{"id":497320,"date":"2022-02-16T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=497320"},"modified":"2022-02-16T11:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T18:07:02","slug":"2022-sec-championships-star-studded-mens-500-free-lined-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-sec-championships-star-studded-mens-500-free-lined-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 SEC Championships: Star-Studded Men&#8217;s 500 Free Lined Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2022 SEC Championships: Star-Studded Men&#8217;s 500 Free Lined Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s 500 freestyle will be the premier event of Day 2 of the 2022 SEC Championships. It could be the pick of the litter of the entire meet if not the weekend of conference championships.<\/p>\n<p>Prelims was a feeling-out process that didn\u2019t quite deliver. But the finals sets up nicely Wednesday night, with the NCAA record-holder, the reigning NCAA champion and a freshman phenom with a world junior record all assembled to take aim at the title.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from a busy morning session is below \u2026<\/p>\n<h4>2022 SEC Championships Links<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/sec-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2022-sec-championships-psych-sheets\/ncaa-college\/2022\/February\/15?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/utennessee\/swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secsports.com\/article\/11037827\/championships-swimming-diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Information Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2022-sec-championships-day-1-results-day-1\/ncaa-college\/2022\/February\/15?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-sec-championships-alabama-sets-conference-record-in-200-medley-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 SEC Championships Day 1: Alabama Women, Florida Men Set Relay Marks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s team standings<\/h4>\n<pre>(Through Event 5)                      \r\n \r\n  1. Texas A&amp;M University              155   2. Louisiana State University        150\r\n  3. Kentucky, University of           148   4. University of Tennessee           145\r\n  5. South Carolina, University of,    139   5. Georgia, University of            139\r\n  7. University of Florida             130   8. University of Alabama             114\r\n  9. Auburn University                 107  10. Missouri                           97\r\n 11. University of Arkansas             78  12. Vanderbilt University              60<\/pre>\n<h4>Men&#8217;s team standings<\/h4>\n<pre>(Through Event 6)                       \r\n \r\n  1. Texas A&amp;M University              156   2. University of Tennessee           155\r\n  3. Kentucky, University of           153   4. Louisiana State University        139\r\n  5. Universityof Alabama              137   6. University of Florida             133\r\n  7. Missouri                          122   8. Georgia, University of            114\r\n  9. South Carolina, University of,    105  10. Auburn University                  90<\/pre>\n<h4>Day 2 Ups\/Mids\/Downs<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Texas A&amp;M 2-0-1<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee 1-3-4<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky 1-3-1<\/li>\n<li>LSU 1-1-0<\/li>\n<li>Alabama 2-4-2<\/li>\n<li>Florida 8-4-4<\/li>\n<li>Missouri 1-2-3<\/li>\n<li>Georgia 5-1-2<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina 0-1-5<\/li>\n<li>Auburn 3-4-2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: A swim-off for the 24th finalist in the men&#8217;s 50 free is pending, though it&#8217;s between two South Carolina swimmers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Texas