{"id":417004,"date":"2020-02-18T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T23:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=417004"},"modified":"2020-02-18T18:10:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T01:10:29","slug":"2020-sec-swimming-and-diving-championships-day-one-relays-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2020-sec-swimming-and-diving-championships-day-one-relays-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships Day One Relays: Brown Anchors 20.5 in 200 Medley, Smith Leads Off 1:30 200 Free (RACE VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>SEC Swimming and Diving Championships<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Auburn, Alabama 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conference season kicked off from Auburn, Alabama as the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships got underway on Tuesday night with the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s 200 medley relay and 800 free relay.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee women won both relays as\u00a0<strong>Erika Brown\u00a0<\/strong>had some incredible splits with a 20.5 on the end of the 200 medley relay and a 1:41 on the 800 free relay. Texas A&amp;M and Florida split the men&#8217;s relays with the Aggies claiming their first ever SEC men&#8217;s relay title in school history. Florida&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Kieran Smith\u00a0<\/strong>swam the fastest time in the nation in the 200 free with a 1:30.11 on the front leg of the Gators&#8217; 800 freestyle relay.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/auburn\/swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player?bucketId=5060&amp;id=26c0cc08-5c92-4aa3-ae04-9b79bf7e68e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Stream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2020-sec-championships-psych-sheet-ncaa-college-2020-02-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psych Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Team Scores (Women)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Florida, 166<\/li>\n<li>Texas A&amp;M, 163<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee, 159<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky, 150<\/li>\n<li>Auburn, 144<\/li>\n<li>LSU, 117<\/li>\n<li>Georgia, 111<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina, 104<\/li>\n<li>Alabama, 104<\/li>\n<li>Missouri, 95<\/li>\n<li>Arkansas, 89<\/li>\n<li>Vanderbilt, 60<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Team Scores (Men)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Texas A&amp;M, 178<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee, 160<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky, 149<\/li>\n<li>Auburn, 147<\/li>\n<li>Florida, 138<\/li>\n<li>Missouri, 131<\/li>\n<li>LSU, 119<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina, 109<\/li>\n<li>Alabama, 106<\/li>\n<li>Georgia, 101<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>After getting off to a slow start, Tennessee won the 200 medley relay to start off the 2020 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships with a 1:35.38 thanks to senior\u00a0<strong>Erika Brown&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>20.57 anchor leg split. The team of\u00a0<strong>Meghan Small\u00a0<\/strong>(24.35),\u00a0<strong>Nikol Popov\u00a0<\/strong>(27.26),\u00a0<strong>Stanzi Moseley\u00a0<\/strong>(23.20) and Brown (20.57) moved to third in Division I as they finished ahead of Missouri (1:35.61) and Florida (1:36.10).