{"id":578631,"date":"2024-02-20T17:03:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T00:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=578631"},"modified":"2024-02-20T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T02:19:33","slug":"sec-championships-night-1-florida-men-open-with-american-record-in-200-medley-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-night-1-florida-men-open-with-american-record-in-200-medley-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Championships, Night 1: Florida Men Open With American Record in 200 Medley Relay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEC Championships, Night 1: Florida Men Open With American Record in 200 Medley Relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The University of Florida men\u2019s team opened the 2024 SEC Championships with an American record in the men\u2019s 200 medley relay.<\/p>\n<p>The all-American foursome of <strong>Adam Chaney, Julian Smith, Scotty Buff<\/strong> and <strong>Macguire McDuff<\/strong> went 1:21.66, its fastest of the season by more than 1.3 seconds. It displaces the American mark of 1:21.86, set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-championships-nc-state-men-blast-american-record-in-200-medley-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just a half-hour earlier by NC State at the ACC Championships<\/a>. That had downed the mark of 1:21.88 that had held since 2018 in the hands of Cal\u2019s <strong>Daniel Carr, Connor Hoppe, Justin Lynch<\/strong> and <strong>Ryan Hoffer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an impressive start for the Gators at Auburn University\u2019s James E. Martin Aquatics Center, vying to win the 12th straight title on the men\u2019s side. Other action from the first night:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/auburn\/swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Championships Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2024-sec-championship-day-1-results-day-1\/ncaa-college\/2024\/February\/20?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 FULL RESULTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secsports.com\/championship\/swimming-diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Championships Schedule and Livestream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/sec-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Championships Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2024-sec-championship-day-2-heat-sheet-day-2\/ncaa-college\/2024\/February\/20?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Heat Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                      \r\n \r\n  1. Auburn University                 167   2. University of Florida             160\r\n  3. University of Tennessee           147   4. Louisiana State University        146\r\n  5. Georgia, University of            134   6. Texas A&amp;M University              129\r\n  7. University of Alabama             127   8. Missouri                          107\r\n  9. South Carolina, University of,     99  10. University of Kentucky             98\r\n 11. Vanderbilt University              62  12. University of Arkansas             56<\/pre>\n<pre> Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 8                       \r\n \r\n  1. Texas A&amp;M University              199   2. University of Florida             180\r\n  3. University of Tennessee           155   4. Georgia, University