A&amp;M 0-3-0<\/li>\n<li>LSU 0-1-1<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky 2-3-3<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee 8-4-1<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina 0-0-2<\/li>\n<li>Georgia 4-6-1<\/li>\n<li>Florida 2-2-5<\/li>\n<li>Alabama 5-3-1<\/li>\n<li>Auburn 0-2-5<\/li>\n<li>Missouri 2-0-2<\/li>\n<li>Arkansas 1-0-3<\/li>\n<li>Vanderbilt 0-0-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>The home waters are friendly to Tennessee, which grabbed the top two seeds. <strong>Julie Mrozinski<\/strong> is the top seed in tonight\u2019s final with 4:39.18, with teammate <strong>Kristen Stege<\/strong> second in 4:39.79. <strong>Aly Breslin<\/strong> is also in the A final in sixth. <strong>Kensey McMahon<\/strong> of Alabama grabbed the third spot, joining two from Georgia and two from Florida in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p>One surprise came from Texas A&amp;\u2019s <strong>Chloe Stepanek,<\/strong> albeit in not her strongest event. She was nearly two seconds slower than her seed time in 4:45.30 to finish 15th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 9  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n          SEC: S 4:32.53  3\/21\/2014 Brittany MacLean, Georgia\r\n     SEC Meet: M 4:33.10  2\/17\/2016 Brittany MacLean, Georgia\r\n         Pool: P 4:33.09  11\/19\/2020Paige Madden, Virginia\r\n                 4:35.76  A\r\n                 4:47.20  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Mrozinski, Juli  FR Tennessee-SE      4:38.82    4:39.18 qB     \r\n    r:+0.63  24.98        52.58 (27.60)\r\n        1:20.60 (28.02)     1:48.84 (28.24)\r\n        2:17.14 (28.30)     2:45.60 (28.46)\r\n        3:14.24 (28.64)     3:42.89 (28.65)\r\n        4:11.46 (28.57)     4:39.18 (27.72)\r\n  2 Stege, Kristen   JR Tennessee-SE      4:40.62    4:39.79 qB     \r\n    r:+0.74  25.41        52.64 (27.23)\r\n        1:20.80 (28.16)     1:49.12 (28.32)\r\n        2:17.35 (28.23)     2:45.90 (28.55)\r\n        3:14.68 (28.78)     3:43.52 (28.84)\r\n        4:12.02 (28.50)     4:39.79 (27.77)\r\n  3 McMahon, Kensey  SR Alabama-SE        4:38.76    4:40.22 qB     \r\n    r:+0.72  26.06        53.96 (27.90)\r\n        1:21.93 (27.97)     1:50.26 (28.33)\r\n        2:18.72 (28.46)     2:46.95 (28.23)\r\n        3:15.37 (28.42)     3:44.08 (28.71)\r\n        4:12.63 (28.55)     4:40.22 (27.59)\r\n  4 Mathieu, Tylor   JR Florida-FL        4:39.98    4:40.95 qB     \r\n    r:+0.77  26.18        54.69 (28.51)\r\n        1:23.09 (28.40)     1:51.41 (28.32)\r\n        2:19.91 (28.50)     2:48.65 (28.74)\r\n        3:17.13 (28.48)     3:45.40 (28.27)\r\n        4:13.42 (28.02)     4:40.95 (27.53)\r\n  5 McCulloh, Abiga  FR Georgia-GA        4:39.17    4:41.22 qB     \r\n    r:+0.70  26.23        54.30 (28.07)\r\n        1:22.69 (28.39)     1:51.24 (28.55)\r\n        2:19.76 (28.52)     2:48.13 (28.37)\r\n        3:16.52 (28.39)     3:45.14 (28.62)\r\n        4:13.60 (28.46)     4:41.22 (27.62)\r\n  6 Breslin, Aly M   SO Tennessee-SE      4:42.91    4:42.02 qB     \r\n    r:+0.75  26.16        53.91 (27.75)\r\n        1:22.37 (28.46)     1:51.18 (28.81)\r\n        2:19.92 (28.74)     2:48.58 (28.66)\r\n        3:17.27 (28.69)     3:45.90 (28.63)\r\n        4:14.24 (28.34)     4:42.02 (27.78)\r\n  7 Bauer, Elise C   SO Florida-FL        4:41.10    4:42.22 qB     \r\n    r:+0.69  26.05        54.21 (28.16)\r\n        1:22.59 (28.38)     1:50.96 (28.37)\r\n        2:19.64 (28.68)     2:48.34 (28.70)\r\n        3:17.15 (28.81)     3:45.93 (28.78)\r\n        4:14.60 (28.67)     4:42.22 (27.62)\r\n  8 Coetzee, Dune    FR Georgia-GA        4:42.04    4:42.80 qB     \r\n    r:+0.75  25.91        53.75 (27.84)\r\n        1:22.15 (28.40)     1:50.46 (28.31)\r\n        2:18.96 (28.50)     2:47.65 (28.69)\r\n        3:16.32 (28.67)     3:45.17 (28.85)\r\n        4:14.36 (29.19)     4:42.80 (28.44)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>The top seed in finals is from Florida, but it\u2019s not the Florida swimmer you\u2019re expecting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfonso Mestre<\/strong> led five Gators into the A final and six in the top nine spots with a 4:13.56. The top three swimmers are clustered within a tenth, with Mestre\u2019s teammate <strong>Trey Freeman<\/strong> second. (Remember, this is without <strong>Bobby Finke<\/strong> at the meet).