SEC Championships, Night 4: Bella Sims Adds 200 Fly Conference Record
Bella Sims’ first SEC Championships already includes a meet record in the 200 free. Add a 200 fly to the pile. Sims went 1:51.45, taking down the meet and conference record to add another gold medal to the pile for the title-aspirant Florida Gators.
All the action from the penultimate night at Auburn.
Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 24 1. University of Florida 765.5 2. University of Tennessee 623 3. Georgia, University of 498 4. Auburn University 477.5 5. Texas A&M University 453 6. Louisiana State University 337 7. University of Alabama 324.5 8. South Carolina, University of, 309 9. University of Kentucky 211 10. Missouri 204.5 11. University of Arkansas 181 12. Vanderbilt University 110
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 23 1. University of Florida 893 2. University of Tennessee 569 2. Georgia, University of 569 4. Texas A&M University 554 5. Auburn University 536 6. Louisiana State University 293 7. University of Alabama 254 8. University of Kentucky 243 9. South Carolina, University of, 212 10. Missouri 202
Women’s 200 butterfly
Bella Sims went 1:51.45 to clip .06 seconds off the meet record, set in 2022. She was 1.98 seconds ahead of South Carolina’s Greta Pelzek, and Sims’ was the only NCAA a cut of the meet. Pelzek was eighth last year.
Third was Sara Stotler of Tennessee for a second straight year in 1:54.87. Zoe Dixon of Florida was fourth. Olivia Theall is a place lower than last year in fifth.
Event 25 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 1:49.16 2/23/2024 Alex Walsh, Virginia
SEC: S 1:51.51 2/18/2022 Riley Gaines, Kentucky
SEC Meet: M 1:51.51 2022 Riley Gaines, Kentucky
Pool: P 1:51.32 3/17/2012 Katinka Hosszu, Southern Cal
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Sims, Bella G FR FLOR-FL 1:52.93 1:51.45S 32
r:+0.55 24.53 52.81 (28.28)
1:22.08 (29.27) 1:51.45 (29.37)
2 Pelzek, Greta J JR South Carolina-S 1:54.41 1:53.43 28
r:+0.65 25.62 54.56 (28.94)
1:23.36 (28.80) 1:53.43 (30.07)
3 Stotler, Sara B SO Tennessee-SE 1:54.98 1:54.87 27
r:+0.64 25.40 54.21 (28.81)
1:23.95 (29.74) 1:54.87 (30.92)
4 Dixon, Zoe A SO FLOR-FL 1:55.82 1:54.99 26
r:+0.63 25.68 54.56 (28.88)
1:24.39 (29.83) 1:54.99 (30.60)
5 Theall, Olivia A SR Texas A&M-GU 1:56.01 1:55.01 25
r:+0.64 25.67 55.62 (29.95)
1:24.86 (29.24) 1:55.01 (30.15)
6 Lee, Meghan R SR Auburn-SE 1:55.57 1:55.96 24
r:+0.66 25.51 54.79 (29.28)
1:24.85 (30.06) 1:55.96 (31.11)
7 Kruger, Lainy A FR FLOR-FL 1:56.76 1:56.09 23
r:+0.63 25.78 54.95 (29.17)
1:24.80 (29.85) 1:56.09 (31.29)
8 Sartori, Sofia SO LSU-LA 1:56.79 1:57.00 22
r:+0.70 25.89 55.11 (29.22)
1:24.98 (29.87) 1:57.00 (32.02)
Men’s 200 butterfly
Martin Espepernberger of UT jumped up from the second seed in the morning to gold in 1:40.86, outdueling Jan Zubik of Missouri by .34 seconds.
Esperberger was fourth last year, Zubik sixth. Third went to Jake Magahey of Georgia in 1:41.28, .05 up on Joaquin Gonzalez of Florida. His teammate Mason Laur was sixth, with Kentucky’s Ryan Merani in between.
