SEC Championships, Day 4: Camille Spink Blasts 50 Freestyle; Becomes Fourth-Fastest Woman Ever

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Camille Spink -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

SEC Championships, Day 4: Camille Spink Blasts 20.87 50 Free, Becomes Fourth-Fastest Woman Ever

Friday evening’s action at the SEC Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., included the women’s and men’s 200 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 200 freestyle relay along with men’s platform diving.

One night after tying the second-fastest time ever in the 100 butterfly, Florida’s Josh Liendo returned to competition to record a huge performance in the 50 free, with Tennessee’s Gui Caribe finishing just behind. The women’s version of the splash-and-dash featured Tennessee’s Camille Spink, who became the latest member of the 20-second club. Additionally, both 500 free races included the reigning national champion, Texas teammates Jillian Cox (women) and Rex Maurer (men), with Maurer racing distance superstar Ahmed Jaouadi in the men’s event.

The Texas women have built a substantial lead with 1003.5 points. Tennessee rode Spink’s win plus another in the 200 free relay to hold onto second place (817) ahead of Florida (804.5). For the men, the Longhorns are dealing with a spirited effort from the Gators, currently leading 1110.5 to 1056,with Tennessee sitting third (840.5).

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 32                     
 
  1. University of Texas            1003.5   2. University of Tennessee           817
  3. University of Florida           804.5   4. South Carolina, University of,  543.5
  5. Louisiana State University      533.5   6. University of Alabama           532.5
  7. Georgia, University of            504   8. Auburn University               499.5
  9. Texas A&M University              424  10. Missouri                          344
 11. University of Arkansas            245  12. Kentucky, University of           201
 13. Vanderbilt University             118
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 33                      
 
  1. University of Texas            1110.5   2. University of Florida            1056
  3. University of Tennessee         840.5   4. Auburn University                 595
  5. Georgia, University of            554   6. Louisiana State University        525
  7. University of Alabama           505.5   8. Kentucky, University of           487
  9. Texas A&M University            391.5  10. Missouri                          347
 11. South Carolina, University of,    308

Women’s 200 Breaststroke

Florida’s Anita Bottazzo has established herself as the country’s best sprint breaststroker, and she has strong ability in the 200-yard event as well. Bottazzo cruised to a conference title in the event with a time of 2:07.26, entering the top-10 in the national rankings. The native of Italy jumped out to a lead of more than a second by the 50-yard mark, and it took until the closing splits for anyone to close the gap.

Florida finished 1-2 here as Grace Rabb touched in 2:08.48 for second place. Rabb held off a strong closing split from Texas’ Angie Coe, who ended up third in 2:08.80. Even quicker on the final split were LSU’s Grace Palmer (2:09.07) and LSU’s Martina Bukvic (2:09.23), who ended up fourth and fifth, respectively.

Event 25  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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         NCAA: N 2:01.29  3/18/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
          SEC: S 2:03.26  3/17/2018 Bethany Galot, Texes A&M
         Meet: M 2:03.84  2/22/2024 Mona McSharry, Tennessee
         Pool: P 2:01.29  3/18/2023 Kate Douglass, Virginia
                 2:11.27  NC
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Bottazzo, Anita  SO FLOR-FL           2:09.16    2:07.26 NC      32  
    r:+0.66  27.74        59.04 (31.30)
        1:32.18 (33.14)     2:07.26 (35.08)
  2 Rabb, Grace      FR FLOR-FL           2:09.46    2:08.48 NC      28  
    r:+0.63  28.75      1:00.80 (32.05)
        1:34.18 (33.38)     2:08.48 (34.30)
  3 Coe, Angie A     JR Texas             2:09.55    2:08.80 NC      27  
    r:+0.62  28.77      1:01.33 (32.56)
        1:34.84 (33.51)     2:08.80 (33.96)
  4 Palmer, Grace    SO LSU-LA            2:10.11    2:09.07 NC      26  
    r:+0.68  29.74      1:02.57 (32.83)
        1:35.60 (33.03)     2:09.07 (33.47)
  5 Bukvic, Martina  FR LSU-LA            2:10.21    2:09.23 NC      25  
    r:+0.67  29.31      1:02.02 (32.71)
        1:35.84 (33.82)     2:09.23 (33.39)
  6 Moore, Anna C    SR FLOR-FL           2:09.43    2:09.60 NC      24  
    r:+0.64  29.39      1:01.92 (32.53)
        1:35.46 (33.54)     2:09.60 (34.14)
  7 Mayne, Molly     JR FLOR-FL           2:10.05    2:09.91 NC      23  
    r:+0.68  29.09      1:01.28 (32.19)
        1:34.74 (33.46)     2:09.91 (35.17)
  8 O'Leary, Hannah  SO Texas A&M-GU      2:10.10    2:10.14 NC      22  
    r:+0.69  29.46      1:02.33 (32.87)
        1:35.90 (33.57)     2:10.14 (34.24)

