{"id":575974,"date":"2024-01-14T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=575974"},"modified":"2024-01-14T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T16:28:00","slug":"alabama-sweeps-kentucky-in-two-day-sec-dual-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alabama-sweeps-kentucky-in-two-day-sec-dual-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Sweeps Kentucky in Two-Day SEC Dual Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alabama Sweeps Kentucky in Two-Day SEC Dual Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Alabama swim and dive teams traveled north to Lexington, Ky., over the weekend for a two-day conference dual meet, and the Crimson Tide women overcame the Wildcats in a close contest not decided until the last few events, winning 163-156 largely thanks to a pair of relay wins and four individual double winners. The Alabama men built a bit more of an edge, beating Kentucky 175-144 with\u00a0Charlie Hawke<\/strong> leading the way.<\/p>\n

Alabama’s women began the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay, with\u00a0Ella Menear<\/strong>,\u00a0Avery Wiseman<\/strong>,\u00a0Gaby Van Brunt<\/strong> and Diana Petkova<\/strong> combining for a top time of 1:38.25. Immediately after, a blazing finish from\u00a0Liberty Williams<\/strong> helped her pull ahead of the Wildcats’\u00a0Grace Frericks<\/strong> for the win in the 500 freestyle, with Williams clocking 4:47.30. Williams would later add a win in the 1650 free (16:27.06).<\/p>\n

Cadence Vincent<\/strong> won the 50 free in 22.64, with fellow Crimson Tide swimmers\u00a0Kailyn Winter<\/strong> and\u00a0Jada Surrell-Norwood<\/strong> helping to secure a 1-2-3 sweep. Vincent became a double winner later on as she touched in 49.31 in the 100 free, and this time, it was a 1-2-3-4 sweep with Petkova second, Surrell-Norwood third and Winter fourth.<\/p>\n

Van Brunt won the 100 butterfly (52.60) and 200 butterfly (1:57.71), and Wiseman led the way in both the 100 breaststroke (59.38) and 200 breaststroke (2:09.82). The 400 free relay went to the Bama team of Vincent, Petkova, Winter and Surrell-Norwood in 3:17.53.<\/p>\n

For Kentucky, Frericks was victorious in the 200 free (1:47.13) and 200 backstroke (1:54.14), and Torie Buerger<\/strong> secured the win in the 100 back (52.86). Kentucky’s Marie Belli<\/strong> topped the 200 IM (2:00.10), and Caroline Benda<\/strong> won the 400 IM (4:15.45). \u00a0Kentucky also had success in diving, with Claire McDaniels<\/strong> topping the platform event (259.43) and\u00a0Abby Devereaux<\/strong> winning on 3-meter (303.30) and 1-meter (282.98).<\/p>\n