{"id":605010,"date":"2025-02-19T16:02:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T23:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=605010"},"modified":"2025-02-20T05:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:37:57","slug":"sec-championships-night-3-finals-tennessee-sets-ncaa-record-in-mens-200-free-relay-at-112-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-night-3-finals-tennessee-sets-ncaa-record-in-mens-200-free-relay-at-112-80\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Championships, Night 3 Finals: Tennessee Sets NCAA Record in Men\u2019s 200 Free Relay at 1:12.80; Jordan Crooks Blasts 50 Free Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEC Championships, Night 3 Finals: Tennessee Sets NCAA Record in Men\u2019s 200 Free Relay at 1:12.80<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A near miss in the 200 medley relay Tuesday night at the SEC Championships wasn\u2019t enough for Tennessee. So the Volunteers made up for it on Wednesday, in a massive way.<\/p>\n<p>The Volunteers bludgeoned the 2023 NCAA record of Florida, catapulting past 1:13 to 1:12.80 in a historic swim at Georgia\u2019s Gabrielsen Natatorium. <strong>Jordan Crooks<\/strong> later won the 50 free in 17.85, his second sub-18 swim of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The action from Night 3, which saw Texas expand its lead in both competitions, including a commanding lead on the women&#8217;s side:<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sec-championships-day-3-prelims-texas-distance-depth-a-little-sluggish-in-500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Swimming Day 3 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The team scores as they sit at the conclusion of competition on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<pre>Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 15                 \r\n  1. University of Texas               677   2. University of Tennessee           381\r\n  3. University of Florida             369   4. Georgia, University of          322.5\r\n  5. South Carolina, University of,    273   6. Texas A&amp;M University              268\r\n  7. Louisiana State University        248   8. University of Alabama             236\r\n  9. Auburn University               180.5  10. Missouri                          177\r\n 11. Kentucky, University of           163  12. University of Arkansas            135\r\n 13. Vanderbilt University              86<\/pre>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 14                  \r\n  1. University of Texas               505   2. University of Florida           421.5\r\n  3. University of Tennessee         327.5   4. Georgia, University of            309\r\n  5. Texas A&amp;M University              264   6. Louisiana State University        237\r\n  7. University of Alabama             225   8. Auburn University                 199\r\n  9. Kentucky, University of           176  10. South Carolina, University of,    152\r\n 11. Missouri                          128<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>Three relays as an SEC school, two titles for Texas, thanks to the sprinters. <strong>Grace Cooper, Emma Sticklen, Abigail Arens <\/strong>and <strong>Ava Longi<\/strong> went 1:25.90, the standout Sticklen\u2019s 21.07 on the second leg to take them from third to the lead. The margin was .45 seconds over Alabama. Texas had been third at NCAAs last year.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama finished second in 1:26.35, an impressive result. Tennessee, the best placed SEC school at NCAAs last year in sixth, was third in 1:26.49. Reigning champion Florida fell to seventh this year, the slowest of the A cuts in 1:28.24. Georgia, LSU and Missouri added A cuts.