<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers and the Gators looked to nearly pull the upset over the defending national champions in this relay as\u00a0<strong>Haley Hynes\u00a0<\/strong>(23.74),\u00a0<strong>Molly Winer\u00a0<\/strong>(27.37),\u00a0<strong>Sarah Thompson\u00a0<\/strong>(22.90) and\u00a0<strong>Megan Keil\u00a0<\/strong>(21.60) finished in the runner-up spot for Missouri. Florida&#8217;s team of\u00a0<strong>Emma Ball\u00a0<\/strong>(23.94),\u00a0<strong>Vanessa Pearl\u00a0<\/strong>(27.20),\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sherridon-dressel-leads-floridas-re-rise-to-no-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherridon Dressel<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(22.86) and\u00a0<strong>Isaeblla Garofalo\u00a0<\/strong>(22.10) actually had the lead through three legs but could not hold on against Tennessee&#8217;s Brown&#8217;s split.<\/p>\n<p>Brown was just off the fastest split ever at 20.45 set by\u00a0<strong>Simone Manuel\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Abbey Weitzeil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M (1:36.52), Alabama (1:36.71), Geogia (1:36.79), Auburn (1:37.00) and Arkansas (1:37.02) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>The quickest splits outside the top three came from Alabama&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Rhyan White\u00a0<\/strong>(23.81), Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Anna Belousova\u00a0<\/strong>(26.87), Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s <strong>Emma Carlton\u00a0<\/strong>(23.35) and Arkansas&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Anna Hopkin\u00a0<\/strong>(20.82).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SftSUcYjCtw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 2  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n         1:36.40  A\r\n         1:37.05  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals              \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 Tennessee                     1:35.61    1:35.38 A      \r\n     1) Small, Meghan N SR            2) r:0.27 Popov, Nikol JR       \r\n     3) r:0.98 Moseley, Stanzi SR     4) r:0.22 Brown, Erika SR       \r\n    r:+0.67  24.35        51.61 (27.26)\r\n        1:14.81 (23.20)     1:35.38 (20.57)\r\n  2 Missouri                      1:35.69    1:35.61 A      \r\n     1) Hynes, Haley M SR             2) r:0.16 Winer, Molly FR       \r\n     3) r:0.27 Thompson, Sarah JR     4) r:0.09 Keil, Megan SO        \r\n    r:+0.56  23.74        51.11 (27.37)\r\n        1:14.01 (22.90)     1:35.61 (21.60)\r\n  3 FLOR                          1:36.71    1:36.10 A      \r\n     1) Ball, Emma SR                 2) r:0.21 Pearl, Vanessa SO     \r\n     3) r:0.97 Dressel, Sherridon SR  4) r:0.21 Garofalo, Isabella SR \r\n    r:+0.56  23.94        51.14 (27.20)\r\n        1:14.00 (22.86)     1:36.10 (22.10)\r\n  4 Texas A&amp;M                     1:37.96    1:36.52 B      \r\n     1) Eldridge, Raena L SR          2) r:0.28 Belousova, Anna SR    \r\n     3) r:0.40 Carlton, Emma SO       4) r:0.24 Sapianchai, Golf SR   \r\n    r:+0.50  24.42        51.29 (26.87)\r\n        1:14.58 (23.29)     1:36.52 (21.94)\r\n  5 Alabama                       1:36.50    1:36.71 B      \r\n     1) White, Rhyan E SO             2) r:0.44 Wong, Kaila JR        \r\n     3) r:0.38 Molnar, Flora JR       4) r:0.25 Surrency, Allie SR    \r\n    r:+0.56  23.81        50.87 (27.06)\r\n        1:14.22 (23.35)     1:36.71 (22.49)\r\n  6 Georgia                       1:37.95    1:36.79 B      \r\n     1) Fa'amausili, Gabi A JR        2) r:0.41 Hartman, Zoie FR      \r\n     3) r:0.58 Luther, Dakota SO      4) r:0.72 Burchill, Veronica SR \r\n    r:+0.55  24.31        51.27 (26.96)\r\n        1:15.00 (23.73)     1:36.79 (21.79)\r\n  7 Auburn                        1:39.14    1:37.00 B      \r\n     1) Harris, Jewels A JR           2) r:0.24 Cummings, Carly JR    \r\n     3) Clevenger, Robyn N SR         4) r:0.13 Kutsch, AJ FR         \r\n    r:+0.62  24.52        34.66 (10.14)\r\n          52.00 (17.34)     1:37.00 (45.00)\r\n  8 Arkansas                      1:37.34    1:37.02 B      \r\n     1) Sansores DeLa Fuente, Andrea  2) r:0.14 Herrmann, Vanessa SO  \r\n     3) r:0.18 Melton, Kobie SO       4) r:0.28 Hopkin, Anna