{"id":604979,"date":"2025-02-19T08:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=604979"},"modified":"2025-02-19T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:49:52","slug":"sec-championships-day-3-prelims-texas-distance-depth-a-little-sluggish-in-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-3-prelims-texas-distance-depth-a-little-sluggish-in-500\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Texas Distance Depth a Little Sluggish in 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEC Championships, Day 3 Prelims: Texas Distance Depth a Little Sluggish in 500\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the stories of the 2025 SEC Championships, upon the inclusion of the University of Texas, would be how its vaunted distance program in particular shook up the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>The first returns, in the men\u2019s 500 freestyle, were mixed.<\/p>\n<p>Texas put two in the A final and four in the B final of the men\u2019s 500 freestyle in prelims Wednesday morning at the University of Georgia\u2019s Gabrielsen Natatorium. But that included American record holder <strong>Rex Maurer<\/strong> in just seventh place, and <strong>Coby Carrozza<\/strong> and <strong>Luke Hobson,<\/strong> both A finalists at NCAAs last year, in the B final.<\/p>\n<p>A recap of the morning:<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-2-tennessee-florida-scare-mens-ncaa-records-texas-lowers-800-free-relay-american-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Swimming Night 2 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s night session will also include the 200 free relay and women\u2019s 3-meter diving. The team scores as they sit after the action Tuesday night.<\/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 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jillian Cox<\/strong> flew the Longhorn flag ably in the morning, going 4:35.18 to cruise into the top seed. She had set the conference record at 4:30.68 in November.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, she led a trio of 4:35s, with Georgia\u2019s <strong>Dune Coetzee<\/strong> finishing second and <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> of Florida third. Cox is joined by <strong>Erin Gemmell,<\/strong> who finished seventh, in the A final. Georgia has three in the A final, with <strong>Abby McCulloh<\/strong> fourth and <strong>Rachel Stege<\/strong> sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee\u2019s <strong>Ella Jansen,<\/strong> who entered as the third seed with a 4:35.85 to her name, finished 10th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 9  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 4:24.06  3\/16\/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford\r\n          SEC: S 4:30.68  11\/20\/2024Jillian Cox, Texas\r\n     SEC Meet: M 4:33.10  2016      Brittany MacLean, Georgia\r\n         Pool: P 4:30.85  12\/4\/2015 Leah Smith, Virginia\r\n                 4:36.89  A\r\n                 4:47.20  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Cox, Jillian     SO Texas             4:30.68    4:35.18 qA     \r\n    r:+0.68  25.50        52.85 (27.35)\r\n        1:20.54 (27.69)     1:48.18 (27.64)\r\n        2:15.91 (27.73)     2:43.91 (28.00)\r\n        3:11.76 (27.85)     3:39.87 (28.11)\r\n        4:07.83 (27.96)     4:35.18 (27.35)\r\n  2 Coetzee, Dune    JR UGA               4:39.89    4:35.53 qA     \r\n    r:+0.68  25.60        53.09 (27.49)\r\n        1:20.92 (27.83)     1:49.08 (28.16)\r\n        2:17.14 (28.06)     2:45.45 (28.31)\r\n        3:13.30 (27.85)     3:41.40 (28.10)\r\n        4:09.18 (27.78)     4:35.53 (26.35)\r\n  