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 7  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:23.63  2\/21\/2024 Virginia\r\n                          J. Nocentini, G. Walsh, A. Walsh, M. Parker\r\n          SEC: S 1:25.41  2\/19\/2020 Auburn\r\n                          J. Meyene, C. Fisch, AJ Kutch, R. Clevenger\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:25.41  2020      Auburn\r\n                          J. Meynen, C. Fisch, AJ Kutsch, R. Clevenger\r\n         Pool: P 1:24.05  3\/21\/2024 Virginia\r\n                          Nocenti, Walsh, Walsh, Parker\r\n                 1:28.42  A\r\n                 1:29.00  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Texas                         1:25.92    1:25.90 A       64  \r\n     1) Cooper, Grace H GS            2) r:0.13 Sticklen, Emma GS     \r\n     3) r:0.24 Arens, Abigail GS      4) r:0.03 Longi, Ava GS         \r\n    r:+0.57  10.48        21.87 (21.87)\r\n           31.64 (9.77)       42.94 (21.07)\r\n          53.15 (10.21)     1:04.71 (21.77)\r\n         1:14.46 (9.75)     1:25.90 (21.19)\r\n  2 Alabama-SE                    1:27.22    1:26.35 A       56  \r\n     1) Vincent, Cadence E SO         2) r:0.06 Scott, Jada SO        \r\n     3) r:0.14 Winter, Kailyn SR      4) r:0.25 Rosendale, Charotte JR\r\n    r:+0.58  10.51        21.65 (21.65)\r\n          31.73 (10.08)       43.17 (21.52)\r\n          53.33 (10.16)     1:04.74 (21.57)\r\n        1:15.10 (10.36)     1:26.35 (21.61)\r\n  3 Tennessee-SE                  1:27.11    1:26.49 A       54  \r\n     1) Spink, Camille                2) r:0.25 Fuller, Josephine     \r\n     3) r:0.19 Crooks, Jillian        4) r:0.37 Myers, Amber          \r\n    r:+0.67  10.32        21.46 (21.46)\r\n          31.91 (10.45)       43.23 (21.77)\r\n          53.39 (10.16)     1:04.73 (21.50)\r\n        1:15.04 (10.31)     1:26.49 (21.76)\r\n  4 UGA                           1:28.01    1:27.45 A       52  \r\n     1) McCarty, Eboni F JR           2) r:0.10 Stephens, Julianna SR \r\n     3) r:-0.01 Sikes, Katie Belle FR 4) r:0.14 Jones, Helena FR      \r\n    r:+0.62  10.56        22.13 (22.13)\r\n          32.48 (10.35)       44.33 (22.20)\r\n           54.00 (9.67)     1:05.94 (21.61)\r\n        1:16.04 (10.10)     1:27.45 (21.51)\r\n  5 LSU-LA                        1:28.97    1:28.20 A       50  \r\n     1) De Villiers, Michaela JR      2) r:0.15 Carlos-Broc, Zoe FR   \r\n     3) r:0.43 Lyn, Sabrina SO        4) r:0.27 Osborne, Reagan GR    \r\n    r:+0.65  10.37        22.10 (22.10)\r\n          32.30 (10.20)       43.93 (21.83)\r\n          54.54 (10.61)     1:05.93 (22.00)\r\n        1:16.41 (10.48)     1:28.20 (22.27)\r\n  6 Missouri-MV                   1:29.13    1:28.22 A       48  \r\n     1) Smith, Sierra SR              2) r:0.22 Zallen, Zara SO       \r\n     3) r:0.04 Kuehn, Katie FR        4) r:0.18 Hanson, Grace JR      \r\n    r:+0.65  10.70        22.34 (22.34)\r\n          32.84 (10.50)       44.43 (22.09)\r\n          54.53 (10.10)     1:06.07 (21.64)\r\n        1:16.36 (10.29)     1:28.22 (22.15)\r\n  7 FLOR-FL                       1:28.94    1:28.24 A       46  \r\n     1) Sims, Bella G SO              2) r:0.19 Cronk, Micayla SR     \r\n     3) r:0.17 Peoples, Olivia SR     4) r:0.19 Reese, Addison FR     \r\n    r:+0.60  10.69        21.90 (21.90)\r\n          32.68 (10.78)       44.23 (22.33)\r\n          54.76 (10.53)     1:06.39 (22.16)\r\n        1:16.67 (10.28)     1:28.24 (21.85)\r\n  8 Texas A&amp;M-GU                  1:29.03    1:28.48 B       44  \r\n     1) Owens, Kaitlyn M SR           2) r:0.15 