2023 SEC Championships, Night 3: Baylor Nelson Finishes IM Double

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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:

2023 SEC Championships Links

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
=========================================================================
         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 
=========================================================================
                       === 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
=========================================================================
         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 
=========================================================================
                       === 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
=========================================================================
         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 
=========================================================================
                       === 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
=========================================================================
         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 
=========================================================================
                       === 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
=========================================================================
         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 
=========================================================================
                       === 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
=========================================================================
         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 
=========================================================================
                       === 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.

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