3 Weyant, Emma J   SR FLOR-FL           4:37.62    4:35.58 qA     \r\n    r:+0.68  25.72        53.05 (27.33)\r\n        1:20.66 (27.61)     1:48.70 (28.04)\r\n        2:16.66 (27.96)     2:44.60 (27.94)\r\n        3:12.47 (27.87)     3:40.29 (27.82)\r\n        4:08.20 (27.91)     4:35.58 (27.38)\r\n  4 McCulloh, Abby   JR UGA               4:36.18    4:36.29 qA     \r\n    r:+0.70  25.58        53.08 (27.50)\r\n        1:20.96 (27.88)     1:48.91 (27.95)\r\n        2:16.99 (28.08)     2:44.92 (27.93)\r\n        3:12.92 (28.00)     3:41.12 (28.20)\r\n        4:09.21 (28.09)     4:36.29 (27.08)\r\n  5 Brousseau, Juli     FLOR-FL           4:37.19    4:36.78 qA     \r\n    r:+0.74  25.44        52.81 (27.37)\r\n        1:20.80 (27.99)     1:48.78 (27.98)\r\n        2:16.84 (28.06)     2:45.26 (28.42)\r\n        3:13.48 (28.22)     3:41.69 (28.21)\r\n        4:09.61 (27.92)     4:36.78 (27.17)\r\n  6 Stege, Rachel G  JR UGA               4:34.27    4:37.58 qB     \r\n    r:+0.72  25.49        52.84 (27.35)\r\n        1:20.67 (27.83)     1:48.87 (28.20)\r\n        2:17.05 (28.18)     2:45.29 (28.24)\r\n        3:13.75 (28.46)     3:42.10 (28.35)\r\n        4:10.01 (27.91)     4:37.58 (27.57)\r\n  7 Gemmell, Erin M  SO Texas             4:38.28    4:38.21 qB     \r\n    r:+0.77  25.13        53.05 (27.92)\r\n        1:21.19 (28.14)     1:49.53 (28.34)\r\n        2:18.02 (28.49)     2:46.30 (28.28)\r\n        3:14.61 (28.31)     3:43.08 (28.47)\r\n        4:11.33 (28.25)     4:38.21 (26.88)\r\n  8 McCarville, Kat     Tennessee-SE      4:41.29    4:39.02 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  25.79        53.60 (27.81)\r\n        1:21.64 (28.04)     1:49.91 (28.27)\r\n        2:18.07 (28.16)     2:46.39 (28.32)\r\n        3:14.82 (28.43)     3:43.28 (28.46)\r\n        4:11.61 (28.33)     4:39.02 (27.41)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Georgia grabbed the top two seeds, with <strong>Tomas Koski<\/strong> going 4:09.92 and <strong>Jake Magahey<\/strong> 4:10.01. Magahey owns the pool record at 4:09.83 from 2022, which will be in the crosshairs at night.<\/p>\n<p>On to Texas, whose swims are likely a reflection of some of the top swimmers not being fully rested. David Johnston paced the Longhorns in third place in 4:10.44. <strong>Rex Maurer,<\/strong> whose 4:04.45 in November stands as the American mark, was seventh in 4:11.27. He was lucky to get into the A final, with teammates <strong>Coby Carrozza<\/strong> (seventh at NCAAs last year) ninth in 4:11.65 and NCAA runner-up <strong>Luke Hobson<\/strong> .03 back. They join <strong>Manning Haskal<\/strong> and <strong>Jackson Huckaby<\/strong> in the B final.<\/p>\n<p>It is a daunting field, to be sure. <strong>Charlie Hawke,<\/strong> fifth at NCAAs last year, finished fourth in the morning for Alabama. <strong>Gio Linscheer<\/strong> of Florida was fifth, with teammate <strong>Jake Mitchell<\/strong> eighth. Auburn\u2019s <strong>Mason Mathias,<\/strong> another A finalist at NCAAs last year, tied Linscheer for fifth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 10  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 4:02.31  3\/28\/2024 Leon Marchand, Arizona State\r\n          SEC: S 4:04.45  11\/20\/2024Rex Maurer, Texas\r\n     SEC Meet: M 4:06.32  2020      Kieran Smith, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 4:09.83  11\/17\/2022Jake Magahey, Georgia\r\n                 4:10.64  A\r\n                 4:21.28  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Koski, Tomas S   SO UGA               4:11.96    4:09.92 qA     \r\n    r:+0.62  22.53        47.38 (24.85)\r\n        1:12.61 (25.23)     1:38.10 (25.49)\r\n        2:03.75 (25.65)     