2024 SEC Championships: Day 2 Finals Dwell Recap

2024 SEC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 2 Finals Warmth Sheet 

It’s time for our first particular person finals on the 2024 SEC Championships. After a diving and relays on the primary days, in the present day we’ve bought finals of the five hundred freestyle, 200 IM, 50 freestyle, and males’s 3-meter diving. Moreover, the 200 free relay remaining begins the session.

Abby McCulloh swam a private greatest 4:37.43 for the highest seed within the ladies’s 500 freestyle, securing an NCAA ‘A’ lower within the course of. She’s adopted by Emma Weyant (4:38.43) and final 12 months’s champion Rachel Stege (4:39.10) who certified 2nd and Third after successful their prelims heats. Hayden Miller joined the three below the 4:40 barrier for the primary time in her profession.

At 2023 SECs, the lads’s 500 freestyle was the battle of the Jakes as Jake Mitchell and Jake Magahey confronted off within the championship remaining. They’re each again, however neither are the highest qualifier. Lane 4 belongs to Auburn’s Mason Mathias who has made constant progress on this occasion over the past 12 months. Magahey certified only a tenth behind Mathias, whereas Mitchell certified in seventh. One other swimmer to regulate right here is Charlie Hawke, who swam an enormous PB of 1:30.75 main off Alabama’s 800 freestyle relay.

The one 2023 SEC champion who received’t be defending their title this 12 months is the now-graduated Maggie MacNeil. Zoie Hartman, Baylor Nelson, and Jordan Crooks are all in search of back-to-back golds. Hartman has a troublesome process forward of her within the ladies’s 200 IM. Not solely is there Josephine Fuller who owns the highest qualifying time with a PB 1:53.59 however there’s a trio of Gators lurking.

Bella Sims was in entrance of SEC file time by way of the primary half of her 200 IM from warmth 1. She received’t have as a lot clear water tonight, however she ought to have extra in retailer than her 1:55.12. Then there are her teammates Zoe Dixon and Isabel Ivey, who’re separated by simply .12 seconds because the Third and 4th seeds.

Sophomore Baylor Nelson goals for a repeat males’s 200 IM title. He seemed comfy in his morning swim–1:42.82 for Third seed. Joaquín González Piñero swam a PB to steer a championship remaining that will probably be half Gators.

Crooks is the ultimate returning champion. Final 12 months, he roared to a 17.93 for the title, changing into simply the second man to get below the 18 second barrier. He swam a 18.30, enhancing his NCAA-leading time by a tenth. He’s adopted by 5 different males who went sub-19 in prelims together with Josh Liendo (18.77), Macguire McDuff (18.87), Gui Caribe (18.88), Adam Chaney (18.96), and Jere Hribar (18.99)

TEAM SCORES THRU DAY 1

WOMEN:

1. Auburn — 167
2. Florida — 160
3. Tennessee — 147
4. LSU — 146
5. Georgia — 134
6. Texas A&M — 129
7. Alabama — 127
8. Missouri — 107
9. South Carolina — 99
10. Kentucky — 98
11. Vanderbilt — 62

MEN:

1. Texas A&M — 199
2. Florida — 180
3. Tennessee — 155
4. Georgia — 150
5. Auburn — 127
6. Alabama — 116
7. Missouri — 111
8. LSU — 106
9. Kentucky — 101
10. South Carolina — 93

WOMEN’S 200 FREE RELAY — Closing

• NCAA Report: 1:23.87, Virginia – 2023 ACC Championships
• SEC Report: 1:25.41, Auburn – 2020 SEC Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 1:25.41, Auburn (2020)
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 1:28.43
• 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Customary: 1:29.21

Prime 8: 

1. Florida (Sims, Ivey, Peoples, Cronk) — 1:26.51 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
2. Tennessee (McSharry, Spink, Myers, Rumley) — 1:26.87 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
3. Auburn (Mulvihill, Steckiel, Ficken, Klevanovich) — 1:27.46 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
4. Alabama — 1:27.85 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
5. Georgia — 1:28.31 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
6. LSU — 1:28.64
7. Missouri — 1:28.78
8. Arkansas — 1:28.81

Florida’s quartet of Bella Sims, Isabel Ivey, Olivia Peoples, and Micayla Cronk stored the Gator ladies good within the relays thus far this meet with a win within the 200 freestyle relay. Sims led-off with a private greatest 21.88, breaking 22 seconds for the primary time in her profession. That point would’ve simply certified her for the 50 free ‘A’ remaining later tonight.

