2019 SEC Championships Day 3 Finals: Erika Brown, Mikel Schreuders Set SEC Marks

KNOXVILLE, TN - DECEMBER 02, 2017 - Erika Brown of the Tennessee Volunteers during the Day 3 preliminary session during the Tennessee Invitational at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, TN. Photo By John Golliher/Tennessee Athletics
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The second full evening of the 2019 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships featured heats of the 400 IM, 100 fly and 200 free on Day 3 at Georgia.

Tennessee’s Erika Brown and Missouri’s Mikel Schreuders each set SEC meet records on Thursday:

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 20                 
 
  1. Texas A&M University            618.5   2. University of Florida           561.5
  3. Tennessee, University of, Knox  557.5   4. The University of Georgia       471.5
  5. Auburn University                 447   6. Kentucky, University of           364
  7. University of Arkansas            346   8. Missouri                        329.5
  9. South Carolina, University of,    278  10. Louisiana State University      273.5
 11. University of Alabama             209  12. Vanderbilt University              90
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 22                  
 
  1. University of Florida             636   2. Missouri                          625
  3. Texas A&M University              492   4. Tennessee, University of, Knox    442
  5. University of Alabama           441.5   6. The University of Georgia         436
  7. Kentucky, University of         386.5   8. Auburn University                 343
  9. South Carolina, University of,    292  10. Louisiana State University        265

Women’s 400 IM

South Carolina senior Emma Barksdale picked up right where she left off in prelims, cruising to a two-second victory in the 400 IM to open Thursday’s finals season.

Barksdale won the race in 4:01.52, an NCAA “A” cut.

Florida freshman Vanessa Pearl took second in 4:03.56 in another NCAA “A” cut.

Texas A&M’s Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo finished third in 4:05.55 as the rest of the finals earned NCAA “B” cuts.

Florida junior Kelly Fertel was fourth (4:06.21), followed by Auburn senior Bailey Nero (4:07.31), Tennessee freshman Sinclair Larson (4:07.41), Florida senior Hannah Burns (4:07.51) and Tennessee junior Tess Cieplucha (4:08.78).

 Event 16  Women 400 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     SEC Meet: S 3:58.35  2/17/2012 Elizabeth Beisel, Florida
         Pool: P 3:59.26  2/20/2014 Elizabeth Beisel, Florida
      US Open: O 3:54.60  3/15/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
         NCAA: N 3:54.60  3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
     American: M 3:54.60  3/16/2018 Ella Eastin, Stanford
                 4:04.16  A
                 4:17.30  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Barksdale, Emma  SR South Carolina-S  4:03.96    4:01.52 A       32  
    r:+0.73  26.02        54.84 (28.82)
        1:26.16 (31.32)     1:56.78 (30.62)
        2:29.66 (32.88)     3:03.51 (33.85)
        3:33.13 (29.62)     4:01.52 (28.39)
  2 Pearl, Vanessa   FR Florida-FL        4:05.23    4:03.56 A       28  
    r:+0.75  26.00        55.68 (29.68)
        1:27.39 (31.71)     1:59.40 (32.01)
        2:32.08 (32.68)     3:06.58 (34.50)
        3:35.78 (29.20)     4:03.56 (27.78)
  3 Gonzalez-Hermos  SR Texas A&M-GU      4:07.22    4:05.55 B       27  
    r:+0.78  26.63        57.12 (30.49)
        1:28.36 (31.24)     1:58.87 (30.51)
        2:33.57 (34.70)     3:08.93 (35.36)
        3:37.69 (28.76)     4:05.55 (27.86)
  4 Fertel, Kelly    JR Florida-FL        4:07.30    4:06.21 B       26  
    r:+0.80  26.54        56.76 (30.22)
        1:28.03 (31.27)     1:58.92 (30.89)
        2:34.31 (35.39)     3:09.63 (35.32)
        3:38.32 (28.69)     4:06.21 (27.89)
  5 Nero, Bailey     SR Auburn-SE         4:07.65    4:07.31 B       25  
    r:+0.75  25.72        55.21 (29.49)
        1:27.26 (32.05)     1:58.23 (30.97)
        2:34.08 (35.85)     3:10.15 (36.07)
        3:39.49 (29.34)     4:07.31 (27.82)
  6 Larson, Sinclai  FR Tennessee-SE      4:07.27    4:07.41 B       24  
    r:+0.78  26.51        56.49 (29.98)
        1:27.54 (31.05)     1:57.93 (30.39)
        2:33.81 (35.88)     3:10.41 (36.60)
        3:39.69 (29.28)     4:07.41 (27.72)
  7 Burns, Hannah    SR Florida-FL        4:06.24    4:07.51 B       23  
    r:+0.70  26.78        57.14 (30.36)
        1:29.03 (31.89)     1:59.70 (30.67)
        2:34.61 (34.91)     3:10.34 (35.73)
        3:39.56 (29.22)     4:07.51 (27.95)
  8 Cieplucha, Tess  JR Tennessee-SE      4:07.06    4:08.78 B       22  
    r:+0.84  26.49        56.76 (30.27)
        1:28.38 (31.62)     1:59.30 (30.92)
        2:35.34 (36.04)     3:11.58 (36.24)
        3:40.75 (29.17)     4:08.78 (28.03)

