University of Tennessee Athletics
SWIM CENTRAL: SEC Championships
February 16, 2015 | Swimming & Diving
Feb. 16, 2015
#13 Tennessee: 6-6 (3-3 SEC)
Last Year at SECs: The Tennessee men finished sixth after the five-day event with 713 points, almost half of the 1440 point total accumulated by Florida. The men acquired eight total SEC medals, with one gold medal. That was earned on the final day of competition, when Sean Lehane claimed first place in the 200-yard backstroke. In 1 minute, 39.64 seconds, Lehane won the event in the evening session, an improvement on the preliminary session, where he broke his then-school record time in the event.
Mauricio Robles earned a pair of silver medals in consecutive days of competition, finishing second in the three-meter diving competition (418.10). That was Robles' second silver medal at SECs, finishing second in the one-meter competition as well (395.20). Luke Percy earned the other silver medal by finishing second in the 100 Free (42.22).
UT earned four bronze medals overall, two of which coming in the relay portion of the championship. The men earned their first medal in the 200 Medley Relay, in which Sam Rairden, Renato Prono, Oystein Hetland and Percy tied with Alabama for third place (1:24.84). The 800 Free Relay squad of Rairden, Gustav Aberg Ledjstrom, Tristan Slater and Lehane finished third to claim the bronze medal. Rairden also won two individual bronze medals by finishing third in the 100 Fly (45.92) and the 100 Back (46.05).
In the Rankings: Six teams are in the CSCAA top 25: #1 Florida, #5 Auburn, #8 Georgia, #13 Tennessee, #14 Texas A&M, #17 Missouri
#8 Tennessee: 6-5-1 (2-3-1 SEC)
Last Year at SECs: The UT women earned eight total medals as well for a fifth-place finish, led by one gold medal on the final day of competitions. Tori Lamp claimed first in the 10-meter platform competition for the third straight time at SECs, winning with a score of 356.10, becoming the third three-time winner in SEC history.
Also on the final night of competition, Tennessee earned a silver medal in the 400 Free Relay, where Faith Johnson, Harper Bruens, Kate McNeilis and Lindsay Gendron earned second place in 3:12.76. UT's relay prowess began on day one, where the Vols earned silver in the 200 Medley Relay. Lauren Solernou, Molly Hannis, Bruens and Johnson combined for a 1:35.81.
UT earned its third silver medal in the relays by taking second in the 200 Free Relay, where Cherelle Thompson, Johnson, Bruens and Gendron finished in 1:28.37, marking Thompson's first SEC medal. Gendron earned her first individual medal on day three, when she earned a silver medal in the 200 Free (1:43.35), just off her school-record pace set last year. For the second consecutive year, Hannis earned silver in the 100 Breast, clocking in with a time of 58.22, just behind U.S. national team member Breeja Larson.
Tennessee earned its first bronze medal on day two of competition, when Johnson earned her first individual medal of the tournament in the 50 Free, thanks to a career-best time of 21.67. UT earned its fourth relay medal of the SEC Championships with a bronze medal in the 400 medley relay, where Solernou, Hannis, Gendron and Johnson earned third with a 3:30.19 time.
In the Rankings: There are six SEC teams in the top 25: #2 Georgia, #4 Florida, #5 Texas A&M, #7 Auburn, #10 Tennessee, #18 Missouri, #19 LSU, RV Kentucky
ORDER OF EVENTS
All times Central
TUESDAY
11 a.m.
Diving: Men's 1-meter (prelims)
1:30 p.m.
Diving: Women's 3-meter (prelims)
5:30 p.m.
Diving: Men's 1-meter (finals)
200 Medley Relay (finals)
Diving: Women's 3-meter (finals)
800 Freestyle Relay (finals)
WEDNESDAY
10 a.m.
500 Freestyle (prelims)
200 IM (prelims)
50 Freestyle (prelims)
1 p.m.
Diving: Women's 1-meter (prelims)
6 p.m.
500 Freestyle (finals)
200 IM (finals)
50 Freestyle (finals)
Diving: Women's 1-meter (finals)
200 Freestyle Relay (finals)
THURSDAY
10 a.m.
400 IM (prelims)
100 Butterfly (prelims)
200 Freestyle (prelims)
1 p.m.
Diving: Men's 3-meter (prelims)
6 p.m.
400 IM (finals)
100 Butterfly (finals)
Diving: Men's 3-meter (finals)
200 Freestyle (finals)
FRIDAY
10 a.m.
200 Butterfly (prelims)
100 Backstroke (prelims)
100 Breaststroke (prelims)
1 p.m.
Diving: Women's Platform (prelims)
6 p.m.
200 Butterfly (finals)
100 Backstroke (finals)
100 Breaststroke (finals)
Diving: Women's Platform (finals)
400 Medley Relay (finals)
SATURDAY
10 a.m.
100 Freestyle (prelims)
200 Backstroke (prelims)
200 Breaststroke (prelims)
1 p.m.
Diving: Men's Platform (prelims)
4 p.m.
1650 Freestyle (all but final heat)
6 p.m.
1650 Freestyle (final heat W/M)
100 Freestyle (finals)
200 Backstroke (finals)
200 Breaststroke (finals)
Diving: Men's Platform (final)
400 Freestyle Relay (Final)
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