After Sims, Ivey cut up 21.03 then handed issues off to Peoples. The Gators have been in a decent race with Tennessee at this level within the race. The Volunteers bought a 21.97 lead-off from Mona McSharry, which ought to give her confidence heading into tonight’s 50 free remaining (she was 22.06 this morning). Freshman Camille Spink threw down a 21.42, then turned issues over to Amber Myers. 

On the anchor leg, Cronk out-split Jasmine Rumley, 21.21 to 21.98. That cut up helped the Gators take the win in 1:26.51, breaking their college file from 2023. They transfer up from their Third place end in 2023 to gold in 2024.

Tennessee grabbed silver in 1:26.87, comfortably forward of the Auburn squad of Lexie Mulvihill (22.13), Emma Steckiel (21.89), Lawson Ficken (21.88), and Lisa Klevanovich (21.56).

The highest 5 groups all swam NCAA ‘A’ cuts which mechanically qualifies this relay for the NCAA Championships.

MEN’S 200 FREE RELAY — Closing

• NCAA Report: 1:13.35, Florida – 2023 NCAA Championships
• SEC Report: 1:13.35, Florida – 2023 NCAA Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 1:14.19, Florida (2023)
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 1:16.80
• 2024 NCAA ‘B’ Customary: 1:17.38

Prime 8:

1. Florida (Liendo, Chaney, Smith, Fullum-Hout) — 1:14.36 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
2. Tennessee (Crooks, Caribe, Chambers, Crisci) — 1:14.81 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
3. Auburn (Tirheimer, Makinen, A. Stoffle, N. Stoffle) — 1:15.91 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
4. Georgia — 1:16.18 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
5. Texas A&M — 1:16.59 (NCAA ‘A’ Customary)
6. LSU — 1:16.81
7. South Carolina — 1:17.34
8. Missouri — 1:17.68

Powered by Jordan Crooks and Gui Caribe on the entrance of their relay, the Vols bought off to a really quick begin within the 200 freestyle relay. Crooks blazed an 18.06, which in accordance with USA Swimming is the 4th quickest efficiency all-time, knocking Caeleb Dressel‘s 18.20 from 2016 NCAAs out of the highest 5.

Caribe adopted up with an 18.35 cut up, giving Tennessee a .66 second benefit heading into the again half of the race. Florida bought an 18.55 lead off from Josh Liendo, adopted by and 18.52 from Adam Chaney. Julian Smith cut up 18.66, closing the hole to the Volunteers to about three-tenths.

Then, Ed Fullum-Hout cut up 18.63 on the anchor leg, pulling the Gators away from Tennessee in direction of the win. The Gators logged a 1:14.36 for the win, surpassing NC State’s 1:14.44 from 2024 ACCs. The Wolfpack’s time is an American file which can nonetheless stand because the Gators didn’t go together with an all-American swimmers relay.

Auburn repeated their Third place end from final 12 months with a 1:15.91. Logan Tirheimer led off in 19.09 and was backed up by a trio of 18.9-splits from Kalle Makinen (18.99), Aidan Stoffle (18.89), and Nate Stoffle (18.94).

The highest 5 groups all earned NCAA ‘A’ cuts; LSU completed sixth, lacking the automated qualifying time with a 1:16.81. Nevertheless, they swam an ‘A’ lower 200 medley relay throughout time trials in the present day, so they need to be eligible to swim this relay in addition to they have been below the ‘B’ lower.

Alabama was disqualified for an unlawful relay trade.

WOMEN’S 500 FREESTYLE – Closing

• NCAA Report: 4:24.06, Katie Ledecky (STAN) – 2017 NCAA Championships
• SEC Report: 4:32.53, Brittany MacLean (UGA) / Bella Sims (FLOR)  – 2014 NCAAs / 2023 Georgia Fall Invite
• SEC Championship Report: 4:33.10, Brittany MacLean (UGA) – 2016
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 4:37.89
• 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 4:41.09

Prime 8: 

1. Emma Weyant (FLOR) — 4:34.25
2. Rachel Stege (UGA) — 4:36.15
3. Abby McCulloh (UGA) — 4:37.18
4. Julia Mrozinski (TENN) — 4:38.18
5. Hayden Miller (TAMU) — 4:39.16
6. Kate McCarville (TENN) — 4:39.96
7. Jillian Barczyk (UGA) — 4:42.73
8. Abby Grottle (TAMU) — 4:44.80

Emma Weyant took management of the five hundred freestyle ‘A’ remaining early, splitting 52.46 to the toes on the 100-yard mark. She was about four-tenths forward of of Abby McCulloh, who opened with a 52.88. From there, Weyant simply continued to increase her lead, rising it to nearly two seconds because the race developed.