Kennedy, Kailey FR    \r\n     3) r:0.13 McQuinn, Ella FR       4) r:0.16 Theall, Liv GS        \r\n    r:+0.59  10.65        21.91 (21.91)\r\n          32.18 (10.27)       44.25 (22.34)\r\n          54.74 (10.49)     1:06.55 (22.30)\r\n        1:16.71 (10.16)     1:28.48 (21.93)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>Take a bow, Tennessee. <strong>Jordan Crooks, Gui Caribe, Lamar Taylor <\/strong>and<strong> Nikoli Blackman<\/strong> went 1:12.80. That is .55 seconds quicker than Florida\u2019s NCAA mark from 2023. Tennessee was fifth at NCAAs last year. Tennessee had missed the record in the 200 medley relay by .07.<\/p>\n<p>The splits: Crooks 17.96; Caribe 18.04; Taylor 18.25 and Blackman 18.55<\/p>\n<p>The Gators Wednesday undercut their old record yet had to settle for second. The reigning SEC and NCAA champions went 1:13.29 with <strong>Josh Liendo, Alex Painter, Ed Fullum-Huot<\/strong> and <strong>Scotty Buff.<\/strong> Liendo is the only holdover from both last year\u2019s NCAA title and the record swim in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Texas finished third in an A cut of 1:14.94. Auburn, Texas A&amp;M ad Alabama also booked auto trips to NCAAs.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 8  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:13.35  3\/23\/2023 Florida\r\n                          J. Liendo, A, Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff\r\n          SEC: S 1:13.35  3\/25\/2023 Florida\r\n                          J. Liendo, A. Chaney, E. Friese, M. McDuff\r\n     SEC Meet: M 1:14.19  2023      Florida\r\n                          M. McDuff, J. Liendo, A. Chaney, A. Mestre\r\n         Pool: P 1:15.10  11\/20\/2024Florida\r\n                          Smith, Liendo, Painter, Fullum-Huot\r\n                 1:16.51  A\r\n                 1:17.13  B\r\n    School                           Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Tennessee-SE                  1:13.96    1:12.80NA       64  \r\n     1) Crooks, Jordan J              2) r:0.15 Caribe, Gui           \r\n     3) r:0.19 Taylor, Lamar          4) r:0.13 Blackman, Nikoli      \r\n     r:+0.59  8.62        17.96 (17.96)\r\n           26.27 (8.31)       36.00 (18.04)\r\n           44.53 (8.53)       54.25 (18.25)\r\n         1:02.89 (8.64)     1:12.80 (18.55)\r\n  2 FLOR-FL                       1:15.10    1:13.29NA       56  \r\n     1) Liendo, Josh JR               2) r:0.16 Painter, Alex FR      \r\n     3) r:0.19 Fullum-Huot, Ed JR     4) r:0.33 Buff, Scotty SO       \r\n     r:+0.62  8.86        18.26 (18.26)\r\n           26.75 (8.49)       36.44 (18.18)\r\n           45.13 (8.69)       54.93 (18.49)\r\n         1:03.60 (8.67)     1:13.29 (18.36)\r\n  3 Texas                         1:16.00    1:14.94PA       54  \r\n     1) Guiliano, Chris               2) r:0.15 Peck, Kyle FR         \r\n     3) r:0.08 Kos, Hubert JR         4) r:0.19 Modglin, Will SO      \r\n     r:+0.61  8.89        18.61 (18.61)\r\n           27.40 (8.79)       37.42 (18.81)\r\n           46.18 (8.76)       56.12 (18.70)\r\n         1:04.84 (8.72)     1:14.94 (18.82)\r\n  4 Auburn-SE                     1:16.51    1:15.76 A       52  \r\n     1) Tirheimer, Logan B GS         2) r:0.21 Makinen, Kalle JR     \r\n     3) r:0.11 Stoffle, Nathaniel SR  4) r:0.15 Husband, Ryan GS      \r\n     r:+0.61  9.20        19.07 (19.07)\r\n           27.96 (8.89)       38.02 (18.95)\r\n           46.74 (8.72)       56.96 (18.94)\r\n         1:05.66 (8.70)     1:15.76 (18.80)\r\n  5 Texas A&amp;M-GU                  1:16.95    1:15.86 A       50  \r\n     1) Foote, Connor M JR            2) r:0.26 Scholl, Ben SO        \r\n     3) r:0.29 Fuchs, Collin 