{"id":604940,"date":"2025-02-18T15:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=604940"},"modified":"2025-02-18T21:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T04:46:07","slug":"sec-championships-day-2-tennessee-florida-scare-mens-ncaa-records-texas-lowers-800-free-relay-american-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-2-tennessee-florida-scare-mens-ncaa-records-texas-lowers-800-free-relay-american-record\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Championships, Day 2: Tennessee, Florida Scare Men&#8217;s NCAA Records, Texas Lowers 800 Free Relay American Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEC Championships, Day 2: Tennessee, Florida Scare Men&#8217;s NCAA Records, Texas Lowers 800 Free Relay American Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SEC Championships got off to a flying start Tuesday, with three teams in the expanded league field undercutting the existing meet record in the men\u2019s 200 medley relay. The leader of them was the University of Tennessee, whose international quartet came within .07 seconds of taking down Florida\u2019s NCAA record last spring. Later in the session, the Florida men came within a quarter-second of the NCAA mark in the 800 freestyle relay while second-place Texas lowered the American record.<\/p>\n<p>The action from the first night of swimming competition at the University of Georgia\u2019s Gabrielsen Natatorium.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/sec-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secsports.com\/championships\/swimming-and-diving-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Championships Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sidearmstats.com\/ugeorgia\/swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Championships Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-camyla-monroy-opens-with-1-meter-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Swimming Night 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After the first day of swimming events, newcomer Texas leads the team competition for both the men and women.<\/p>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5                      \r\n  1. University of Texas               238   2. University of Florida             140\r\n  3. Texas A&amp;M University              130   4. Louisiana State University        126\r\n  5. University of Tennessee           120   6. South Carolina, University of,    118\r\n  7. Auburn University               115.5   8. Kentucky, University of           115\r\n  9. Georgia, University of          104.5  10. University of Alabama              86\r\n 11. University of Arkansas             85  12. Missouri                           84\r\n 13. Vanderbilt University              56                                           \r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6                        \r\n  1. University of Texas               176   2. Georgia, University of            158\r\n  3. University of Tennessee         153.5   4. University of Florida             152\r\n  5. Louisiana State University        132   6. University of Alabama             118\r\n  7. Texas A&amp;M University              111   8. South Carolina, University of,    110\r\n  9. Kentucky, University of           102  10. Auburn University                  63\r\n 11. Missouri                         62.5<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 medley relay<\/h4>\n<p>The University of Texas marked its arrival on the conference wasting no time in securing its first title, plus a meet record. <strong>Emma Sticklen, Piper Enge, Abigail Arens<\/strong> and <strong>Grace Cooper<\/strong> went 1:33.84. That\u2019s a meet record, clipping a tenth off the mark set in 2022 by Alabama. Texas had been sixth at NCAAs in this event last year. Cooper dropped the hammer in 21.21 coming home.