{"id":522485,"date":"2023-02-14T10:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=522485"},"modified":"2023-02-14T10:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:28:43","slug":"minus-two-key-relay-cogs-alabama-women-still-hope-to-contend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/minus-two-key-relay-cogs-alabama-women-still-hope-to-contend\/","title":{"rendered":"Minus Two Key Relay Cogs, Alabama Women Still Hope to Contend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Minus Two Key Relay Cogs, Alabama Women Still Hope to Contend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The postseason relay equation for Alabama coach <strong>Margo Geer<\/strong> isn\u2019t exactly what she had hoped for when the season started.<\/p>\n<p>The Crimson Tide women set four NCAA A cuts in the fall invitational season, from a program that has become a national contender in recent years. But they approach this week\u2019s SEC Championships without two of the key pieces in those teams.<\/p>\n<p>Without fifth-year <strong>Morgan Scott,<\/strong> who injured her shoulder, and <strong>Cora Dupre,<\/strong> who elected not to return to Tuscaloosa for the second half of her senior year citing health issues, Geer and her swimmers have had to adjust on the fly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s been a challenge,\u201d Geer said via Zoom on Monday. \u201cI think for us, knowing the importance of relays, knowing that we still have some firepower on the women\u2019s side, that I view as it\u2019s just people have to step up now. We\u2019ve got some spots that, especially on the freestyle legs, we\u2019re going to need people to step up and fill. But I still feel very strongly that we can have some really strong relays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alabama has grown tremendously through the last two NCAAs, overseen by Geer, first as an interim coach in 2021 and then as the full-time coach. It capped NCAAs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alabama-crimson-tide-take-first-ncaa-womens-relay-title-in-school-history-with-400-free-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2021 by winning the 400 freestyle relay<\/a>, a foursome that included both Scott and Dupre. It was quite the statement by the Crimson Tide, after finishing sixth in two relays and ninth in two.<\/p>\n<p>Last year brought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/alabama\/bamacentral\/alabama-womens-swimming-posts-highest-finish-in-program-history-at-ncaas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alabama\u2019s best team finish in program history<\/a>, scoring 288 points at NCAAs to land fourth. It had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-sec-championships-alabama-sets-conference-record-in-200-medley-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third at SECs<\/a>, just five points behind Kentucky, but the haul from relays jumped them above the Wildcats and Tennessee at NCAAs. Alabama finished in the top six in the four short relays, including second in the 200 free and third in the 400 free.<\/p>\n<p>Scott was part of all four top-six finishers, swimming fly in the medleys. She also led off the 800 free relay that finished sixth in 2021. Dupre was the Tide\u2019s go-to anchor. The duo held the top two times in program history in the 50, 100 and 200 free. Scott was part of all four A-cut relays this year, and Dupre was on both of the freestyle ones.<\/p>\n<p>Their loss will be felt, especially with one of the NCAA\u2019s top backstrokers in <strong>Rhyan White<\/strong> for the medleys and a third stellar sprint option in <strong>Kalia Antoniou.<\/strong> But Geer is optimistic in how she views the changes, as accelerating the timeline that graduation was going to enforce on the program eventually. And the way the American former sprint star has built the relay depth, it\u2019s less a matter of a few bodies than a program she hopes will continue to churn out top performers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way has been paved, is what we\u2019ve talked about,\u201d Geer said. \u201cThere\u2019s a foundation that has been set, and now it\u2019s time for the people that came here \u2013 we\u2019ve got people who are freshmen and sophomores that when they were recruited, they came here to be on those relays eventually. Sometimes in life, timing of things doesn\u2019t turn out exactly the way you\u2019re planning or exactly the way you think, but at the end of the day, that\u2019s why they\u2019re here at Alabama, to step up and be on those relays and contribute when we need them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avery Wiseman<\/strong> remains the stalwart in breaststroke for the medley relays. Antoniou\u2019s workload will increase. <strong>Diana Petkova<\/strong> led off the third-place 400 free relay at NCAAs last year. Scott\u2019s butterfly may prove the most difficult to replace, with freshman <strong>Emily Jones<\/strong> and sophomore <strong>Kailyn Winter<\/strong> vying for that role. Junior <strong>Gracie Felner<\/strong> is another depth contributor who\u2019ll have more on her plate.<\/p>\n<p>One asset they possess is veteran savvy. Scott has remained involved as one of those athletes who\u2019ve paved the path \u2013 \u201cThe impact Morgan has had on the program is huge,\u201d Geer said. In White and distance star <strong>Kensey McMahon,<\/strong> the program has two reliable grad students to pile up points and help cope with pressure. (Antoniou is also a grad student.)<\/p>\n<p>Both McMahon and White made Team USA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/at-23-alabamas-kensey-mcmahon-thrilled-for-team-usa-pool-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for the Short-Course World Championships in December<\/a>, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-shuffles-lineup-for-world-championships-rhyan-white-out-because-of-illness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an illness forced White to withdraw<\/a>. They\u2019re both adept at balancing their individual goals with the team priorities, and the relay considerations are an extension of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re very special athletes and special people,\u201d Geer said. \u201cTheir vision, they\u2019re very laser-focused, and they think long-term, which is a great thing. As coaches, we want to walk them through that and navigate them through the long-term but also keep them focused on the now and the present. That\u2019s always a fine line with the two of them, because they are such forward thinkers and that\u2019s what makes them great. But keeping them here and present in this week\u2019s meet is going to be really important because at the end of the day, we think they can swim really fast now, they can swim really fast and NCAAs and looking at their season as a whole, they\u2019ve had some pockets where they\u2019ve repped the international stage and we need to prepare them for that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Geer and her staff have mostly tried to take the changes in stride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always going to be different challenges within every given season, and this happened to be ours for this season,\u201d she said. \u201cBut don\u2019t feel like that\u2019s anything to hold us back. I think in a lot of ways, it\u2019s going to help us be better. 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