Men’s 400 IM

Florida freshman Robert Fink took four seconds off of his prelim time to surge to the 400 IM title, finishing in 3:40.94, leading a 1-2-3 Gator finish.

Teammate and fellow freshman Kieran Smith took second in 3:41.50, followed by junior Grant Sanders (3:42.87).

Georgia senior James Guest finished fourth (3:43.61), followed by teammate Clayton Forde (3:43.90), Missouri’s Alex Walton (3:47.29), Georgia’s Andrew Abruzzo (3:47.43) and teammate Aidan Burns (3:49.49).

 Event 17  Men 400 Yard IM
=========================================================================
     SEC Meet: S 3:35.76  2/16/2018 Hugo Gonzalez, Auburn
         Pool: P 3:36.89  2/20/2014 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
      US Open: O 3:33.42  3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
         NCAA: N 3:33.42  3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
     American: M 3:33.42  3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
                 3:39.37  A
                 3:51.46  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Finke, Robert    FR Florida-FL        3:44.12    3:40.94 B       32  
    r:+0.79  24.14        51.50 (27.36)
        1:19.57 (28.07)     1:47.30 (27.73)
        2:19.03 (31.73)     2:51.30 (32.27)
        3:16.77 (25.47)     3:40.94 (24.17)
  2 Smith, Kieran    FR Florida-FL        3:42.32    3:41.50 B       28  
    r:+0.73  23.76        51.32 (27.56)
        1:19.48 (28.16)     1:46.78 (27.30)
        2:18.46 (31.68)     2:50.76 (32.30)
        3:16.80 (26.04)     3:41.50 (24.70)
  3 Sanders, Grant   JR Florida-FL        3:42.17    3:42.87 B       27  
    r:+0.76  24.38        51.94 (27.56)
        1:20.92 (28.98)     1:48.63 (27.71)
        2:19.23 (30.60)     2:50.31 (31.08)
        3:16.65 (26.34)     3:42.87 (26.22)
  4 Guest, James     SR Georgia-GA        3:43.25    3:43.61 B       26  
    r:+0.68  24.17        52.01 (27.84)
        1:21.14 (29.13)     1:50.08 (28.94)
        2:20.01 (29.93)     2:50.47 (30.46)
        3:17.41 (26.94)     3:43.61 (26.20)
  5 Forde, Clayton   JR Georgia-GA        3:44.24    3:43.90 B       25  
    r:+0.77  24.50        52.13 (27.63)
        1:21.60 (29.47)     1:49.96 (28.36)
        2:22.02 (32.06)     2:53.77 (31.75)
        3:19.65 (25.88)     3:43.90 (24.25)
  6 Walton, Alex     SR Missouri-MV       3:44.09    3:47.29 B       24  
    r:+0.64  23.98        51.79 (27.81)
        1:21.10 (29.31)     1:49.27 (28.17)
        2:20.75 (31.48)     2:53.36 (32.61)
        3:20.63 (27.27)     3:47.29 (26.66)
  7 Abruzzo, Andrew  FR Georgia-GA        3:43.53    3:47.43 B       23  
    r:+0.84  24.14        51.97 (27.83)
        1:20.76 (28.79)     1:49.07 (28.31)
        2:21.93 (32.86)     2:55.76 (33.83)
        3:22.14 (26.38)     3:47.43 (25.29)
  8 Burns, Aidan     SR Georgia-GA        3:45.13    3:49.49 B       22  
    r:+0.73  24.24        51.94 (27.70)
        1:21.95 (30.01)     1:50.93 (28.98)
        2:23.71 (32.78)     2:56.91 (33.20)
        3:23.55 (26.64)     3:49.49 (25.94)

