Here is what happened in the finals of Day 2 of the SEC Championships.<\/p>\n
Texas A&M\u2019s Sarah Gibson<\/strong> won the 500-yard freestyle on Wednesday, finishing in 4:38.92. Gibson held off Auburn\u2019s Ashley Neidigh<\/strong> (4:39.91) by a second.<\/p>\n Kentucky\u2019s Kendal Casey<\/strong> was third (4:40.81), followed by teammate Geena Freriks<\/strong> (4:40.85), Georgia\u2019s Rachel Zilinskas<\/strong> (4:42.22), Missouri\u2019s Kira Zubar<\/strong> (4:42.79), Arkansas\u2019 Ayumi Macias<\/strong> (4:43.28) and A&M\u2019s Sycerika McMahon<\/strong> (4:46.38).<\/p>\n South Carolina\u2019s Fynn Minuth<\/strong> surged to the SEC title in the 500 freestyle, finishing in a pool-record 4:11.07.<\/p>\n Florida\u2019s Mitch D\u2019Arrigo<\/strong>, the top seed from the morning prelims, finished second in 4:12.71, followed by Georgia\u2019s Kevin Litherland<\/strong> (4:15.98), Jay Litherland<\/strong> (4:16.41) and Walker Higgins<\/strong> (4:16.54). Florida\u2019s Ben Lawless<\/strong> was sixth (4:16.94), followed by Kentucky\u2019s Isaac Jones<\/strong> (4:17.52) and South Carolina\u2019s Akaram Mahmoud<\/strong> (4:17.57).<\/p>\n Tennessee freshman Meghan Small<\/strong> won the 200 IM in a pool-record 1:53.31, followed by Texas A&M\u2019s Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> (1:53.64) and Bethany Galat<\/strong> (1:54.86).<\/p>\n Kentucky\u2019s Asia Seidt<\/strong> took fourth (1:55.02), followed by Texas A&M\u2019s Lisa Bratton<\/strong> (1:56.30) and Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo<\/strong> (1:56.50), South Carolina\u2019s Emma Barksdale<\/strong> (1:56.65) and Georgia\u2019s Meaghan Raab<\/strong> (1:59.44).<\/p>\n Georgia\u2019s Chase Kalisz<\/strong> won the 200 IM in 1:42.84, to hold off Florida\u2019s Mark Szaranek<\/strong> (1:43.00).<\/p>\n Auburn\u2019s Joe Patching<\/strong> was third (1:43.32), followed by Georgia\u2019s Gunnar Bentz<\/strong> (1:44.24), Florida\u2019s Joe Switkowski<\/strong> (1:44), Alabama\u2019s Anton McKee<\/strong> (1:44.47), Auburn\u2019s Michael Duderstadt<\/strong> (1:44.80) and Florida\u2019s Alex Lebed<\/strong> (1:44.86).<\/p>\n Tennessee\u2019s Madeline Banic<\/strong> edged Georgia\u2019s Olivia Smoliga<\/strong> to win the 50 freestyle. Banic finished in 21.54, just two hundredths of a second ahead of Smoliga (21.56).<\/p>\n Alabama\u2019s Bailey Scott<\/strong> was third (21.84). followed by Texas A&M\u2019s Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> (21.95), Georgia\u2019s Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong> (22.07), Tennessee\u2019s Kira Toussaint<\/strong> (22.22), LSU\u2019s Haylee Knight<\/strong> (22.28) and LSU\u2019s Leah Troskot<\/strong> (22.37).<\/p>\n Florida\u2019s Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> continued his fast start, winning the 50 freestyle in 18.46, a pool record at Tennessee.<\/p>\n Alabama\u2019s Zane Waddell<\/strong> took second (19.17), followed by Missouri\u2019s Michael Chadwick<\/strong> (19.21), Texas A&M\u2019s Cory Bolleter<\/strong> (19.22), Auburn\u2019s Zach Apple<\/strong> (19.23), Tennessee\u2019s Kyle Decoursey<\/strong> (19.25), Auburn\u2019s Peter Holoda<\/strong> (19.43) and Florida\u2019s Enzo Martinez Scarpe<\/strong> (19.67).<\/p>\n Missouri\u2019s Lauren Reedy<\/strong> won 1-meter diving with a score of 364.30, beating the previous pool record.<\/p>\n Kentucky\u2019s Rebecca Hamperian<\/strong> was second (354.9), followed by South Carolina\u2019s Julia Vincent<\/strong> (351.85), LSU\u2019s Lizzie Cui<\/strong> (336.10), Georgia\u2019s Olivia Ball<\/strong> (327.75), Auburn\u2019s Maddie Cox<\/strong> (313.95), Missouri\u2019s Kendra Kieser<\/strong> (313.60) and South Carolina\u2019s Mikaela Lujan<\/strong> (307.90).<\/p>\n Georgia\u2019s Olivia Smoliga, Veronica Burchill, Emily Cameron<\/strong> and Chantal Van Landeghem<\/strong> won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:27.57 to close the night for the women\u2019s events.<\/p>\n Auburn\u2019s Aly Tetzloff, Ashton Ellzey, Julie Meynen<\/strong> and Allyx Purcell<\/strong> took second at 1:27.86. Tennessee\u2019s Kira Toussaint, Erika Brown, Meghan Small<\/strong> and Madeline Banic<\/strong> finished third in 1:27.86.<\/p>\n Texas A&M was fourth (1:28.85), followed by LSU (1:29.2), Alabama (1:29.28), Missouri (1:30.03) and Florida (1:30.98).<\/p>\n Florida continued to dominate the sprints, winning the 200 free relay. Enzo Martinez Scarpe, Caeleb Dressel, Jan Switkowski<\/strong> and Jack<\/strong> Blyzinskkyj<\/strong> finished in 1:15.67 to break the pool record.<\/p>\n Auburn\u2019s Zach Apple, Peter Holodo, Ziv Kalontarov<\/strong> and Kyle Darmody<\/strong> took second (116.03).<\/p>\n Alabama\u2019s Zane Waddell, Luke Kaliszak, Robert Howard<\/strong> and Laurent Bams<\/strong> took third at 1:16.40.<\/p>\n Missouri was fourth (1:17.45), followed by Texas A&M (1:17.52), Tennessee (1:17.64), South Carolina (1:18.69) and Georgia (1:18.88).<\/p>\n Florida leads the men\u2019s meet after Day 2 with 486.5 points. Auburn is second (346), followed by Texas A&M (324), Georgia (314), Alabama (287), South Carolina (278), Tennessee (261.5), LSU (199), Kentucky (196) and Missouri (186).<\/p>\n Texas A&M leads the women\u2019s meet after Day 2 with 488 points, followed by Georgia (410), Auburn (371), Missouri (349), Tennessee (344), Kentucky (310), Florida (238), LSU (231), South Carolina (203), Alabama (187), Arkansas (133) and Vanderbilt (30).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is what happened in the finals of Day 2 of the SEC Championships. 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Women\u2019s 200 IM<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 200 IM<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 50 free<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 50 free<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 1-meter diving<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 200 free relay<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s 200 free relay<\/h3>\n
Men\u2019s team scores<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s team scores<\/h3>\n