<\/p>\n<p>Stalking the field is <strong>Kieran Smith,<\/strong> the NCAA record holder who went 4:14.51 to coast into the A final. It was a slightly tighter scrape for <strong>Jake Magahey,<\/strong> Georgia\u2019s reigning NCAA champ, who went 4:15.16 to finish seventh. He was into the A final by a clear second. And then there\u2019s <strong>Matt Sates,<\/strong> off a stellar split in Tuesday\u2019s 800 free relay, who dropped 18 seconds off a non-representative seed time to go 4:13.65. He\u2019s the third seed.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 10  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 4:06.32  2\/19\/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida\r\n          SEC: S 4:06.32  2\/19\/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida\r\n     SEC Meet: M 4:06.32  2\/19\/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 4:11.07  2\/15\/2017 Fynn Minuth, South Carolina\r\n                 4:11.62  A\r\n                 4:23.34  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Mestre, Alfonso  JR Florida-FL        4:11.26    4:13.56 qB     \r\n    r:+0.73  22.94        48.24 (25.30)\r\n        1:13.78 (25.54)     1:39.75 (25.97)\r\n        2:05.01 (25.26)     2:30.86 (25.85)\r\n        2:56.66 (25.80)     3:22.91 (26.25)\r\n        3:48.69 (25.78)     4:13.56 (24.87)\r\n  2 Freeman, Trey P  JR Florida-FL        4:13.87    4:13.63 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  23.09        48.46 (25.37)\r\n        1:14.28 (25.82)     1:40.19 (25.91)\r\n        2:06.28 (26.09)     2:32.21 (25.93)\r\n        2:57.76 (25.55)     3:23.50 (25.74)\r\n        3:49.02 (25.52)     4:13.63 (24.61)\r\n  3 Sates, Matthew   FR Georgia-GA        4:31.29    4:13.65 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  22.10        47.37 (25.27)\r\n        1:13.26 (25.89)     1:39.67 (26.41)\r\n        2:06.12 (26.45)     2:32.61 (26.49)\r\n        2:58.50 (25.89)     3:23.56 (25.06)\r\n        3:48.76 (25.20)     4:13.65 (24.89)\r\n  4 Bonson, Michael  SO Auburn-SE         4:18.34    4:13.89 qB     \r\n    r:+0.74  23.03        48.52 (25.49)\r\n        1:14.58 (26.06)     1:40.63 (26.05)\r\n        2:06.39 (25.76)     2:31.73 (25.34)\r\n        2:57.29 (25.56)     3:23.08 (25.79)\r\n        3:49.04 (25.96)     4:13.89 (24.85)\r\n  5 Smith, Kieran S  SR Florida-FL        4:10.72    4:14.51 qB     \r\n    r:+0.68  23.20        48.88 (25.68)\r\n        1:14.82 (25.94)     1:40.75 (25.93)\r\n        2:06.67 (25.92)     2:32.60 (25.93)\r\n        2:58.22 (25.62)     3:23.88 (25.66)\r\n        3:49.39 (25.51)     4:14.51 (25.12)\r\n  6 Watson, Tyler J  JR Florida-FL        4:20.95    4:14.96 qB     \r\n    r:+0.74  23.41        48.52 (25.11)\r\n        1:14.05 (25.53)     1:39.66 (25.61)\r\n        2:05.44 (25.78)     2:31.22 (25.78)\r\n        2:57.12 (25.90)     3:23.27 (26.15)\r\n        3:49.38 (26.11)     4:14.96 (25.58)\r\n  7 Magahey, Jake M  SO Georgia-GA        4:16.95    4:15.16 qB     \r\n    r:+0.70  23.46        49.30 (25.84)\r\n        1:15.57 (26.27)     1:41.60 (26.03)\r\n        2:07.46 (25.86)     2:33.39 (25.93)\r\n        2:59.14 (25.75)     3:24.85 (25.71)\r\n        3:50.48 (25.63)     4:15.16 (24.68)\r\n  8 Lindholm, Oskar  FR Florida-FL        4:17.54    4:15.93 qB     \r\n    r:+0.75  23.21        48.84 (25.63)\r\n        1:14.97 (26.13)     1:41.04 (26.07)\r\n        2:07.12 (26.08)     2:33.23 (26.11)\r\n        2:59.19 (25.96)     3:24.88 (25.69)\r\n        3:50.51 (25.63)     4:15.93 (25.42)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 IM<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s three to the A final again for the Volunteers, led by <strong>Ellen Walshe.