Multiple U.S. Open, NCAA Records Fall at SEC Championships

AUBURN, Alabama, February 21. FLORIDA's Gemma Spofforth dashed the long-standing NCAA and U.S. Open record in the 200-yard backstroke with a strong showing at the Southeastern Conference Championships. Meanwhile, Georgia's Neil Versfeld shot down the men's 200-yard breaststroke NCAA standard.

Spofforth blasted the 200-yard event in 1:48.34 to crush the former record of 1:49.52 set by U.S. star Natalie Coughlin at the 2002 NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.

A few minutes later, Versfeld smoked the 200-yard breast NCAA record with a time of 1:52.07. That effort eclipsed the previous record of 1:52.62 set by Brendan Hansen in 2003.

Auburn's squad of Jakob Andkjaer (42.34), Gideon Louw (41.33), Kohlton Norys (41.95) and Matt Targett (40.41) dropped the hammer on the men's 400 free relay for an NCAA and U.S. Open standard of 2:46.03. That swim clipped the U.S. Open and NCAA record of 2:46.56 set by Auburn's team of Andkjaer, Cesar Cielo, Targett and Bryan Lundquist at the 2007 NCAA Championships.

Event 33 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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1 Spofforth, Gemma JR University of Fl 1:49.82 1:48.34
26.32 28.39 26.71 26.92

Event 36 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A – Final ===

1 Versfeld, Neil SR Georgia 1:55.87 1:52.07N"A" 20
71 25.07 28.33 29.01 29.66

Event 41 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School Seed Finals Points
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1 Auburn 2:51.19 2:46.03N"A" 40
1) Andkjaer, Jakob SR 2) r:0.39 Louw, Gideon JR
3) r:0.19 Norys, Kohlton SO 4) r:0.20 Targett, Matt SR
69 19.99 42.34 19.47 41.33
19.83 41.95 18.76 40.41

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