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Jones also bested teammate <strong>Zara Zallen<\/strong> to the win in the 100 butterfly in 51.02 seconds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/miamihurricanes.com\/documents\/5ab6df52-a93a-4a96-938f-284a122ca5e8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\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.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/acc-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACC Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jones started the meet by swimming backstroke in the 400 medley relay, teaming with Zallen, <strong>Gaby Van Brunt<\/strong> and <strong>Jada Scott<\/strong> to win in 3:28.87. (Jones\u2019 split of 51.17 was nearly two seconds quicker than the 53.09 that <strong>Ella Justice<\/strong> used to claim the individual event.)<\/p>\n<p>Jones went 22.08 to lead off the 200 free relay with Scott, Van Brunt and Zallen to win in 1:28.38. Their 200 medley relay got to the wall first in 1:35.22 (Jones, Zallen, Van Brunt, Scott), and Jones\u2019 48.04 started a 3:13.58 400 freestyle relay that claimed a victory. Van Brunt, Scott and Zallen comprised the rest of that foursome.<\/p>\n<p>Van Brunt won the 100 free in 48.34 with Scott second. Scott won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:00.57 that edged teammate <strong>Madyson Hartway<\/strong> by .04 seconds. Hartway would capture the 200 breast later in the meet with a time of 2:13.44, on the right side of a touch over Miami\u2019s <strong>Sophie Lenze<\/strong> by .18 seconds. Zallen claimed the 200 free in 1:45.38. <strong>Iman Avdic<\/strong> won the 500 free in 4:45.64, and <strong>Ava Grazziani\u2019s<\/strong> time of 1:54.69 was good enough to take home the 200 back.<\/p>\n<p>The longer the event, generally the better for Miami&#8217;s chances. The Hurricanes secured a win from <strong>Marissa Inouye<\/strong> in 9:47.95 in the 1,000 free. <strong>Ashleyn Massey<\/strong> won the 200 fly in 1:55.11, and <strong>Taylor Johannsen<\/strong> added a late victory in the 400 individual medley in 4:15.64.<\/p>\n<p>Miami swept diving with <strong>Aurelie Sevigny<\/strong> scoring 353.63 points on 3-meter and <strong>Emma Gulstrand<\/strong> tallying 312.15 on 1-meter with Sevigny second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Jones Leads Alabama to Win over Miami Emily Jones won two individual events and was part of four victorious relays as Alabama topped Miami, 224-110, in a two-day 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