5T       4) r:0.19 Reno, Seth SR         \r\n     r:+0.64  9.05        18.80 (18.80)\r\n           27.54 (8.74)       37.64 (18.84)\r\n           46.70 (9.06)       56.85 (19.21)\r\n         1:05.52 (8.67)     1:15.86 (19.01)\r\n  6 Alabama-SE                    1:16.82    1:16.21 A       48  \r\n     1) Micallef, Kyle GS             2) r:0.30 Korstanje, Tim JR     \r\n     3) r:0.25 Bell, Drayden JR       4) r:0.17 Dragoja, Toni JR      \r\n     r:+0.57  9.28        19.56 (19.56)\r\n           28.32 (8.76)       38.35 (18.79)\r\n           47.16 (8.81)       57.36 (19.01)\r\n         1:06.20 (8.84)     1:16.21 (18.85)\r\n  7 LSU-LA                        1:16.47    1:16.90 B       46  \r\n     1) Garon, Andrew JR              2) r:0.11 Hribar, Jere SO       \r\n     3) r:0.26 Goncharov, Stepan JR   4) r:0.10 Curtis, Griffin SR    \r\n     r:+0.63  9.58        19.97 (19.97)\r\n           28.54 (8.57)       38.21 (18.24)\r\n           47.31 (9.10)       57.39 (19.18)\r\n         1:06.58 (9.19)     1:16.90 (19.51)\r\n  8 Missouri-MV                   1:16.98    1:16.91 B       44  \r\n     1) Nebrich, Luke FR              2) r:0.22 Bochenski, Grant SR   \r\n     3) r:0.30 Malherbe, Francois SO  4) r:0.23 Tate, Darden SO       \r\n     r:+0.63  9.18        19.10 (19.10)\r\n           28.13 (9.03)       38.13 (19.03)\r\n           47.63 (9.50)       57.92 (19.79)\r\n         1:06.89 (8.97)     1:16.91 (18.99)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jillian Cox<\/strong> can add SEC Championships record to her conference mark from November. The sophomores went 4:31.54 to pull away from the crowd, winning by nearly three seconds. In the process, she downed the meet mark of 4:33.10 set in 2016 by Georgia\u2019s <strong>Brittany MacLean.<\/strong> Cox\u2019s conference mark is 4:30.68, which surely will be in the sights at NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia, which had three A finalists at NCAAs last year, pushed three into the top five this year. <strong>Rachel Stege<\/strong> is the runner-up for the second straight year, going 4:34.28 to outkick Florida\u2019s <strong>Julie Brousseau<\/strong> to the wall by .31 seconds. <strong>Dune Coetzee<\/strong> was fourth for Georgia in 4:35.19, and <strong>Abby McCulloh<\/strong> was a spot lower than last year in fifth. The reigning conference champion and NCAA runner-up, <strong>Emma Weyant<\/strong> of Florida, finished sixth in 4:37.98.<\/p>\n<p>The event was without Florida\u2019s <strong>Bella Sims,<\/strong> the reigning national champion, who opted for the 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Ella Jansen,<\/strong> who entered with the third seed but missed the A final in the morning, delivered the second-fastest time of the race in winning the B final in 4:34.27, .01 up on Stege. Texas\u2019s <strong>Lillian Nesty<\/strong> was second in the B final with a time of 4:36.72 that would\u2019ve been fourth in the A final. Texas put three in the top 10 and four in the top 13, with Olympian <strong>Erin Gemmell<\/strong> seventh. This for a Texas team that didn\u2019t place a single swimmer in the top 16 of a normally prosperous event at NCAAs last year.