{"id":578646,"date":"2024-02-21T10:41:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=578646"},"modified":"2024-02-21T11:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T18:01:50","slug":"sec-championships-day-2-bella-sims-opts-for-200-im-over-500-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-2-bella-sims-opts-for-200-im-over-500-free\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Championships, Day 2: Bella Sims Opts for 200 IM over 500 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEC Championships, Day 2: Bella Sims Opts for 200 IM over 500 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s <strong>Bella Sims<\/strong>, fresh off her SEC record in the 200 free, opted out of the 500 free on the second day of the SEC Championships on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sims already holds an A cut in the 500 free, having gone 4:32.53 this year, a time that is quicker than the SEC Championships record. She instead went 1:55.12 to grab the fifth seed in the 200 IM. That\u2019s well off her personal best of 1:52.73, though she hasn\u2019t swum it yet in college.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from Auburn University on Day 2 of the SEC Championships.<\/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.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-night-1-florida-men-open-with-american-record-in-200-medley-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 Recap<\/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 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Without Sims, <strong>Abby McCulloh<\/strong> took the top seed, the fourth seed quicker than her seed time in 4:37.43. Georgia has three in the A final, with <strong>Rachel Stege<\/strong> third in 4:39.10 and <strong>Jillian Barczyk<\/strong> seventh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> is the second seed for Florida, having gone 4:38.83. She\u2019s the only Gator in the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth is <strong>Hayden Miller<\/strong> of Texas A&amp;M in 4:39.72. Tennessee\u2019s <strong>Julia Mrozinski<\/strong> and <strong>Kate McCarville<\/strong> followed.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Mason Mathias<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Bonson<\/strong> will give the home crowd something to cheer about, bookending a tight final. Mathias led the way in prelims in 4:12.26, a tenth up on Georgia\u2019s <strong>Jake Magahey.<\/strong> Bonson snuck into the A final in eighth.<\/p>\n<p>Florida pushed three into the A final. <strong>Giovanni Linscheer<\/strong> led the way with 4:13.10. <strong>Andrew Taylor<\/strong> was fourth and <strong>Jake Mitchell<\/strong> seventh. Watch for Alabama\u2019s <strong>Charlie Hawke,<\/strong> fifth in 4:13.63.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Florida has three in the A final, thanks to the move by <strong>Bella Sims.<\/strong> Leading the way in prelims was <strong>Josephine Fuller<\/strong> of Tennessee, who went 1:53.59. Georgia\u2019s <strong>Zoie Hartman<\/strong> finished second in 1:54.36.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the Florida trio. <strong>Zoe Dixon<\/strong> went 1:54.55. <strong>Isabel Ivey,<\/strong> the top seed entering the meet, was fourth in 1:54.67, ahead of Sims\u2019 1:55.12. <strong>Brooklyn Douthwright<\/strong> in sixth and <strong>Sara Stotler<\/strong> in eighth give Tennessee three A finalists.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Joaquin Gonzalez Pineiro<\/strong> of Florida led the way in the 200 IM in 1:42.07, but eyes will be on Texas A&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Baylor Nelson.<\/strong> The sophomore is the third seed in 1:42.82, a second and a half off the time of 1:41.33 he set earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has four A finalists, with <strong>Julian Smith<\/strong> fourth (1:42.92). <strong>Mason Laur<\/strong> and <strong>Sean Sullivan<\/strong> are seventh and eighth, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zach Hils<\/strong> of Georgia is the second seed in 1:42.69. <strong>Alex Sanchez<\/strong> of Texas A&amp;M and Auburn\u2019s <strong>Danny Schmidt<\/strong> round out the A final.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Camille Spink<\/strong> leads the way in a 50 free that includes no A cuts and could be pretty wide open. Spink led the way in 21.74 seconds. Only she and Florida\u2019s <strong>Micayla Cronk<\/strong> went under 22 at 21.97.<\/p>\n<p>Spink has two Tennessee teammates in the A final, <strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong> third and <strong>Amber Myers<\/strong> seventh. McSharry tied <strong>Chloe Stepanek<\/strong> of Texas A&amp;M at 22.06. Just .02 back was Arkansas\u2019s <strong>Bella Cothern<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jordan Crooks<\/strong> led the way with a time of 18.30 seconds, a season best by a tenth of a second. He\u2019s .47 clear of Florida\u2019s <strong>Josh Liendo,<\/strong> with UT and the Gators taking the top five spots.<\/p>\n<p>Crooks is joined by <strong>Gui Caribe<\/strong> in 18.88 as the fourth seed. 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