SR       \r\n    r:+0.61  24.52        52.25 (27.73)\r\n        1:16.20 (23.95)     1:37.02 (20.82)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Taking advantage of a botched final wall by Alabama&#8217;s anchor leg, Texas A&amp;M won the men&#8217;s 200 medley relay with a 1:23.49 with the team of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/shaine-casas-on-stunning-year-i-want-people-to-know-i-am-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaine Casas<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(20.84),\u00a0<strong>Benjamin Walker\u00a0<\/strong>(23.36),\u00a0<strong>Adam Koster\u00a0<\/strong>(20.40) and\u00a0<strong>Mike Thibert\u00a0<\/strong>(18.89). The Aggies moved to second in the national rankings with their swim as that was the first time the A&amp;M men have ever won a relay at SEC&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee finished in second place with a nice back half at 1:24.04.\u00a0<strong>Matthew Garcia\u00a0<\/strong>(21.46),\u00a0<strong>Michael Houlie\u00a0<\/strong>(23.32),\u00a0<strong>Braga Verhage\u00a0<\/strong>(20.25) and\u00a0<strong>Alec Connolly\u00a0<\/strong>(19.01) swam for the Volunteers, feeding off the momentum started by their women in the first event.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama was leading the field through the 150, but anchor\u00a0<strong>Jonathan Berneburg\u00a0<\/strong>slipped on his final wall and could not really recover as the Crimson Tide, who won last year&#8217;s national &amp; SEC title, finished in fourth at 1:24.65.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&#8217;s team of\u00a0<strong>Dakota Mahaffey\u00a0<\/strong>(21.85),\u00a0<strong>Marco Guarente\u00a0<\/strong>(23.46),\u00a0<strong>Eric Friese\u00a0<\/strong>(20.59) and\u00a0<strong>Will Davis\u00a0<\/strong>(18.61) slipped in for third place at 1:24.51.<\/p>\n<p>The quickest splits outside the top three came from Alabama&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Zane Waddell\u00a0<\/strong>(20.33, not far off the fastest time ever of 20.20), Kentucky&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Wyatt Amdor\u00a0<\/strong>(23.40), Auburn&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Santiago Grassi\u00a0<\/strong>(20.01) and South Carolina&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Lewis Burras\u00a0<\/strong>(18.75).<\/p>\n<p>Missouri (1:24.90), South Carolina (1:24.93), Auburn (1:25.12) and Georgia (1:25.19) also placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xAT1M2OOVY8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 3  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n         1:24.30  A\r\n         1:24.97  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals              \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 Texas A&amp;M                     1:24.44    1:23.49 A      \r\n     1) Casas, Shaine M SO            2) r:0.22 Walker, Benjamin SR   \r\n     3) r:0.06 Koster, Adam SR        4) r:0.04 Thibert, Mike SR      \r\n    r:+0.51  20.84        44.20 (23.36)\r\n        1:04.60 (20.40)     1:23.49 (18.89)\r\n  2 Tennessee                     1:24.85    1:24.04 A      \r\n     1) Garcia, Matthew J SR          2) r:0.25 Houlie, Michael SO    \r\n     3) r:0.96 Verhage, Braga SR      4) r:0.20 Connolly, Alec SR     \r\n    r:+0.53  21.46        44.78 (23.32)\r\n        1:05.03 (20.25)     1:24.04 (19.01)\r\n  3 FLOR                          1:26.62    1:24.51 B      \r\n     1) Mahaffey, Dakota W SR         2) r:0.10 Guarente, Marco SR    \r\n     3) r:0.20 Friese, Eric FR        4) r:0.17 Davis, Will SO        \r\n    r:+0.55  21.85        45.31 (23.46)\r\n        1:05.90 (20.59)     1:24.51 (18.61)\r\n  4 Alabama                       1:24.43    1:24.65 B      \r\n     1) Waddell, Zane SR              2) r:0.47 Bell, Liam FR         \r\n     3) r:0.34 Sesvold, Tyler JR      4) r:0.17 Berneburg, Jonathan SO\r\n    r:+0.53  20.33        44.02 (23.69)\r\n        