<\/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            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Cox, Jillian     SO Texas             4:35.18    4:31.54MA       32  \r\n    r:+0.65  25.43        52.53 (27.10)\r\n        1:19.93 (27.40)     1:47.34 (27.41)\r\n        2:14.92 (27.58)     2:42.53 (27.61)\r\n        3:10.06 (27.53)     3:37.39 (27.33)\r\n        4:04.80 (27.41)     4:31.54 (26.74)\r\n  2 Stege, Rachel G  JR UGA               4:37.58    4:34.28 A       28  \r\n    r:+0.73  25.43        52.52 (27.09)\r\n        1:20.03 (27.51)     1:47.70 (27.67)\r\n        2:15.66 (27.96)     2:43.57 (27.91)\r\n        3:11.44 (27.87)     3:39.64 (28.20)\r\n        4:07.37 (27.73)     4:34.28 (26.91)\r\n  3 Brousseau, Juli     FLOR-FL           4:36.78    4:34.59 A       27  \r\n    r:+0.74  24.90        51.95 (27.05)\r\n        1:19.34 (27.39)     1:46.95 (27.61)\r\n        2:14.66 (27.71)     2:42.62 (27.96)\r\n        3:10.58 (27.96)     3:38.69 (28.11)\r\n        4:07.01 (28.32)     4:34.59 (27.58)\r\n  4 Coetzee, Dune    JR UGA               4:35.53    4:35.19 A       26  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.49        53.11 (27.62)\r\n        1:20.93 (27.82)     1:48.79 (27.86)\r\n        2:17.10 (28.31)     2:45.10 (28.00)\r\n        3:13.23 (28.13)     3:41.51 (28.28)\r\n        4:08.81 (27.30)     4:35.19 (26.38)\r\n  5 McCulloh, Abby   JR UGA               4:36.29    4:36.91 B       25  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.59        53.15 (27.56)\r\n        1:20.93 (27.78)     1:48.86 (27.93)\r\n        2:16.88 (28.02)     2:44.87 (27.99)\r\n        3:13.01 (28.14)     3:41.42 (28.41)\r\n        4:09.67 (28.25)     4:36.91 (27.24)\r\n  6 Weyant, Emma J   SR FLOR-FL           4:35.58    4:37.98 B       24  \r\n    r:+0.64  25.65        53.10 (27.45)\r\n        1:20.90 (27.80)     1:48.72 (27.82)\r\n        2:16.70 (27.98)     2:44.94 (28.24)\r\n        3:13.19 (28.25)     3:41.71 (28.52)\r\n        4:10.32 (28.61)     4:37.98 (27.66)\r\n  7 Gemmell, Erin M  SO Texas             4:38.21    4:39.29 B       23  \r\n    r:+0.77  24.90        52.68 (27.78)\r\n        1:21.12 (28.44)     1:49.54 (28.42)\r\n        2:18.10 (28.56)     2:46.48 (28.38)\r\n        3:15.07 (28.59)     3:43.58 (28.51)\r\n        4:11.97 (28.39)     4:39.29 (27.32)\r\n  8 McCarville, Kat     Tennessee-SE      4:39.02    4:41.01 B       22  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.82        53.92 (28.10)\r\n        1:22.13 (28.21)     1:50.54 (28.41)\r\n        2:18.88 (28.34)     2:47.30 (28.42)\r\n        3:15.84 (28.54)     3:44.23 (28.39)\r\n        4:12.86 (28.63)     4:41.01 (28.15)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 500 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>After a so-so morning, Texas rebounded marginally at night. <strong>Rex Maurer,<\/strong> the American record holder who qualified seventh, won the event in 4:07.09. That\u2019s a Georgia pool record, but the meet mark set by <strong>Kieran Smith<\/strong> in 2020 (4:06.32) survives.<\/p>\n<p>The results elsewhere were more mixed for Texas. <strong>David Johnston<\/strong> slipped from third in prelims to sixth place. <strong>Coby Carrozza<\/strong> won the B final in 4:10.70, the fifth-fastest time of the session, but <strong>Luke Hobson<\/strong> fell another spot to 11th. He was the NCAA runner-up last year.<\/p>\n<p>The top seed from the morning, <strong>Tomas Koski,<\/strong> was quicker in 4:08.25 in getting second. <strong>Jake Magahey,<\/strong> the reigning champion, finished third in 4:08.61, the spot he took at NCAAs last year. <strong>Charlie Hawke<\/strong> was fourth and <strong>Jake Mitchell<\/strong> fifth. The race featured seven of the top 10 swimmers at NCAAs last year.