Women’s 100 Fly

Tennessee junior Erika Brown continued her stellar meet by breaking the SEC meet record in the 100 butterfly, finishing in 49.85.

It was an NCAA “A” cut one day after breaking the NCAA record in the 50 free.

Auburn senior Aly Tetzloff finished second, also reading an “A” cut of 50.94.

Missouri senior Annie Ochitwa took third (51.25) as the rest of the finalists reached “B” cuts. Georgia’s Veronica Burchill was fourth (51.70), followed by LSU’s Haylee Knight (51.71), Georgia’s Olivia Carter (52.02), Tennessee’s Maddie Banic (52.05) and Texas A&M’s Taylor Pike (52.87).

Event 18  Women 100 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
     SEC Meet: S 49.85  2/15/2018 Erika Brown, Tennessee
         Pool: P 50.67  12/3/2016 Noemie Thomas, California
      US Open: O 49.43  3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
         NCAA: N 49.43  3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
     American: M 49.43  3/18/2016 Kelsi Worrell, Louisville
                 51.03  A
                 53.76  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Brown, Erika     JR Tennessee-SE        50.56      49.85SA       32  
    r:+0.67  23.14        49.85 (26.71)
  2 Tetzloff, Alyss  SR Auburn-SE           51.51      50.94 A       28  
    r:+0.65  23.43        50.94 (27.51)
  3 Ochitwa, Ann     SR Missouri-MV         51.54      51.25 B       27  
    r:+0.73  23.71        51.25 (27.54)
  4 Burchill, Veron  JR Georgia-GA          52.03      51.70 B       26  
    r:+0.70  24.18        51.70 (27.52)
  5 Knight, Haylee   SR Louisiana State-    51.96      51.71 B       25  
    r:+0.67  24.33        51.71 (27.38)
  6 Carter, Olivia   FR Georgia-GA          52.27      52.02 B       24  
    r:+0.69  24.37        52.02 (27.65)
  7 Banic, Madeline  SR Tennessee-SE        52.32      52.05 B       23  
    r:+0.68  24.08        52.05 (27.97)
  8 Pike, Taylor     SO Texas A&M-GU        52.52      52.87 B       22  
    r:+0.65  24.80        52.87 (28.07)

Men’s 100 Fly

Florida junior Maxime Rooney held off Auburn senior Liam McCloskey to win the 100 fly. Rooney finished in 45.06, while McCloskey clocked a 45.11. Both were NCAA “A” cuts.

Georgia’s Camden Murphy finished third in a “B” cut 45.26. The rest of the finalists reached “B” cuts.

Auburn’s Santiago Grassi was fourth (45.77), followed by Texas A&M’s Angel Martinez (45.79), Florida’s Kacper Stokowski (45.96), Missouri’s Danny Kovac (46.20) and Daniel Hein (46.25).

