Tennessee
Senior Lauren Driscoll picked up her second individual medley win of the meet as the Tennessee swimming and diving team won five events Saturday at the Tennessee Invitational.
Through two days of competition, Tennessee's women lead the field with 836.5 points, followed by Missouri (651), Virginia Tech (613) and West Virginia (255). Missouri leads the men's competition with 851.5 points. The Vols are second (613), Virginia Tech is third (597.5) and West Virginia is fourth (369.5).
The meet concludes Sunday with preliminaries starting at 10 a.m. and finals at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
The Vols picked up four individual victories: Madeline Banic in the 100-yard butterfly (51.19), Lauren Driscoll in the women's 400 IM (4:06.64), Sam McHugh in the men's 400 IM (3:45.90) and Liam Stone on the 1-meter springboard (372.15 points). Tennessee ended Saturday's final session with a win in the 800 freestyle relay (7:12.02).
Sam McHugh picked up a win in the 400-yard individual medley in 3 minutes, 45.90 seconds, the fastest time in the NCAA this season.
Freshman Madeline Banic recorded the fastest time in the country this year in the 100 butterfly (51.19 seconds). It is also the second-fastest time in UT history. She also recorded an NCAA B cut time in the 100 backstroke by winning the consolation finals (53.75).
"Across the board, we were very solid. Of course, we had a few exceptional performances," Tennessee head coach Matt Kredich said. "[Madeline] Banic's 100 fly was absolutely fantastic. She's had a great meet so far and discovering that she's one of the best in the country, and that's pretty neat for a freshman.
En route to winning the 400 IM, senior Lauren Driscoll swam a career-best 4:06.64, the second-fastest time in program history behind fellow senior Amanda Carner. She was part of a 1-2-3 Tennessee performance in the event, as Colleen Callahan was second (4:11.18) and Carner was third (4:11.77). Driscoll won the 200 IM on Friday.
The UT women closed out the evening session with a victory in the 800-yard freestyle relay. The team of Madeline Tegner, Harper Bruens, Lauren Driscoll and Mary Griffith reached the wall first in 7:12.02.
Senior Sean Lehane lost a backstroke event for the first time all season, finishing second in the 100 backstroke in a season-best time of 47.19.
Junior Kira Toussaint placed second in the women's 100 backstroke in 52.39, the third-fastest time in program history.
"I feel like we've made a lot of progress," Kredich said. "It's coming out in fast times more for some people than for others, but the attitudes good and the improvement trend has been good for the whole team. I feel good about where we are."
Former Vol Molly Hannis, swimming for Tennessee Aquatics, won the 100 breaststroke in 58.54.
The men's divers swept this weekend's springboard events. Liam Stone and Mauricio Robles finished 1-2 in the men's 1-meter springboard, with Stone taking first in 372.15. Robles finished behind him in 354.80. Michael Howell picked up a seventh-place finish (301.55).
Robles had won the 3-meter springboard on Friday night.
In the women's competition, freshman Rachel Rubadue was second in the 3-meter springboard thanks to a strong finish on her last two dives (315.05), and Sarah Chewning was sixth (263.75).
"Rachel did a fantastic job in the prelims earlier today," Tennessee diving coach Dave Parrington said. "She came up a little short tonight, but I was excited to see her come back and fight for that win."
The invitational continue tomorrow with platform diving, 1650 freestyle, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly and the 400 freestyle relay.
The preliminary session starts at 10 a.m., platform diving is at 1:30 p.m. and the swimming finals are at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free for all sessions at AJIAC.
Sunday's Swimming Events: Sean Lehane has excelled at the 200 backstroke, both in LCM and SCY this year. He won the 200-meter backstroke at the Pan American Games this summer. He's the two-time defending SEC champ in the 200-yard backstroke and has the fourth-fastest time in the country this season (1:42.84) ... McHugh is 16th in the 200 fly this season (1:46.29) ... This will be the first meet of the season to feature the 1650-yard freestyle. Evan Pinion holds the school record in the event (14:42.04) and placed eighth at NCAAs last year. Madeline Tegner is UT's women's record holder in the event (15:59.64).