of            150\r\n  5. Auburn University                 127   6. University of Alabama             116\r\n  7. Missouri                          111   8. Louisiana State University        106\r\n  9. University of Kentucky            101  10. South Carolina, University of,     93<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 Medley Relay<\/h4>\n<p>Florida\u2019s bid to repeat as the women\u2019s champ got off to a quick start with a win in the 200 medley relay. The foursome of <strong>Aris Runnels, Molly Mayne, Olivia Peoples<\/strong> and <strong>Micayla Cronk<\/strong> went 1:34.25. It\u2019s .07 off the best time of the season but still good for the win. They were .01 off the pool record set by Cal in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee finished second, with <strong>Josephine Fuller, Mona McSharry, Sara Stotler<\/strong> and <strong>Katie Mack<\/strong> going 1:34.89. Third was Auburn in 1:35.25, followed by Alabama and Georgia. Texas A&amp;M was sixth in 1:35.87, all under the NCAA A standard.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 4  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:31.51  3\/15\/2023 Virginia\r\n                          G.Walsh, A. Walsh, A Cuomo, K. Douglass\r\n          SEC: S 1:33.29  3\/16\/2022 Alabama\r\n                          R. White, A. Wiseman, M. Scott, K. Antoniou\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:33.94  2022      Alabama\r\n                          R. White, A. Wiseman, M. Scott, K. Antoniou\r\n         Pool: P 1:34.24  3\/16\/2012 California\r\n                          Tran, Leverenz, Fotsch, Jensen\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 FLOR-FL  'A'                        1:34.18    1:34.25   64  \r\n     1) Runnels, Aris D JR            2) r:0.06 Mayne, Molly FR       \r\n     3) r:0.13 Peoples, Olivia JR     4) r:0.26 Cronk, Micayla JR     \r\n    r:+0.67  23.90        50.38 (26.48)\r\n        1:12.71 (22.33)     1:34.25 (21.54)\r\n  2 Tennessee-SE  'A'                   1:35.84    1:34.89   56  \r\n     1) Fuller, Josephine A SO        2) r:0.00 McSharry, Mona JR     \r\n     3) r:0.16 Stotler, Sara SO       4) r:0.24 Mack, Katie           \r\n    r:+0.67  24.04        49.84 (25.80)\r\n        1:13.17 (23.33)     1:34.89 (21.72)\r\n  3 Auburn-SE  'A'                      1:36.25    1:35.25   54  \r\n     1) Lee, Meghan R SR              2) r:0.00 Makarova, Stasya JR   \r\n     3) r:0.00 Ficken, Lawson FR      4) r:0.23 Mulvihill, Lexie JR   \r\n    r:+0.50  23.90        50.64 (26.74)\r\n        1:13.48 (22.84)     1:35.25 (21.77)\r\n  4 BAMA-SE  'A'                        1:35.81    1:35.32   52  \r\n     1) Van Brunt, Gaby M FR          2) r:0.29 Wiseman, Avery JR     \r\n     3) r:0.26 Winter, Kailyn JR      4) r:0.06 Vincent, Cadence FR   \r\n    r:+0.58  24.10        50.73 (26.63)\r\n        1:13.68 (22.95)     1:35.32 (21.64)\r\n  5 UGA-GA  'A'                         1:36.59    1:35.43   50  \r\n     1) McCarty, Eboni F JR           2) r:0.13 Hartman, Zoie GS      \r\n     3) r:0.17 Norton, Emma SO        4) r:0.11 Jones, Helena FR      \r\n    r:+0.59  24.00        50.58 (26.58)\r\n        1:14.10 (23.52)     1:35.43 (21.33)\r\n  6 Texas A&amp;M-GU  'A'                   1:37.04    1:35.87   48  \r\n     1) Grana, Miranda P FR           2) r:0.08 Kennett, Bobbi SR     \r\n     3) r:0.24 Theall, Olivia SR      4) r:0.07 Stepanek, Chloe SR    \r\n    r:+0.60  24.03        51.07 (27.04)\r\n        1:14.26 (23.19)     1:35.87 (21.61)\r\n  7 Missouri-MV  'A'                    1:37.27    1:36.96   46  \r\n     1) Gill, Ashley M JR             2) r:0.15 Bank, Lina SO         \r\n     3) r:0.28 Williams, Taylor JR    4) r:0.09 Smith, Francesca FR   \r\n    r:+0.61  24.83        51.48 (26.65)\r\n        1:14.81 (23.33)     1:36.96 (22.15)\r\n  8 South Carolina-SC  'A'              1:38.49    1:37.35   44  \r\n     1) Pantano, Bella L SR           2) r:0.10 Streeter, Annaliese JR\r\n     3) r:0.10 Toh, Nicholle SR       4) r:-0.07 Scholes, Dylan SO    \r\n    r:+0.55  24.90        52.54 (27.64)\r\n        1:16.00 (23.46)     1:37.35 (21.35)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 Medley Relay<\/h4>\n<p>Florida\u2019s time of 1:21.66 is the pool record, wiping away more than 1.5 seconds from the mark set in 2020 by <strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> and Texas A&amp;M. It\u2019s .17 off the SEC meet record, though, that belonging to Tennessee last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Volunteers were second this time around in 1:21.82. <strong>Bjorn Kammann, Flynn Crisci, Jordan Crooks<\/strong> and <strong>Gui Caribe<\/strong> comprised that squad, only Crisci not on last year\u2019s record-setters. Auburn finished third in 1:22.74, while Georgia and Missouri followed in 1:23-lows to get under the 1:23.71 A cut. LSU later added an A cut in a time trial at 1:23.37, <strong>Jere Hribar<\/strong> anchoring in 18.15.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 5  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:20.67  3\/22\/2023 NC State\r\n                          K. Stokowski, M. Hunter, N. Korstanje, D. Curtis\r\n          SEC: S 1:21.13  2\/14\/2022 Florida\r\n                          A. Chaney, D. Hillis, E. Friese, W. Davis\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:21.43  2023      Tennessee\r\n                          B. Kammann, M. Houlie, J.Crooks, G. Santos\r\n         Pool: P 1:21.66  2\/20\/2024 Florida\r\n                          A. Chaney, J.Smith, S. Buff, M. McDuff\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 FLOR-FL  'A'                        1:22.95    1:21.66P  64  \r\n     1) Chaney, Adam C SR             2) r:0.24 Smith, Julian JR      \r\n     3) r:0.25 Buff, Scotty FR        4) r:0.05 McDuff, Macguire JR   \r\n    r:+0.58  20.78        43.66 (22.88)\r\n        1:03.41 (19.75)     1:21.66 (18.25)\r\n  2 Tennessee-SE  'A'                   1:23.14    1:21.82   56  \r\n     1) Kammann, Bjoern SO            2) r:0.19 Crisci, Flynn         \r\n     3) r:0.42 Crooks, Jordan SO      4) r:0.17 Santos, Guilherme     \r\n    r:+0.58  21.21        44.21 (23.00)\r\n        1:03.64 (19.43)     1:21.82 (18.18)\r\n  3 Auburn-SE  'A'                      1:24.04    1:22.74   54  \r\n     1) Stoffle, Nathaniel L JR       2) r:0.18 Bethel, Henry JR      \r\n     3) r:0.21 Khaled, Sohib SO       4) r:0.14 Makinen, Kalle SO     \r\n    r:+0.56  21.17        43.76 (22.59)\r\n        1:03.79 (20.03)     1:22.74 (18.95)\r\n  4 UGA-GA  'A'                         1:24.45    1:23.12   52  \r\n     1) Dunham, Bradley GS            2) r:0.09 Haigh, Connor SR      \r\n     3) r:0.15 Van Renen, Ruard SO    4) r:0.16 Downing, Dillon GS    \r\n    r:+0.65  20.86        44.67 (23.81)\r\n        1:04.84 (20.17)     1:23.12 (18.28)\r\n  5 Missouri-MV  'A'                    1:24.75    1:23.40   50  \r\n     1) Bochenski, Grant R JR         2) r:0.23 Spillane, Tyler