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee was second in 1:34.27, using a furious front half to hold off Florida. <strong>Josephine Fuller<\/strong> and <strong>McKenzie Siroky<\/strong> put them out front of Florida, with <strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong> reserved for sprint freestyle on the end. \u00a0Florida, which won this event last year, was third in 1:34.34, .02 up on Alabama. Auburn and Texas A&amp;M followed in NCAA A cuts.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 2  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 1:31.58  3\/20\/2024 Virginia\r\n                          G. Walsh, Nocenti, Noveline,  Parker\r\n                 1:36.24  A\r\n                 1:36.76  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Texas                         1:34.06    1:33.84MA       64  \r\n     1) Sticklen, Emma C GS           2) r:0.30 Enge, Piper FR        \r\n     3) r:0.24 Arens, Abigail GS      4) r:0.16 Cooper, Grace GS      \r\n    r:+0.54  11.39        23.38 (23.38)\r\n          35.12 (11.74)       49.80 (26.42)\r\n        1:00.06 (10.26)     1:12.63 (22.83)\r\n         1:22.40 (9.77)     1:33.84 (21.21)\r\n  2 Tennessee-SE                  1:34.35    1:34.27 A       56  \r\n     1) Fuller, Josephine A           2) r:0.37 Siroky, McKenzie      \r\n     3) r:0.23 Stotler, Sara          4) r:0.23 McSharry, Mona        \r\n    r:+0.66  11.63        23.65 (23.65)\r\n          35.02 (11.37)       49.33 (25.68)\r\n          59.67 (10.34)     1:12.42 (23.09)\r\n        1:22.58 (10.16)     1:34.27 (21.85)\r\n  3 FLOR-FL                       1:35.16    1:34.34 A       54  \r\n     1) Choate, Catie G SO            2) r:0.18 Bottazzo, Anita FR    \r\n     3) r:0.03 Peoples, Olivia SR     4) r:0.14 Cronk, Micayla SR     \r\n    r:+0.63  12.15        24.36 (24.36)\r\n          36.07 (11.71)       50.36 (26.00)\r\n         1:00.27 (9.91)     1:12.68 (22.32)\r\n        1:23.00 (10.32)     1:34.34 (21.66)\r\n  4 Alabama-SE                    1:35.10    1:34.36 A       52  \r\n     1) Jones, Emily JR               2) r:0.28 Wiseman, Avery SR     \r\n     3) r:0.09 Scott, Jada SO         4) r:0.30 Vincent, Cadence SO   \r\n    r:+0.61  11.65        23.59 (23.59)\r\n          35.48 (11.89)       50.16 (26.57)\r\n        1:00.40 (10.24)     1:13.09 (22.93)\r\n        1:23.27 (10.18)     1:34.36 (21.27)\r\n  5 Auburn-SE                     1:35.62    1:34.89 A       50  \r\n     1) Komoroczy, Lora F FR          2) r:0.02 Makarova, Stasya SR   \r\n     3) r:0.17 Ficken, Lawson SO      4) r:-0.03 Mulvihill, Lexie SR  \r\n    r:+0.51  11.46        23.60 (23.60)\r\n          35.47 (11.87)       50.37 (26.77)\r\n        1:00.51 (10.14)     1:13.45 (23.08)\r\n         1:23.36 (9.91)     1:34.89 (21.44)\r\n  6 Texas A&amp;M-GU                  1:36.76    1:35.43 A       48  \r\n     1) Owens, Kaitlyn M SR           2) r:0.12 Kennett, Bobbi GS     \r\n     3) r:0.03 Theall, Liv GS         4) r:0.06 Stepanek, Chloe 5T    \r\n    r:+0.88  11.70        23.78 (23.78)\r\n          36.29 (12.51)       51.11 (27.33)\r\n        1:01.15 (10.04)     1:13.90 (22.79)\r\n        1:24.09 (10.19)     1:35.43 (21.53)\r\n  7 UGA                           1:37.96    1:36.50 B       46  \r\n     1) McCarty, Eboni F JR           2) r:0.23 Headland, Charlotte FR\r\n     3) r:0.12 Sikes, Katie Belle FR  4) r:0.15 Jones, Helena FR      \r\n    r:+0.74  11.97        24.05 (24.05)\r\n          36.65 (12.60)       51.98 (27.93)\r\n        1:02.10 (10.12)     1:15.09 (23.11)\r\n        1:25.19 (10.10)     1:36.50 (21.41)\r\n  8 South Carolina-SC             1:38.13    1:37.08         44  \r\n     1) Scholes, Dylan JR             2) r:0.27 Goodwin-Birnie,beth FR\r\n     3) r:0.16 Pelzek, Greta SR       4) r:0.31 Curry, Peyton SR      \r\n    r:+0.70  12.37        24.77 (24.77)\r\n          36.99 (12.22)       52.07 (27.30)\r\n        1:02.57 (10.50)     1:15.19 (23.12)\r\n        1:25.49 (10.30)     1:37.08 (21.89)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 medley relay<\/h4>\n<p>Florida may be the reigning NCAA champion, but Tennessee stated its intention from the get-go Tuesday. The quartet of <strong>Lamar Taylor, Kevin Houseman, Gui Caribe<\/strong> and <strong>Jordan Crooks<\/strong> went 1:20.22 to win. That\u2019s .07 off the NCAA record set in 2024 by said winning Florida team. Crooks obliterated the anchor leg with a 17.42, after a 19.17 by Caribe on fly. Tennessee was fifth at NCAAs last year.<\/p>\n<p>Florida was no slouch in this race, to be fair. The reigning conference champ went 1:20.66, which was much faster than the meet record of 1:21.43 set by UT in 2023. That still wasn\u2019t enough, though the relay was without <strong>Josh Liendo,<\/strong> with <strong>Scotty Buff<\/strong> splitting 19.40 in fly and <strong>Ed Fullum-Huot<\/strong> 18.50 on the anchor. <strong>Julian Smith<\/strong> was the fastest breaststroker at 22.15.<\/p>\n<p>Texas was third in 1:20.75. <strong>Will Modglin<\/strong> got them out in 20.34, and <strong>Chris Guiliano<\/strong> came back in 18.08, with a Hubert Kos 19.74 fly split in there.<\/p>\n<p>LSU and Georgia added A cuts in fourth and fifth, respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 3  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:20.15  3\/27\/2024 Florida\r\n                          A. Chaney, J. Smith, J. Liendo, M. McDuff\r\n          SEC: S 1:20.15  3\/27\/2024 Florida\r\n                          A. Chaney, J. Smith, J. Liendo, M.McDuff\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:21.43  2023      Tennessee\r\n                          B. Kammann, M. Houlie, J.Crooks, G. Santos\r\n         Pool: P 1:21.49  11\/21\/2024Florida\r\n                          Marshall, Smith, LIendo, Painter\r\n                 1:23.62  A\r\n                 1:23.90  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Tennessee-SE                  1:21.71    1:20.22MA       64  \r\n     1) Taylor, Lamar                 2) r:0.08 Houseman, Kevin       \r\n     3) r:0.11 Caribe, Gui            4) r:0.15 Crooks, Jordan        \r\n    r:+0.66  10.18        20.76 (20.76)\r\n          30.87 (10.11)       43.63 (22.87)\r\n           52.09 (8.46)     1:02.80 (19.17)\r\n         1:10.88 (8.08)     1:20.22 (17.42)\r\n  2 FLOR-FL                       1:21.49    1:20.66MA       56  \r\n     1) Marshall, Jonny C SO          2) r:0.13 Smith, Julian SR      \r\n     3) r:0.13 Buff, Scotty SO        4) r:0.07 Fullum-Huot, Ed JR    \r\n    r:+0.73  10.07        20.61 (20.61)\r\n           30.23 (9.62)       42.76 (22.15)\r\n           51.40 (8.64)     1:02.16 (19.40)\r\n         1:10.74 (8.58)     1:20.66 (18.50)\r\n  3 Texas                         1:22.43    1:20.75MA       54  \r\n     1) Modglin, Will C SO            2) r:0.03 Germonprez, Nate SO   \r\n     3) r:0.19 Kos, Hubert JR         4) r:0.10 Guiliano, Chris       \r\n     r:+0.67  9.89        20.34 (20.34)\r\n           30.25 (9.91)       42.93 (22.59)\r\n           51.70 (8.77)     1:02.67 (19.74)\r\n         1:11.02 (8.35)     1:20.75 (18.08)\r\n  4 LSU-LA                        1:23.44    1:23.05 A       52  \r\n     1) Goncharov, Stepan JR          2) r:0.09 Mason, Mitch SR       \r\n     3) r:0.15 Uryniuk, Pawel JR      4) Hribar, Jere