<\/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            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Maurer, Rex      SO Texas             4:11.27    4:07.09PA       32  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.40        47.14 (24.74)\r\n        1:12.51 (25.37)     1:38.16 (25.65)\r\n        2:03.52 (25.36)     2:28.86 (25.34)\r\n        2:53.99 (25.13)     3:19.04 (25.05)\r\n        3:43.58 (24.54)     4:07.09 (23.51)\r\n  2 Koski, Tomas S   SO UGA               4:09.92    4:08.25PA       28  \r\n    r:+0.65  22.19        46.86 (24.67)\r\n        1:12.08 (25.22)     1:37.49 (25.41)\r\n        2:03.02 (25.53)     2:28.44 (25.42)\r\n        2:53.84 (25.40)     3:19.28 (25.44)\r\n        3:44.03 (24.75)     4:08.25 (24.22)\r\n  3 Magahey, Jake M  5Y UGA               4:10.01    4:08.61PA       27  \r\n    r:+0.71  22.53        47.23 (24.70)\r\n        1:12.40 (25.17)     1:37.79 (25.39)\r\n        2:03.08 (25.29)     2:28.59 (25.51)\r\n        2:53.86 (25.27)     3:19.02 (25.16)\r\n        3:43.97 (24.95)     4:08.61 (24.64)\r\n  4 Hawke, Charlie   SR Alabama-SE        4:10.95    4:09.75PA       26  \r\n    r:+0.70  22.92        48.03 (25.11)\r\n        1:13.33 (25.30)     1:38.94 (25.61)\r\n        2:04.62 (25.68)     2:30.18 (25.56)\r\n        2:55.71 (25.53)     3:20.95 (25.24)\r\n        3:45.56 (24.61)     4:09.75 (24.19)\r\n  5 Mitchell, Jake   5Y FLOR-FL           4:11.49    4:10.72 B       25  \r\n    r:+0.70  22.83        47.72 (24.89)\r\n        1:13.07 (25.35)     1:38.80 (25.73)\r\n        2:04.67 (25.87)     2:30.37 (25.70)\r\n        2:55.79 (25.42)     3:21.10 (25.31)\r\n        3:46.15 (25.05)     4:10.72 (24.57)\r\n  6 Johnston, David  SR Texas             4:10.44    4:10.74 B       24  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.06        48.09 (25.03)\r\n        1:13.35 (25.26)     1:38.80 (25.45)\r\n        2:04.21 (25.41)     2:29.63 (25.42)\r\n        2:54.95 (25.32)     3:20.44 (25.49)\r\n        3:46.02 (25.58)     4:10.74 (24.72)\r\n  7 Mathias, Mason   SR Auburn-SE         4:11.03    4:15.05 B       23  \r\n    r:+0.59  23.46        48.71 (25.25)\r\n        1:14.36 (25.65)     1:39.86 (25.50)\r\n        2:05.44 (25.58)     2:31.02 (25.58)\r\n        2:56.83 (25.81)     3:22.84 (26.01)\r\n        3:49.20 (26.36)     4:15.05 (25.85)\r\n  8 Linscheer, Giov  JR FLOR-FL           4:11.03    4:16.30 B       22  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.30        48.22 (24.92)\r\n        1:13.62 (25.40)     1:39.16 (25.54)\r\n        2:04.83 (25.67)     2:30.83 (26.00)\r\n        2:57.04 (26.21)     3:23.17 (26.13)\r\n        3:49.98 (26.81)     4:16.30 (26.32)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Emma Sticklen<\/strong> fired dethroned <strong>Bella Sims,<\/strong> the reigning league champ, with the Texas grad student going 1:52.42. Her Longhorn teammate <strong>Campbell Stoll<\/strong> was second in 1:53.37. Sims finished third in 1:53.63.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee grabbed fourth and fifth, via <strong>Sara Stotler<\/strong> and <strong>Josephine Fuller.<\/strong> Fuller had finished third at both SECs and NCAAs last year.<\/p>\n<p>Sims\u2019 Florida teammate <strong>Lainy Kruger<\/strong> had delivered the fourth-best time of the night in the B final, winning it in 1:54.08.<\/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            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Sticklen, Emma   GS Texas             1:53.22    1:52.42 A       32  \r\n    r:+0.65  23.65        50.94 (27.29)\r\n        1:24.81 (33.87)     1:52.42 (27.61)\r\n  2 Stoll, Campbell  SO Texas             1:54.24    1:53.37 A       28  \r\n    r:+0.59  24.37        51.99 (27.62)\r\n        1:25.52 (33.53)     1:53.37 (27.85)\r\n  3 Sims, Bella G    SO FLOR-FL           1:54.46    1:53.63 A       27  \r\n    r:+0.48  24.11        51.85 (27.74)\r\n        1:26.29 (34.44)     1:53.63 (27.34)\r\n  4 Stotler, Sara B     Tennessee-SE      1:54.72    1:54.56 B       26  \r\n    r:+0.51  24.30        52.41 (28.11)\r\n        1:27.07 (34.66)     1:54.56 (27.49)\r\n  5 Fuller, Josephi     Tennessee-SE      