The SEC announced its weekly honorees on Tuesday. Here is who earned the distinction:<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Swimmer of the Week: Robert Howard, Alabama<\/strong><\/p>\n Alabama\u2019s Robert Howard led No. 17 Alabama to a 162-136 win over No. 10 Texas A&M, winning the 50 and 200 freestyles and anchoring the Tide\u2019s winning 200 medley and freestyle relays. His B-cut time 19.77 in the 50 free is currently tied for No. 1 in the nation. Howard is also ranked 11th nationally in the 200 freestyle and posted sub-19 second 50 free relays splits anchoring both the 200 medley and freestyle relays against the Aggies.<\/p>\n Men\u2019s Diver of the Week: Sam Thornton, Texas A&M<\/strong><\/p>\n Texas A&M\u2019s Sam Thornton won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competition against No. 17 Alabama. He posted a season-best 393.60 in the 1-meter, and a score of 398.33 in the 3-meter.<\/p>\n Men\u2019s Freshman of the Week: Shaine Casas, Texas A&M<\/strong><\/p>\n Texas A&M\u2019s Shaine Casas won the 200 backstroke, posting the best time among SEC freshmen and second-best time nationally among freshmen with a 1:46.45 in the dual meet against No. 17 Alabama. He also finished second in the 100 backstroke with a 48.79, the second-best time among SEC freshmen this year. He was a part of two Texas A&M relays that landed podium finishes\u2014the 200 freestyle, which finished 2nd (1:20.53) and the 400 medley relay (1:29.79), which finished third.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Swimmer of the Week: Emma Barksdale, South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n South Carolina\u2019s Emma Barksdale swept her three events with NCAA B-cut times in both breaststroke events and the 200 IM in the Gamecocks\u2019 win over No. 23 Arkansas. Barksdale\u2019s 1:58.87 in the 200 IM is the third fastest in the country while both her 100 (1:01.58) and 200 (2:13.61) breaststrokes are national top-15 times. She also swam the final leg of the Gamecocks\u2019 400 free relay team that finished second with a time of 3:23.28, which was also a national top-15 time.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Diver of the Week: Brooke Schultz, Arkansas<\/strong><\/p>\n Arkansas\u2019 Brooke Schultz won both springboard events against South Carolina. She set the school record in the 3-meter with her score of 404.77. Schultz took the top spot in the 1-meter with a final score of 320.92.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Freshman of the Week: Hallie Kinsey, South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n South Carolina\u2019s Hallie Kinsey earned her first two career wins as she swept the butterfly events in South Carolina\u2019s win over No. 23 Arkansas. Her first-place finish in the 200 fly (1:58.79) was the 13th fastest in the country and her first NCAA B-cut swim of the season. Kinsey touched the wall first in the 100 fly with a time of 54.35. She also finished third with a time of 2:04.96 in her first 200 IM of the season.<\/p>\n \u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with the SEC<\/i>. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i> Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The SEC announced its weekly honorees on Tuesday. Here is who earned the distinction: Men\u2019s Swimmer of the Week: Robert Howard, Alabama Alabama\u2019s Robert Howard led No. 17 Alabama to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":300913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[48977,37639,43405,46364],"class_list":["post-334362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-brooke-schultz","tag-emma-barksdale","tag-robert-howard","tag-sec-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n