SEC Weekly Recap: Florida-Auburn Split; Georgia Sweeps Vols

Caeleb Dressel. Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold / Aringo Photos

By Dan D’Addona.

The Florida swimming & diving teams split with Auburn on Saturday. The 10th-ranked Gator men defeated the No. 6 Tigers 163-137, while the No. 14 Auburn women beat No. 20 Florida 197-103.

Samuel Smith led the way for the Gators on the boards, winning 1-meter with 348.53 points and the 3-meter with 388.20 points.

Caeleb Dressel touched first in his three events — the 50 free (19.21), 100 fly (46.35) and 100 free (42.64).

Maxime Rooney, Mitch D’Arrigo and Ben Lawless finished off the Gator freestyle sweep. Rooney won the 200 free in 1:35.84, D’Arrigo the 500 free in 4:26.36 and Lawless the 1,000 free in 9:07.61.

Jan Switkowski won the 200 fly at 1:46.07.

Auburn’s Joe Patching made it a backstroke double with a win in the 100 (47.28) and 200 (1:43.92). Patching then closed out his final dual meet with his fourth win this season in the 200 IM (1:46.19). The win was his 50th individual event win during his Auburn career.

Michael Duderstadt also racked up a breaststroke sweep, winning the 100 in 54.57 and the 200 in 1:58.84.

In the women’s meet, Auburn’s Ashley Neidigh earned a distance sweep, winning the 1,000 free (9:42.20), and the 500 free in a season-best 4:47.9. Natasha Lloyd earned her fourth breaststroke sweep of the season, winning the 100 in 1:02.20 and the 200 in 2:14.57. Aly Tetzloff won the 100 back (53.71) and the 200 IM (2:00.79). Julie Meynen remained undefeated in the 100 free (49.30).

Sydney Sell had the lone Florida women’s individual win, placing first in the 200 back at 1:59.30.

Georgia sweeps Tennessee

The Georgia swimming & diving teams concluded the SEC regular season on Saturday with a pair of wins against Tennessee.

The No. 3 Lady Bulldogs (7-1, 4-0) beat the No. 15 Lady Volunteers 178-122, while the No. 5-ranked Bulldogs (6-1, 3-0) posted a 172-128 win against the No. 20 Volunteers. The Georgia women are undefeated in their last 21 conference meets with a 20-0-1 mark dating back to 2013.

Stephanie Peters, Chantal Van Landeghem and Meaghan Raab led the Lady Bulldogs by combining to sweep the freestyle events and earning two individual wins a piece.

Peters took both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing in 4:50.55 and 9:52.21, respectively, while Van Landeghem was the first the reach the wall in both the 50- (22.62) and 100-yard freestyle (49.36). Raab finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.88) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.88).

Other individual winners for the Lady Bulldogs included Kylie Stewart in the 100-yard backstroke (53.51), Megan Kinsley in the 200-yard butterfly (1:57.67), and Olivia Ball on the 1-meter springboard (286.80).

Olivia Smoliga, Veronica Burchill, Raab and Van Landeghem combined for a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay, stopping the clock in 3:19.88.

On the men’s side, Chase Kalisz won both breaststroke events and the 200-yard individual medley, finishing the 100- in 53.37, the 200-yard breaststroke in 1:57.35 and the 200-yard individual medley in 1:46.71.

Pace Clark won both of the butterfly events, winning the 100- in 47.75 and the 200-yard butterfly in 1:45.17.

Jay Litherland won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:36.26, Taylor Dale took first in the 100-yard backstroke in 47.42, and Javier Acevedo claimed the 200-yard backstroke in 1:45.98.

Dale, Gunnar Bentz, Clark and Acevedo reached the wall in 2:58.24 to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.

For Tennessee, freshman Meghan Small earned victories in the 200-yard backstroke and 200 IM in addition to a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle. David Heron won the 500 free in 4:24.76, Kyle DeCoursey swept the sprint freestyle races for a fifth time this season. He powered the Vols to a 1-2 finish in the 50 freestyle with a season-best time of 19.54 followed by Ryan Coetzee (20.33). He won the 100 freestyle in 43.70.

Texas A&M beats LSU on senior day

The Texas A&M men’s swimming and diving team downed longtime rival LSU, 173-127 on senior day. The Aggie women won 193-103.

In the women’s meet, senior Sarah Gibson earned two individual wins in the 200-yard butterfly (1:58.37) and 100 fly (54.15) and Sycerika McMahon in the 500 free (4:50.77). In the diving well, Madison Hudkins topped the leaderboard in the one-meter dive (303.98) and placed second in the three-meter (317.33).