Missouri
The Mizzou swimming and diving teams set five school records and NCAA automatic qualifying times and won seven events during day two Saturday (Nov. 21) at the three-day Tennessee Invite at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The Mizzou men sit first with 851.5 points, ahead of Tennessee, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and UMass, while the women are second with 651 points, behind Tennessee.
Junior Katharine Ross (100 breast), redshirt senior Abby Duncan (100 breast) and junior Fabian Schwingenschlogl (100 breast) all clocked individual NCAA automatic qualifying times, while the Tigers also notched A cuts in the men’s and women’s 200 medley relays.
Mizzou started the night with a sweep of the men’s and women’s 200 medley relays. The women’s team of junior Nadine Laemmler, Duncan, freshman Maddie Gehrke and senior Anna Patterson clocked an NCAA ‘A’ time of 1:37.38, while the men’s quartet of senior Dillon Love, Schwingenschlogl, junior Andrew Sansoucie and junior Michael Chadwick went 1:24.35, also an NCAA automatic qualifying time and a school record.
In the men’s 100 breast, Schwingenschlogl earned top honors and broke Mizzou’s school record after touching the wall in 51.36. Junior Eddie Mapel took third in 53.16 to move into fourth all-time at Mizzou, while sophomore Jordy Groters clocked a personal best 54.03 for fourth.
Ross and Duncan finished second and third, respectively, in the women’s 100 breast. Ross broke her own school mark in the event with 58.66, while Duncan was close behind in 58.83, times that were easily under the NCAA automatic qualifying cut.
Sansoucie broke his own 100 fly school record after claiming the win in the event with a time of 46.10. Junior Martin Wallace and freshman Luke Mankus finished fifth and sixth, respectively, after swims of 48.13 and 48.57.
In the women’s 100 back, sophomore Hannah Stevens claimed top honors with a season best time of 52.22, while Laemmler touched third in 52.99.
Freshman Mikel Schreuders won the men’s 200 free after a personal best swim of 1:36.00. Schreuders led five Tigers in the top seven, as freshman Sam Coffman took second in 1:37.66, junior Nick Davis finished fourth in 1:38.03, junior Mitchell Forde placed fifth in 1:38.07 and senior Levi Hanks took seventh in 1:39.37.
Mizzou went two-three in the final of the women’s 200 free, as sophomore Rachel Hayden took second in 1:47.83 and sophomore Kira Zubar was third in 1:47.95, both career best times.
In the men’s 400 IM, senior Daniel Graviss placed second with a season best time of 3:48.28, while sophomore Carter Wallace was sixth in the championship final in 3:58.76.
The men’s 100 back saw junior Carter Griffin (48.23), sophomore Grant Kelton (49.07) and freshman Alex Walton (49.20) place three-four-five in the championship final. Additionally, Love won the consolation final in 48.09.
In the diving well, senior Clark Thomas took third in the men’s 3-meter springboard after a finals score of 345.00. Sophomore Kendra Kieser finished fifth on the women’s 1-meter after a finals score of 271.00.
Mizzou’s final school record and win of the night came in the men’s 800 free relay. The team of Chadwick, Schreuders, Coffman and Schwingenschlogl finished first in 6:23.12, while Chadwick’s leadoff 200 free split of 1:34.38 broke his own school record.
West Virginia
Senior Andrew Marsh won the 100 backstroke to highlight the West Virginia University swimming and diving team’s performance on the second day of the Tennessee Invitational in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday.
Along with the win in the 100 backstroke, Marsh finished second in the 100 butterfly. He was joined with top-three honors by junior Nate Carr, who was third in the 400 individual medley, and senior diver Lindsay Schmidt, who earned a third-place finish on 3-meter.