Men’s 200 Breaststroke

Just like Bottazzo in the women’s competition, Texas’ Nate Germonprez completed the breaststroke split with a massive effort over 200 yards. Germonprez blasted out in front of the field in the 100 breast and never looked back, opening up his lead to more than a second by the 150-yard mark and winning by 1.65 seconds over Tennessee’s Gabe Nunziata. Germonprez became the fastest swimmer in the country by a wide margin with his final time of 1:48.94, with just Texas teammate Will Scholz and North Carolina’s Ben Delmar also under 1:50 this season. The junior became now the 10th fastest swimmer in history.

Second place went to Nunziata in 1:50.59, good for No. 5 in the country, while Campbell McKean of the Longhorns was third in 1:51.03. Scholz ended up back in fifth place in 1:52.12 while Baylor Nelson  added more Texas points with a B-final win in 1:52.59.

Event 26  Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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         NCAA: N 1:46.35  3/30/2024 Leon Marchand, ASU
          SEC: S 1:49.59  11/20/2025Will Scholz, Texas
         Meet: M 1:50.02  2/22/2025 Alexsas Savickos, Florida
         Pool: P 1:51.56  2/19/2022 Derek Maas, Alabama
                 1:54.95  NC
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Germonprez, Nat  JR Texas             1:50.47    1:48.94SNC      32  
    r:+0.64  23.94        51.33 (27.39)
        1:19.66 (28.33)     1:48.94 (29.28)
  2 Nunziata, Gabe      Tennessee-SE      1:52.52    1:50.59PNC      28  
    r:+0.64  24.71        52.61 (27.90)
        1:21.35 (28.74)     1:50.59 (29.24)
  3 McKean, Campbel  FR Texas             1:52.10    1:51.03PNC      27  
    r:+0.62  24.16        52.01 (27.85)
        1:20.80 (28.79)     1:51.03 (30.23)
  4 Brown, Logan H   JR Texas A&M-GU      1:52.20    1:51.55PNC      26  
    r:+0.61  25.40        53.71 (28.31)
        1:22.34 (28.63)     1:51.55 (29.21)
  5 Scholtz, Will T  JR Texas             1:52.57    1:52.12 NC      25  
    r:+0.72  25.13        53.12 (27.99)
        1:21.98 (28.86)     1:52.12 (30.14)
  6 Martter, Cale A  SR UGA-GA            1:53.35    1:52.94 NC      24  
    r:+0.69  25.48        54.17 (28.69)
        1:23.44 (29.27)     1:52.94 (29.50)
  7 Camossato, Guil     LSU-LA            1:53.21    1:52.95 NC      23  
    r:+0.64  25.74        54.67 (28.93)
        1:23.85 (29.18)     1:52.95 (29.10)
  8 Ballew, Maston   FR Auburn-SE         1:53.10    1:55.22         22  
    r:+0.66  25.47        54.14 (28.67)
        1:23.94 (29.80)     1:55.22 (31.28)

Women’s 50 Freestyle

Camille Spink was the winner of the 200 free Thursday, and now she is the sixth swimmer in history to swim below 21 seconds in the 50-yard race. Spink blasted a time of 20.87 to dominate the event at the SEC meet, going out in 9.99 and returning in 10.88 to dominate the field on both lengths. Spink’s time of 20.87 made her the fourth-fastest performer in history, trailing only the Olympic-gold-medal-winning trio of Gretchen WalshMaggie Mac Neil and Kate Douglass. Spink had previously gone 21.01 in prelims, tying Torri Huske for tops in the national standings, but now she holds pole position on her own.

Second place went to Texas’ Eva Okaro in 21.26, bumping her up to No. 5 in the national standings. Auburn’s Lisa Klevanovich touched out Alabama’s Cadence Vincent and Michaela De Villiers for third, with Klevanovich recording a itme of 21.55.