SO              \r\n    r:+0.62  10.17        20.75 (20.75)\r\n          31.21 (10.46)       44.23 (23.48)\r\n           53.43 (9.20)     1:04.89 (20.66)\r\n         1:13.45 (8.56)     1:23.05 (18.16)\r\n  5 UGA                           1:23.55    1:23.21 A       50  \r\n     1) Urlando, Luca R SR            2) r:0.13 Pitshugin, Kristian SO\r\n     3) r:0.29 Ng, Wesley 5Y          4) r:0.16 Branzell, Reese SR    \r\n    r:+0.91  10.35        21.03 (21.03)\r\n          31.22 (10.19)       44.05 (23.02)\r\n           53.02 (8.97)     1:04.33 (20.28)\r\n         1:13.25 (8.92)     1:23.21 (18.88)\r\n  6 Missouri-MV                   1:24.19    1:23.77 B       48  \r\n     1) Bochenski, Grant R SR         2) r:0.17 Spillane, Tyler SR    \r\n     3) r:0.23 Zubik, Jan JR          4) r:0.20 Nebrich, Luke FR      \r\n    r:+0.61  10.28        20.77 (20.77)\r\n          31.20 (10.43)       44.16 (23.39)\r\n           53.58 (9.42)     1:05.31 (21.15)\r\n         1:13.82 (8.51)     1:23.77 (18.46)\r\n  7 South Carolina-SC             1:25.39    1:23.79 B       46  \r\n     1) Laitarovsky, Michael SR       2) r:0.23 Kerns, Liam SR        \r\n     3) r:0.15 Usmonov, Eldor JR      4) r:0.00 Hufford, Ryan SO      \r\n    r:+0.58  10.23        20.92 (20.92)\r\n          31.40 (10.48)       44.46 (23.54)\r\n           53.27 (8.81)     1:04.38 (19.92)\r\n         1:13.23 (8.85)     1:23.79 (19.41)\r\n  8 Texas A&amp;M-GU                  1:23.74    1:23.80 B       44  \r\n     1) Shomper, Tommy 5T             2) r:0.32 Gulledge, Travis FR   \r\n     3) r:0.29 Foote, Connor JR       4) r:0.19 Scholl, Ben SO        \r\n    r:+0.71  10.63        21.62 (21.62)\r\n          32.38 (10.76)       45.51 (23.89)\r\n           54.33 (8.82)     1:05.15 (19.64)\r\n         1:13.75 (8.60)     1:23.80 (18.65)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 3-meter diving<\/h4>\n<p>In a reverse of the top two from last year, LSU\u2019s <strong>Carson Paul<\/strong> managed to get the better of <strong>Conor Gesing<\/strong> this time around. The LSU junior scored 438.30, comfortably past Gesing\u2019s repeat bid in which he scored 417.25. Gesing was just about to edge <strong>Bennett Greene<\/strong> of Tennessee, who finished third in 416.85. <strong>Allen Bottego<\/strong> of Texas A&amp;M rounded out the quartet of 400-point scorers in fourth at 406.25.<\/p>\n<p>Greene had been first in prelims at 392.15, but the top four were clustered within 7.2 points.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia went fifth and sixth with <strong>Matthew Bray<\/strong> and <strong>Renato Calderaro.<\/strong> Texas had <strong>Luke Forester<\/strong> finish seventh, <strong>Nick Harris<\/strong> ninth and <strong>Jacob Jones<\/strong> 13th to jump into the team lead.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 4  Men 3 mtr Diving<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n          SEC: S 495.15  3\/23\/2018 Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng, Tennessee\r\n     SEC Meet: M 483.15  2019      Zhipeng (Colin) Zeng, Tennessee\r\n         Pool: P 492.90  1\/26\/2008 Chris Colwill, Georgia\r\n                 320.00  B\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Paul, Carson J   JR LSU-LA             385.00     438.30 B       32  \r\n  2 Gesing, Conor    SO FLOR-FL            389.75     417.25 B       28  \r\n  3 Greene, Bennett     Tennessee-SE       392.15     416.85 B       27  \r\n  4 Bottego, Allen   SR Texas A&amp;M-GU       386.30     406.25 B       26  \r\n  5 Bray, Matthew    SO UGA                352.35     393.65 B       25  \r\n  6 Calderaro, Renato JR UGA                365.70     386.55 B       24  \r\n  7 Forester, Luke   FR Texas              