Tide Rolls Past Centenary, Vandy

The Alabama swimming and diving teams picked up where they left off a week ago, with the men dominating Centenary and the women doing the same against Centenary and Vanderbilt in the Crimson Tide’s home opener.
 
Alabama’s men beat Centenary 196-99 to go to 3-0 on the season while the UA women beat Centenary 201-78 and Vanderbilt 199-79 to go to 6-0 on the year.
 
The Crimson Tide men and women both swept the 16-event slate. The Tide men had 13 different individual winners, with only freshman Brandon Lowe, who won the 200 and 500 freestyles, doubled up for the men. The UA women saw 11 different athletes win 14 individual events, with senior Agustina de Giovanni (500 freestyle and 400 IM), sophomore Carrie Dragland (one and three-meter diving) and junior Paige Troyan (100 and 200 breaststroke) all doubling up.
 
Senior All-American Mark Randall set the tone early for the Tide men with the first individual race of the day, winning the mile with a blistering 15:18.68, the best collegiate time in the nation to this point in the season.  Lowe won the 200 freestyle with a 1:43.92 to notch his first UA victory before returning later in the meet to turn in the top time in the 500 freestyle, touching at 4:40.98.
 
For the women, De Giovanni won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:01.61 and came right back to take top honors in the 400 IM as well with a 4:21.79. Dragland won the one and three-meter boards with a score of 313.95 and 290.85 respectively. Troyan won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, touching at 1:07.43 in the 100 and 2:23.37 in the 200.
 
The Tide remains at home for its next meet, facing the LSU Tigers Friday, Nov. 6 at 3 p.m. in the Alabama Aquatic Center.