Event 27  Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 20.37  3/21/2024 Gretchen Walsh - Also 3/20/25, Virginia
          SEC: S 20.79  3/16/2023 Maggie MacNeil, LSU
         Meet: M 20.98  2/15/2023 Maggie MacNeil, LSU
         Pool: P 20.54  11/20/2024Gretchen Walsh, Virginia
                 22.28  NC
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Spink, Camille      Tennessee-SE        21.01      20.87MNC      32  
     r:+0.65  9.99        20.87 (10.88)
  2 Okaro, Eva       FR Texas               21.71      21.26 NC      28  
    r:+0.66  10.25        21.26 (11.01)
  3 Klevanovich, Li  GS Auburn-SE           21.67      21.55 NC      27  
    r:+0.73  10.58        21.55 (10.97)
  4 Vincent, Cadenc  JR Alabama-SE          21.59      21.58 NC      26  
    r:+0.65  10.57        21.58 (11.01)
  5 De Villiers, Mi  SR LSU-LA              21.74      21.59 NC      25  
    r:+0.65  10.34        21.59 (11.25)
  6 Crooks, Jillian     Tennessee-SE        22.14      21.87 NC      24  
    r:+0.59  10.56        21.87 (11.31)
  7 Littlefield, Av  SO LSU-LA              22.00      21.93 NC      23  
    r:+0.62  10.52        21.93 (11.41)
  8 Sikes, Katie Be  SO UGA-GA              22.05      22.03 NC      22  
    r:+0.67  10.53        22.03 (11.50)

Men’s 50 Freestyle

Josh Liendo has his second win of the meet by virtue of a clutch effort in the men’s 50 free. The Florida senior needed every bit of his 18.42 effort to defeat Tennessee’s Gui Caribe by four hundredths at the finish. Liendo finished in 9.49 on the second length to clock 18.42 to Caribe’s 18.46. Those two swimmers rank third and fourth all-time, respectively, with Liendo owning a best time of 18.07 and Caribe at 18.26. The only swimmers to ever go faster are Caeleb Dressel and Caribe’s former Tennessee teammate Jordan Crooks. The times were just off this season’s best time, shared by Liendo and Arizona State’s Ilya Kharun at 18.40.

Third place went to LSU’s Jere Hribar in 18.57. Missouri’s Luke Nebich (18.80), Tennessee’s Nikoli Blackman (18.80) and Florida’s Alex Painter (18.84) also clocked elite times in the fastest heat, which saw all eight men swim below 19 seconds.

Event 28  Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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         NCAA: N 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
          SEC: S 17.63  3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
         Meet: M 17.85  2/15/2023 Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
         Pool: P 18.12  11/20/2024Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
                 19.43  NC
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Liendo, Josh     SR FLOR-FL             18.52      18.42 NC      32  
     r:+0.65  8.93         18.42 (9.49)
  2 Caribe, Gui C       Tennessee-SE        18.69      18.46 NC      28  
     r:+0.59  8.83         18.46 (9.63)
  3 Hribar, Jere     JR LSU-LA              18.83      18.57 NC      27  
     r:+0.70  8.97         18.57 (9.60)
  4 Nebrich, Luke    SO Missouri-MV         19.10      18.74 NC      26  
     r:+0.63  8.99         18.74 (9.75)
  5 Blackman, Nikol     Tennessee-SE        18.97      18.80 NC      25  
     r:+0.62  9.13         18.80 (9.67)
  6 Painter, Alex J  SO FLOR-FL             18.90      18.84 NC      24  
     r:+0.61  8.96         18.84 (9.88)
  7 Gould, Garrett   SO Texas               18.89      18.92 NC      23  
     r:+0.58  9.08         18.92 (9.84)
  8 Scholl, Ben T    JR Texas A&M-GU        19.03      18.94 NC      22  
     r:+0.62  8.94        18.94 (10.00)

Women’s 500 Freestyle

An SEC record fell in the women’s 500 free as defending national champion Jillian Cox of Texas fended off a stellar effort from Georgia freshman Kennedi Dobson. The two swimmers were neck-and-neck for the majority of the race, with Cox taking over the lead at the 100-meter mark and narrowly holding Dobson at bay for each ensuing split. After the opening laps of the race, the margin between the two swimmers never exceeded four tenths, but Cox had enough to hold on as Dobson closed in.

