Tennessee Tops Carson-Newman in Penultimate Regular Season Meet

Thursday, January 19

4:00 pm

University of Tennessee

Carson-Newman

Tennessee Tops Carson-Newman in Penultimate Regular Season Meet

January 19, 2023 | Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Men's Swimming & Diving

Results

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee swimming & diving took down its neighbor to the northeast Thursday evening, as the Big Orange bested Carson-Newman at Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in its first of back-to-back home meets this week.

The sixth-ranked Vols defeated the Eagles, 216.5-45.5, while the No. 14 Lady Vols earned the 206-55 victory.

The women's squad opened up the meet with a bang, sweeping the top three spots in the 200 medley relay. The squad of Olivia Harper, Kailee Morgan, Libby Russum and Jasmine Rumley posted the top time, touching the wall in 1:39.87. Elle Caldow, Jordan Aurnou-Rhees, Brooklyn Douthwright and Natalie Ungaretti came in second with a 1:41.44 effort. Amber Myers, Sammy Huff, Mona McSharry and Annie Rimmer followed behind for third, clocking a 1:43.06.

In the 1650 free, Kristen Stege kicked the individual events off with a splash, throwing down the fastest time in the country with a mark of 15:57.01. Claire Nguyen followed behind in second place (16:16.15), Lauren Wetherell came in third (16:44.64) and Summer Eaker placed fourth (17.13.11). Stege also notched a first-place finish and season-best time (4:45.66) in the 500 free. Nguyen placed second (4:49.48), and Berit Quass took third (4:50.77).

Continuing to dominate the leaderboard, the Lady Vols took the top three spots in the 200 free. Making her season debut, Julia Mrozinski notched a first-place finish with a time of 1:48.05, followed by Quass (1:49.62) in second and Alyssa Breslin in third (1:50.48).

In the 50 free, Ungaretti threw down the fastest mark at 23.17 to earn her second win of the season. Russum was just behind her, touching the wall in 23.38. Rumley (23.46) finished third, and Rimmer (23.71) came in fourth. Rimmer bounced back with a solid effort in the 100 free, posting the best mark at 50.66 to pick up her first victory of the season, while Mrozinski (51.21) and Myers (51.82) finished just behind in second and third, respectively.

Harper earned the fastest time in the 100 back with a swift 53.07, and Myers posted a third-place finish at 57.12. Bayley Stewart had the top effort in the 200 back at 1:56.79. Sara Stotler followed behind her in second with a mark of 1:56.93, and Caldow checked in at third (1:59.25).

Aurnou-Rhees earned her first win of the season when she clocked a 1:01.84 time in 100 breast. Morgan followed close behind her, earning second place with a mark of 1:02.32. In the back half of the meet, Morgan responded with the top time in the 200 breast (2:17.53), while Aurnou-Rhees finished second (2:18.46). Huff also came in third in the event. (2:24.72).

Julia Burroughs was the sole competitor for the Lady Vols in the 200 fly, where she posted the top time at 2:03.00. The win marked her second victory of the season. Burroughs took fourth in the 100 fly as well, coming behind Harper in first (54.63), Josephine Fuller in second (54.71) and Rimmer in third (55.20).

Kate McCarville dominated the 400 IM finishing with a mark of 4:14.07. Breslin posted a second-place finish at 4:21.19.

The Lady Vols closed out the evening with a win from Stotler, Douthwright, Burroughs and Rumley in the 200 free relay (1:31.22). McSharry, Russum, Abby Samansky and Myers took second in the race with a time of 1:32.34. Carlton, Harper, Rimmer and Ungaretti finished third (1:33.48), and Mrozinski, Fuller, Aurnou-Rhees and Quass came in fourth (1:35.48).

"I saw a lot of really good effort, a lot of really good preparation, and a lot of really good race execution," associate head coach Ashley Jahn said. "We're thankful to have Carson-Newman come in for a dual meet against us. It's always great to have them in Knoxville, and we're appreciative that they came in this weekend. I think we had a lot of great swims today, certainly some people in some primary events that executed very well. Aurnou-Rhees had a great meet today. Ungaretti had a great day today, really competitive. It's always really challenging to swim a 500 free by yourself, so I thought Summer Eaker put in a really good effort today. It's great to have Julia Mrozinski back competing for the Lady Vols. It's really exciting to watch some of our athletes explore different events, and overall, I'm just really proud of their effort and their focus. We've done a lot of racing over the last couple of weeks, traveling to Missouri and hosting the TYR Pro Swim Meet last week. It was a great meet tonight against Carson-Newman, and we're looking forward to having Georgia in town on Saturday."