JR    \r\n     3) r:0.25 Wilson, Daniel SR      4) r:0.20 Rindshoej, Freddie SR \r\n    r:+0.60  21.01        44.10 (23.09)\r\n        1:04.11 (20.01)     1:23.40 (19.29)\r\n  6 Texas A&amp;M-GU  'A'                   1:23.83    1:23.91   48  \r\n     1) Shomper, Thomas M SR          2) r:0.27 Sanchez, Alex SR      \r\n     3) r:0.21 Foote, Connor SO       4) r:0.29 Fuchs, Collin SR      \r\n    r:+0.68  21.55        44.97 (23.42)\r\n        1:04.87 (19.90)     1:23.91 (19.04)\r\n  7 BAMA-SE  'A'                        1:24.96    1:24.25   46  \r\n     1) Hagar, Tommy E FR             2) r:0.31 Alves, Kaique JR      \r\n     3) r:0.19 Korstanje, Tim SO      4) r:0.29 Hawke, Charlie JR     \r\n    r:+0.62  21.49        44.93 (23.44)\r\n        1:05.41 (20.48)     1:24.25 (18.84)\r\n  8 South Carolina-SC  'A'              1:26.34    1:24.62   44  \r\n     1) Laitarovsky, Michael JR       2) r:0.04 West, Daniel SR       \r\n     3) r:0.25 Hussein, Rateb GS      4) r:0.37 Shperkin, Mark SR     \r\n    r:+0.52  20.87        44.48 (23.61)\r\n        1:05.36 (20.88)     1:24.62 (19.26)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 1-Meter Diving<\/h4>\n<p>In the only scored event from Monday, Texas A&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Victor Povzner<\/strong> led a 1-2 with gold. The senior scored 403.05 points. It\u2019s the second time he\u2019s won conference gold and his third medal overall. Povzner scored 375.50 to win the event last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rhett Hensley<\/strong> went from eighth in prelims to a career-best 381.60 to earn silver. Teammate <strong>Takuto Endo<\/strong> was fourth for the second straight year. Hensley finished third last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida men bolstered their point total with bronze from <strong>Conor Gesing,<\/strong> who scored 371.30 points. <strong>Christopher Donald<\/strong> was fifth ahead of Tennessee\u2019s <strong>Bryden Hattie<\/strong>, last year\u2019s runner-up.\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 2  Men 1 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n          SEC: S 479.10  2\/15\/2018 Juan Celaua-Hernandez, LSU\r\n     SEC Meet: M 479.10  2017      Juan Celaya Hernandez, LSU\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Povzner, Victor        SR Texas A&amp;M-GU       350.60     403.05   32  \r\n  2 Hensley, Rhett         SO Texas A&amp;M-GU       307.85     381.60   28  \r\n  3 Gesing, Conor          FR FLOR-FL            342.20     371.30   27  \r\n  4 Endo, Takuto           SR Texas A&amp;M-GU       321.75     362.90   26  \r\n  5 Donald, Christopher K  SR FLOR-FL            322.70     347.00   25  \r\n  6 Hattie, Bryden R       JR Tennessee-SE       359.60     343.80   24  \r\n  7 Dyer, Collier          SO Missouri-MV        322.55     341.35   23  \r\n  8 Stone, Nick G          FR Tennessee-SE       317.75     332.45   22<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 3-Meter Diving<\/h4>\n<p>Last year\u2019s SEC champ on platform added a little spring to her step this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Montserrat Gutierrez Lavenant<\/strong> scored 359.70 points to edge <strong>Camyla Monroy<\/strong> by two points to the title. It\u2019s the Mexican grad student\u2019s second career conference gold. She\u2019s qualified for NCAAs five times in her storied career. She needed to outbattle a freshman for this one, though, Monroy staying close and scoring 357.60.