Men's 200-Yard Butterfly
Florida's Marcin Cieslak won the closest of races, out-touching junior teammate Sebastien Rousseau (1:42.18) for the SEC 200 fly title. Florida senior Cameron Martin made it a 1-2-3 finish while Dan Wallace (1:44.18) also grabbed fifth for the streaking Gators. Florida freshman Luke Torres grabbed the win in the 'B' final (1:46.09), outlasting Texas A&M junior Omar Enriquez (1:46.44). South Carolina's Gerard Rodriguez (1:46.78) took control on the final 50 in lane seven to grab the win over Florida's Ryan Signorin (1:47.26) in lane one. The Gators scored 144 points in this race to further cement their push toward unseating the Auburn Tigers.
Women's 200-Yard Butterfly
Olympic Trials champ Cammile Adams of Texas A&M proved why she earned that title last summer by methodically winning her first SEC title in a meet record time of 1:52.48. Her teammate Caroline McElhaney finished right behind her, earning an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:53.24 with Tennessee's Kelsey Floyd taking the bronze (1:54.78). Auburn's Sarah Peterson (1:57.72) got past Florida's Molly Dubrasky (1:58.13) on the final 50 to grab the win in the consolation final. LSU senior Sara Haley (1:57.98) held off a charging Mary Griffith of Tennessee (1:58.92) to capture the 'C' final
Men's 100-Yard Backstroke
Auburn senior Kyle Owens (45.60) steadily worked his way to the front and stayed put, grabbing the top spot on the podium ahead of Tennessee junior Sam Rairden (46.07). Missouri's Logan Mosely was third in 46.74. LSU sophomore Michael Young (47.64) stole the consolation final from Florida's Christian-Paul Homer (47.69) in the last few meters to seal a win for the Tigers. Missouri senior John Higgins (48.57) edges LSU sophomore Dillon Love (48.62) at the wall to grab the bonus final victory.
Women's 100-Yard Backstroke
Texas A&M junior Paige Miller (51.62) won a gutsy, fantastic, tight race over Georgia's Megan Romano (51.82) and Florida's Sinead Russell (51.95). Missouri senior Cassie Cunningham (52.31) won the consolation final, getting ahead of A&M's Kelli Benjamin (52.97). Tennessee's Maddie Hahn (53.45) and Anna Mayfield of Arkansas (53.86) got past Shana Lim of Arkansas (54.12) on the final 25 to finish one-two.
Men's 100-Yard Breaststroke
Georgia sophomore Nic Fink stormed to the win in 52.34 out-distancing Missouri's Igor Kozlovskij (52.89) and LSU's Andrei Tuomola (53.02). The consolation final had Tennessee orange written all over it with junior Renato Prono (53.07) and Ed Walsh (53.40) going one-two. Kentucky sophomore George Greenhalgh (54.57) outlasted Alabama junior Cameron Conners (54.65) in the bonus final.
Women's 100-Yard Breaststroke
Texas A&M's Breeja Larson (57.43) won a battle of titans between herself and Tennessee's Molly Hannis (58.24) with a very strong final 50 yards, setting a new NCAA and American record in the process. Larson split 27.37/30.06 to get the win. Auburn's Lindsey Norberg grabbed the bronze medal in 59.43. Florida junior Hilda Luthersdottir (1:00.15) outlasts LSU's Torrey Bussey (1:00.30) and Texas A&M's Ashley McGregor (1:00.36) to take a thirlling consolation final. Auburn's Laura Johnson (1:01.66) steals the win out of lane one over Vanderbilt's Elly Faulkner (1:01.80).
Women's Platform Diving
Tennessee's Victoria Lamp (81) grabs a big lead right out of the gate. Georgia's Laura Ryan (67.20) and Texas A&M's Jesse McCauley (64.80) sit second and third after round one. Lamp (152.55) increases her lead in round two while the Aggies' McCauley (132.35) and the Dawgs' Ryan swap spots (124.20). Victoria Lamp comes back to the pack a bit in round three, leading Geogia's Laura Ryan, 205.35 to 199.95 with Kentucky sophomore Christa Cabot third (192.20). Lamp (261.90) continues to lead but just barely as A&M's MacCauley hits the dive of her life, receiving as high as a 10 from one of the judges, to move into second (261.00). Tennessee's Victoria Lamp (341.90) nails her final dive to set a new SEC record, topping the surprise silver-medal-winning performance from the Aggies' McCauley (328.80). Georgia's Laura Ryan grabs the bronze medal with a score of 319.95.
Men's 400-Yard Medley Relay
Auburn (3:05.92) grabbed the lead, thanks to a 45.69 leadoff leg from Kyle Owens, and never looked back even despite a valiant performance from Florida flyer Marcin Cieslak. The Gators (3:07.80) finished runner-up well back after Marcelo Chierighini (41.33) slammed the door shut on the anchor leg. Tennessee earned the bronze medal in 3:09.20 while MIssouri was disqualified on the third exchange. South Carolina took control of the first heat on the fly leg to win in 3:11.83. Alabama was disqualified.
Women's 400-Yard Medley Relay
Texas A&M (3:28.93) grabbed the lead on the strength of Breeja Larson's breaststroke leg (57.26) and just kept stretching it as the race went on, eventually smashing the former SEC record of 3:30.36 set last year by Tennessee. Georgia (3:31.34) won a tight battle with Tennessee (3:31.80) for the runner-spot behind the Aggies. Missouri was unfortunately disqualified in this relay as well. Alabama (3:38.09) won a back-and-forth battle with LSU (3:39.06) in the consolation final. The two teams traded leads on each of the last three legs.
Florida (1,038) is in complete command of the men's race with Auburn (823.5) more than 200 points back.Georgia (679) looks to be comfortably in third while Tennessee (570.5), Missouri (531), and LSU (530.5) all have a shot at finishing in fourth place on Saturday.
On the women's side, Friday night was all Aggies all the time as they won all four races in the pool, setting SEC meet records in three of them, and nearly produced a stunning upset on the platform. Despite their impressive night, Georgia still leads in the team standings over A&M, 1058 to 985. Florida (852,5) and Tennessee (810) looks to be battling for third in the team race while Auburn (657) looks to be locked solidly into fifth place.