1:04.37 (20.35)     1:24.65 (20.28)\r\n  5 Missouri                      1:24.76    1:24.90 B      \r\n     1) Hein, Daniel W SR             2) r:0.19 Staver, Nick SR       \r\n     3) r:0.32 Slaton, Micah SR       4) r:-0.01 Kovac, Danny SO      \r\n    r:+0.50  21.02        45.24 (24.22)\r\n        1:05.95 (20.71)     1:24.90 (18.95)\r\n  6 South Carolina                1:27.50    1:24.93 B      \r\n     1) Liu, Kevin H SR               2) r:0.27 Goldfaden, Itay SR    \r\n     3) r:0.30 Rose, Justin SR        4) r:0.16 Burras, Lewis SO      \r\n    r:+0.52  21.94        45.49 (23.55)\r\n        1:06.18 (20.69)     1:24.93 (18.75)\r\n  7 Auburn                        1:26.75    1:25.12        \r\n     1) Ginieczki, Christian B JR     2) r:0.26 Rowe, Spencer JR      \r\n     3) r:0.32 Grassi, Santiago SR    4) r:0.28 Yish, Matthew SO      \r\n    r:+0.54  21.46        45.69 (24.23)\r\n        1:05.70 (20.01)     1:25.12 (19.42)\r\n  8 Georgia                       1:26.14    1:25.19        \r\n     1) Grum, Ian P FR                2) r:0.17 Dalmolin, Jack JR     \r\n     3) r:0.30 Murphy, Camden JR      4) r:0.30 Downing, Dillon FR    \r\n    r:+0.59  21.74        45.59 (23.85)\r\n        1:06.26 (20.67)     1:25.19 (18.93)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 800 Free Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Tennessee front-loaded their 800 free relay and never looked back as the Vols won their second relay of the day at 6:53.27, just missing the SEC meet record of 6:52.64. The team of\u00a0<strong>Meghan Small\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.21),\u00a0<strong>Erika Brown\u00a0<\/strong>(1:41.08),\u00a0<strong>Tjasa Pintar\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.03) and <strong>Tess Cieplucha\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.95) swam the number one time in the nation to win the relay by over three seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky finished with the silver medal at 6:56.66 as they too front-loaded their relay with\u00a0<strong>Ali Galyer\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.99) and\u00a0<strong>Asia Seidt\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.38) up front.\u00a0Freshman\u00a0<strong>Beth McNeese\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.82) and sophomore\u00a0<strong>Riley Gaines\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.47) held on to second as the Wildcats finished with the runner-up and the third fastest time in the nation. Georgia won the bronze in a big fight with Auburn as the Bulldogs got to the wall at 6:59.14. The team of\u00a0<strong>Courtney Harnish\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.23),\u00a0<strong>Jordan Stout\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.26),\u00a0<strong>Dakota Luther\u00a0<\/strong>(1:47.40) and\u00a0<strong>Zoie Hartman <\/strong>(1:42.25) swam fo the Bulldogs as they moved to sixth in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn (6:59.38), Texas A&amp;M (7:02.44), Florida (7:05.58), Alabama (7:08.26) and South Carolina (7:08.34) also placed in the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>The quickest splits outside the top three came from Auburn&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Julie Meynen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.85), Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Karling Hemstreet\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.27), Auburn&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Jessica Merritt\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.85) and\u00a0<strong>Claire Fisch\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.87).