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Tennessee Invitational
Vols Earn Five More Wins at Home Invite
November 21, 2015 | Swimming & Diving
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- 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.
The Vols picked up four individual victories: Madeline Banic in the 100-yard butterfly (51.19 seconds), 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 women's 800 freestyle relay (7:12.02).
INSIDE SWIMMING
Sam McHugh recorded 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.
Junior Kira Toussaint placed second in the women's 100 backstroke in 52.39, the third-fastest time in program history.
Though he lost his first backstroke race of the entire season, senior Sean Lehane finished second in the 100 backstroke in a season-best time of 47.19.
"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."
INSIDE DIVING
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."
SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE
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).
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