{"id":578708,"date":"2024-02-22T10:55:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T17:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=578708"},"modified":"2024-02-22T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:48:40","slug":"sec-championships-day-3-prelims-josh-liendo-rips-100-fly-meet-record-43-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-3-prelims-josh-liendo-rips-100-fly-meet-record-43-89\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Josh Liendo Rips 100 Fly Meet Record 43.89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Josh Liendo Rips 100 Fly Meet Record 43.89<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finishing third in the 50 freestyle Wednesday night at the SEC Championships may not have sat well with <strong>Josh Liendo.<\/strong> If so, the Florida sophomore responded in fine fashion Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Liendo set the meet record in the men\u2019s 100 butterfly, ripping a time of 43.89 seconds to lead the way in prelims. He took down the mark of 44.04 seconds set last year by his frequent conference foil, 50 free champ <strong>Jordan Crooks<\/strong> of Tennessee. Crooks scratched the 100 fly, opting instead for the 200 free.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from Auburn University:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/auburn\/swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sidearmstats.com\/auburn\/swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 FULL RESULTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2024-sec-championship-day-2-results-day-2\/ncaa-college\/2024\/February\/20?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 2 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 Finals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-2-bella-sims-opts-for-200-im-over-500-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-night-2-sec-night-2-florida-starts-night-2-with-two-more-relay-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 2 Finals 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<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s Scores (Through Event 17)<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Tennessee 475<\/li>\n<li>Florida 440<\/li>\n<li>Georgia 363<\/li>\n<li>Auburn 312.5<\/li>\n<li>Texas A&amp;M 256.5<\/li>\n<li>Alabama 250.5<\/li>\n<li>LSU 230<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina 173<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky 173<\/li>\n<li>Missouri 168.5<\/li>\n<li>Arkansas 132<\/li>\n<li>Vanderbilt 94<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Men\u2019s Scores (Through Event 17)<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Florida 622<\/li>\n<li>Texas A&amp;M 468<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee 392<\/li>\n<li>Georgia 381<\/li>\n<li>Auburn 373<\/li>\n<li>LSU 266<\/li>\n<li>Kentucky 191<\/li>\n<li>Alabama 187<\/li>\n<li>South Carolina 183<\/li>\n<li>Missouri 176<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Fresh off her win in the 500 free, <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> is hunting more gold. The Florida junior is well positioned in the 400 IM, setting a prelims time of 4:04.62 that is tops by more than 3.5 seconds. She has a 4:03.65 to her name this season.<\/p>\n<p>Florida could pounce in the team standings here. <strong>Zoe Dixon<\/strong> is the second seed in 4:08.07. <strong>Anna Auld<\/strong> is in the A final in fifth, with <strong>Julia Podkoscielny<\/strong> seventh. Tennessee doesn\u2019t have an A finalist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hannah Ownbey<\/strong> of Auburn is the only other swimmer under 4:10, in third in 4:09.79.