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SOUTH CAROLINA WRAPS UP COMPETITION AT VT INVITE
South Carolina swimming
and diving tallied 11 spots in event A-finals on the final day of the
Virginia Tech 'Technotational' for a total of 29 A-final appearances in
the three-day competition. Two
Gamecock men took home their second first-place finishes at the meet on
the final day of competition. Brandonn Almeida took home the day's
first event win for South Carolina with first in the 1650 freestyle
with a time of 15:02.90. He previously won the men's 400 IM in the day
two with a time of 3:51.58. Jack Smith also recorded his second win of
the competition with a first-place finish in the men's 200 breaststroke
A-final with a time of 1:59.29. The junior earned his first win of the
competition on day one in the 200 IM A-final with a time of 1:48.77.
South
Carolina's men earned two more spots in Sunday night's A-finals with
two representatives in the 100 freestyle. Alex Overton tied for second
in the final race with a time of 45.97, and Jack Bestfinished fifth
with a time of 46.24.
The women also had a strong final day of
competition with seven Gamecocks making A-finals and two top-five
finishes in the 400 freestyle relay.
Freshman Rebecca Cohen
earned the highest individual finish for the women on day three with
third place in the 200 backstroke A-final with a time of 2:03.16.
Savannah Hillmeyer recorded a time of 2:07.47 to place eighth.
The
Gamecocks also earned a top-three finish in the women's 400 freestyle
relay, placing third with a time of 3:30.88. Another South Carolina
relay team finished fifth in the event with a time of 3:35.81.
South
Carolina earned another top-five finish with Allison Wade, who took
fifth in the women's 200 breaststroke A-final with a time of 2:25.83.
Two
Gamecocks earned a spot in the women's 100 freestyle A-final. Danielle
Donnebrink swam a time of 52.93 to take seventh while Katherine
Malinski swam a time of 53.24 to place eighth.
Caroline Spence
earned her first spot in an event A-final at the competition in the
women's 200 butterfly. She swam a time of 2:08.11 to take eighth place
in the race. Megan Jones also earned an eighth-place finish in the
final day of competition with a time of 17:29.40 in the 1650 freestyle.
QUOTABLE: HEAD SWIMMING COACH MCGEE MOODY
"Our
athletes who competed this week in Virginia are the tip of the spear as
our team heads into our championship season. They set the tone for the
rest of our team. They did a great job this weekend. Megu Seidenberger
had the best meet of her career, and Jack Smith was very strong for the
men's team. Jack is just hitting his stride again after a severe ankle
injury last spring that kept him off his feet for almost four months. I
am very proud of all our athletes that competed and represented the
Gamecocks this weekend."
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