364.40     338.30 B       23  \r\n  8 Duncan, Sam      GS Kentucky-KY        351.35     321.15 B       22  \r\n \r\n<b>                            === B - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  9 Harris, Nick     JR Texas              321.75     372.30 B       20  \r\n 10 Spencer, Max     SO South Carolina-S   343.70     349.95 B       17  \r\n 11 Stone, Nick G       Tennessee-SE       322.55     347.55 B       16  \r\n 12 Cryer, Colten    SO Alabama-SE         329.70     337.85 B       15  \r\n 13 Jones, Jacob     FR Texas              346.70     336.85 B       14  \r\n 14 Bayer, Charley   JR South Carolina-S   332.45     333.10 B       13  \r\n 15 Dyer, Collier    JR Missouri-MV        350.80     315.05         12  \r\n 16 Chambers, Nigel  FR Alabama-SE         321.25     305.70         11<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s 800 freestyle relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee women got under the 6:50 barrier with a balanced effort, coming up just two tenths short of the meet record set by Florida last year.\u00a0<strong>Brooklyn Douthwright<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Camille Spink<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Julia Mrozinski<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Ella Jansen<\/strong> competed for Tennessee on the way to a time of 6:49.83, the second-quickest mark in the country behind the NCAA record of 6:44.13 set at the ACC Championships. Spink had the quickest split for the Lady Vols at 1:41.28 before Mrozinski and Jansen pulled away to secure first place.<\/p>\n<p>Texas placed second in 6:51.61. Olympian\u00a0<strong>Erin Gemmell<\/strong> led off in 1:42.49, and then\u00a0<strong>Lillie Nesty<\/strong> had the team&#8217;s quickest split at 1:41.70.\u00a0<strong>Campbell Chase<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Ava Longi<\/strong> rounded out the group, which clocked 6:51.61. Florida placed third in 6:53.53 with\u00a0<strong>Julie Brousseau<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bella Sims<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Micayla Cronk<\/strong>. On the second leg, Sims blasted a 1:39.55 split, a mark that only <strong>Mallory Comerford<\/strong> has ever surpassed. The Gators won last year&#8217;s national title in the event with a team consisting of Sims,<strong> Isabel Ivey<\/strong>, Weyant and Cronk.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 5  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 6:48.59  3\/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 6:48.59  3\/20\/2024 Florida\r\n                          Sims, Ivey, Weyant, Cronk\r\n                 7:00.86  A\r\n                 7:05.56  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Tennessee-SE                  6:55.71    6:49.83 A       64  \r\n     1) Douthwright, Brooklyn E       2) r:0.17 Spink, Camille        \r\n     3) r:0.30 Mrozinski, Julia       4) r:0.32 Jansen, Ella          \r\n    r:+0.62  24.13        49.70 (49.70)\r\n      1:16.06 (1:16.06)   1:42.94 (1:42.94)\r\n        2:05.58 (22.64)     2:31.30 (48.36)\r\n      2:57.73 (1:14.79)   3:24.22 (1:41.28)\r\n        3:47.68 (23.46)     4:13.73 (49.51)\r\n      4:40.70 (1:16.48)   5:07.50 (1:43.28)\r\n        5:30.64 (23.14)     5:56.37 (48.87)\r\n      6:22.92 (1:15.42)   6:49.83 (1:42.33)\r\n  2 Texas                         6:55.46    6:51.61 A       56  \r\n     1) Gemmell, Erin M SO            2) r:0.25 Nesty, Lillian FR     \r\n     3) r:0.37 Chase, Campbell FR     4) r:0.14 Longi, Ava GS         \r\n    r:+0.76  23.85        50.08 (50.08)\r\n      1:16.41 (1:16.41)   1:42.49 (1:42.49)\r\n        2:05.98 (23.49)     2:31.72 (49.23)\r\n      