Cox finished in 4:30.53 to lower the conference record of 4:30.68 she set in November 2024. Cox remained the eighth-fastest woman in history in the event. Dobson, meanwhile, finished in 4:30.70 to annihilate her previous best of 4:32.96 and move into the No. 9 spot all-time in the race. Dobson was under the previous SEC meet record of 4:31.54 set by Cox last season.

Tennessee’s Ella Jansen made it her third podium finish in as many individual races. Already the winner of the 400 IM and third-place finisher in the 200 fly, Jansen finished in 4:34.10 here for third, two seconds clear of the rest of the field. As for the team standings, the Longhorns extended their margin to almost 200 points over the Lady Vols with Nikolett PadarKate HurstLillie Nesty and Erin Gemmell all racing in the championship final.

Event 29  Women 500 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 4:24.06  3/16/2017 Katie Ledecky, Stanford
          SEC: S 4:30.68  11/20/2024Jillian Cox, Texas
         Meet: M 4:31.54  2/18/2025 Jillian Cox, Texas
         Pool: P 4:33.09  11/19/2020Paige Madden, Virginia
                 4:43.70  NC
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Cox, Jillian     SO Texas             4:38.49    4:30.53SNC      32  
    r:+0.69  25.27        52.18 (26.91)
        1:19.42 (27.24)     1:46.89 (27.47)
        2:14.50 (27.61)     2:41.92 (27.42)
        3:09.29 (27.37)     3:36.52 (27.23)
        4:03.79 (27.27)     4:30.53 (26.74)
  2 Dobson, Kennedi  FR UGA-GA            4:35.44    4:30.70MNC      28  
    r:+0.71  24.81        51.92 (27.11)
        1:19.29 (27.37)     1:46.85 (27.56)
        2:14.45 (27.60)     2:42.06 (27.61)
        3:09.47 (27.41)     3:36.84 (27.37)
        4:04.06 (27.22)     4:30.70 (26.64)
  3 Jansen, Ella        Tennessee-SE      4:37.66    4:34.10 NC      27  
    r:+0.74  25.12        52.42 (27.30)
        1:20.09 (27.67)     1:47.74 (27.65)
        2:15.52 (27.78)     2:43.17 (27.65)
        3:10.91 (27.74)     3:38.69 (27.78)
        4:06.43 (27.74)     4:34.10 (27.67)
  4 Brousseau, Juli  SO FLOR-FL           4:37.12    4:36.33 NC      26  
    r:+0.75  25.53        52.44 (26.91)
        1:19.81 (27.37)     1:47.10 (27.29)
        2:14.79 (27.69)     2:42.52 (27.73)
        3:10.65 (28.13)     3:39.01 (28.36)
        4:07.74 (28.73)     4:36.33 (28.59)
  5 Padar, Nikolett  FR Texas             4:39.03    4:37.33 NC      25  
    r:+0.73  25.02        52.30 (27.28)
        1:20.03 (27.73)     1:48.28 (28.25)
        2:16.27 (27.99)     2:44.23 (27.96)
        3:12.27 (28.04)     3:40.75 (28.48)
        4:09.43 (28.68)     4:37.33 (27.90)
  6 Hurst, Kate      SO Texas             4:40.21    4:39.33 NC      24  
    r:+0.72  25.89        53.69 (27.80)
        1:21.84 (28.15)     1:49.95 (28.11)
        2:17.92 (27.97)     2:46.11 (28.19)
        3:14.61 (28.50)     3:43.16 (28.55)
        4:11.56 (28.40)     4:39.33 (27.77)
  7 Nesty, Lillian   SO Texas             4:39.39    4:40.39 NC      23  
    r:+0.76  25.62        53.26 (27.64)
        1:21.17 (27.91)     1:49.20 (28.03)
        2:17.27 (28.07)     2:45.58 (28.31)
        3:14.00 (28.42)     3:42.55 (28.55)
        4:11.51 (28.96)     4:40.39 (28.88)
  8 Gemmell, Erin M  JR Texas             4:40.87    4:45.50         22  
    r:+0.75  25.07        53.01 (27.94)
        1:21.54 (28.53)     1:50.25 (28.71)
        2:18.92 (28.67)     2:48.03 (29.11)
        3:17.23 (29.20)     3:47.07 (29.84)
        4:16.62 (29.55)     4:45.50 (28.88)

Men’s 500 Freestyle

This year’s conference meet has not been a perfect showing for Rex Maurer, who finished behind teammate Baylor Nelson in the 400 IM, and he struggled in his leadoff leg on Texas’ 800 free relay. But in his signature event, the 500 free, Maurer handled world-title-winning competition in impressive fashion. The Texas junior was racing against Florida teammates Ahmed Jaouadi and Ahmed Hafnaoui; Jaouadi swept the 800 and 1500-meter gold medals at last summer’s World Championships while Hafnaoui pulled off that same double in 2023 after winning Olympic gold in the 400 free in Tokyo.

