The Florida distance swimmers have been on fire at the 2020 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships in Auburn, Alabama. Not long after an American record from Kieran Smith in the 500 free on Wednesday, Bobby Finke absolutely torched the 1650 free American record with a 14:12.08.
Finke started fast and finished fast. He was out under American record pace from the very first 50 and built and built on that lead over the pace. Not only did he smash the 14:18.25 American record set in December 2017, he completely tore apart the NCAA record of 14:22.41 set by Clark Smith in March 2017.
Finke also nearly broke the American record in the 1000 on the way out, which is held by Smith at 8:33.93 set in 2015.
It is a bad week if your name is Zane Grothe. He entered the week with two American records in the 500 and 1650 and both of them got lowered by Florida Gators this week. Regardless, he was able to make jokes about it on social media.
This sets up Finke for a great summer as he was the US National Champion in the 800, 1500 and 400 IM last summer. He is arguably a better long course swimmer and should be in line for a spot on the US Olympic Team in either the 800 or 1500 freestyle.
Bobby Finke put on a Katie Ledecky-esque performance in the 1650 as he won by 33 seconds with Georgia’s Greg Reed coming in second with a very solid time of 14:45.03. Florida freshman Brennan Gravley came in third with a 14:47.41 which is another respectable time and should get him to NCAAs in 32 days. Gravley swam for Team USA at the 2019 World Championships in the 5K and 25K open water races.
Tennessee’s Taylor Abbott (14:50.62), Auburn’s Aryan Makhija (14:53.57), Alabama’s Nico Hernandez-Tome (14:56.39), Tennessee’s Ethan Sanders (14:57.70) and Georgia’s Walker Higgins (14:59.81) also scored in the top eight.
American Record Progression – Men’s 1650 Freestyle
- 14:12.08, Bobby Finke, 2020
- 14:18.25, Zane Grothe, 2017
- 14:22.41, Clark Smith, 2017
- 14:23.52, Connor Jaeger, 2014
- 14:24.35, Chad La Tourette, 2012
- 14:26.62, Chris Thompson, 2001
- 14:29.31, Tom Dolan, 1995
- 14:34.91, Chad Carvin, 1994
- 14:37.87, Jeff Kostoff, 1986
- 14:38.22, Jeff Kostoff, 1984
Event 33 Men 1650 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 14:22.41 3/25/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
SEC Meet: S 14:23.01 2/23/2019 Robert Finke, Florida
Pool: P 14:32.50 3/28/1998 Ryk Neethling, Arizona
14:37.31 A
15:26.19 B
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Finke, Bobby C SO Florida 14:47.51 14:12.08NA 32
r:+0.73 23.70 49.17 (25.47)
1:14.82 (25.65) 1:40.44 (25.62)
2:06.18 (25.74) 2:32.04 (25.86)
2:57.84 (25.80) 3:23.68 (25.84)