“Today was a better day,” said coach Vic Riggs. “We had some very solid swims this morning, which gave us some opportunities tonight that I think we took advantage of.”
The morning prelims were competed in long-course meters, while the evening finals were raced in short-course yards.
Through the second day of the three-day, four team meet, the WVU men’s squad totaled a team score of 369.5, while the women have 255. Missouri leads the men’s standings with 851.5, followed by Tennessee (613), Virginia Tech (597.5) and West Virginia. On the women’s side, Tennessee leads with 836.5, followed by Missouri (651), Virginia Tech (613) and West Virginia.
“In tonight's finals, I felt we were strong in every event,” said Riggs. “Having Andrew Marsh win the 100 backstroke was the highlight. Nate Carr had a very solid night as well with a top-three finish in the 400 IM, and a 1:38.15 lead-off for the relay. I felt all our 100 strokes and 200 free events were good for this time of year. I think we had close to 100 percent in season-best times.”
Marsh won the 100 backstroke with a 47.01. After a 58.87 long-course time in the prelims, Marsh won the finals by 0.18 seconds and was one of two swimmers to post a time under 48 seconds.
Marsh earned the runner-up finish in the 100 butterfly with a 47.33. He beat out Tennessee’s Tyler Mills by 0.40 seconds after the WVU senior recorded a 56.56 long-course time in the prelims.
Carr placed third overall in the finals of the 400 IM with a season-best 3:51.01. Carr beat out Virginia Tech’s Robert Owen by 0.64 seconds to earn the top-three finish.
Schmidt also made the A final on 3-meter and scored a 293.70 in the finals after a 264.80 in the prelims. Schmidt was one of three divers to record a score above a 280.
In addition to Marsh in the 100 butterfly, Chase Williams and Nathan Howells both earned spots in the B final. Williams finished 14th overall with a 50.48, while Howells was right behind him with a 50.66 to finish 15th overall.
Along with Carr in the 400 IM, James Koval and Drew Damich advanced to the B final and placed 13th and 14th overall, respectively. Koval touched the wall in 4:04.11, while Damich finished in 4:04.18.
Freshmen Maggie Miller and Natalie Johnsen advanced to the B final in the 100-yard butterfly. Miller finished seventh in the B final and 15th overall with a time of 56.76 and Johnsen took 16th overall in 57.13.
In the 200 freestyle, Chris McMahon advanced to the B final and finished 14th overall with a 1:41.89.
The Mountaineer women sent three to the B final of the 100-yard breaststroke, while the men advanced four to the B final. For the women, senior Emter finished fourth in the B final and 12th overall (1:04.51), followed by freshman Marah Bieger in 14th (1:05.84) and senior Emma Luigard in 16th overall (1:08.42).
For the men, Spencer finished first in the B finals and ninth overall with a time of 55:14. Senior Aidan Fumagalli finished third in the B final and 11th overall (56.51), followed by freshman Jake Armstrong (57.25) in 13th and Williams (57.67) in 15th place overall.
WVU added two more B final appearances in the 100 backstroke. Amelie Currat finished 14th overall with a 56.39 in the women’s race, while Merwane Elmerine was 16th overall in the men’s competition with a finals time of 51.40.
Alex Obendorf led the way for the divers on 1-meter for the men with a 266.35 to finish 11th overall. Logan McHenry was right behind him in 12th place with a 252.60, while Mike Proietto finished 13th with a 246.55.
Along with Schmidt’s A final appearance on 3-meter, Madelyn Woods placed 11th overall with a 234.85 and Julia Calcut was 13th with a 228.85.
To conclude the day in the men’s 800 freestyle relay, WVU placed fourth with a 6:37.53. Carr led off with a 1:38.15, followed by Marsh with a 1:38.56, McMahon with a 1:41.55 and Ross Glegg with a 1:39.27.