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 18  Women 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 3:54.60  3\/16\/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford\r\n          SEC: S 3:58.23  3\/22\/2022 Sydney Pickrem, Texas A&amp;M\r\n     SEC Meet: M 3:58.35  2012      Elizabeth Beisel, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 3:56.54  3\/16\/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Weyant, Emma J         JR FLOR-FL           4:03.65    4:04.62  \r\n    r:+0.74  26.63        56.27 (29.64)\r\n        1:27.53 (31.26)     1:58.06 (30.53)\r\n        2:32.63 (34.57)     3:07.54 (34.91)\r\n        3:36.79 (29.25)     4:04.62 (27.83)\r\n  2 Dixon, Zoe A           SO FLOR-FL           4:06.25    4:08.07  \r\n    r:+0.63  26.04        55.44 (29.40)\r\n        1:26.53 (31.09)     1:56.61 (30.08)\r\n        2:32.57 (35.96)     3:08.47 (35.90)\r\n        3:39.00 (30.53)     4:08.07 (29.07)\r\n  3 Ownbey, Hannah C       SR Auburn-SE         4:08.55    4:09.79  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.23        56.55 (30.32)\r\n        1:28.08 (31.53)     1:59.40 (31.32)\r\n        2:34.82 (35.42)     3:10.90 (36.08)\r\n        3:40.83 (29.93)     4:09.79 (28.96)\r\n  4 Goerigk, Giulia        SO Texas A&amp;M-GU      4:07.91    4:10.18  \r\n    r:+0.73  26.97        58.00 (31.03)\r\n        1:30.06 (32.06)     2:01.57 (31.51)\r\n        2:36.17 (34.60)     3:11.77 (35.60)\r\n        3:41.32 (29.55)     4:10.18 (28.86)\r\n  5 Auld, Anna R           JR FLOR-FL           4:12.24    4:11.65  \r\n    r:+0.67  27.05        57.65 (30.60)\r\n        1:30.46 (32.81)     2:02.60 (32.14)\r\n        2:38.20 (35.60)     3:13.51 (35.31)\r\n        3:43.40 (29.89)     4:11.65 (28.25)\r\n  6 Sanders, Sydney M      FR BAMA-SE           4:17.16    4:12.93  \r\n    r:+0.74  27.66        58.46 (30.80)\r\n        1:31.27 (32.81)     2:03.73 (32.46)\r\n        2:38.50 (34.77)     3:14.11 (35.61)\r\n        3:43.98 (29.87)     4:12.93 (28.95)\r\n  7 Podkoscielny, Julia P  FR FLOR-FL           4:10.32    4:14.34  \r\n    r:+0.65  26.68        58.13 (31.45)\r\n        1:31.16 (33.03)     2:02.19 (31.03)\r\n        2:38.44 (36.25)     3:15.13 (36.69)\r\n        3:45.60 (30.47)     4:14.34 (28.74)\r\n  8 Rice, Anna Havens      SR UK Wildcats-KY    4:17.09    4:14.44  \r\n    r:+0.67  26.88        57.75 (30.87)\r\n        1:30.45 (32.70)     2:02.71 (32.26)\r\n        2:38.82 (36.11)     3:15.66 (36.84)\r\n        3:46.12 (30.46)     4:14.44 (28.32)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Ian Grum<\/strong> grabbed the top seed for Georgia in prelims, but the race appears wide open, with four swimmers clustered within 1.17 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Grum led the way in 3:40.48, just .07 off his season-best. Second was Florida\u2019s <strong>Giovanni Linscheer<\/strong> in 3:40.63, while 500 free champ <strong>Jake Magahey<\/strong> is third in 3:41.59. All eyes will be on 200 IM champ <strong>Baylor Nelson<\/strong>, though, the Texas A&amp;M sophomore fourth in 3:41.65.<\/p>\n<p>Florida has two A finalists, with <strong>Mason Laur<\/strong> sixth. But with the ninth, 10th and 13th seeds, the Gators just missed out on a bigger haul.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 19  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 3:28.82  3\/24\/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona State\r\n          SEC: S 3:33.42  3\/24\/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia\r\n     SEC Meet: M 3:35.76  2018      Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn\r\n         Pool: P 3:37.31  2\/20\/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Grum, Ian P            GS UGA-GA            3:40.41    3:40.48  \r\n    r:+0.67  22.78        49.19 (26.41)\r\n        1:16.64 (27.45)     1:43.68 (27.04)\r\n        2:15.58 (31.90)     2:48.41 (32.83)\r\n        3:15.09 (26.68)     3:40.48 (25.39)\r\n  2 Linscheer, Giovanni R  SO FLOR-FL           3:42.60    3:40.63  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.92        51.05 (27.13)\r\n        1:19.74 (28.69)     1:47.41 (27.67)\r\n        2:18.24 (30.83)     2:49.37 (31.13)\r\n        3:15.66 (26.29)     3:40.63 (24.97)\r\n  3 Magahey, Jake M        SR UGA-GA            3:42.76    3:41.59  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.11        49.43 (26.32)\r\n        1:18.38 (28.95)     1:46.19 (27.81)\r\n        2:17.69 (31.50)     2:49.79 (32.10)\r\n        3:16.11 (26.32)     3:41.59 (25.48)\r\n  4 Nelson, Baylor M       SO Texas A&amp;M-GU      3:38.33    3:41.65  \r\n    r:+0.63  23.30        50.10 (26.80)\r\n        1:18.68 (28.58)     1:45.91 (27.23)\r\n        2:17.08 (31.17)     2:48.84 (31.76)\r\n        3:16.03 (27.19)     3:41.65 (25.62)\r\n  5 Driggers, Landon       SO Tennessee-SE      3:43.96    3:42.03  \r\n    r:+0.72  24.36        52.09 (27.73)\r\n        1:19.73 (27.64)     1:46.79 (27.06)\r\n        2:18.80 (32.01)     2:50.71 (31.91)\r\n        