Behind her, McCulloh, Rachel Stege, and Hayden Miller have been battling for the 2nd and Third-place spots on the rostrum. Weyant earned one other win for Florida in 4:34.25, a brand new greatest time and her first in two years within the 500 free. She improves from the 4:34.99 she swam at 2022 NCAAs and strikes as much as #4 within the NCAA this season.

Stege, the defending champ, was capable of go McCulloh on the again half of the race and ended up beating her for silver by simply over a second. For her half, McCulloh swam a 4:37.18 for bronze. It’s her second PB of the day as she drops one other .25 seconds.

Tennessee’s Julia Mrozinski got here charging over the past 100-yards, closing in 54.44. She took 4th in 4:38.18 forward of Miller, who shaved one other .56 seconds off her PB from prelims.

MEN’S 500 FREESTYLE – Closing

• NCAA Report: 4:06.32, Kieran Smith (FLOR) – 2020 SEC Championships
• SEC Report: 4:06.32, Kieran Smith (FLOR) – 2020 SEC Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 4:06.32, Kieran Smith (FLOR) – 2020
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 4:10.74
• 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 4:14.36

Prime 8:

1. Jake Magahey (UGA) — 4:09.38
2. Jake Mitchell (FLOR) — 4:11.28
3. Charlie Hawke (BAMA) — 4:11.62
4. Mason Mathias (AUB) — 4:12.75
5. Giovanni Linscheer (FLOR) — 4:13.21
6. Michael Bonson (AUB) — 4:13.50
7. Andrew Taylor (FLOR) — 4:13.81
8. Jovan Lekic (LSU) — 4:15.70

Jake Magahey earned his first 500 freestyle SEC title in type, successful the race by nearly two seconds. Magahey jetted out from the beginning, opening in 47.14 his first 100 yards. Out in lane 1, defending champion Jake Mitchell wasn’t letting him get too far out of attain although. Mitchell turned in 47.52, and on the 200 mark, the hole had grown, however solely to about six-tenths.

As we’ve seen him do typically although, Magahey put the hammer down on the again half of this race. He started to essentially push the tempo, separating himself from Mitchell and leaving him to a race for 2nd with Charlie Hawke within the lane subsequent to him.

Magahey clocked 4:09.38, sustaining his high time within the NCAA this season. To date, he’s additionally the one one to go sub-4:10. Mitchell had sufficient left on the finish to get forward of Hawke for 2nd in a season-best 4:11.28. Hawke earned bronze in 4:11.62, a brand new private greatest and his first outing below 4:12.

Mason Mathias gave it his greatest effort to become involved on the second half of the race however didn’t have sufficient area to trace down both of the three swimmers forward of him. He took 4th in 4:12.75, including from his season and private greatest 4:11.03.

Within the ‘B’ remaining, Tomas Koski swam a 3.81 second private better of 4:12.29, which might have completed 4th general.

WOMEN’S 200 IM – Closing

• NCAA Report: 1:48.37, Kate Douglass (UVA) – 2023 NCAA Championships
• SEC Report: 1:51.62, Meghan Small (TENN) – 2019 SEC Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 1:51.62, Meghan Small (TENN) – 2019
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 1:53.66
• 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 1:56.90

Prime 8:

1. Bella Sims (FLOR) — 1:51.86
2. Isabel Ivey (FLOR) — 1:52.50
3. Josephine Fuller (TENN) — 1:52.58
4. Zoie Hartman (UGA) — 1:53.65
5. Zoe Dixon (FLOR) — 1:54.04
6. Brooklyn Douthwright (TENN) — 1:56.04
7. Hanah Ownbey (AUB) — 1:56.95
8. Sara Stotler (TENN) — 1:57.79

In her first particular person SEC occasion for Florida, Bella Sims earns her first SEC title with the win right here within the ladies’s 200 IM. Sims entered this meet with an ‘NT’ and swam within the first warmth of prelims this morning. Tonight, she simply missed the SEC and SEC championship data with a private better of 1:51.86. She took almost a second off her private greatest, which beforehand stood at 1:52.73 from 2022 Winter Juniors.

Sims was below SEC file tempo on the midway mark. She cut up 23.94 on the butterfly leg forward of her teammate Isabel Ivey‘s 24.06. She nonetheless had the lead after the backstroke leg courtesy of her 27.23 cut up. Prime qualifier Josephine Fuller started to make her transfer as effectively, splitting 27.58 to get forward of Ivey.