1:54.48    1:54.91 B       25  \r\n    r:+0.64  24.48        52.51 (28.03)\r\n        1:27.04 (34.53)     1:54.91 (27.87)\r\n  6 Maluka, Ieva     JR UGA               1:55.13    1:55.02 B       24  \r\n    r:+0.69  25.29        53.61 (28.32)\r\n        1:27.87 (34.26)     1:55.02 (27.15)\r\n  7 Dixon, Zoe A     JR FLOR-FL           1:55.65    1:55.25 B       23  \r\n    r:+0.67  24.74        53.61 (28.87)\r\n        1:27.13 (33.52)     1:55.25 (28.12)\r\n  8 Chase, Campbell  FR Texas             1:55.18    1:56.22 B       22  \r\n    r:+0.67  25.19        55.35 (30.16)\r\n        1:28.97 (33.62)     1:56.22 (27.25)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Julian Smith<\/strong> took a voyage under 1:40 in the 200 IM, going 1:39.38 to win the event and set the pool record, which he had owned at 1:41.01 from the invitational season. It was enough to unseat both Texas&#8217;s <strong>Will Modglin,<\/strong> who went 1:40.64 and had led prelims, and two-time reigning champion <strong>Baylor Nelson<\/strong> of Texas A&amp;M. Nelson finished fifth in 1:41.43.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong>, who was third at NCAAs last year, was in that place at SECs in 1:41.39, .04 up on <strong>Danny Schmidt<\/strong> of Auburn. <strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong> was sixth.<\/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            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Smith, Julian    SR FLOR-FL           1:41.50    1:39.38PA       32  \r\n    r:+0.64  21.09        46.50 (25.41)\r\n        1:14.99 (28.49)     1:39.38 (24.39)\r\n  2 Modglin, Will C  SO Texas             1:40.94    1:40.64PA       28  \r\n    r:+0.63  21.68        46.48 (24.80)\r\n        1:16.18 (29.70)     1:40.64 (24.46)\r\n  3 Kos, Hubert      JR Texas             1:42.27    1:41.39 B       27  \r\n    r:+0.59  21.47        46.59 (25.12)\r\n        1:16.69 (30.10)     1:41.39 (24.70)\r\n  4 Schmidt, Danny   JR Auburn-SE         1:42.04    1:41.42 B       26  \r\n    r:+0.61  21.77        47.20 (25.43)\r\n        1:16.87 (29.67)     1:41.42 (24.55)\r\n  5 Nelson, Baylor   JR Texas A&amp;M-GU      1:42.33    1:41.43 B       25  \r\n    r:+0.65  21.99        47.47 (25.48)\r\n        1:16.64 (29.17)     1:41.43 (24.79)\r\n  6 Urlando, Luca R  SR UGA               1:42.66    1:41.46 B       24  \r\n    r:+0.66  21.54        45.94 (24.40)\r\n        1:16.50 (30.56)     1:41.46 (24.96)\r\n  7 Taylor, Camden   SO Texas             1:42.64    1:41.58 B       23  \r\n    r:+0.70  21.87        48.22 (26.35)\r\n        1:17.11 (28.89)     1:41.58 (24.47)\r\n  8 Germonprez, Nat  SO Texas             1:42.24    1:42.71 B       22  \r\n    r:+0.66  21.62        47.72 (26.10)\r\n        1:17.34 (29.62)     1:42.71 (25.37)<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>For the second straight year, <strong>Camille Spink<\/strong> is the SEC champion. The Tennessee swimmer sped up from her top seed in prelims by nearly three tenths to 21.23. Alabama\u2019s <strong>Cadence Vincent<\/strong> went 21.59 for second. Texas\u2019s <strong>Grace Cooper<\/strong> was third in 21.83, with Michaela <strong>De Villiers<\/strong> of LSU joining her in 21.84.