Event 26 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
SEC: S 1:38.69 3/6/2021 Shane Casas, Texas A&M
SEC Meet: M 1:39.00 2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
Pool: P 1:40.93 2/21/2020 Camden Murphy, Georgia
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Espernberger, Martin FR Tennessee-SE 1:41.88 1:40.86 32
r:+0.62 22.82 48.66 (25.84)
1:14.64 (25.98) 1:40.86 (26.22)
2 Zubik, Jan K SO Missouri-MV 1:40.95 1:41.20 28
r:+0.63 22.73 48.85 (26.12)
1:15.22 (26.37) 1:41.20 (25.98)
3 Magahey, Jake M SR UGA-GA 1:42.08 1:41.28 27
r:+0.67 22.59 48.52 (25.93)
1:14.87 (26.35) 1:41.28 (26.41)
4 Gonzalez Pinero, Joaq SO FLOR-FL 1:42.49 1:41.33 26
r:+0.61 22.59 48.28 (25.69)
1:14.49 (26.21) 1:41.33 (26.84)
5 Merani, Ryan B SO UK Wildcats-KY 1:42.15 1:42.10 25
r:+0.60 22.72 48.44 (25.72)
1:14.99 (26.55) 1:42.10 (27.11)
6 Laur, Mason A JR FLOR-FL 1:42.15 1:42.32 24
r:+0.65 22.51 48.39 (25.88)
1:15.04 (26.65) 1:42.32 (27.28)
7 Conklin, Clayton J JR Texas A&M-GU 1:42.41 1:42.57 23
r:+0.59 22.16 48.26 (26.10)
1:15.24 (26.98) 1:42.57 (27.33)
8 Schmidt, Danny SO Auburn-SE 1:42.24 1:43.12 22
r:+0.63 22.85 48.92 (26.07)
1:15.66 (26.74) 1:43.12 (27.46)
Women’s 100 backstroke
Isabel Ivey surged home to add another title for Florida, the fifth-year going 50.40 to get the win. She just edged Josephine Fuller of Tennessee, the runner-up for the second straight year, in 50.59. Both of those two and Texas A&M freshman Miranda Grana booked A cuts, the latter in 50.65 for bronze.
Georgia’s Ebonie McCarty, third last year, was fourth.
Event 27 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 48.26 3/17/2023 Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
SEC: S 50.02 2/21/2020 Ryan White, Alabama
SEC Meet: M 50.02 2020 Rhyan White, Alabama
Pool: P 50.02 2/21/2020 Rhyan White, Alabama
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Ivey, Isabel C 5Y FLOR-FL 51.27 50.40 32
r:+0.59 11.87 24.30 (12.43)
37.27 (12.97) 50.40 (13.13)
2 Fuller, Josephine A SO Tennessee-SE 51.06 50.59 28
r:+0.52 11.74 24.36 (12.62)
37.28 (12.92) 50.59 (13.31)
3 Grana, Miranda P FR Texas A&M-GU 50.99 50.65 27
r:+0.65 12.20 25.12 (12.92)
38.01 (12.89) 50.65 (12.64)
4 McCarty, Eboni F JR UGA-GA 51.16 51.28 26
r:+0.60 12.06 24.55 (12.49)
37.65 (13.10) 51.28 (13.63)
5 Runnels, Aris D JR FLOR-FL 52.10 51.71 25
r:+0.62 12.14 24.94 (12.80)
38.31 (13.37) 51.71 (13.40)
6 Waldrep, Ellie G JR Auburn-SE 52.20 52.07 24
r:+0.66 12.23 25.13 (12.90)
38.53 (13.40) 52.07 (13.54)
7 Meeting, Carly N FR FLOR-FL 52.51 52.54 23
r:+0.55 12.25 25.22 (12.97)
38.71 (13.49) 52.54 (13.83)
8 Merritt, Kensley E SR Auburn-SE 52.53 52.68 22
r:+0.54 12.10 25.21 (13.11)
38.77 (13.56) 52.68 (13.91)
Men’s 100 backstroke
Jonny Marshall continued an outstanding meet by routing the field in the 100 back, going 44.1 to set the pool record. That downs the 2020 time of Alabama’s Zane Waddell. Waddell’s meet record of 44.10 just survived.
Florida went 1-2, with reigning champ Adam Chaney getting silver this time in 44.87. Bradley Dunham of Georgia was third in 44.91, .05 upon Grant Bochenski of Missouri. Auburn’s Nathaniel Stoffle was fifth.
Event 28 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
SEC: S 43.35 3/25/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia
SEC Meet: M 44.10 2020 Zane Waddell, Alabama
Pool: P 44.24 2/21/2020 Zane Waddell, Alabama
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Marshall, Jonny C FR FLOR-FL 44.36 44.12P 32
r:+0.59 10.19 21.12 (10.93)
32.65 (11.53) 44.12 (11.47)
2 Chaney, Adam C SR FLOR-FL 45.21 44.87 28
r:+0.54 10.30 21.49 (11.19)
33.05 (11.56) 44.87 (11.82)
3 Dunham, Bradley GS UGA-GA 45.44 44.91 27
r:+0.65 10.60 21.60 (11.00)
33.33 (11.73) 44.91 (11.58)
4 Bochenski, Grant R JR Missouri-MV 45.19 44.96 26
r:+0.53 10.32 21.30 (10.98)
32.94 (11.64) 44.96 (12.02)
5 Stoffle, Nathaniel L JR Auburn-SE 44.99 45.02 25
r:+0.56 10.47 21.52 (11.05)
33.14 (11.62) 45.02 (11.88)
6 Van Renen, Ruard SO UGA-GA 45.22 45.14 24
r:+0.56 10.47 21.57 (11.10)
33.07 (11.50) 45.14 (12.07)
7 Stoffle, Aidan F GS Auburn-SE 45.12 45.34 23
r:+0.59 10.65 21.77 (11.12)
33.34 (11.57) 45.34 (12.00)
8 Khaled, Sohib SO Auburn-SE 45.56 47.72 22
r:+0.50 10.78 22.44 (11.66)
34.92 (12.48) 47.72 (12.80)
Women’s 100 breaststroke
Tennessee’s Mona McSharry made it a 3-peat, .06 faster than in the morning to lower her meet record to 57.00. She’s finished no worse than second in the even in four college seasons. The NCAA runner-up’s margin of victory was 1.49 seconds.