The 500-yard race still belongs to Maurer, the second-quickest man ever over 20 laps with his American record of 4:04.45 from November 2024. Maurer jumped out to a narrow lead over the two Tunisian swimmers and stayed just in front throughout. Hafnaoui was the closest to Maurer throughout the race until Jaouadi responded with a 23.62 split over the final 50 yards. It was not enough, though, and Maurer won by eight tenths.

Maurer’s final time was 4:08.46, the best in the country so far this season. Jaouadi moved into the second spot in the standings with his time of 4:09.28 while Hafnaoui was third in 4:10.18, which ranks fifth nationally. The Gators ended up finishing 2-3-4 here as Gio Linscheer came home in 4:10.23, a bit ahead of Alabama’s Leonardo Alcantara (4:10.45).

Event 30  Men 500 Yard Freestyle
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 4:02.31  3/28/2024 Leon Marchand, ASU
          SEC: S 4:04.45  11/20/2024Rex Mauer, Texas
         Meet: M 4:06.32  2/17/2021 Kieran Smith, Florida
         Pool: P 4:09.06  2/16/2022 Matthew Sates, Georgia
                 4:18.07  NC
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Maurer, Rex      JR Texas             4:12.11    4:08.46PNC      32  
    r:+0.72  22.21        47.46 (25.25)
        1:12.97 (25.51)     1:38.67 (25.70)
        2:03.89 (25.22)     2:29.28 (25.39)
        2:54.46 (25.18)     3:19.74 (25.28)
        3:44.15 (24.41)     4:08.46 (24.31)
  2 Jaouadi, Ahmed   FR FLOR-FL           4:10.26    4:09.28 NC      28  
    r:+0.75  22.52        47.57 (25.05)
        1:13.17 (25.60)     1:39.22 (26.05)
        2:04.80 (25.58)     2:29.97 (25.17)
        2:55.31 (25.34)     3:20.78 (25.47)
        3:45.66 (24.88)     4:09.28 (23.62)
  3 Hafnaoui, Ahmed  SO FLOR-FL           4:12.75    4:10.18 NC      27  
    r:+0.76  22.92        47.79 (24.87)
        1:13.20 (25.41)     1:38.92 (25.72)
        2:04.35 (25.43)     2:29.71 (25.36)
        2:54.99 (25.28)     3:20.15 (25.16)
        3:45.25 (25.10)     4:10.18 (24.93)
  4 Linscheer, Giov  SR FLOR-FL           4:12.21    4:10.23 NC      26  
    r:+0.68  23.55        48.65 (25.10)
        1:13.98 (25.33)     1:39.51 (25.53)
        2:05.27 (25.76)     2:30.75 (25.48)
        2:56.22 (25.47)     3:21.52 (25.30)
        3:46.24 (24.72)     4:10.23 (23.99)
  5 Alcantara, Leon  JR Alabama-SE        4:11.83    4:10.45 NC      25  
    r:+0.70  23.15        47.97 (24.82)
        1:13.40 (25.43)     1:39.12 (25.72)
        2:05.08 (25.96)     2:30.41 (25.33)
        2:55.83 (25.42)     3:21.43 (25.60)
        3:46.48 (25.05)     4:10.45 (23.97)
  6 Largeron, Pierr  JR South Carolina-S  4:13.70    4:11.88 NC      24  
    r:+0.64  22.60        47.56 (24.96)
        1:13.00 (25.44)     1:38.82 (25.82)
        2:04.71 (25.89)     2:30.29 (25.58)
        2:56.11 (25.82)     3:21.65 (25.54)
        3:47.08 (25.43)     4:11.88 (24.80)
  7 Green, Sean T    FR UGA-GA            4:12.38    4:12.01 NC      23  
    r:+0.65  22.99        48.07 (25.08)
        1:13.58 (25.51)     1:39.24 (25.66)
        2:04.88 (25.64)     2:30.45 (25.57)
        2:55.94 (25.49)     3:21.55 (25.61)
        3:47.27 (25.72)     4:12.01 (24.74)
  8 Bujak-Upton, Ko     Tennessee-SE      4:12.56    4:13.02 NC      22  
    r:+0.66  22.59        47.62 (25.03)
        1:13.11 (25.49)     1:38.99 (25.88)
        2:04.62 (25.63)     2:30.39 (25.77)
        2:56.26 (25.87)     3:22.16 (25.90)
        3:48.13 (25.97)     4:13.02 (24.89)

