Kalle Makinen Outduels Brooks Curry as Auburn Sweeps LSU; Maggie MacNeil Looks Sharp

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Kalle Makinen Outduels Brooks Curry as Auburn Sweeps LSU

Auburn freshman Kalle Makinen outsprinted Brooks Curry in the 50 free, and Auburn lets its depth work from there in a sweep of LSU on Thursday.

Auburn won the men’s meet, 208-92. The women prevailed, 179-121.

Makinen and Curry split the sprint events. The Finnish freshman bested the American Olympic gold medalist in the 50 free with a time of 19.82 to Curry’s 19.89. Curry got the better of him in the 100 free, going 43.47. Makinen went 44.01, anchored the winning 200 medley relay and swam on the victorious 400 medley relay.

Auburn got three wins from its Stoffle brothers. Nathaniel Stoffle won the 200 backstroke, in a 1-2 with Andrew Simmons, and claimed the 100 fly in a tie with Sohib Khaled, both clocking 48.96. Nathaniel and Aidan Stoffle went 1-2 in the 100 back and were both on the 200 medley relay. Aidan was third in the 100 free and on the 400 free relay.

Reid Mikuta won the 100 breast and 200 breast. He was third in the 200 IM. Jacques Rathle finished second in the 200 IM and 200 breast. Mason Mathias won the 1,000 free and 500 free, Evan McInerny claimed the 200 fly and Danny Schmidt prevailed in the 200 IM.

On the women’s side, the breaststrokers led the Auburn victory. They swept the top three spots in the 100 breast (plus an exhibitioned fourth-fastest time), with Stasya Makarova leading the way in 1:01.13. Second in that event was Ainsley Jones, who won the 200 breast in 2:13.38. Brynn Curtis was second in the 200 and third in the 100.

Emily Hetzer won the 1,000 free, turned around to take third in the 200 free and then won the 500 free. Lexie Mulvihill won the 100 free, in a 1-2 with teammate Payton Marvin, finished second in the 50 free and swam on both of the Tigers’ winning relays. Claudia Thamm won the 100 fly, Casey Cullen claimed the 200 fly and Hannah Ownbey won the 200 IM.

LSU’s biggest share of points came courtesy of Maggie MacNeil and their international array of divers. MacNeil was brilliant as usual. She won the 50 free in 22.36 seconds, the 200 back in 1:56.23 and the 100 back in 52.65. The 200 back time clocks in at sixth best in program history.

LSU swept both diving podiums. Chiara Pellacani won 3-meter and was second on 1-meter to Montserrat Lavenant. Helle Tuxen added two top-three finishes. Regan Osborne won the 200 free, and Sofia Sartori was second in both fly events.

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