Fuller overtook Sims on the breaststroke leg, out-splitting her 33.27 to 34.23. Ivey hadn’t gone anyplace both, protecting herself within the race for gold with the quickest breaststroke cut up of the three (33.11). Fuller, Sims, and Ivey have been in a line down the pool on the freestyle leg. Sims powered house in 26.46 to get her hand on the wall first in 1:51.86.

Each Ivey and Fuller swam new private bests as effectively. Ivey bought the higher of Fuller on the contact, beating her for the silver medal by eight-hundredths. Ivey swam 1:52.50 and Fuller 1:52.58, marking the primary time that each have damaged 1:53. Ivey’s earlier PB was 1:53.02. Fuller reset the PB she swam this morning, taking one other 1.01 seconds off her greatest.

Zoie Hartman, the 2023 champion, took 4th in 1:53.65.

MEN’S 200 IM – Closing

• NCAA Report: 1:36.34, Leon Marchand (ASU) – 2023 NCAA Championships
• SEC Report: 1:38.13, Caeleb Dressel (FLOR) – 2018 SEC Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 1:38.13, Caeleb Dressel (FLOR) – 2018
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 1:41.03
• 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 1:43.14

Prime 8:

1. Baylor Nelson (TAMU) — 1:41.72
2. Alex Sanchez (TAMU) — 1:42.55
3. Joaquín González Piñero (FLOR) — 1:42.57
4. Julian Smith (FLOR) — 1:42.61
5. Zach Hils (UGA) — 1:42.83
6. Danny Schmidt (AUB) — 1:42.93
7. Mason Laur (FLOR) — 1:43.92
8. Sean Sullivan (FLOR) — 1:44.51

Make it two-for-two for Baylor Nelson. The Texas A&M sophomore efficiently defended his SEC title within the 200 IM. Nelson didn’t take command till the breaststroke leg. As a substitute, it was Georgia’s Zach Hils who led the race at the beginning. Hils opened in 21.61 on fly, adopted by Julian Smith, then Nelson.

On the 100-yard mark it was nonetheless Hils within the lead after a 25.44 backstroke cut up. Piñero was operating second and Nelson was nonetheless third, effectively inside putting distance. Nelson moved previous Hils and Piñero on breast, splitting 29.00. His Aggie teammate Alex Sanchez moved into 2nd with an enormous 27.41 cut up.

They stayed within the lead till the end, giving the Aggies an enormous 1-2 end. Nelson took the win in 1:41.72. His season greatest remains to be a 1:41.33 from midseason. Sanchez earned silver in 1:42.55, his second greatest time of the day. He took one other 1.01 seconds off his private greatest from prelims. Coming into the day, his greatest was 1:44.42, so he’s dropped 1.87 seconds over the course of the day.

Piñero cut up 25.33 on the freestyle leg to earn bronze in 1:42.57, including a couple of half-second from his private greatest in prelims. He and his Gator teammates went 3-4-7-8 within the occasion.

WOMEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – Closing

• NCAA Report: 20.77, Gretchen Walsh (UVA) — 2024 ACC Championships
• SEC Report: 20.79,  Maggie MacNeil (LSU) – 2023 NCAA Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 20.98, Maggie MacNeil (LSU) – 2023
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 21.63
• 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 22.15

Prime 8:

1. Camille Spink (TENN) — 21.77
2. Micayla Cronk (FLOR) — 21.85
3. Mona McSharry (TENN) — 22.01
4. Bella Cothern (UARK) — 22.04
5. Chloe Stepanek (TAMU) — 22.12
6. Amber Myers (TENN) — 22.28
7. Kailyn Winter (BAMA) — 22.29
8. Lexie Mulvihill (AUB) — 22.36

That’s two straight ladies’s occasions received by a freshman. This time, it was Tennessee’s Camille Spink taking the win within the ladies’s 50 freestyle with a 21.77. She added three-hundredths from the non-public greatest she swam in prelims however her time was greater than sufficient to win her first SEC crown.

Micayla Cronk earned silver in a private greatest time of 21.85. She’d tied her better of 21.97 in prelims and she or he was capable of get below that customary right here in finals. Final 12 months, Cronk completed sixth on this occasion with a 22.08. Spink and Cronk have been the one two sub-22 seconds on this remaining; McSharry earned bronze in 22.01. Main off Tennessee’s relay, McSharry went 21.97 which nonetheless would’ve earned her bronze on this remaining.