3:49.51 (25.83) 4:15.28 (25.77)
4:41.25 (25.97) 5:07.19 (25.94)
5:33.06 (25.87) 5:58.91 (25.85)
6:24.92 (26.01) 6:50.85 (25.93)
7:16.93 (26.08) 7:42.88 (25.95)
8:08.83 (25.95) 8:34.63 (25.80)
9:00.70 (26.07) 9:26.87 (26.17)
9:52.85 (25.98) 10:18.80 (25.95)
10:44.76 (25.96) 11:10.88 (26.12)
11:36.98 (26.10) 12:03.00 (26.02)
12:29.03 (26.03) 12:55.07 (26.04)
13:20.94 (25.87) 13:46.99 (26.05) 14:12.08 (25.09)
2 Reed, Greg C JR Georgia 14:51.77 14:45.03 B 28
r:+0.67 24.23 50.27 (26.04)
1:16.78 (26.51) 1:43.56 (26.78)
2:10.18 (26.62) 2:36.97 (26.79)
3:04.02 (27.05) 3:30.97 (26.95)
3:57.91 (26.94) 4:24.89 (26.98)
4:52.04 (27.15) 5:19.08 (27.04)
5:46.24 (27.16) 6:13.27 (27.03)
6:40.33 (27.06) 7:07.44 (27.11)
7:34.27 (26.83) 8:01.22 (26.95)
8:28.22 (27.00) 8:55.16 (26.94)
9:22.13 (26.97) 9:48.99 (26.86)
10:16.07 (27.08) 10:43.07 (27.00)
11:10.03 (26.96) 11:37.08 (27.05)
12:03.95 (26.87) 12:30.99 (27.04)
12:57.98 (26.99) 13:25.01 (27.03)
13:52.22 (27.21) 14:19.24 (27.02) 14:45.03 (25.79)
3 Gravley, Brenna FR Florida 15:08.68 14:47.41 B 27
r:+0.64 24.31 50.89 (26.58)
1:17.61 (26.72) 1:44.36 (26.75)
2:11.14 (26.78) 2:38.08 (26.94)
3:05.26 (27.18) 3:32.31 (27.05)
3:59.26 (26.95) 4:26.23 (26.97)
4:53.19 (26.96) 5:20.23 (27.04)
5:47.28 (27.05) 6:14.24 (26.96)
6:41.34 (27.10) 7:08.40 (27.06)
7:35.41 (27.01) 8:02.47 (27.06)
8:29.61 (27.14) 8:56.70 (27.09)
9:23.72 (27.02) 9:50.88 (27.16)
10:18.07 (27.19) 10:45.18 (27.11)
11:12.34 (27.16) 11:39.50 (27.16)
12:06.78 (27.28) 12:33.93 (27.15)
13:01.10 (27.17) 13:28.31 (27.21)
13:55.44 (27.13) 14:22.60 (27.16) 14:47.41 (24.81)
4 Abbott, Taylor SR Tennessee 15:01.36 14:50.62 B 26
r:+0.70 24.40 50.66 (26.26)
1:17.33 (26.67) 1:44.16 (26.83)
2:10.93 (26.77) 2:37.80 (26.87)
3:04.75 (26.95) 3:31.57 (26.82)
3:58.41 (26.84) 4:25.41 (27.00)
4:52.54 (27.13) 5:19.54 (27.00)
5:46.54 (27.00) 6:13.38 (26.84)
6:40.43 (27.05) 7:07.38 (26.95)
7:34.63 (27.25) 8:01.91 (27.28)
8:29.15 (27.24) 8:56.48 (27.33)
9:23.75 (27.27) 9:51.24 (27.49)
10:18.71 (27.47) 10:45.95 (27.24)
11:13.34 (27.39) 11:40.87 (27.53)
12:08.33 (27.46) 12:35.55 (27.22)
13:02.79 (27.24) 13:29.98 (27.19)
13:57.53 (27.55) 14:24.69 (27.16) 14:50.62 (25.93)
5 Makhija, Aryan SO Auburn 15:15.55 14:53.57 B 25
r:+0.64 23.99 49.93 (25.94)
1:16.46 (26.53) 1:43.25 (26.79)
2:10.26 (27.01) 2:37.52 (27.26)
3:04.72 (27.20) 3:32.09 (27.37)
3:59.43 (27.34) 4:26.94 (27.51)
4:54.04 (27.10) 5:21.13 (27.09)
5:48.16 (27.03) 6:15.42 (27.26)
6:42.58 (27.16) 7:09.87 (27.29)
7:37.08 (27.21) 8:04.60 (27.52)
8:32.11 (27.51) 8:59.52 (27.41)
9:27.17 (27.65) 9:54.87 (27.70)
10:22.62 (27.75) 10:49.68 (27.06)
11:16.79 (27.11) 11:43.96 (27.17)
12:11.32 (27.36) 12:38.94 (27.62)