2:29.37 (25.62)\r\n        2:54.91 (25.54)     3:20.33 (25.42)\r\n        3:45.67 (25.34)     4:09.92 (24.25)\r\n  2 Magahey, Jake M  5Y UGA               4:10.93    4:10.01 qA     \r\n    r:+0.72  22.82        47.96 (25.14)\r\n        1:13.34 (25.38)     1:38.88 (25.54)\r\n        2:04.39 (25.51)     2:30.05 (25.66)\r\n        2:55.62 (25.57)     3:20.89 (25.27)\r\n        3:46.02 (25.13)     4:10.01 (23.99)\r\n  3 Johnston, David  SR Texas             4:09.41    4:10.44 qA     \r\n    r:+0.71  23.07        48.13 (25.06)\r\n        1:13.47 (25.34)     1:38.76 (25.29)\r\n        2:04.18 (25.42)     2:29.80 (25.62)\r\n        2:55.18 (25.38)     3:20.64 (25.46)\r\n        3:45.77 (25.13)     4:10.44 (24.67)\r\n  4 Hawke, Charlie   SR Alabama-SE        4:11.95    4:10.95 qB     \r\n    r:+0.71  23.25        48.43 (25.18)\r\n        1:13.84 (25.41)     1:39.27 (25.43)\r\n        2:04.84 (25.57)     2:30.35 (25.51)\r\n        2:55.74 (25.39)     3:21.24 (25.50)\r\n        3:46.37 (25.13)     4:10.95 (24.58)\r\n  5 Linscheer, Giov  JR FLOR-FL           4:15.04    4:11.03 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  23.35        48.39 (25.04)\r\n        1:13.81 (25.42)     1:39.34 (25.53)\r\n        2:04.80 (25.46)     2:30.14 (25.34)\r\n        2:55.66 (25.52)     3:21.05 (25.39)\r\n        3:46.27 (25.22)     4:11.03 (24.76)\r\n  5 Mathias, Mason   SR Auburn-SE         4:14.03    4:11.03 qB     \r\n    r:+0.67  23.33        48.75 (25.42)\r\n        1:14.27 (25.52)     1:39.97 (25.70)\r\n        2:05.40 (25.43)     2:30.86 (25.46)\r\n        2:56.14 (25.28)     3:21.45 (25.31)\r\n        3:46.56 (25.11)     4:11.03 (24.47)\r\n  7 Maurer, Rex      SO Texas             4:04.45    4:11.27 qB     \r\n    r:+0.71  22.96        48.25 (25.29)\r\n        1:13.78 (25.53)     1:39.65 (25.87)\r\n        2:05.03 (25.38)     2:30.71 (25.68)\r\n        2:56.28 (25.57)     3:22.10 (25.82)\r\n        3:47.09 (24.99)     4:11.27 (24.18)\r\n  8 Mitchell, Jake   5Y FLOR-FL           4:16.06    4:11.49 qB     \r\n    r:+0.69  22.97        47.90 (24.93)\r\n        1:13.39 (25.49)     1:39.23 (25.84)\r\n        2:05.22 (25.99)     2:31.05 (25.83)\r\n        2:56.54 (25.49)     3:21.64 (25.10)\r\n        3:46.88 (25.24)     4:11.49 (24.61)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Emma Sticklen<\/strong> pushed the pace in the IM to get the top seed in 1:53.22, within a half-second of her seed time. The top seed entering the meet, <strong>Josephine Fuller<\/strong> of Tennessee, was comfortably in the A final in fourth in 1:54.48.<\/p>\n<p>Texas has the top two seeds, with <strong>Campbell Stoll<\/strong> having gone 1:54.24, and <strong>Campbell Chase<\/strong> makes it two Texas Campbell canning A final spots. <strong>Bella Sims,<\/strong> who passed on the 500 free, got the third seed in 1:54.46.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 11  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:48.37  3\/16\/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia\r\n          SEC: S 1:51.62  2\/20\/2019 Megan Small, Tennessee\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:51.62  2019      Megan Small, Tennessee\r\n         Pool: P 1:49.20  3\/21\/2024 Alex Walsh, Virginia\r\n                 1:53.66  A\r\n                 1:59.35  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sticklen, Emma   GS Texas             1:52.75    1:53.22 qA     \r\n    r:+0.66  23.70        51.59 (27.89)\r\n        1:25.34 (33.75)     1:53.22 (27.88)\r\n  2 Stoll, Campbell  SO Texas             1:55.33    1:54.24 qB     \r\n    r:+0.62  24.50        52.53 (28.03)\r\n        1:26.19 (33.66)     1:54.24 (28.05)\r\n  3 Sims, Bella G    SO FLOR-FL           