Men’s Platform Diving

LSU’s Carson Paul came through for the win in the platform event with 448.70 points. Florida’s Jesus Gonzalez, the 3-meter winner, came in second with 431.85, while Tennessee’s Bennett Greene, who took first on 1-meter, was third here with 410.00.

Event 31  Men Platform Diving
=========================================================================
         NCAA: N 548.90  2011      Nick McCrory, Duke
          SEC: S 507.15  3/7/2018  Zhipeng Colin Zhang, Tennessee
         Meet: M 496.55  2/18/2017 Juan Celaya-Hernandez, LSU
                 300.00  NC
    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points 
=========================================================================
                       === Championship Final ===                        
 
  1 Paul, Carson J   SR LSU-LA             390.90     448.70 NC      32  
  2 Gonzalez, Jesus  SO FLOR-FL            377.80     431.85 NC      28  
  3 Greene, Bennett     Tennessee-SE       417.75     410.00 NC      27  
  4 Trevino, Emilio  FR Texas A&M-GU       390.50     399.05 NC      26  
  5 Stone, Nick G       Tennessee-SE       325.70     386.55 NC      25  
  6 Agundez Mora, J  FR FLOR-FL            366.80     375.55 NC      24  
  7 Redfearn, Owen      Tennessee-SE       332.00     364.95 NC      23  
  8 Chambers, Nigel  SO Alabama-SE         376.50     351.80 NC      22

Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay

Tennessee has now captured three wins in women’s relays amid an impressive week in their home pool, and this latest effort helped the Lady Vols move back into second place over Florida in the team standings. Fresh off a win in the 50 free earlier in the session, Camille Spink served as the catalyst for her team, going 21.13 on the opening leg to come up just short of her 20.87 from the individual event earlier in the session, and her teammates held on.

Mizuki Hirai, Julianna Bocska and Jillian Crooks joined Spink in the winning group, the fastest split coming from Bocska at 21.46. Tennessee finished in 1:26.27 to beat a surging Alabama team by 0.12. The team of Cadence VincentEmily JonesTessa Giele and Charlotte Rosendale combined for a time of 1:26.39, with Jones spitting 21.40 on the second leg and Rosendale coming home in 21.23.

Texas had Eva Okaro lead off in 21.45, and she was followed by Lucy MehrabanAlexa Fulton and Erin Gemmell for a third-place time of 1:26.62. Just behind was LSU in 1:26.75, the Tigers elevated as Avery Littlefield went 21.13.