2:57.92 (1:15.43)   3:24.19 (1:41.70)\r\n        3:48.22 (24.03)     4:14.28 (50.09)\r\n      4:41.09 (1:16.90)   5:08.21 (1:44.02)\r\n        5:31.04 (22.83)     5:56.77 (48.56)\r\n      6:23.69 (1:15.48)   6:51.61 (1:43.40)\r\n  3 FLOR-FL                       6:56.63    6:53.53 A       54  \r\n     1) Brousseau, Julie M            2) r:0.11 Sims, Bella SO        \r\n     3) r:0.20 Weyant, Emma SR        4) r:0.27 Cronk, Micayla SR     \r\n    r:+0.74  23.94        49.87 (49.87)\r\n      1:16.95 (1:16.95)   1:44.18 (1:44.18)\r\n        2:06.58 (22.40)     2:31.49 (47.31)\r\n      2:57.41 (1:13.23)   3:23.73 (1:39.55)\r\n        3:47.75 (24.02)     4:13.81 (50.08)\r\n      4:40.62 (1:16.89)   5:07.69 (1:43.96)\r\n        5:30.84 (23.15)     5:56.84 (49.15)\r\n      6:24.18 (1:16.49)   6:53.53 (1:45.84)\r\n  4 UGA                           6:56.92    6:57.77 A       52  \r\n     1) Coetzee, Dune JR              2) r:0.49 Landreneau, Marie FR  \r\n     3) r:0.32 Stege, Rachel JR       4) r:0.42 Maluka, Ieva JR       \r\n    r:+0.68  24.33        50.57 (50.57)\r\n      1:17.25 (1:17.25)   1:44.16 (1:44.16)\r\n        2:08.18 (24.02)     2:34.62 (50.46)\r\n      3:01.82 (1:17.66)   3:28.94 (1:44.78)\r\n        3:52.80 (23.86)     4:18.92 (49.98)\r\n      4:46.25 (1:17.31)   5:13.58 (1:44.64)\r\n        5:37.51 (23.93)     6:03.77 (50.19)\r\n      6:30.58 (1:17.00)   6:57.77 (1:44.19)\r\n  5 LSU-LA                        7:10.62    6:59.66 A       50  \r\n     1) Osborne, Reagan R GR          2) r:0.39 Barnes, Megan JR      \r\n     3) r:0.21 Santuliana, Nicole FR  4) r:0.42 Palmer, Grace FR      \r\n    r:+0.63  24.28        50.53 (50.53)\r\n      1:17.26 (1:17.26)   1:44.43 (1:44.43)\r\n        2:08.16 (23.73)     2:34.66 (50.23)\r\n      3:01.41 (1:16.98)   3:27.71 (1:43.28)\r\n        3:52.01 (24.30)     4:19.12 (51.41)\r\n      4:46.40 (1:18.69)   5:14.05 (1:46.34)\r\n        5:38.22 (24.17)     6:04.54 (50.49)\r\n      6:32.03 (1:17.98)   6:59.66 (1:45.61)\r\n  6 Texas A&amp;M-GU                  7:05.38    7:04.07 B       48  \r\n     1) Stepanek, Chloe 5T            2) r:0.17 Buechler, Jordan GS   \r\n     3) r:0.47 Walker, Katie SO       4) r:0.43 Miller, Hayden JR     \r\n    r:+0.68  24.02        49.99 (49.99)\r\n      1:16.55 (1:16.55)   1:43.82 (1:43.82)\r\n        2:07.61 (23.79)     2:34.56 (50.74)\r\n      3:01.99 (1:18.17)   3:29.04 (1:45.22)\r\n        3:53.62 (24.58)     4:20.60 (51.56)\r\n      4:48.79 (1:19.75)   5:18.03 (1:48.99)\r\n        5:42.67 (24.64)     6:09.34 (51.31)\r\n      6:36.66 (1:18.63)   7:04.07 (1:46.04)\r\n  7 South Carolina-SC             7:05.79    7:04.29 B       46  \r\n     1) Ottem, Ellery SO              2) r:0.18 Riordan, Amy JR       \r\n     3) r:0.29 Agliano, Jordan JR     4) r:0.36 Harnish, Meaghan JR   \r\n    r:+0.71  24.57        50.90 (50.90)\r\n      1:17.93 (1:17.93)   1:45.66 (1:45.66)\r\n        2:09.65 (23.99)     2:35.90 (50.24)\r\n      3:03.12 (1:17.46)   3:31.31 (1:45.65)\r\n        3:55.82 (24.51)     4:22.79 (51.48)\r\n      4:50.17 (1:18.86)   5:17.87 (1:46.56)\r\n        5:42.31 (24.44)     6:09.19 (51.32)\r\n      6:36.61 (1:18.74)   7:04.29 (1:46.42)\r\n  8 Auburn-SE                     7:04.61    7:05.27 B       44  \r\n     1) Nevmovenko, Polina SR         2) r:0.25 Strojnowska, Julia FR \r\n     3) r:0.56 McGuire, Maggie SO     4) r:0.18 Ekk, Isabella FR      \r\n    r:+0.72  24.55        50.75 (50.75)\r\n      1:17.97 (1:17.97)   1:45.67 (1:45.67)\r\n        2:10.05 (24.38)     2:36.71 (51.04)\r\n      3:04.01 (1:18.34)   3:31.21 (1:45.54)\r\n        3:55.91 (24.70)     4:22.68 (51.47)\r\n      4:50.25 (1:19.04)   5:18.14 (1:46.93)\r\n        5:42.79 (24.65)     6:10.12 (51.98)\r\n      6:37.49 (1:19.35)   7:05.27 (1:47.13)<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s 800 freestyle relay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Loaded teams squared off in the men&#8217;s relay to conclude the night, and the result was Florida nearly knocking off the NCAA and U.S. Open records, the Gators&#8217; final time of 6:02.50 falling just 24-hundredths off the mark set by Cal at last season&#8217;s NCAA Championships.