1:54.84    1:54.46 qB     \r\n    r:+0.55  23.97        51.78 (27.81)\r\n        1:26.04 (34.26)     1:54.46 (28.42)\r\n  4 Fuller, Josephi     Tennessee-SE      1:52.86    1:54.48 qB     \r\n    r:+0.64  24.51        52.38 (27.87)\r\n        1:26.40 (34.02)     1:54.48 (28.08)\r\n  5 Stotler, Sara B     Tennessee-SE      1:56.75    1:54.72 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  24.51        52.65 (28.14)\r\n        1:27.14 (34.49)     1:54.72 (27.58)\r\n  6 Maluka, Ieva     JR UGA               1:55.33    1:55.13 qB     \r\n    r:+0.66  25.49        53.75 (28.26)\r\n        1:27.95 (34.20)     1:55.13 (27.18)\r\n  7 Chase, Campbell  FR Texas             1:53.89    1:55.18 qB     \r\n    r:+0.71  24.77        53.90 (29.13)\r\n        1:27.36 (33.46)     1:55.18 (27.82)\r\n  8 Dixon, Zoe A     JR FLOR-FL           1:54.57    1:55.65 qB     \r\n    r:+0.62  24.74        52.93 (28.19)\r\n        1:27.37 (34.44)     1:55.65 (28.28)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Will Modglin<\/strong> set the pool record by going 1:40.94, the Texas sophomore clipping .03 off his best time of the season in what might be a portent for evening fireworks. The owner of said pool record, <strong>Julian Smith,<\/strong> went 1:41.50 to finish second, .49 off his time from November. Auburn\u2019s <strong>Danny Schmidt<\/strong> is the third seed.<\/p>\n<p>Texas stuffed the A final with three swimmers, including <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong> in fifth, plus <strong>Ben Sampson<\/strong> in ninth. <strong>Baylor Nelson<\/strong> is sixth, and <strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong> is eighth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 12  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:36.34  3\/23\/2023 Leon Marchand, Arizona State\r\n          SEC: S 1:38.13  2\/18\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:38.13  2018      Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         Pool: P 1:41.01  11\/20\/2024Julian Smith, Florida\r\n                 1:40.75  A\r\n                 1:45.68  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Modglin, Will C  SO Texas             1:40.97    1:40.94PqB     \r\n    r:+0.65  21.66        46.54 (24.88)\r\n        1:16.03 (29.49)     1:40.94 (24.91)\r\n  2 Smith, Julian    SR FLOR-FL           1:41.01    1:41.50 qB     \r\n    r:+0.67  21.36        47.01 (25.65)\r\n        1:15.88 (28.87)     1:41.50 (25.62)\r\n  3 Schmidt, Danny   JR Auburn-SE         1:43.41    1:42.04 qB     \r\n    r:+0.63  21.97        47.40 (25.43)\r\n        1:17.20 (29.80)     1:42.04 (24.84)\r\n  4 Germonprez, Nat  SO Texas             1:43.04    1:42.24 qB     \r\n    r:+0.70  21.81        47.58 (25.77)\r\n        1:17.29 (29.71)     1:42.24 (24.95)\r\n  5 Kos, Hubert      JR Texas             1:40.51    1:42.27 qB     \r\n    r:+0.61  21.53        46.68 (25.15)\r\n        1:16.86 (30.18)     1:42.27 (25.41)\r\n  6 Nelson, Baylor   JR Texas A&amp;M-GU      1:42.78    1:42.33 qB     \r\n    r:+0.61  21.88        47.42 (25.54)\r\n        1:16.89 (29.47)     1:42.33 (25.44)\r\n  7 Taylor, Camden   SO Texas             1:44.47    1:42.64 qB     \r\n    r:+0.71  22.03        47.81 (25.78)\r\n        1:17.75 (29.94)     1:42.64 (24.89)\r\n  8 Urlando, Luca R  SR UGA               1:41.83    1:42.66 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  21.88        47.34 (25.46)\r\n        1:17.99 (30.65)     1:42.66 (24.67)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Camille Spink<\/strong> set the pace in 21.51 for Tennessee in what is likely to be a crowded field. Seven schools have an A finalist. Four swimmers got under 22 seconds, with Alabama\u2019s <strong>Cadence Vincent<\/strong> in 21.63, Texas\u2019s <strong>Grace Cooper<\/strong> in 21.86 and <strong>Michaela De Villiers<\/strong> of LSU in 21.99, the only one of the bunch to crack 22 seconds for the first time this season on the morning. Texas has two A finalists, with <strong>Ava Longi<\/strong> tied for fifth.