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The SEC highlighted their swimmers and divers of the week as well as freshmen of the week. Georgia swimming swept all the weekly awards for this week with <strong>Jay Litherland<\/strong> and <strong>Kylie Stewart<\/strong> winning swimmer of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Litherland and Stewart are both in their senior seasons and both hail from Dynamo Swim Club. Litherland has become the leader of this team after the injury of fellow senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/georgia-senior-gunnar-bentz-to-be-out-a-few-weeks-with-collarbone-injury\/\"><strong>Gunnar Bentz<\/strong><\/a>. Stewart is also one of the veterans on this Georgia women&#8217;s team that hopes to not fall out of the top four nationally for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n<p><em>SEC press release:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Male Swimmer of the Week<br \/>\n<strong>Jay Litherland<\/strong> \u2022 Georgia<br \/>\nSenior \u2022 Alpharetta, Ga.<br \/>\nIn Georgia&#8217;s win over North Carolina, Litherland claimed three individual wins and was on a victorious relay. He won the 200 freestyle in 1:37.23, the 200 backstroke in 1:46.29 and the 400 individual medley in 3:51.46, with all three times as NCAA provisional cuts. Litherland also anchored the 200 medley relay that placed first in 1:29.28.<\/p>\n<p>Male Diver of the Week<br \/>\n<strong>Charlie Clifton<\/strong> \u2022 Georgia<br \/>\nSophomore \u2022 Nashville, Tenn.<br \/>\nClifton leads the SEC in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards after his performances in Georgia&#8217;s win over North Carolina. He took second place in the 1-meter with a score of 371.25 and third in the 3-meter with a score of 329.63. Clifton reached the NCAA Zone qualifying standards in both events.<\/p>\n<p>Male Freshman of the Week<br \/>\n<strong>Greg Reed<\/strong> \u2022 Georgia<br \/>\nRoanoke, Va.<br \/>\nReed notched an individual win in Georgia&#8217;s win over North Carolina. He took the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 9:06.76. Reed also placed fourth in the 500 freestyle in 4:31.94.<\/p>\n<p>Female Swimmer of the Week<br \/>\n<strong>Kylie Stewart<\/strong> \u2022 Georgia<br \/>\nSenior \u2022 Acworth, Ga.<br \/>\nIn Georgia&#8217;s win over No. 22 North Carolina, Stewart won two individual events and was on a victorious relay. She won the 100 backstroke in 52.48 and the 200 backstroke in 1:56.20, both NCAA provisional cut times. Stewart also swam the second leg and helped the 400 freestyle relay win in 3:21.52.<\/p>\n<p>Female Diver of the Week<br \/>\n<strong>Madison Duvall<\/strong> \u2022 Georgia<br \/>\nJunior \u2022 Woodstock, Ga.<br \/>\nDuvall placed second on each springboard event in Georgia&#8217;s win over No. 22 North Carolina. She registered 312.23 points on the 3-meter and 275.48 on the 1-meter, both NCAA Zone qualifying point totals.<\/p>\n<p>Female Freshman of the Week<br \/>\n<strong>Courtney Harnish<\/strong> \u2022 Georgia<br \/>\nYork, Pa.<br \/>\nHarnish won two individual events and was on a victorious relay in her collegiate debut of Georgia&#8217;s win over No. 22 North Carolina. She won the 200 freestyle in 1:47.71 and the 500 freestyle in 4:46.36, both NCAA provisional cut times. 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