Cory Bolleter won the 50 freestyle in 19.88. The foursome of junior Brock Bonetti, junior Mauro Castillo, senior Turker Ayar and Bolleter surged to victory in the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:27.27 in the first race of the day, and the quartet of Koster, Gonzales, Tjon-A-Joe and Bolleter touched first in 1:19.22 to end the day.

Bolleter was dominant on the end of both relays, turning in a 19.08 anchor in the medley relay and a breath-taking 18.94 anchor in the free relay. Bolleter’s 18.94 split was a lifetime best and ranks as the third-fastest 50 free split in school history.

Castillo led the way with three individual victories with wins in the 100 breaststroke (54.20), 200 breaststroke (1:59.27) and 200 IM (1:50.09). Also grabbing multiple individual wins were Bonetti in the 100 back (47.81) and 200 back (1:45.94) and sophomore Sam Thornton in the 1-meter dive (402.90) and the 3-meter dive (372.98).

LSU’s Colleen O’Neil compiled a trio of second place finishes in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and the 200 IM, posting finishes of 1:01.40, 2:15.91 and 2:02.72 in the respective events.

On Friday, the Aggie women topped SMU 173-109.

Alabama tops Florida State on senior day

The Alabama men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams swept senior day wins over Florida State.

The Crimson Tide men posted a 182-111 win, while the Alabama women beat FSU, 170-130.

The Tide got off to a quick start Saturday morning, sweeping both the men and women’s 400 medley relays. Sophomore Katie Kelsoe, senior Bridget Blood and juniors Hannah Musser and Bailey Scott combined to take top honors in the women’s event with a 3:42.33. For the men, junior Christopher Reid, senior Anton McKee, freshman Zane Waddell and sophomore Robert Howard joined forces to win the opening relay with a 3:12.23.

From there, the Tide won 17 individual events, including 10 for the men’s team and seven for women’s team before closing out the meet with wins in both the men’s and women’s 400 freestyle relays.

Junior Mia Nonnenberg swam a 10:03.05 in the women’s 1,000 freestyle. Kelsoe won the women’s 100 race, clocking a 56.00 while junior Luke Kaliszak won the men’s 100 with a 47.49.

Check out the full results here.

On Friday, The Alabama swimming and diving teams swept Georgia Tech with the Crimson Tide women winning 150-91 and the Alabama men taking the top spot by a score of 145-96 in Atlanta.

Nonnenberg led the way for the Tide women, winning the 400 individual medley (4:20.09) and 500 freestyle (4:54.05).

Check out the full results here.

Missouri sweeps Missouri State, Drury

The Missouri men and women defeated Missouri State on Saturday, one day after sweeping Drury. The men won 177-109 and the women won 182-97.

Six different Tigers earned double wins on the day, including a Mizzou sweep in the diving well. Redshirt senior Lauren Reedy took home the women’s 1-meter (331.28) and 3-meter (360.00) crowns, while sophomore Kyle Goodwin earned wins on men’s 1-meter (personal best 377.10) and 3-meter (395.33).

Seniors Michael Chadwick earning the 100 free (43.26) and 100 breast (54.50) titles, and Andrew Sansoucie won the 100 fly (46.86) and tied sophomore Luke Mankus for the 50 free (20.63) victory.

Erin Metzger-Seymour won the 200 free (1:50.59) and 100 fly (55.06), while Hannah Stevens claimed wins in the 50 free (23.83) and 200 back (1:58.81).

On Friday, the Tiger women earned a 145-83 win over the Panthers, while the men defeated the visitors 139-92.

Louisville sweeps Kentucky

The University of Louisville No. 7/10 swimming and diving teams won 22 races en route to their ninth consecutive victory over the University of Kentucky Saturday.

The Cardinal men defeated the Wildcat men 176.5 to 123.5 and the Cardinal women defeated the Wildcat women 167 to 133.

Check out the full results here.

Arkansas wins two

The Arkansas swimming and diving team (4-4, 1-3 SEC) picked up where it left off yesterday, winning the first two events on Saturday to coast to two dual-meet victories. Arkansas defeated Vanderbilt in swimming 193-119, marking the first conference win of the season. The Razorbacks also knocked off Houston 258-169 (199-113 in swimming, 59-56 in the diving), which took place at Clemson. However, Arkansas fell to Clemson in diving earlier in the day, 93-59, as the Tigers did not participate in swimming events.

In the only diving event of day two at Clemson, Nicole Gillis dove a career-best 330.70 on the 3m springboard to notch another NCAA Zone qualifying score. Her performance goes down as the fourth best in school history.

Check out full results here.

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Shawn

7 years ago

Tennessee men took 1-2 in 1000.