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest miss of the final may be <strong>Jillian Crooks,<\/strong> who went 22.21, three tenths slower than her seed time, for 13th. Three A finalists from last year \u2013 third-place <strong>Mona McSharry<\/strong> of Tennessee (21st), Alabama\u2019s fourth-place <strong>Bella Cothern<\/strong> (18th) and Texas A&amp;M fifth-year <strong>Chloe Stepanek<\/strong> (23rd) \u2013 each landed in the C final.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 13  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n          SEC: S 20.79  3\/16\/2023 Maggie MacNeil, LSU\r\n     SEC Meet: M 20.98  2023      Maggie MacNeil, LSU\r\n         Pool: P 20.37  3\/21\/2024 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia\r\n                 21.58  A\r\n                 22.58  B\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed    Prelims              \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Spink, Camille      Tennessee-SE        21.33      21.51 qA     \r\n    r:+0.66  10.29        21.51 (11.22)\r\n  2 Vincent, Cadenc  SO Alabama-SE          21.73      21.63 qB     \r\n    r:+0.69  10.51        21.63 (11.12)\r\n  3 Cooper, Grace H  GS Texas               21.81      21.86 qB     \r\n    r:+0.62  10.33        21.86 (11.53)\r\n  4 De Villiers, Mi  JR LSU-LA              22.13      21.99 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  10.43        21.99 (11.56)\r\n  5 Longi, Ava K     GS Texas               21.90      22.04 qB     \r\n    r:+0.64  10.59        22.04 (11.45)\r\n  5 Owens, Kaitlyn   SR Texas A&amp;M-GU        22.18      22.04 qB     \r\n    r:+0.60  10.63        22.04 (11.41)\r\n  7 Mulvihill, Lexi  SR Auburn-SE           22.16      22.05 qB     \r\n    r:+0.63  10.62        22.05 (11.43)\r\n  8 Curry, Peyton N  SR South Carolina-S    22.46      22.07 qB     \r\n    r:+0.66  10.66        22.07 (11.41)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Winter, Kailyn   SR Alabama-SE          22.40      22.08 qB     \r\n    r:+0.73  10.64        22.08 (11.44)\r\n 10 Rosendale, Char  JR Alabama-SE          22.37      22.10 qB     \r\n    r:+0.62  10.74        22.10 (11.36)\r\n 11 Sikes, Katie Be  FR UGA                 22.19      22.18 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  10.59        22.18 (11.59)\r\n 12 Smith, Sierra    SR Missouri-MV         22.40      22.20 qB     \r\n    r:+0.65  10.72        22.20 (11.48)\r\n 13 Crooks, Jillian     Tennessee-SE        21.91      22.21 qB     \r\n    r:+0.59  10.68        22.21 (11.53)\r\n 13 Scott, Jada A    SO Alabama-SE          22.34      22.21 qB     \r\n    r:+0.70  10.66        22.21 (11.55)\r\n 15 McCarty, Eboni   JR UGA                 22.04      22.23 qB     \r\n    r:+0.67  10.71        22.23 (11.52)\r\n 16 Fulton, Alexa L  SO Texas               22.25      22.24 qB     \r\n    r:+0.69  10.79        22.24 (11.45)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Get your popcorn ready. <strong>Jordan Crooks<\/strong> blasted a time of 18.12 that exactly matches his seed time and takes down the pool record. <strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> went 18.31, three tenths quicker than the pool record he saw erased. It took 19.02 to make the A final, <strong>Scotty Buff<\/strong> giving Florida a third in there. 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