She and teammate Emilie Fast went 1-2, Fast the best of the rest in 58.49. Zoie Hartman of Georgia added another medal in third in 58.68. She was third last year. Stasya Makarova of Auburn was fourth, ahead of Arkansas’s Alessia Ferraguti.
Event 29 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 55.73 3/22/2019 Lilly King, Indiana
SEC: S 56.87 11/16/2023Mona McSherry, Tennessee
SEC Meet: M 57.06 2024 Mona McSharry, Tennessee
Pool: P 57.06 2/23/2024 Mona McSharry, Tennessee
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 McSharry, Mona L JR Tennessee-SE 57.06 57.00 32
r:+0.73 12.34 26.83 (14.49)
41.65 (14.82) 57.00 (15.35)
2 Fast, Emelie Tennessee-SE 58.44 58.49 28
r:+0.67 12.33 27.27 (14.94)
42.57 (15.30) 58.49 (15.92)
3 Hartman, Zoie E GS UGA-GA 58.56 58.68 27
r:+0.74 12.42 27.77 (15.35)
42.93 (15.16) 58.68 (15.75)
4 Makarova, Stasya R JR Auburn-SE 59.36 59.09 26
r:+0.64 12.50 27.49 (14.99)
42.79 (15.30) 59.09 (16.30)
5 Ferraguti, Alessia SR Arkansas-AR 58.99 59.19 25
r:+0.65 12.57 27.89 (15.32)
43.42 (15.53) 59.19 (15.77)
6 Kennett, Bobbi G SR Texas A&M-GU 59.13 59.49 24
r:+0.72 13.16 28.10 (14.94)
43.71 (15.61) 59.49 (15.78)
7 Mayne, Molly FR FLOR-FL 59.31 59.83 23
r:+0.58 12.39 27.36 (14.97)
43.21 (15.85) 59.83 (16.62)
-- Wiseman, Avery JR BAMA-SE 58.48 DQ
False start
r:+0.67 12.30 27.21 (14.91)
42.43 (15.22) DQ (15.65)
Men’s 100 breaststroke
Aleksas Savickas and company threw down a wicked fast 100 breast that lead to split silver medals and the second straight year of Florida 1-2.
Savickas won in 51.01, bettering his pool record from the morning. He was .25 up on the pair tied for second, the position Savickas was in last year. When he did that, teammate Dillon Hillis won. This time it’s Savickas on top with Julian Smith tied for second in 51.26 with Texas A&M’s Alex Sanchez. Both were also under Hillis’ 2020 pool mark from the beginning of the day. Only Savickas had an A cut.
Auburn’s Henry Bethel was fourth. Mitch Mason of LSU was fifth.
Event 30 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 49.69 2/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana
SEC: S 50.03 2/17/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
SEC Meet: M 50.03 2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pool: P 51.28 2/21/2020 Dillon Hillis, Florida
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Savickas, Aleksas SO FLOR-FL 51.05 51.01P 32
r:+0.62 10.69 23.76 (13.07)
37.14 (13.38) 51.01 (13.87)
2 Sanchez, Alex R SR Texas A&M-GU 51.19 51.26P 27.5
r:+0.66 10.60 24.07 (13.47)
37.33 (13.26) 51.26 (13.93)
2 Smith, Julian JR FLOR-FL 52.00 51.26P 27.5
r:+0.63 10.72 23.84 (13.12)
37.35 (13.51) 51.26 (13.91)
4 Bethel, Henry JR Auburn-SE 51.51 51.67 26
r:+0.58 10.63 23.62 (12.99)
37.24 (13.62) 51.67 (14.43)
5 Mason, Mitch K SR LSU-LA 51.77 51.82 25
r:+0.66 10.78 24.06 (13.28)
37.81 (13.75) 51.82 (14.01)
6 Crisci, Flynn Tennessee-SE 52.03 51.90 24
r:+0.62 10.73 23.95 (13.22)
37.63 (13.68) 51.90 (14.27)
7 Flores, Alejandro M SR Auburn-SE 52.17 52.76 23
r:+0.62 11.40 24.83 (13.43)
38.83 (14.00) 52.76 (13.93)
8 Sheils, Trey SR BAMA-SE 52.42 53.10 22
r:+0.63 11.08 24.53 (13.45)
38.44 (13.91) 53.10 (14.66)
Men’s platform diving
Women’s 400 medley relay
Men’s 400 medley relay