3:17.13 (26.42)     3:42.03 (24.90)\r\n  6 Laur, Mason A          JR FLOR-FL           3:41.16    3:42.07  \r\n    r:+0.64  23.04        49.15 (26.11)\r\n        1:17.86 (28.71)     1:45.62 (27.76)\r\n        2:17.08 (31.46)     2:49.82 (32.74)\r\n        3:16.72 (26.90)     3:42.07 (25.35)\r\n  7 Rathle, Jacques L      JR Auburn-SE         3:44.68    3:42.30  \r\n    r:+0.65  23.48        50.76 (27.28)\r\n        1:19.99 (29.23)     1:48.51 (28.52)\r\n        2:19.03 (30.52)     2:50.14 (31.11)\r\n        3:16.45 (26.31)     3:42.30 (25.85)\r\n  8 Schmidt, Danny         SO Auburn-SE         3:42.33    3:44.12  \r\n    r:+0.63  23.50        50.59 (27.09)\r\n        1:19.18 (28.59)     1:46.79 (27.61)\r\n        2:18.59 (31.80)     2:51.26 (32.67)\r\n        3:18.35 (27.09)     3:44.12 (25.77)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p>Auburn\u2019s <strong>Meghan Lee<\/strong> leads a jumbled 100 fly, one that might produce a surprise winner or that could give the host Tigers a gold. Lee went 51.24 in prelims. That was .14 ahead of Florida\u2019s <strong>Olivia Peoples,<\/strong> who entered the top seed at 51.59. The only other 51 in the field, Texas A&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Olivia Theall,<\/strong> finished ninth.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina\u2019s <strong>Greta Pelzek<\/strong> was third in prelims at 51.93, teammate <strong>Nicholle Toh<\/strong> joining her in sixth. Alabama has an A finalist in <strong>Gaby Van Brunt<\/strong> in fourth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 20  Women 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 48.46  3\/14\/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia\r\n          SEC: S 48.51  3\/18\/2023 Maggie MacNeil, LSU\r\n     SEC Meet: M 48.99  2023      Maggie MacNeil, LSU\r\n         Pool: P 49.38  2\/20\/2020 Erika Brown, Tennessee\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Lee, Meghan R          SR Auburn-SE           51.91      51.24  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.18        51.24 (27.06)\r\n  2 Peoples, Olivia G      JR FLOR-FL             51.59      51.38  \r\n    r:+0.60  24.07        51.38 (27.31)\r\n  3 Pelzek, Greta J        JR South Carolina-S    52.10      51.93  \r\n    r:+0.61  24.64        51.93 (27.29)\r\n  4 Van Brunt, Gaby M      FR BAMA-SE             52.44      52.06  \r\n    r:+0.66  24.29        52.06 (27.77)\r\n  5 Grana, Miranda P       FR Texas A&amp;M-GU        53.60      52.21  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.74        52.21 (27.47)\r\n  6 Toh, Nicholle          SR South Carolina-S    52.32      52.24  \r\n    r:+0.60  24.50        52.24 (27.74)\r\n  7 Waldrep, Ellie G       JR Auburn-SE           52.64      52.29  \r\n    r:+0.59  24.35        52.29 (27.94)\r\n  8 Stotler, Sara B        SO Tennessee-SE        52.91      52.35  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.54        52.35 (27.81)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Josh Liendo\u2019s<\/strong> 43.89 makes it his race to lose. Teammate <strong>Scotty Buff<\/strong> was closest in 45.00.<\/p>\n<p>Liendo\u2019s time is just off his best of 43.40 from NCAAs last year. It downed the Auburn pool record of 45.09 that <strong>Matt Targett<\/strong> had set way back in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The third seed in the final will be Texas A&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Connor Foote<\/strong>, who went 45.12. Auburn has a pair of A finalists in <strong>Sohib Khaled<\/strong> (fourth in 45.83) and <strong>Nathaniel Stoffle<\/strong> (eighth in 46.00).<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 21  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n          SEC: S 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n     SEC Meet: M 43.89  2024      Josh Liendo, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 43.89  2\/22\/2024 Josh Liendo, Florida\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Liendo, Josh           SO FLOR-FL             44.39      43.89M \r\n     r:+0.61  9.37        20.73 (11.36)\r\n          32.21 (11.48)       43.89 (11.68)\r\n  2 Buff, Scotty           FR FLOR-FL             46.09      45.00  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.54        20.95 (11.41)\r\n          32.75 (11.80)       45.00 (12.25)\r\n  