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IxY89gVkd7g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 5  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n         7:00.86  A\r\n         7:05.88  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals              \r\n====================================================================\r\n  1 Tennessee                     6:59.52    6:53.27 A      \r\n     1) Small, Meghan N SR            2) r:0.30 Brown, Erika SR       \r\n     3) r:0.39 Pintar, Tjasa JR       4) r:0.41 Cieplucha, Tess SR    \r\n    r:+0.70  24.31        50.50 (50.50)\r\n      1:16.56 (1:16.56)   1:43.21 (1:43.21)\r\n        2:05.59 (22.38)     2:30.78 (47.57)\r\n      2:57.16 (1:13.95)   3:24.29 (1:41.08)\r\n        3:48.06 (23.77)     4:14.37 (50.08)\r\n      4:41.17 (1:16.88)   5:08.32 (1:44.03)\r\n                            5:58.64 (50.32)\r\n      6:25.87 (1:17.55)   6:53.27 (1:44.95)\r\n  2 Kentucky                      7:01.40    6:56.66 A      \r\n     1) Galyer, Ali J SR              2) r:0.25 Seidt, Asia SR        \r\n     3) r:0.27 McNeese, Beth FR       4) r:0.33 Gaines, Riley SO      \r\n    r:+0.67  23.98        50.00 (50.00)\r\n      1:16.70 (1:16.70)   1:43.99 (1:43.99)\r\n        2:07.09 (23.10)     2:32.81 (48.82)\r\n      2:59.59 (1:15.60)   3:27.37 (1:43.38)\r\n        3:51.16 (23.79)     4:17.61 (50.24)\r\n      4:45.16 (1:17.79)   5:13.19 (1:45.82)\r\n        5:36.72 (23.53)     6:02.76 (49.57)\r\n      6:29.44 (1:16.25)   6:56.66 (1:43.47)\r\n  3 Georgia                       7:02.38    6:59.14 A      \r\n     1) Harnish, Courtney N JR        2) r:0.42 Stout, Jordan SR      \r\n     3) r:0.18 Luther, Dakota SO      4) r:0.30 Hartman, Zoie FR      \r\n    r:+0.76  23.91        49.96 (49.96)\r\n      1:16.84 (1:16.84)   1:44.23 (1:44.23)\r\n        2:08.78 (24.55)     2:35.45 (51.22)\r\n      3:02.40 (1:18.17)   3:29.49 (1:45.26)\r\n        3:54.01 (24.52)     4:20.65 (51.16)\r\n      4:48.48 (1:18.99)   5:16.89 (1:47.40)\r\n        5:40.04 (23.15)     6:05.79 (48.90)\r\n      6:32.12 (1:15.23)   6:59.14 (1:42.25)\r\n  4 Auburn                        7:06.13    6:59.38 A      \r\n     1) Fisch, Claire A SR            2) r:0.22 Webb, Abbey FR        \r\n     3) r:0.25 Meynen, Julie SR       4) r:0.27 Merritt, Jessica SR   \r\n    r:+0.69  23.01        48.72 (48.72)\r\n      1:15.94 (1:15.94)   1:44.87 (1:44.87)\r\n        2:08.91 (24.04)     2:35.83 (50.96)\r\n      3:03.47 (1:18.60)   3:30.68 (1:45.81)\r\n        3:54.35 (23.67)     4:20.44 (49.76)\r\n      4:47.31 (1:16.63)   5:14.53 (1:43.85)\r\n        5:38.58 (24.05)     6:04.81 (50.28)\r\n      6:31.64 (1:17.11)   6:59.38 (1:44.85)\r\n  5 Texas A&amp;M                     7:10.55    7:02.44 B      \r\n     1) Portz, Katie A SR             2) r:0.99 Hemstreet, Karling SR \r\n     3) r:0.98 Sapianchai, Golf SR    4) r:0.99 Quah, Jing JR         \r\n    r:+0.66  25.17        51.75 (51.75)\r\n      1:18.51 (1:18.51)   1:45.30 (1:45.30)\r\n        2:09.61 (24.31)     2:36.38 (51.08)\r\n      3:02.86 (1:17.56)   3:29.57 (1:44.27)\r\n        3:53.42 (23.85)     4:20.32 (50.75)\r\n      4:47.95 (1:18.38)   5:15.78 (1:46.21)\r\n        5:39.35 (23.57)     6:06.14 (50.36)\r\n      6:33.72 (1:17.94)   7:02.44 (1:46.66)\r\n  6 FLOR                          7:08.29    7:05.58 B      \r\n     1) Fertel, Kelly A SR            2) r:0.31 Bindi, Tori SR        \r\n     3) r:0.35 Golding, Kathleen FR   4) r:0.39 Ault, Taylor JR       \r\n    r:+0.70  24.70        51.34 (51.34)\r\n      1:19.42 (1:19.42)   1:47.57 (1:47.57)\r\n        2:03.15 (15.58)     2:38.33 (50.76)\r\n      3:05.31 (1:17.74)   3:32.56 (1:44.99)\r\n        3:57.18 (24.62)     4:24.20 (51.64)\r\n      4:51.59 (1:19.03)   5:19.17 (1:46.61)\r\n        5:43.94 (24.77)     6:10.97 (51.80)\r\n      6:38.43 (1:19.26)   7:05.58 (1:46.41)\r\n  7 Alabama                       7:08.69    7:08.26        \r\n     1) Scott, Morgan E SO            2) r:0.47 McMahon, Kensey SO    \r\n     3) r:0.34 Preski, Alexis SR      4) r:0.33 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The Gators never looked back as the team of\u00a0<strong>Gerry Quinn\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.63),\u00a0<strong>Khader