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Auburn Downs LSU for First SEC Win
BATON ROUGE, La. – The
Auburn swimming and diving team dominated LSU from the beginning of
Saturday’s meet, cruising to 151-87 win for its first SEC victory of
the season.
“I was impressed with the way our team
performed on the road against quality opponent,” Auburn coach Brett
Hawke said following the win. “We turned in some good times today and I
was glad to see our training taking us a step in the right direction.”
On Saturday, Auburn (2-1, 1-0) won nine of 12 events at the dual meet against LSU, setting season-best times in several events.
Auburn
opened the event with an impressive showing in the 400 medley relay.
The team of Joe Patching, Michael Duderstadt, Arthur Mendes and Marcelo
Chierighini posted a time of 3:15.83 to take the top spot by nearly
five seconds. Time by the Auburn ranks as the second-best time in the
country this season. Taylor Copeland, Forrest Davis, Allen Browning and
Matt Long finished third with a time of 3:24.06.
In the
1,000 free, Tommy McKee bested Zane Grothe by just two-tenths of a
second. McKee posted a season-best time of 9:27.55 to knock of Grothe,
who finished at 9:27.72. Grothe returned the favor in the 500 free,
besting McKee with a season-best time of 4:31.39.
Racing
in the 200 free for the first time this season, Joe Patching finished
at 1:40.20 to take the top spot, besting Grothe by a tenth of a second
to give Auburn a top-two finish in the event. Patching also took the
win in the 200 back, improving on his NCAA B time from the Notre Dame
Tri-Meet and taking the win with a time of 1:45.33.
Marcelo
Chierighini picked up is third straight win in the 50 free, zipping
past Auburn’s TJ Leon with a time of 20.58. Leon posted his best time
of the fall at 20.79 to take second.
Alex Hancock, James
Disney-May and Spencer Kerns provided Auburn with its first 1-2-3
finish of the day in the 200 IM. Hancock and Disney-May battled back
and forth in the race, as Hancock earned the win with a time of
1:50.88.
Not to be outdone, Disney-May swam the
third-fastest mark of the year by an Auburn swimmer in the 100 free
getting the win as the freshman duo of Kyle Darmody (45.50) and Michael
Duderstadt rounded out a top-three finish for the Tigers.
In diving, John Santeiu posted his best mark of the year in 3-meter with a score of 400.28 to take the win.
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