Event 19  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
=========================================================================
     SEC Meet: S 44.21  2/18/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Pool: P 45.44  3/29/2002 Ian Crocker, Texas
      US Open: O 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         NCAA: N 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
     American: M 42.80  3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
                 45.24  A
                 47.43  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Rooney, Maxime   JR Florida-FL          45.32      45.06PA       32  
    r:+0.65  21.02        45.06 (24.04)
  2 McCloskey, Liam  SR Auburn-SE           45.38      45.11PA       28  
    r:+0.67  20.97        45.11 (24.14)
  3 Murphy, Camden   SO Georgia-GA          45.48      45.26PB       27  
    r:+0.71  21.30        45.26 (23.96)
  4 Grassi, Santiag  JR Auburn-SE           45.60      45.77 B       26  
             21.52        45.77 (24.25)
  5 Martinez, Angel  SR Texas A&M-GU        46.07      45.79 B       25  
             21.54        45.79 (24.25)
  6 Stokowski, Kacp  FR Florida-FL          45.72      45.96 B       24  
    r:+0.66  21.18        45.96 (24.78)
  7 Kovac, Danny     FR Missouri-MV         46.03      46.20 B       23  
    r:+0.65  21.53        46.20 (24.67)
  8 Hein, Daniel     JR Missouri-MV         46.16      46.25 B       22  
    r:+0.65  21.40        46.25 (24.85)

Women’s 200 Free

Auburn senior Erin Falconer held off a surging Meghan Small to win the 200 free in 1:43.04, an NCAA “A” cut.
Small, of Tennessee, finished second in 1:43.37, a “B” cut.

Georgia’s Courtney Harnish finished third (1:43.53), followed by Texas A&M’s Claire Rasmus (1:43.96), Arkansas junior Anna Hopkin (1:44.56), Florida’s Georgia Marris (1:45.35) and Kelsey Dambacher (1:45.46) and Texas A&M’s Katie Portz (1:46.34).

Event 20  Women 200 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     SEC Meet: S 1:41.83  2/20/2014 Shannon Vreeland, Georgia
         Pool: P 1:41.23  12/6/2014 Missy Franklin, California
      US Open: O 1:39.10  3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
         NCAA: N 1:39.10  3/20/2015 Missy Franklin, California
     American: M 1:39.10  3/21/2015 Missy Franklin, California
                 1:43.17  A
                 1:47.12  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Falconer, Erin   SR Auburn-SE         1:43.75    1:43.04 A       32  
             24.50        50.90 (26.40)
        1:16.89 (25.99)     1:43.04 (26.15)
  2 Small, Meghan    JR Tennessee-SE      1:44.50    1:43.37 B       28  
    r:+0.76  24.78        51.35 (26.57)
        1:17.54 (26.19)     1:43.37 (25.83)
  3 Harnish, Courtn  SO Georgia-GA        1:44.10    1:43.53 B       27  
    r:+0.79  24.49        50.79 (26.30)
        1:17.12 (26.33)     1:43.53 (26.41)
  4 Rasmus, Claire   SR Texas A&M-GU      1:44.73    1:43.96 B       26  
    r:+0.71  25.02        51.74 (26.72)
        1:18.01 (26.27)     1:43.96 (25.95)
  5 Hopkin, Anna     JR Arkansas-AR       1:45.78    1:44.56 B       25  
    r:+0.69  24.06        51.73 (27.67)
        1:18.49 (26.76)     1:44.56 (26.07)
  6 Marris, Georgia  SR Florida-FL        1:45.00    1:45.35 B       24  
    r:+0.66  24.70        51.30 (26.60)
        1:18.48 (27.18)     1:45.35 (26.87)
  7 Dambacher, Kels  JR Florida-FL        1:45.36    1:45.46 B       23  
    r:+0.70  24.79        51.81 (27.02)
        1:18.48 (26.67)     1:45.46 (26.98)
  8 Portz, Katie     JR Texas A&M-GU      1:45.70    1:46.34 B       22  
             25.09        51.93 (26.84)
        1:19.08 (27.15)     1:46.34 (27.26)

Men’s 200 Free

Missouri’s Mikel Schreuders broke his own SEC meet record to win the 200 free in 1:31.27, an NCAA “A” cut. His previous mark was 1:31.61.