Event 32  Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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         NCAA: N 1:23.63  2/21/2024 Virginia
                          J Nocentini, G Walsh, A Walsh, M Parker
          SEC: S 1:25.41  2/19/2020 , Auburn
                          J. Meyen, C. Fisch, AJ Kutsch, R. Clevenger
         Meet: M 1:25.41  2/19/2020 , Auburn
                          J. Meynen, C. Fisch, AJ Kutsch, R. Clevenger
         Pool: P 1:24.51  3/16/2023 Virginia
                          K Douglass, G Walsh, A Cuomo, M Parker
                 1:28.26  NC
                 1:28.78  PROV
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
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  1 Tennessee-SE                  1:27.38    1:26.27 NC      64  
     1) Spink, Camille                2) r:0.20 Hirai, Mizuki         
     3) r:0.25 Bocska, Julianna       4) r:0.15 Crooks, Jillian       
    r:+0.67  10.17        21.13 (21.13)
          31.48 (10.35)       43.06 (21.93)
          53.20 (10.14)     1:04.52 (21.46)
        1:14.88 (10.36)     1:26.27 (21.75)
  2 Alabama-SE                    1:26.90    1:26.39 NC      56  
     1) Vincent, Cadence E JR         2) r:0.15 Jones, Emily SR       
     3) r:0.25 Giele, Tessa SR        4) r:0.27 Rosendale, Charotte SR
    r:+0.66  10.74        21.94 (21.94)
          32.03 (10.09)       43.34 (21.40)
          53.70 (10.36)     1:05.16 (21.82)
        1:15.17 (10.01)     1:26.39 (21.23)
  3 Texas                         1:26.88    1:26.62 NC      54  
     1) Okaro, Eva FR                 2) r:0.23 Mehraban, Lucy JR     
     3) r:0.09 Fulton, Alexa JR       4) r:0.18 Gemmell, Erin JR      
    r:+0.66  10.40        21.45 (21.45)
          31.82 (10.37)       43.22 (21.77)
          53.48 (10.26)     1:04.93 (21.71)
        1:15.32 (10.39)     1:26.62 (21.69)
  4 LSU-LA                        1:27.90    1:26.75 NC      52  
     1) De Villiers, Michaela K SR    2) r:0.13 Littlefield, Avery SO 
     3) r:0.13 Carlos-Broc, Zoe SO    4) r:0.30 Barnes, Megan SR      
    r:+0.65  10.41        21.72 (21.72)
           31.60 (9.88)       42.85 (21.13)
          53.06 (10.21)     1:04.62 (21.77)
        1:15.21 (10.59)     1:26.75 (22.13)
  5 UGA-GA                        1:28.96    1:28.36 PROV    50  
     1) Sikes, Katie Belle B SO       2) r:0.18 Hollingsworth, yden FR
     3) r:0.32 Dobson, Kennedi FR     4) r:0.15 Norton, Emma SR       
    r:+0.67  10.61        22.07 (22.07)
          32.30 (10.23)       44.09 (22.02)
          54.70 (10.61)     1:06.40 (22.31)
        1:16.91 (10.51)     1:28.36 (21.96)
  6 Texas A&M-GU                  1:28.77    1:28.46 PROV    48  
     1) Owens, Kaitlyn M 5T           2) r:0.24 McQuinn, Ella SO      
     3) r:0.23 Williamson, Eloise FR  4) r:0.27 Sherrard, Reagan FR   
    r:+0.61  10.93        22.33 (22.33)
          32.50 (10.17)       44.09 (21.76)
          54.43 (10.34)     1:06.11 (22.02)
        1:16.62 (10.51)     1:28.46 (22.35)
  7 FLOR-FL                       1:29.20    1:28.89         46  
     1) Bezerra, Beatriz FR           2) r:0.22 Bottazzo, Anita SO    
     3) r:0.11 Choate, Catie JR       4) r:0.11 Kruger, Lainy JR      
    r:+0.58  10.85        22.43 (22.43)
          32.88 (10.45)       44.52 (22.09)
          55.03 (10.51)     1:06.72 (22.20)
        1:17.26 (10.54)     1:28.89 (22.17)
  8 Missouri-MV                   1:29.16    1:28.92         44  
     1) Kuehn, Katie F SO             2) r:0.34 Smith, Francesca JR   
     3) r:0.18 Striley, Paige SR      4) r:0.06 Bank, Lina SR         
    r:+0.60  10.81        22.45 (22.45)
          33.04 (10.59)       44.62 (22.17)
          54.94 (10.32)     1:06.86 (22.24)
        1:17.38 (10.52)     1:28.92 (22.06)

Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay

The Florida Gators put forth a statement performance in the 200 free relay to round out the penultimate evening of competition. Josh Liendo started it out with another two-lap blast, going 18.41 to surpass his winning time from the individual 50 free earlier in the session by a hundredth. The Gators never surrendered any ground from there, with Alex PainterDevin Dilger and Scotty Buff all laying down splits between 18.5 and 18.8 to put Florida into the wall in 1:14.44, almost seven tenths ahead of the field.

Tennessee sat in second place early on, but a sensational 18.11 leg from Louisiana State’s Jere Hribar changed the landscape of the battle behind Florida. Diggory Dillingham, Hribar, Stepan Goncharov and Simon Meubry came in second for LSU in 1:15.13 while Tennessee got third in 1:15.27. Gui Caribe led off in 18.55, and Pedro SansomeNikoli Blackman and Koby Bujak-Upton finished things off. Not far back was conference-leading Texas in fourth place at 1:15.64.