3 Foote, Connor          SO Texas A&amp;M-GU        45.02      45.12  \r\n     r:+0.66  9.32        20.64 (11.32)\r\n          32.52 (11.88)       45.12 (12.60)\r\n  4 Khaled, Sohib          SO Auburn-SE           46.04      45.38  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.40        20.89 (11.49)\r\n          32.93 (12.04)       45.38 (12.45)\r\n  5 Lierz, Harrison M      JR Tennessee-SE        46.95      45.63  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.80        21.44 (11.64)\r\n          33.42 (11.98)       45.63 (12.21)\r\n  6 Kammann, Bjoern        SO Tennessee-SE        46.69      45.72  \r\n     r:+0.72  9.44        21.15 (11.71)\r\n          33.08 (11.93)       45.72 (12.64)\r\n  7 Van Renen, Ruard       SO UGA-GA              46.07      45.84  \r\n     r:+0.65  9.64        21.21 (11.57)\r\n          33.19 (11.98)       45.84 (12.65)\r\n  8 Stoffle, Nathaniel L   JR Auburn-SE           46.05      46.00  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.48        21.05 (11.57)\r\n          33.22 (12.17)       46.00 (12.78)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>If Tennessee is going to mount a charge at the team title, it might have to happen in the 200 free. The Vols put three in the A final, led by third-place <strong>Brooklyn Douthwright. Camille Spink,<\/strong> the 50 free champ, is fourth, while <strong>Julia Mrozinski<\/strong> is seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Florida counters with the top seed, <strong>Isabel Ivey<\/strong> having going 1:42.85 in the morning. That\u2019s four-tenths up on Texas A&amp;Ms <strong>Chloe Stepanek.<\/strong> <strong>Bella Sims,<\/strong> who set the meet record off the front of the 200 free relay, opted out of the individual race. But the Gators have <strong>Micayla Cronk<\/strong> in there, the sixth seed in prelims.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 22  Women 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:39.10  3\/20\/2015 Missy Franklin, California\r\n          SEC: S 1:40.90  2\/20\/2024 Bella Sims, Florida\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:40.90  2024      Bella Sims, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 1:40.90  2\/20\/2024 Bella Sims, Florida\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Ivey, Isabel C         5Y FLOR-FL           1:43.03    1:42.85  \r\n    r:+0.69  23.57        49.16 (25.59)\r\n        1:15.52 (26.36)     1:42.85 (27.33)\r\n  2 Stepanek, Chloe M      SR Texas A&amp;M-GU      1:43.98    1:43.25  \r\n    r:+0.76  23.87        50.01 (26.14)\r\n        1:16.40 (26.39)     1:43.25 (26.85)\r\n  3 Douthwright, Brooklyn     Tennessee-SE      1:44.04    1:43.47  \r\n    r:+0.63  24.51        50.65 (26.14)\r\n        1:16.93 (26.28)     1:43.47 (26.54)\r\n  4 Spink, Camille            Tennessee-SE      1:44.63    1:43.53  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.85        50.39 (26.54)\r\n        1:17.00 (26.61)     1:43.53 (26.53)\r\n  5 Riordan, Amy L         SO South Carolina-S  1:44.31    1:44.13  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.34        50.72 (26.38)\r\n        1:17.49 (26.77)     1:44.13 (26.64)\r\n  6 Cronk, Micayla M       JR FLOR-FL           1:45.44    1:44.72  \r\n    r:+0.69  23.59        49.75 (26.16)\r\n        1:17.08 (27.33)     1:44.72 (27.64)\r\n  7 Mrozinski, Julia M     SO Tennessee-SE      1:45.71    1:44.94  \r\n    r:+0.65  24.09        50.92 (26.83)\r\n        1:18.23 (27.31)     1:44.94 (26.71)\r\n  8 Furse, Shea T          SO UGA-GA            1:45.20    1:45.02  \r\n    r:+0.64  24.82        51.15 (26.33)\r\n        1:18.10 (26.95)     1:45.02 (26.92)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Macguire McDuff<\/strong> is in good form and the top seed in the 200 free final, which will be a clash of styles. The Florida sprinter went 1:31.40 in prelims. He\u2019ll have another fast man, Tennessee\u2019s <strong>Jordan Crooks,<\/strong> on his tail in finals after the 50 free champ went 1:31.45. At the other extreme is <strong>Charlie Hawke<\/strong> of Alabama, who went 1:31.47. Hawke holds the fastest time this season at 1:31.30.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s <strong>Jake Mitchell<\/strong> is the fourth seed, where he\u2019ll also be flying the distance flag. 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