, UF
1:31.98 A
1:35.88 B
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Hawke, Charlie SO Alabama-SE 1:31.85 1:31.20PA 32
r:+0.72 21.56 44.61 (23.05)
1:07.83 (23.22) 1:31.20 (23.37)
2 Dahlgren, Jack SR Missouri-MV 1:32.21 1:31.34PA 28
r:+0.62 21.28 44.27 (22.99)
1:07.59 (23.32) 1:31.34 (23.75)
3 McDuff, Macguir SO Florida-FL 1:32.45 1:32.34 B 27
r:+0.64 21.80 45.64 (23.84)
1:09.19 (23.55) 1:32.34 (23.15)
4 Berg, Max JR Kentucky 1:33.37 1:33.00 B 26
r:+0.62 21.00 44.06 (23.06)
1:07.90 (23.84) 1:33.00 (25.10)
5 Curry, Brooks V SR LSU-LA 1:33.31 1:33.15 B 25
r:+0.62 21.10 44.80 (23.70)
1:08.97 (24.17) 1:33.15 (24.18)
6 Alves, Kaique K SO Alabama-SE 1:33.27 1:33.73 B 24
r:+0.70 21.83 45.51 (23.68)
1:09.68 (24.17) 1:33.73 (24.05)
7 Dunham, Bradley SR Georgia 1:33.07 1:33.76 B 23
r:+0.68 22.14 45.48 (23.34)
1:09.65 (24.17) 1:33.76 (24.11)
8 Bratanov, Koko Texas A&M-GU 1:33.16 1:33.93 B 22
r:+0.67 21.77 45.56 (23.79)
1:09.54 (23.98) 1:33.93 (24.39)
Men’s 3-meter diving
It was going to take something special to deny the Texas A&M home-board advantage, and Bryden Hattie obliged. The Tennessee junior scored 429.20 points on 3-meter to take the crown. It denied a springboard sweep from the Aggies’ Victor Pozvner, who secured silver with a 412.65.
Takuto Endo gave Texas A&M a fourth men’s diving medal of the meet by scoring 400.35 for third.