On the men's side, the quartet of Jordan Crooks, Michael Houlie, Gui Caribe and Scott Scanlon kicked things off by winning the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:25.75. Harrison Lierz, Jarel Dillard, Micah Chambers and Aleksey Tarasenko followed up with a second-place finish (1:27.75), and Björn Kammann, Lyubomir Epitropov, Luke Brice and Jack Flanagan clocked a 1:28.54 to round out the top three.

In the sprint freestyle races, Chambers posted the fastest time in the 50 free at 20.33, while Scanlon finished second behind a 20.34 mark. Scanlon had the top time in the 100 free race, clocking a 44.77. Flanagan notched a pair of top-3 finishes in the events, placing second in the 100 free with a 44.94 time and tying for third in the 50 free (20.59). Rafael Ponce de Leon Castilla took third in the 100 free behind a 45.12 mark.

Jack Stelter won the men's 200 free with a 1:38.77 mark. Pep Arwine finished third, touching the wall in 1:40.77. Landon Driggers placed fourth (1:40.79), and Jacob McDonald took fifth (1:41.23).

Sweeping the distance events, Jack Little clocked a 4:23.33 time in the 500 free and a 15:03.95 effort in the 1650 free to pick up a pair of wins. Jake Narvid (4:29.62) finished second in the 500 free, followed by Will Jackson (4:31.82) in third and Stelter (4:33.20) in fourth. Behind Little in the mile, Joey Tepper touched the wall in 15:18.82 to finish second, and Narvid placed third with a time of 15:24.60.

Crooks clocked a 46.25 effort to win the 100 back. Griffin Hadley took second in the race with a 49.52 mark, and Joaquin Vargas placed fourth with a 50.90 time. Lierz won the 200 back thanks to a 1:44.12 effort, followed by Nick Simons (1:45.90) and Hadley (1:48.03) in second and third place.

In the 100 breast, Brett Champlin took first with a 55.47 mark. In what was a tight race, Ryan Williams (55.58) and Joseph Jordan (55.98) finished just behind Champlin in second and third, respectively. Epitropov's time of 1:54.10 in the 200 breast was good for first place, while Jordan placed second with a time of 2:02.81.

In the 100 fly, Joel Giraudeau won with a time of 47.93. Williams placed second with a 48.58 mark, and Lierz rounded out the top three with a 49.96. Giraudeau completed the sweep of the fly events, recording a 1:48.88 to win the 200 fly. Gus Rothrock (1:47.44) came in second, Brice (1:50.23) placed third and Charlie Krone (1:52.46) finished fifth.

In the 400 IM, Driggers posted a 3:48.07 to place first, followed by Rothrock with a 3:54.39.

The team of Caribe, Crooks, Scanlon and Tarasenko won the 200 free relay with a time of 1:18.25. Chambers, Kammann, Flanagan and Ponce de Leon finished second with a 1:21.16 mark, and Jacob McDonald, Jordan, Jackson and Vargas clocked a 1:23.02 to place third.

"Thorough performance from the men today," associate head coach Rich Murphy. "Jack Little translated a season's worth of strong training into two wins and some real nice performances today, reminding us that hard work pays off. Joel Giraudeau, Scott Scanlon and Brett Champlin are three seniors who did a great job picking up wins and points. Jack Stelter showed nice assertiveness in his 200 free that led to a win. Jack has significant upside. Our leaders both seniors and 5th years did a very good job preparing for their swims and modeling a pre-race approach for the younger men. I was really pleased with the physical presence we brought to the last relays. All four relays were engaged and raced Tennessee Tough."

In diving, all events were scored as exhibitions since Carson-Newman doesn't have diving. The men competed on both springboards, while the women dove off the springboards and tower.

For the Vols, Bryden Hattie posted the top scores in both events, recording marks of 384.15 on the 1-meter and 396.83 on 3-meter. Nick Stone finished second in both events, notching a 334.50 on 1-meter to go along with his 360.53 effort on 3-meter. Rounding things out, Owen Redfearn posted a 282.53 on 1-meter and concluded with a 291.08 score on 3-meter.

Four Lady Vols competed on the 1-meter, with Grace Cable posting the top score at 307.80. Emily Ann Wolfson finished with the second-best score at 286.65, while Bailey Davenport (272.70) came in third and Madison Reese (271.05) in fourth.

Cable and Davenport stuck with the springboards, as Cable threw down a 325.58 effort followed by Davenport's 290.93 mark. On platform, Tanesha Lucoe notched a 293.78 to post the top score, while Reese went for 278.78.

Up next, Tennessee caps the regular season with a home meet against Georgia on Saturday at 11 a.m. UT will also honor its seniors on Saturday before the meet, with the Senior Day ceremony beginning at 10:30. Admission to the meet is free. The competition will also be live streamed on SEC Network+ and live results will be available on Meet Mobile.

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