<\/strong> The favorite entering the event grabbed the top time in 1:55.02, two tenths ahead of Georgia\u2019s <strong>Zoie Hartman. Sara Stolter<\/strong> and <strong>Alexis Yager<\/strong> made it three Tennessee swimmers in the A final, in fourth and sixth, respectively. Kentucky slid two swimmers into the A final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 11  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:50.67  3\/15\/2018 Ella Easton, Stanford\r\n          SEC: S 1:51.62  2\/20\/2019 Meghan Small, Tennessee\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:51.62  2\/20\/2019 Meghan Small, Tennessee\r\n         Pool: P 1:50.92  11\/19\/2020Kate Douglass, Virginia\r\n                 1:53.66  A\r\n                 1:59.94  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Walshe, Ellen R  FR Tennessee-SE      1:54.77    1:55.02 qB     \r\n    r:+0.56  25.07        53.85 (28.78)\r\n        1:27.34 (33.49)     1:55.02 (27.68)\r\n  2 Hartman, Zoie E  JR Georgia-GA        1:55.20    1:55.22 qB     \r\n    r:+0.73  25.69        53.82 (28.13)\r\n        1:27.49 (33.67)     1:55.22 (27.73)\r\n  3 Petkova, Diana   SO Alabama-SE        1:58.40    1:56.15 qB     \r\n    r:+0.73  25.25        53.98 (28.73)\r\n        1:27.35 (33.37)     1:56.15 (28.80)\r\n  4 Stotler, Sara B  FR Tennessee-SE      1:57.27    1:56.36 qB     \r\n    r:+0.68  24.61        54.08 (29.47)\r\n        1:28.53 (34.45)     1:56.36 (27.83)\r\n  5 Wright, Cat G    SR Alabama-SE        1:58.64    1:56.54 qB     \r\n    r:+0.67  25.33        55.43 (30.10)\r\n        1:28.25 (32.82)     1:56.54 (28.29)\r\n  6 Yager, Alexis A  SR Tennessee-SE      1:56.38    1:57.08 qB     \r\n    r:+0.66  25.60        55.29 (29.69)\r\n        1:28.56 (33.27)     1:57.08 (28.52)\r\n  7 Sorenson, Sophi  SR Kentucky-KY       1:57.77    1:57.15 qB     \r\n    r:+0.73  25.12        53.27 (28.15)\r\n        1:28.49 (35.22)     1:57.15 (28.66)\r\n  8 Davey, Gillian   JR Kentucky-KY       1:57.31    1:57.19 qB     \r\n    r:+0.72  25.77        55.72 (29.95)\r\n        1:28.34 (32.62)     1:57.19 (28.85)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 IM<\/h4>\n<p>Georgia has two big cards to play on Tuesday, and with <strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong> in the 200 IM (likely his third-fastest event), the Bulldogs have the luxury not to use Sates in this event, despite him holding the World Junior short-course record in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Both guys made that decision look good. First Sates with this 500 swim, the Urlando going 1:42.75 in the IM to take the top seed by three tenths over Kentucky\u2019s <strong>Mason Wilby.<\/strong> Georgia also got <strong>Zach Hils<\/strong> into the A final in sixth. Texas A&amp;M and Alabama pushed two swimmers each into the A final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 12  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:38.13  2\/15\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n          SEC: S 1:38.13  2\/15\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:38.13  2\/15\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 1:41.28  2\/15\/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia\r\n                 1:41.34  A\r\n                 1:46.77  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Urlando, Luca R  SO Georgia-GA        1:45.12    1:42.75 qB     \r\n    r:+0.67  21.81        47.50 (25.69)\r\n        1:16.93 (29.43)     1:42.75 (25.82)\r\n  2 Wilby, Mason J   SR Kentucky-KY       1:44.73    1:43.05 qB     \r\n    r:+0.62  22.11        47.87 (25.76)\r\n        1:18.29 (30.42)     1:43.05 (24.76)\r\n  3 Erzen, Anze F    JR Texas A&amp;M-GU      1:44.42    1:43.29 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  22.54        47.90 (25.36)\r\n        1:17.46 (29.56)     1:43.29 (25.83)\r\n  4 Kovac, Danny D   SR Missouri-MV       1:42.39    1:43.38 qB     \r\n    r:+0.60  21.95        47.94 (25.99)\r\n        1:17.91 (29.97)     1:43.38 (25.47)\r\n  5 Bratanov, Kaloy  SR Texas A&amp;M-GU      1:43.46    1:43.47 qB     \r\n    r:+0.60  22.89        48.98 (26.09)\r\n        1:18.77 (29.79)     1:43.47 (24.70)\r\n  6 Hils, Zach C     JR Georgia-GA        1:44.52    1:43.50 qB     \r\n    r:+0.67  22.26        47.76 (25.50)\r\n        1:17.81 (30.05)     1:43.50 (25.69)\r\n  7 Maas, Derek E    JR Alabama-SE        1:43.12    1:43.54 qB     \r\n    r:+0.70  22.10        48.14 (26.04)\r\n        1:18.02 (29.88)     1:43.54 (25.52)\r\n  8 Menke, Matthew   JR Alabama-SE        1:44.42    1:43.82 qB     \r\n    r:+0.63  22.27        47.14 (24.87)\r\n        1:17.98 (30.84)     1:43.82 (25.84)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Alabama has the top seed in finals, but it still represents a missed opportunity for the Crimson Tide. The top seed entering prelims, \u2018Bama\u2019s <strong>Kalia<\/strong> <strong>Antoniou,<\/strong> settled for ninth-fastest in prelims in 22.15, .36 slower than her seed. It\u2019s part of four \u2018Bama swimmers in the top 11. That includes the top seed: <strong>Morgan Scott,<\/strong> who entered as the second seed, posted the fastest time of prelims at 21.78 to lead the pack.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee, with second seed <strong>AJ Kutsch,<\/strong> and Missouri, with <strong>Sarah Thomas<\/strong> and <strong>Megan Keil,<\/strong> added two A finalists each.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 13  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 20.90  12\/5\/2019 Abby Weitzeil, California\r\n          SEC: S 21.03  2\/19\/2020 Erika Brown, Tennessee\r\n     SEC Meet: M 21.15  2\/20\/2019 Erika Brown, Tennessee\r\n         Pool: P 21.19  11\/21\/2019Erika Brown, Tennessee\r\n                 21.66  A\r\n                 22.76  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Scott, Morgan E  SR Alabama-SE          21.80      21.78 qB     \r\n    r:+0.62  10.59        21.78 (11.19)\r\n  2 Kutsch, AJ E     JR Tennessee-SE        21.89      21.88 qB     \r\n    r:+0.68  10.59        21.88 (11.29)\r\n  3 Thompson, Sarah  SR Missouri-MV         21.81      21.92 qB     \r\n    r:+0.63  10.50        21.92 (11.42)\r\n  4 Keil, Megan K    SR Missouri-MV         21.94      21.97 qB     \r\n    r:+0.63  10.67        21.97 (11.30)\r\n  5 Barclay, Emily   SR Arkansas-AR         22.43      22.02 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  10.63        22.02 (11.39)\r\n  6 Rumley, Jasmine  SO Tennessee-SE        22.15      22.07 qB     \r\n    r:+0.60  10.70        22.07 (11.37)\r\n  7 Dupre, Cora A    JR Alabama-SE          23.31      22.11 qB     \r\n    r:+0.60  10.78        22.11 (11.33)\r\n  8 Parker, Maxine   SO Georgia-GA          22.42      22.14 qB     \r\n    r:+0.72  10.82        22.14 (11.32)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Some early morning speed included a pair of 18-second 50s and a sub-19.50 requirement for the A final.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee\u2019s <strong>Jordan Crooks<\/strong> set the pace in 18.84 to grab the top seed, dropping more than a half second. Second is Olympian <strong>Brooks Curry<\/strong> in 18.93, while Florida\u2019s <strong>Adam Chaney<\/strong> is lurking in third. 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