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama\u2019s <strong>Kailyn Winter<\/strong> broke 22 in 21.94 from the B 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            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Spink, Camille      Tennessee-SE        21.51      21.23 A       32  \r\n    r:+0.66  10.16        21.23 (11.07)\r\n  2 Vincent, Cadenc  SO Alabama-SE          21.63      21.59 B       28  \r\n    r:+0.66  10.47        21.59 (11.12)\r\n  3 Cooper, Grace H  GS Texas               21.86      21.83 B       27  \r\n    r:+0.59  10.40        21.83 (11.43)\r\n  4 De Villiers, Mi  JR LSU-LA              21.99      21.87 B       26  \r\n    r:+0.65  10.38        21.87 (11.49)\r\n  5 Curry, Peyton N  SR South Carolina-S    22.07      22.01 B       25  \r\n    r:+0.69  10.70        22.01 (11.31)\r\n  6 Mulvihill, Lexi  SR Auburn-SE           22.05      22.03 B       24  \r\n    r:+0.64  10.62        22.03 (11.41)\r\n  7 Owens, Kaitlyn   SR Texas A&amp;M-GU        22.04      22.04 B       23  \r\n    r:+0.61  10.71        22.04 (11.33)\r\n  8 Longi, Ava K     GS Texas               22.04      22.15 B       22  \r\n    r:+0.50  10.64        22.15 (11.51)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>Sub-18 seconds is, crazy as this sentence sounds, becoming normal for <strong>Jordan Crooks.<\/strong> He lowered his meet record of 17.93 from 2022 and his 17.99 from last year by going 17.85 to win the 50 free by a clear half second. That is, a half second over the reigning NCAA champion <strong>Josh Liendo,<\/strong> who at 18.35 is no slouch.<\/p>\n<p>Third went to Tennessee\u2019s <strong>Gui Caribe<\/strong> in 8.42. <strong>Jere Hirbar<\/strong> was fourth in 18.65, .02 ahead of <strong>Connor Foote<\/strong> of Texas A&amp;M.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 14  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 17.63  3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n          SEC: S 17.63  3\/22\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n     SEC Meet: M 17.93  2023      Jordan Crooks, Tennessee\r\n         Pool: P 18.61  11\/16\/2023Josh Liendo, Florida\r\n                 18.72  A\r\n                 19.69  B\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Crooks, Jordan      Tennessee-SE        18.12      17.85MA       32  \r\n     r:+0.59  8.63         17.85 (9.22)\r\n  2 Liendo, Josh     JR FLOR-FL             18.31      18.35PA       28  \r\n     r:+0.62  8.79         18.35 (9.56)\r\n  3 Caribe, Gui C       Tennessee-SE        18.62      18.42PA       27  \r\n     r:+0.58  8.72         18.42 (9.70)\r\n  4 Hribar, Jere     SO LSU-LA              18.72      18.65 A       26  \r\n     r:+0.67  8.95         18.65 (9.70)\r\n  5 Foote, Connor M  JR Texas A&amp;M-GU        18.95      18.67 A       25  \r\n     r:+0.63  8.96         18.67 (9.71)\r\n  6 Buff, Scotty     SO FLOR-FL             19.02      18.73 B       24  \r\n     r:+0.61  9.08         18.73 (9.65)\r\n  7 Painter, Alex J  FR FLOR-FL             18.85      18.80 B       23  \r\n     r:+0.59  9.02         18.80 (9.78)\r\n  8 Guiliano, Chris     Texas               18.66      18.85 B       22  \r\n     r:+0.61  9.09         18.85 (9.76)\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 3-meter diving<\/h4>\n<p>After finishing second on 1-meter, <strong>Sophie Verzyl<\/strong> got her gold medal on the higher board, scoring 392.15 points. She had been just fifth in prelims but was outstanding in the final, leaping past the Texas trio that have helped tip the balance in the Longhorns\u2019 favor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alejandra Estudillo<\/strong> led the way in prelims and scored 369.50 points. <strong>Hailey Hernandez<\/strong> picked up her second bronze medal of the week with 335.05 points, three points up on <strong>Bayley Cranford.<\/strong> The Longhorns tallied 123 points in diving to widen their lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Montserrat Gutierrez Lavenant,<\/strong> the reigning champion from LSU, finished fifth. This year\u2019s 1-meter champ <strong>Camyla Monroy<\/strong> finished sixth. 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