Baqlah\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.90) and\u00a0<strong>Clark Beach\u00a0<\/strong>(1:34.27) won going away with a 6:09.91 to sit second in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Florida had some pressure from Texas A&amp;M but the Gators prevailed, with the Aggies team of\u00a0<strong>Shaine Casas\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.29),\u00a0<strong>Mark Theall\u00a0<\/strong>(1:31.40),\u00a0<strong>Clayton Bobo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:33.70) and\u00a0<strong>Coco Bratanov\u00a0<\/strong>(1:34.48) finished in second at 6:11.87 to sit third in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia finished in third for the second straight relay as the Bulldog men were a 6:16.64 to hold off the likes of Kentucky (6:18.11) and Missouri (6:19.11). Georgia was comprised of\u00a0<strong>Walker Higgins\u00a0<\/strong>(1:33.45),\u00a0<strong>Harry Homans\u00a0<\/strong>(1:34.99),\u00a0<strong>Grant Norgan\u00a0<\/strong>(1:34.43) and\u00a0<strong>Zach Hils\u00a0<\/strong>(1:33.77).<\/p>\n<p>The quickest splits outside the top three came from LSU&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Brooks Curry\u00a0<\/strong>(1:33.08), Auburn&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Christian Sztolcman\u00a0<\/strong>(1:33.26), Tennessee&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Josh Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>(1:33.45) and Kentucky&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Glen Brown\u00a0<\/strong>(1:33.46).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m_IsPieLsmc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 6  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n====================================================================\r\n         6:17.18  A\r\n         6:21.85  B\r\n    School                           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  3) r:0.29 Wilby, Mason SO        4) r:0.24 Brown, Glen SR        \r\n    r:+0.63  22.04        46.42 (46.42)\r\n      1:10.95 (1:10.95)   1:35.26 (1:35.26)\r\n        1:56.34 (21.08)     2:19.93 (44.67)\r\n      2:44.56 (1:09.30)   3:09.70 (1:34.44)\r\n        3:31.32 (21.62)     3:55.06 (45.36)\r\n      4:19.32 (1:09.62)   4:44.65 (1:34.95)\r\n        5:05.79 (21.14)     5:29.12 (44.47)\r\n      5:53.38 (1:08.73)   6:18.11 (1:33.46)\r\n  5 Missouri                      6:20.24    6:19.11 B      \r\n     1) Dahlgren, Jack A SO           2) r:0.26 Lima, Giovanny SR     \r\n     3) r:0.34 Leach, Kyle SO         4) r:0.09 Reed, Grant JR        \r\n    r:+0.62  21.67        45.13 (45.13)\r\n      1:08.96 (1:08.96)   1:34.07 (1:34.07)\r\n        1:54.79 (20.72)     2:18.41 (44.34)\r\n      2:43.25 (1:09.18)   3:08.77 (1:34.70)\r\n        3:30.04 (21.27)     3:53.62 (44.85)\r\n      4:18.09 (1:09.32)   4:44.15 (1:35.38)\r\n        5:05.17 (21.02)     5:28.77 (44.62)\r\n      5:53.45 (1:09.30)   6:19.11 (1:34.96)\r\n  6 Auburn                        6:30.09    6:19.57 B      \r\n     1) Sztolcman, Christian M SO     2) r:0.99 Upchurch, Owen SR     \r\n     3) r:0.98 Smith, Lleyton FR      4) r:0.99 Heinzel, Thomas JR    \r\n    r:+0.63  20.97        44.25 (44.25)\r\n      1:08.52 (1:08.52)   1:33.26 (1:33.26)\r\n        1:54.35 (21.09)     2:18.13 (44.87)\r\n      2:43.09 (1:09.83)   3:08.79 (1:35.53)\r\n        3:30.28 (21.49)     3:53.86 (45.07)\r\n      4:18.64 (1:09.85)   4:44.11 (1:35.32)\r\n        5:05.73 (21.62)     5:29.27 (45.16)\r\n      5:53.79 (1:09.68)   6:19.57 (1:35.46)\r\n  7 Tennessee                     6:24.92    6:20.28 B      \r\n     1) Garcia, Matthew J SR          2) r:0.33 Walsh, Josh JR        \r\n     3) r:0.31 Hinawi, Marc SR        4) r:0.29 Bailey, Seth SO       \r\n    r:+0.61  22.21        46.33 (46.33)\r\n      1:11.11 (1:11.11)   1:36.20 (1:36.20)\r\n        1:57.06 (20.86)     2:20.75 (44.55)\r\n      2:45.14 (1:08.94)   3:09.65 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