<\/p>\n<p>Third place was <strong>Kamryn Wong<\/strong> of Missouri with a score of 348.85 points. Gutierrez\u2019s teammate, <strong>Helle Tuxen,<\/strong> was fifth. Auburn scored in fourth and fifth, with <strong>Kyleigh<\/strong> <strong>Kidd<\/strong> and <strong>Ashlynn Sullivan,<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 6  Women 3 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n          SEC: S 423.15  3\/21\/2014 Laura Ryan, Georgia\r\n     SEC Meet: M 413.75  2014      Laura Ryan, Georgia\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                       === Championship Final ===                        <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Lavenant, Montserrat   GR LSU-LA             287.60     359.70   32  \r\n  2 Monroy, Camyla         FR FLOR-FL            325.15     357.60   28  \r\n  3 Wong, Kamryn           SO Missouri-MV        339.05     348.85   27  \r\n  4 Kidd, Kyleigh          SO Auburn-SE          309.60     333.95   26  \r\n  5 Tuxen, Helle           GR LSU-LA             326.05     332.65   25  \r\n  6 Sullivan, Ashlynn      GS Auburn-SE          303.10     307.30   24  \r\n  7 Richards, Mayson       SR Texas A&amp;M-GU       294.20     292.90   23  \r\n  8 Rogers, Ryleigh        SO BAMA-SE            295.10     292.35   22<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 800 Free Relay<\/h4>\n<p>Make it two-for-two for Florida on the women\u2019s side, the quartet of <strong>Bella Sims, Isabel Ivey, Emma Weyant<\/strong> and <strong>Micayla Cronk<\/strong> dominating the field in 6:49.65 to win gold.<\/p>\n<p>The time is crazy fast, within the SEC and Florida context. It\u2019s a meet record by nearly three seconds (6:52.54, from Georgia in 2013). It\u2019s a conference record by more than two seconds (2016 Georgia\u2019s 6:51.80). It\u2019s more than seven seconds quicker than the 6:57.11 that the Gators used to win last year, with Weyant and Cronk. Florida had a team (Ivey, Sims, Cronk and <strong>Ekaterina Nikonova<\/strong>) trim the program record from 2013 to 6:56.49 last year. This one is 6.98 seconds quicker than the old mark!<\/p>\n<p>Sims started it off by blasting the conference record in the 200 free. She went 1:40.90, downing the record set in 2012 by <strong>Megan Romano<\/strong> of Georgia at 1:41.21. Sims entered as the second seed in that individual event, which will be contested Thursday. Her season-best of 1:43.04 was .01 behind Ivey, who went 1:42.19 on the second leg to open up the lead. Both are under the winning time of the 200 free last year, by <strong>Brooklyn Douthwright<\/strong> of Tennessee in 1:42.64.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee finished second, Douthwright leading off in 1:43.06. She was joined by <strong>Camille Spink<\/strong> (1:41.56), <strong>Julia Mrozinski<\/strong> and <strong>Josephine Fuller<\/strong> to go 6:53.43.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia (6:57.10) and Texas A&amp;M (6:59.96) added NCAA A cuts. <strong>Chloe Stepanek\u2019s<\/strong> 1:42.87 off the front for the Aggies makes her a medal contender in the 200 free.