She out-touched Arkansas’s Bella Cothern by three-hundredths. For her half, Cothern shaved one other four-hundredths off her greatest time with a 22.04.

MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE – Closing

• NCAA Report: 17.63, Caeleb Dressel (FLOR) – 2018 NCAA Championships
• SEC Report: 17.63, Caeleb Dressel (FLOR) – 2018 NCAA Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 17.93, Jordan Crooks (TENN) — 2023
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Customary: 18.82
• 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 19.21

Prime 8:

1. Jordan Crooks (TENN) — 17.99
2. Gui Caribe (TENN) — 18.70
3. Josh Liendo (FLOR) — 18.83
4. Adam Chaney (FLOR) — 18.91
5. Logan Tirheimer (AUB) — 18.95
6. Macguire McDuff (FLOR) — 18.98
7. Jere Hribar (LSU) — 19.01
8. Dillon Downing (UGA) — 19.13

Jordan Crooks has carried out it once more. He broke the 18 second barrier for the second time in his profession to say his second straight SEC title within the males’s 50 freestyle. It additionally offers Tennessee a sweep within the 50 freestyle at this meet. Crooks was out in a blistering 8.63 and got here charging house in 9.36. He stays the second-fastest performer all-time, however per USA Swimming, improves on the #4 efficiency in historical past that he set earlier this session main off the 200 free relay.

Prime 5 Performances, Males’s 50 Freestyle

1. Caeleb Dressel, Florida — 17.63 (2018)
2. Caeleb Dressel, Florida — 17.81 (2018)
3. Jordan Crooks, Tennessee — 17.93 (2023)
4. Jordan Crooks, Tennessee — 17.99 (2024)
5. Jordan Crooks, Tennessee — 18.06 (2024)

One distinction between this 12 months and final although, is that he bought to rejoice on the high of the rostrum together with his teammate. Sophomore Gui Caribe earned silver in 18.70, dropping .09 seconds from the non-public greatest he swam at 2023 SECs. Caribe beat Josh Liendo for silver by .13 seconds as Liendo added .06 seconds from his prelims swim.

The Gators went 3-4-6 right here, with Adam Chaney ending 4th in 18.91 and McDuff taking sixth in 18.98.

Auburn’s Logan Tirheimer bought in between Chaney and McDuff for fifth place, leaping up from qualifying eighth with an enormous efficiency. Tirheimer swam 18.95, reducing a tenth off his private greatest and breaking 19 seconds for the primary time in his profession.

MEN’S 3-METER DIVING — FINALS

• SEC Report: 495.15, Zhipeng (Colin) Zheng (TENN) — 2018 NCAA Championships
• SEC Championship Report: 483.15, Zhipeng (Colin) Zheng (TENN) — 2019 SEC Championships

Prime 8:

1. Conor Gesing (FLOR) — 425.75
2. Carson Paul (LSU) — 421.20
3. Allen Bottego (TAMU) — 421.05
4. Victor Povzner (TAMU) — 412.40
5. Bryden Hattie (TENN) — 401.60
6. Nolan Lewis (UGA) — 376.10
7. Whit Andrus (AUB) — 363.10
8. Takuto Endo (TAMU) — 343.20

Florida freshman Conor Gesing got here up huge with a win for the Gators on the lads’s 1-meter board. The highest three divers have been separated by simply 4.70 factors as Gesing eked out the win forward of Carson Paul and Allen Bottego. Gesing is the primary Gator man to win the 3-meter occasion since 1985.

2023 champion Bryden Hattie ended up in fifth place (401.60 factors). As anticipated, Texas A&M picked up huge factors right here on the boards as that they had three divers within the ‘A’ flight. Nevertheless, it’s lower than they scored on this board final 12 months after they completed 2-3-6. Nonetheless, although Florida has now handed the Aggies within the standings, Texas A&M nonetheless has a 76 level cushion forward of Tennessee for 2nd.

Workforce Scores Via Day 2

Ladies:

1. Tennessee — 475
2. Florida — 440
3. Georgia — 363
4. Auburn — 312.5
5. Texas A&M — 256.5
6. Alabama — 250.5
7. LSU — 230
8. South Carolina / Kentucky — 173
9. (tie)
10. Missouri — 168.5
11. Arkansas — 132
12. Vanderbilt — 94

Males:

1. Florida — 622
2. Texas A&M — 468
3. Tennessee — 392
4. Georgia — 381
5. Auburn — 373
6. LSU — 266
7. Kentucky — 191
8. Alabama — 187
9. South Carolina — 183
10. Missouri — 176