Event 33  Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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         NCAA: N 1:12.80  2/19/2025 Tennessee
                          J Crooks, G Caribe, L Taylor, N Blackman
          SEC: S 1:12.80  2/19/2025 , Tennessee
                          J. Crooks, G. Caribe, L. Taylor, N. Blackman
         Meet: M 1:12.80  2/19/2025 , Tennessee
                          J. Crooks, G. Caribe, L. Taylor, N. Blackman
         Pool: P 1:13.72  11/23/2025Arizona State University
                          R Fabiani, I Kharun, T Palmer, J Kulow
                 1:16.23  NC
                 1:16.91  PROV
    School                           Seed     Finals       Points 
==================================================================================
  1 FLOR-FL                       1:15.19    1:14.44 NC      64  
     1) Liendo, Josh SR               2) r:0.34 Painter, Alex SO      
     3) r:0.37 Dilger, Devin SO       4) r:0.25 Buff, Scotty JR       
     r:+0.66  8.93        18.41 (18.41)
           27.16 (8.75)       37.06 (18.65)
           45.99 (8.93)       55.86 (18.80)
         1:04.66 (8.80)     1:14.44 (18.58)
  2 LSU-LA                        1:15.74    1:15.13 NC      56  
     1) Dillingham, Diggory M SO      2) r:0.27 Hribar, Jere JR       
     3) r:0.12 Goncharov, Stepan SR   4) r:0.27 Meubry, Simon FR      
     r:+0.61  9.26        19.36 (19.36)
           27.83 (8.47)       37.47 (18.11)
           46.28 (8.81)       56.32 (18.85)
         1:05.33 (9.01)     1:15.13 (18.81)
  3 Tennessee-SE                  1:16.19    1:15.27 NC      54  
     1) Caribe, Gui C                 2) r:0.25 Sansone, Pedro        
     3) r:0.37 Blackman, Nikoli       4) r:0.17 Bujak-Upton, Koby     
     r:+0.60  8.94        18.55 (18.55)
           27.52 (8.97)       37.63 (19.08)
           46.44 (8.81)       56.44 (18.81)
         1:05.31 (8.87)     1:15.27 (18.83)
  4 Texas                         1:15.97    1:15.64 NC      52  
     1) Gould, Garrett SO             2) r:0.36 Fente-Damers, Rfael FR
     3) r:0.16 Kos, Hubert SR         4) r:0.13 Peck, Kyle SO         
     r:+0.59  9.08        19.01 (19.01)
           27.94 (8.93)       37.80 (18.79)
           46.71 (8.91)       56.68 (18.88)
         1:05.60 (8.92)     1:15.64 (18.96)
  5 Texas A&M-GU                  1:16.59    1:16.16 NC      50  
     1) Scholl, Ben T JR              2) r:0.17 Sytsma, Ben SO        
     3) r:0.22 Brown, Logan JR        4) r:0.32 Reno, Seth 5T         
     r:+0.60  9.07        19.08 (19.08)
           27.97 (8.89)       37.98 (18.90)
           47.06 (9.08)       57.20 (19.22)
         1:06.04 (8.84)     1:16.16 (18.96)
  6 Auburn-SE                     1:16.22    1:16.20 NC      48  
     1) Makinen, Kalle SR             2) r:0.11 Khaled, Sohib SR      
     3) r:0.18 Bedsole, Luke FR       4) r:0.25 Russ, Warner SO       
     r:+0.72  9.43        19.48 (19.48)
           28.20 (8.72)       38.25 (18.77)
           47.13 (8.88)       57.36 (19.11)
         1:06.31 (8.95)     1:16.20 (18.84)
  7 Alabama-SE                    1:17.29    1:16.29 PROV    46  
     1) Niewold, Sean SR              2) r:0.34 Korstanje, Tim SR     
     3) r:0.10 Hoole, Jonathan FR     4) r:0.30 Wilson, Zarek JR      
     r:+0.67  9.03        18.87 (18.87)
           27.89 (9.02)       37.99 (19.12)
           47.06 (9.07)       57.09 (19.10)
         1:06.31 (9.22)     1:16.29 (19.20)
  8 UK                            1:17.83    1:16.65 PROV    44  
     1) Tuufui, Falemana FR           2) r:0.33 Osman, Lysander FR    
     3) r:0.27 Terry, AJ JR           4) r:0.26 Peresse, Justin JR    
     r:+0.68  9.17        18.98 (18.98)
           28.19 (9.21)       37.98 (19.00)
           47.23 (9.25)       57.53 (19.55)
         1:06.42 (8.89)     1:16.65 (19.12)
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