13:06.44 (27.50) 13:33.61 (27.17)
14:00.79 (27.18) 14:27.77 (26.98) 14:53.57 (25.80)
6 Hernandez-Tome, SO Alabama 15:28.24 14:56.39 B 24
r:+0.65 24.82 51.61 (26.79)
1:18.67 (27.06) 1:45.95 (27.28)
2:13.24 (27.29) 2:40.31 (27.07)
3:07.65 (27.34) 3:34.76 (27.11)
4:01.91 (27.15) 4:29.17 (27.26)
4:56.29 (27.12) 5:23.29 (27.00)
5:50.47 (27.18) 6:17.87 (27.40)
6:45.16 (27.29) 7:12.41 (27.25)
7:39.55 (27.14) 8:06.72 (27.17)
8:33.96 (27.24) 9:01.26 (27.30)
9:28.59 (27.33) 9:55.81 (27.22)
10:23.36 (27.55) 10:50.90 (27.54)
11:18.38 (27.48) 11:45.94 (27.56)
12:13.46 (27.52) 12:41.09 (27.63)
13:08.52 (27.43) 13:35.80 (27.28)
14:02.99 (27.19) 14:30.31 (27.32) 14:56.39 (26.08)
7 Sanders, Ethan SO Tennessee 15:11.47 14:57.70 B 23
r:+0.76 23.38 48.93 (25.55)
1:14.94 (26.01) 1:41.16 (26.22)
2:07.69 (26.53) 2:34.19 (26.50)
3:00.92 (26.73) 3:27.75 (26.83)
3:54.58 (26.83) 4:21.52 (26.94)
4:48.35 (26.83) 5:15.70 (27.35)
5:43.59 (27.89) 6:11.20 (27.61)
6:38.53 (27.33) 7:06.03 (27.50)
7:33.51 (27.48) 8:01.22 (27.71)
8:29.21 (27.99) 8:56.93 (27.72)
9:24.39 (27.46) 9:52.21 (27.82)
10:20.15 (27.94) 10:48.05 (27.90)
11:15.46 (27.41) 11:43.26 (27.80)
12:11.21 (27.95) 12:39.67 (28.46)
13:07.57 (27.90) 13:35.73 (28.16)
14:03.54 (27.81) 14:31.29 (27.75) 14:57.70 (26.41)
8 Higgins, Walker SR Georgia 15:00.25 14:59.81 B 22
r:+0.68 23.68 49.97 (26.29)
1:16.47 (26.50) 1:43.29 (26.82)
2:09.99 (26.70) 2:36.92 (26.93)
3:03.96 (27.04) 3:31.11 (27.15)
3:58.26 (27.15) 4:25.56 (27.30)
4:52.41 (26.85) 5:19.60 (27.19)
5:47.16 (27.56) 6:14.57 (27.41)
6:42.08 (27.51) 7:09.78 (27.70)
7:37.37 (27.59) 8:05.26 (27.89)
8:32.30 (27.04) 8:59.93 (27.63)
9:27.74 (27.81) 9:55.39 (27.65)
10:23.14 (27.75) 10:51.05 (27.91)
11:18.80 (27.75) 11:46.81 (28.01)
12:15.10 (28.29) 12:43.17 (28.07)
13:11.12 (27.95) 13:38.89 (27.77)
14:06.58 (27.69) 14:33.99 (27.41) 14:59.81 (25.82)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 33 1. University of Florida 957.5 2. Georgia, University of 794.5 3. Texas A&M University 730 4. University of Alabama 702.5 5. Missouri 686.5 6. Tennessee, University of, Knox 664 7. Kentucky, University of 621 8. Auburn University 618 9. Louisiana State University 418 10. South Carolina, University of, 398
That’s impressive!!
Patty Pike Greene…did you see this
:-)Wow!?
Sarah Norton what??!!!!?! Whooooosh ??????
Patty Pike Greene ..right…these time drops are incredible
Beautiful race, congratulations Bobby
Most deserved!!!!!!???
It was so exciting to watch!!
SPLITS per 50… WOWZY!!! Awesomeness
Great job Bobby !! Wow!!
amazing congratulations!
Congratulations great job
Karina Lee
Emma Rose Colcord
Emma Houston wow
Wow.
Terry Butt
Flo Simon smoked it by 6 seconds
Terry Butt future Ledecki