Tennessee’s Joey Reilman took second in 1:32.54 as the rest of the finalists reached “B” cuts.

Florida’s Khader Baqlah was third (1:32.71), followed by Alabama’s Robert Howard (1:32.76), Missouri’s Jack Dahlgren (1:33.33), Texas A&M’s Mark Theall (1:34.02), Florida’s Trey Freeman (1:34.09) and South Carolina’s Fynn Minuth (1:34.69).

Event 21  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
     SEC Meet: S 1:31.61  2/19/2019 Mikel Schreuders, Missouri
         Pool: P 1:31.61  2/19/2019 Mikel Schreuders, Missouri
      US Open: O 1:29.50  3/23/2018 Townley Haas, Texas
         NCAA: N 1:29.50  3/23/2018 Townley Haas, Texas
     American: M 1:29.50  3/23/2018 Townley Haas, Texas
                 1:32.13  A
                 1:36.32  B
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Schreuders, Mik  SR Missouri-MV       1:33.12    1:31.27SA       32  
    r:+0.69  21.20        44.23 (23.03)
        1:07.50 (23.27)     1:31.27 (23.77)
  2 Reilman, Joey    SR Tennessee-SE      1:33.40    1:32.35 B       28  
             21.36        44.73 (23.37)
        1:08.35 (23.62)     1:32.35 (24.00)
  3 Baqlah, Khader   JR Florida-FL        1:33.86    1:32.71 B       27  
    r:+0.76  21.54        44.74 (23.20)
        1:08.47 (23.73)     1:32.71 (24.24)
  4 Howard, Robert   SR Alabama-SE        1:33.65    1:32.76 B       26  
    r:+0.74  21.01        44.20 (23.19)
        1:08.09 (23.89)     1:32.76 (24.67)
  5 Dahlgren, Jack   FR Missouri-MV       1:33.57    1:33.33 B       25  
    r:+0.70  22.00        45.53 (23.53)
        1:09.46 (23.93)     1:33.33 (23.87)
  6 Theall, Mark     SO Texas A&M-GU      1:33.91    1:34.02 B       24  
    r:+0.70  21.83        45.33 (23.50)
        1:09.41 (24.08)     1:34.02 (24.61)
  7 Freeman, Trey    FR Florida-FL        1:34.17    1:34.09 B       23  
    r:+0.77  21.82        45.38 (23.56)
        1:09.45 (24.07)     1:34.09 (24.64)
  8 Minuth, Fynn     SR South Carolina-S  1:34.50    1:34.69 B       22  
    r:+0.70  21.78        45.42 (23.64)
        1:09.80 (24.38)     1:34.69 (24.89)

Men’s 3-Meter Diving

Event 22  Men 3 mtr Diving
=========================================================================
     SEC Meet: S 478.40  2/16/2017 Tyler Henschel, Texas A&M
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Zeng, Zhipeng    SR Tennessee-SE       441.20     483.15S        32  
  2 Mathews, Kurtis  SO Texas A&M-GU       376.15     444.05         28  
  3 Zhang, Mingli    FR Kentucky-KY        392.10     439.50         27  
  4 Thornton, Sam    SR Texas A&M-GU       400.10     439.15         26  
  5 Wade, Matt       FR Tennessee-SE       366.70     425.85         25  
  6 Celaya Hernande  JR Louisiana State-   396.55     424.90         24  
  7 Masterton, Seb   SR Kentucky-KY        394.45     408.55         23  
  8 Phillip, Matthe  SR Louisiana State-   364.90     386.35         22
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