\u00a0<strong>Alex Painter<\/strong> led off for Florida in 1:31.21 before\u00a0<strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> powered to a 1:30.19 split and\u00a0<strong>Julian Smith<\/strong> went sub-1:30 for the first time at 1:29.67.\u00a0<strong>Jake Mitchell<\/strong> came home in 1:31.43, and Florida finished in 6:02.50.<\/p>\n<p>Texas could not keep pace with Florida&#8217;s middle swimmers, but the Longhorns still recorded an American record on the way to second place.\u00a0<strong>Luke Hobson<\/strong>, the two-time defending NCAA champion in the 200 free and fastest swimmer ever in the event ,clocked 1:30.45, and\u00a0<strong>Chris Guiliano<\/strong> sizzled on the third leg with a 1:30.04 split.\u00a0<strong>Rex Maurer<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Coby Carrozza<\/strong> also contributed to a team that finished in 6:03.24, two tenths under an American record set by a Texas team also including Hobson and Carrozza in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Georgia came in third in 6:05.43.\u00a0<strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong> led off in 1:31.81, and then\u00a0<strong>Tomas Koski<\/strong> broke 1:30 on the second leg with a 1:29.64 split.\u00a0<strong>Jake Magahey\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Reese Branzell<\/strong> finished off the effort as Georgia, like the top-two teams, came in under the previous SEC meet record of 6:05.59 set by the Bulldogs in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama put up a\u00a0 time of 6:06.77 for fourth place, fueled by\u00a0<strong>Charlie Hawke<\/strong> leading off narrowly ahead of Hobson in 1:30.44.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 6  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 6:02.26  3\/27\/2024 California\r\n                          G. Jett, D. Lasco, J. Alexy, R. Hanson\r\n          SEC: S 6:05.59  3\/23\/2022 Georgia\r\n                          M. Sates, L.Urlando, Z. Hils, J. Magahey\r\n     SEC Meet: M 6:06.36  2024      Florida\r\n                          M.McDuff, J. Liendo J. Smith, J. Mitchell\r\n         Pool: P 6:10.50  2\/19\/2019 Florida\r\n                          Freeman, Baglah, Smith, Rooney\r\n                 6:15.80  A\r\n                 6:18.42  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 FLOR-FL                       6:12.85    6:02.50SA       64  \r\n     1) Painter, Alex J FR            2) r:0.19 Liendo, Josh JR       \r\n     3) r:0.25 Smith, Julian SR       4) r:0.17 Mitchell, Jake 5Y     \r\n    r:+0.58  20.82        43.91 (43.91)\r\n      1:07.15 (1:07.15)   1:31.21 (1:31.21)\r\n        1:51.17 (19.96)     2:14.09 (42.88)\r\n      2:37.39 (1:06.18)   3:01.40 (1:30.19)\r\n        3:21.67 (20.27)     3:44.23 (42.83)\r\n      4:07.60 (1:06.20)   4:31.07 (1:29.67)\r\n        4:51.97 (20.90)     5:15.21 (44.14)\r\n      5:38.92 (1:07.85)   6:02.50 (1:31.43)\r\n  2 Texas                         6:07.62    6:03.24SA       56  \r\n     1) Hobson, Luke A SR             2) r:0.34 Maurer, Rex SO        \r\n     3) r:0.14 Guiliano, Chris        4) r:0.22 Carrozza, Coby GS     \r\n    r:+0.74  21.03        43.63 (43.63)\r\n      1:06.78 (1:06.78)   1:30.45 (1:30.45)\r\n        1:51.11 (20.66)     2:14.11 (43.66)\r\n      2:38.00 (1:07.55)   3:02.15 (1:31.70)\r\n        3:22.36 (20.21)     3:44.71 (42.56)\r\n      4:08.04 (1:05.89)   4:32.19 (1:30.04)\r\n        4:52.59 (20.40)     5:15.59 (43.40)\r\n      5:39.35 (1:07.16)   6:03.24 (1:31.05)\r\n  3 UGA                           6:15.39    6:05.43SA       54  \r\n     1) Urlando, Luca R SR            2) r:0.23 Koski, Tomas SO       \r\n     3) r:0.19 Magahey, Jake 5Y       4) r:0.17 Branzell, Reese SR    \r\n    r:+0.66  20.62        43.21 (43.21)\r\n      1:06.89 (1:06.89)   1:31.81 (1:31.81)\r\n        1:51.99 (20.18)     2:14.39 (42.58)\r\n      2:37.79 (1:05.98)   3:01.45 (1:29.64)\r\n        3:21.74 (20.29)     3:44.65 (43.20)\r\n      4:08.10 (1:06.65)   4:32.29 (1:30.84)\r\n        4:52.60 (20.31)     5:16.15 (43.86)\r\n      5:40.89 (1:08.60)   6:05.43 (1:33.14)\r\n  4 Alabama-SE                    6:11.41    6:06.77PA       52  \r\n     1) Hawke, Charlie J SR           2) r:0.29 Alves, Kaique SR      \r\n     3) r:0.33 Hagar, Tommy SO        4) r:0.29 Dragoja, Toni JR      \r\n    r:+0.69  20.97        43.68 (43.68)\r\n      1:06.86 (1:06.86)   1:30.44 (1:30.44)\r\n        1:51.47 (21.03)     2:14.43 (43.99)\r\n      2:37.84 (1:07.40)   3:01.64 (1:31.20)\r\n        3:22.85 (21.21)     3:46.46 (44.82)\r\n      4:10.58 (1:08.94)   4:35.42 (1:33.78)\r\n        4:56.21 (20.79)     5:19.34 (43.92)\r\n      5:42.98 (1:07.56)   6:06.77 (1:31.35)\r\n  5 Auburn-SE                     6:16.61    6:11.72 A       50  \r\n     1) Schmidt, Danny JR             2) r:0.04 Husband, Ryan GS      \r\n     3) r:0.22 Mathias, Mason SR      4) r:0.24 Vanzandt, Jon JR      \r\n    r:+0.62  21.14        44.41 (44.41)\r\n      1:07.90 (1:07.90)   1:31.80 (1:31.80)\r\n        1:52.36 (20.56)     2:15.74 (43.94)\r\n      2:39.98 (1:08.18)   3:04.68 (1:32.88)\r\n        3:25.37 (20.69)     3:48.84 (44.16)\r\n      4:13.06 (1:08.38)   4:37.22 (1:32.54)\r\n        4:58.31 (21.09)     5:21.80 (44.58)\r\n      5:46.23 (1:09.01)   6:11.72 (1:34.50)\r\n  6 LSU-LA                        6:20.38    6:16.75 B       48  \r\n     1) Lekic, Jovan SO               2) r:0.07 Curtis, Griffin SR    \r\n     3) r:0.42 Higdon, Stuart JR      4) r:0.18 Beth, Silas SO        \r\n    r:+0.64  21.25        44.59 (44.59)\r\n      1:08.42 (1:08.42)   1:32.65 (1:32.65)\r\n        1:53.15 (20.50)     2:16.78 (44.13)\r\n      2:41.21 (1:08.56)   3:05.92 (1:33.27)\r\n        3:27.76 (21.84)     3:52.23 (46.31)\r\n      4:17.19 (1:11.27)   4:42.15 (1:36.23)\r\n        5:03.69 (21.54)     5:27.59 (45.44)\r\n      5:52.34 (1:10.19)   6:16.75 (1:34.60)\r\n  7 Kentucky-KY                   6:23.84    6:17.34 B       46  \r\n     1) Berg, Max GS                  2) r:0.34 Hick, Carson SO       \r\n     3) r:0.37 Merani, Ryan JR        4) r:0.23 Peresse, Justin SO    \r\n    r:+0.61  21.92        45.76 (45.76)\r\n      1:10.29 (1:10.29)   1:35.72 (1:35.72)\r\n        1:57.26 (21.54)     2:20.60 (44.88)\r\n      2:44.45 (1:08.73)   3:08.47 (1:32.75)\r\n        3:30.22 (21.75)     3:53.94 (45.47)\r\n      4:18.06 (1:09.59)   4:42.42 (1:33.95)\r\n        5:03.39 (20.97)     5:27.07 (44.65)\r\n      5:51.61 (1:09.19)   6:17.34 (1:34.92)\r\n  8 Tennessee-SE                  6:12.33    6:17.91 B       44  \r\n     1) Blackman, Nikoli              2) r:0.29 Kammann, Bjoern       \r\n     3) r:0.22 Espernberger, Martin   4) r:0.36 Vargas, Joaquin       \r\n    r:+0.63  21.10        44.19 (44.19)\r\n      1:08.14 (1:08.14)   1:33.49 (1:33.49)\r\n        1:54.46 (20.97)     2:18.69 (45.20)\r\n      2:43.44 (1:09.95)   3:07.68 (1:34.19)\r\n        3:29.25 (21.57)     3:52.94 (45.26)\r\n      4:17.75 (1:10.07)   4:42.48 (1:34.80)\r\n        5:04.12 (21.64)     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