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 7  Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 6:45.91  3\/16\/2017 Stanford\r\n                          S. Manuel, L. Neal, E. Eastin, K. Ledecky\r\n          SEC: S 6:49.65  2\/20\/2024 Florida\r\n                          B. Sims, I. Ivey, E. Weyant, M.Cronk\r\n     SEC Meet: M 6:49.65  2024      Florida\r\n                          B.Sims, I. Ivey, E. Weyant, M. Cronk\r\n         Pool: P 6:49.65  2\/20\/2024 Florida\r\n                          B. Sims, I. Ivey, E. Weyant, M. Cronk\r\n    School                                 Seed     Finals Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 FLOR-FL  'A'                        6:56.49    6:49.65S  64  \r\n     1) Sims, Bella G FR              2) r:0.14 Ivey, Isabel 5Y       \r\n     3) r:0.20 Weyant, Emma JR        4) r:0.01 Cronk, Micayla JR     \r\n    r:+0.55  23.14        48.52 (48.52)\r\n      1:14.62 (1:14.62)   1:40.90 (1:40.90)\r\n        2:03.91 (23.01)     2:29.86 (48.96)\r\n      2:56.21 (1:15.31)   3:23.09 (1:42.19)\r\n        3:46.89 (23.80)     4:12.76 (49.67)\r\n      4:39.33 (1:16.24)   5:06.42 (1:43.33)\r\n        5:29.21 (22.79)     5:55.08 (48.66)\r\n      6:21.75 (1:15.33)   6:49.65 (1:43.23)\r\n  2 Tennessee-SE  'A'                   6:59.98    6:53.43   56  \r\n     1) Douthwright, Brooklyn E       2) r:0.34 Spink, Camille        \r\n     3) r:0.25 Mrozinski, Julia SO    4) r:0.40 Fuller, Josephine SO  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.79        49.35 (49.35)\r\n      1:15.64 (1:15.64)   1:43.06 (1:43.06)\r\n        2:05.66 (22.60)     2:31.22 (48.16)\r\n      2:57.74 (1:14.68)   3:24.62 (1:41.56)\r\n        3:48.21 (23.59)     4:14.85 (50.23)\r\n      4:42.34 (1:17.72)   5:09.76 (1:45.14)\r\n        5:33.50 (23.74)     5:59.64 (49.88)\r\n      6:26.49 (1:16.73)   6:53.43 (1:43.67)\r\n  3 UGA-GA  'A'                         6:57.80    6:57.10   54  \r\n     1) Jones, Helena P FR            2) r:0.24 Reinstein, Sloane SR  \r\n     3) r:0.22 Furse, Shea SO         4) r:0.37 Hartman, Zoie GS      \r\n    r:+0.72  23.63        49.56 (49.56)\r\n      1:16.44 (1:16.44)   1:45.12 (1:45.12)\r\n        2:08.70 (23.58)     2:34.89 (49.77)\r\n      3:01.60 (1:16.48)   3:28.96 (1:43.84)\r\n        3:52.74 (23.78)     4:19.33 (50.37)\r\n      4:46.36 (1:17.40)   5:13.54 (1:44.58)\r\n        5:36.78 (23.24)     6:02.59 (49.05)\r\n      6:29.63 (1:16.09)   6:57.10 (1:43.56)\r\n  4 Texas A&amp;M-GU  'A'                   7:05.43    6:59.96   52  \r\n     1) Stepanek, Chloe M SR          2) r:0.47 Buechler, Jordan SR   \r\n     3) r:0.32 Walker, Katie FR       4) r:0.00 Grottle, Abby SR      \r\n    r:+0.54  23.90        49.73 (49.73)\r\n      1:16.07 (1:16.07)   1:42.87 (1:42.87)\r\n        2:06.76 (23.89)     2:33.37 (50.50)\r\n      3:00.44 (1:17.57)   3:26.96 (1:44.09)\r\n        3:51.78 (24.82)     4:18.60 (51.64)\r\n      4:45.41 (1:18.45)   5:13.39 (1:46.43)\r\n        5:37.76 (24.37)     6:04.46 (51.07)\r\n      6:32.14 (1:18.75)   6:59.96 (1:46.57)\r\n  5 LSU-LA  'A'                         7:08.63    7:01.57   50  \r\n     1) Milutinovich, Katarina GR     2) r:0.08 Barnes, Megan SO      \r\n     3) r:0.22 Osborne, Reagan SR     4) r:0.24 Cheng, Chloe SO       \r\n    r:+0.62  23.86        50.66 (50.66)\r\n      1:18.11 (1:18.11)   1:46.56 (1:46.56)\r\n        2:10.18 (23.62)     2:36.76 (50.20)\r\n      3:03.90 (1:17.34)   3:30.47 (1:43.91)\r\n        3:54.21 (23.74)     4:20.33 (49.86)\r\n      4:47.41 (1:16.94)  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<strong>Jake Mitchell<\/strong> outsplit Georgia\u2019s <strong>Bradley Dunham<\/strong> coming home as Florida lowered the SEC meet record with a time of 6:06.36 to win by .43 ticks over the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s <strong>Macguire McDuff<\/strong> (1:31.62), <strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> (1:31.45), <strong>Julian Smith<\/strong> (1:32.10) and Mitchell (1:31.19) downed the meet mark of 6:08.00 set by the Gators in 2022. They also downed an Auburn pool record the Gators had set in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This one was a battle. Georgia went 6:06.79. <strong>Thomas Koski<\/strong> had them behind after the first leg at 1:32.12, but <strong>Jake Magahey\u2019s<\/strong> 1:30.96 nudged them into the lead. <strong>Zach Hils<\/strong> followed with a 1:32.23, and Dunham applied pressure at 1:31.48, but it was shy of the win.<\/p>\n<p>Auburn was third in 6:11.03. Fourth came Alabama in 6:11.27, the final A cut of the day. <strong>Charlie Hawke<\/strong> went 1:30.75 to lead off that squad.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 8  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 6:03.42  3\/22\/2023 Texas\r\n                          L. Hobson, C. Corozza, P. Larson, C. Foster\r\n          SEC: S 6:06.36  2\/20\/2024 Florida\r\n                          M. McDuff, J. Liendo, J. Smith, J. Mitchell\r\n     SEC Meet: M 6:06.36  2024      Florida\r\n                          M.McDuff, J. Liendo J. Smith, J. Mitchell\r\n         Pool: P 6:06.36  2\/20\/2024 Florida\r\n                          M. McDuff, J. Liendo, J. Smith, M. 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\r\n     1) Hawke, Charlie J JR           2) r:0.24 Alves, Kaique JR      \r\n     3) r:0.32 Hagar, Tommy FR        4) r:0.02 Alcantara, Leonardo FR\r\n    r:+0.66  21.07        43.79 (43.79)\r\n      1:07.03 (1:07.03)   1:30.75 (1:30.75)\r\n        1:51.10 (20.35)     2:13.72 (42.97)\r\n      2:37.45 (1:06.70)   3:02.36 (1:31.61)\r\n        3:23.40 (21.04)     3:47.08 (44.72)\r\n      4:11.78 (1:09.42)   4:37.18 (1:34.82)\r\n        4:58.82 (21.64)     5:22.68 (45.50)\r\n      5:47.12 (1:09.94)   6:11.27 (1:34.09)\r\n  5 LSU-LA  'A'                         6:26.65    6:17.53   50  \r\n     1) Garon, Andrew SO              2) r:0.06 Lekic, Jovan FR       \r\n     3) r:0.49 Percinic, Karlo FR     4) r:0.22 Thompson, Joel SR     \r\n    r:+0.62  21.84        45.82 (45.82)\r\n      1:10.12 (1:10.12)   1:34.54 (1:34.54)\r\n        1:55.46 (20.92)     2:19.68 (45.14)\r\n      2:43.83 (1:09.29)   3:08.10 (1:33.56)\r\n        3:30.07 (21.97)     3:54.20 (46.10)\r\n      4:18.58 (1:10.48)   4:42.83 (1:34.73)\r\n        5:04.23 (21.40)     5:28.23 (45.40)\r\n      5:52.70 (1:09.87)   6:17.53 (1:34.70)\r\n  6 Texas A&amp;M-GU  'A'                   6:26.06    6:19.01   48  \r\n     1) Nelson, Baylor M SO           2) r:0.26 Dickey, Trey JR       \r\n     3) r:0.25 Fuchs, Collin SR       4) r:0.21 Nelson, Carter SR     \r\n    r:+0.63  21.47        44.84 (44.84)\r\n      1:08.40 (1:08.40)   1:32.38 (1:32.38)\r\n        1:53.97 (21.59)     2:18.03 (45.65)\r\n      2:43.03 (1:10.65)   3:07.76 (1:35.38)\r\n        3:29.61 (21.85)     3:54.05 (46.29)\r\n      4:19.07 (1:11.31)   4:43.55 (1:35.79)\r\n        5:04.67 (21.12)     5:28.77 (45.22)\r\n      5:53.68 (1:10.13)   6:19.01 (1:35.46)\r\n  7 Tennessee-SE  'A'                   6:19.77    6:19.04   46  \r\n     1) Blackman, Nikoli              2) r:0.26 Kammann, Bjoern SO    \r\n     3) r:0.35 Ponce de Leon, fael JR 4) r:0.41 Vargas, Joaquin       \r\n    r:+0.55  21.40        44.94 (44.94)\r\n      1:09.88 (1:09.88)   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