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Tennessee
Falls at Georgia Pool
The UT men (5-3, 3-1 SEC) lost 161.5-135.5 to the Bulldogs, while the
Tennessee women (7-1, 3-1) lost their first meet of the season to
defending NCAA champion Georgia 177.5-114.5,
"Georgia was just outstanding today, both the men and the women,"
Tennessee head coach Matt Kredich said. "We swam well, but they were
just better today. The story today was how we reacted to close races we
thought we were going to win. I thought the men and women handled that
well.
"It showed maturity. We've had meets before where especially when our
men lost early, we'd get deflated."
The meet helped Tennessee get used to Georgia's home waters of
Gabrielsen Natatorium where the SEC Championships will be held next
month.
Among the highlights of the conference meet preview included another
sweep of the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events by Sean Lehane.
Freshman Luke Percy was a two-event winner for a second time, taking
first in the 50 and 100 freestyle.
Redshirt sophomore Mauricio Robles was a winner in the diving well on
the men's side, taking first in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard
competitions.
Junior Molly Hannis provided an individual victory on the women's side.
After losing the 100 breaststroke, she rebounded to win the 200
breaststroke later in the meet.
Saturday marked the final road dual meet for Tennessee this season. UT
hosts Florida next Saturday at 10 a.m. Eleven seniors will be honored
before the meet.
INSIDE THE MEN'S RACES
Once again, Sean Lehane and Luke Percy were multi-race winners for the
Tennessee men.
Lehane won the 100 backstroke in 48.15, just beating out Georgia's
Taylor Dale by one hundredths of a second. He had an easier time
winning the 200 backstroke, taking first by more than a second in
1:44.09. Both were NCAA B-cut times.
Percy won multiple races for the first time in his career to start 2014
against Virginia Tech and Missouri, and he pulled off the feat again
Saturday. He won the 50 freestyle in 20.25 and the 100 freestyle in
44.10, an NCAA B cut.
"Sean Lehane was great today," Kredich said. "He competed really well,
so did Luke Percy. There were a few races we didn't win, but we
competed really well, like Renato (Prono) in the 200 breaststroke."
Tennessee ended the meet strong with the fastest time in the 400
freestyle relay. Percy, Sam Rairden, Troy Tillman and Lehane won in
2:57.41.
Georgia competed in the final two events as exhibition. The
performances did not count toward team scoring.
INSIDE THE WOMEN'S RACES
Junior Molly Hannis posted a pair of NCAA B-cut times in her usual
breaststroke races. She was second in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.19)
and bounced back later to win the 200 breaststroke (2:11.92).
Senior Lauren Solernou also continued dropping her backstroke times
after missing most of the fall competition. Solernou, a member of two
of Tennessee NCAA relay winning teams last year, scored an NCAA B-cut
time of 54.57. She was also part of the A relay int he 200 medley relay
(1:38.74 - NCAA B cut).
"Lauren was great today," Kredich said. "It was great to have her back.
It gives the relay a lot of confidence. That was a big shot in the arm
for us."
Tennessee's sprinters proved to be point-getters once again. Three
Tennessee swimmers finished in the top five of the 50 freestyle: Faith
Johnson (2nd, 22.77), Cherelle Thompson (3rd, 23.10) and Harper Bruens
(5th, 23.11).
Georgia swam the last two swimming events as exhibition, so their
performance did not count toward scoring. That was also the case with
the 3-meter springboard.
INSIDE DIVING
Redshirt sophomore Mauricio Robles swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter
competitions. He won the 3-meter by nearly 100 points in 384.23. He
scored 363.00 on the 1 meter.
"Mauricio had a good day, winning both events handedly, which is what I
anticipated," Tennessee diving coach Dave Parrington said. "He left
some points on the table, but I'm pleased with his progress toward the
SEC Championships."
Tori Lamp was third on the 3-meter with a score of 314.78, her highest
score of the season. Samantha Lera took fourth in 277.58.
Lamp also had the third-highest score on the 1-meter (287.18) and Lera
followed (270.45).
"You certainly have to give Georgia's women credit with their
performances today," Parrington said. "I was pleased with the progress
we made. She had a season high on the 3 meter and it turning things
around. What we're trying to do is continue to prepare for SEC and
we've made a lot of steps in that directions."
RESULTS
Men's Results
200 MR: 1. Georgia (Dale, Fink, Reynolds, Trice) 1:28.09; 2. Tennessee
(Rairden, Prono, Hetland, Percy) 1:28.25; 4. Tennessee (Dagley,
Dibblin, Sadsad, Tillman) 1:31.02; 7. Tennessee (Svagerko, Hirstein,
McFall, Johnson) 1:35.79.
1000 Free: 1. Andrew Gemmell, UGA, 9:10.69 ... 4. Sam Petersen, UT,
9:29.28; 5. Trevor Leland, UT, 9:38.33
200 Free: 1. Matias Koski, UGA, 1:38.54; 2. Sam Rairden, UT, 1:38.84;
5. Gustav Aberg Lejdstrom, UT, 1:39.70; 7. Austin Hirstein, UT, 1:44.59
100 Back: 1. Sean Lehane, UT, 48.15 ... 3. Jimmy Dagley, UT, 49.40 ...
7. Carl Svagerko, UT, 51.57; 8. Timothy Wylie, UT, 52.06.
100 Breast: 1. Nicolas Fink, UGA, 54.59; 2. Renato Prono, UT, 55.60; 3.
Ross Dibblin, UT, 56.58 ... 6. Clint Johnson, UT, 58.53
200 Fly: 1. Chase Kalisz, UGA, 1:46.13 ... 4. Tristan Slater, UT,
1:49.35; 5. Miles Garner, UT, 1:51.41; 6. Ben Myhre, UT, 1:52.21
50 Free: 1. Luke Percy, UT, 20.25 ... 3. Chris Sadsad, UT, 20.63; 4.
Troy Tillman, UT, 20.66; 5. Oystein Hetland, UT, 20.81
1-Meter Diving: 1. Mauricio Robles, UT, 363.00 ... 5. Michael Howell,
UT, 256.28 ... 6. Lee Fullam, UT, 231.90
100 Free: 1. Luke Percy, UT, 44.10 ... 4. Troy Tillman, UT, 45.69 ...
7. Gustav Aberg Ledjstrom, UT, 46.17; 8. Clint Johnson, UT, 46.77
200 Back: 1. Sean Lehane, UT, 1:44.09 ... 5. Jimmy Dagley, UT, 1:48.84
... 7. Timothy Wylie, UT, 1:54.97
200 Breast: 1. Chase Kalisz, UGA, 1:58.87 ... 3. Tristan Slater, UT,
2:02.35; 4. Ross Dibblin, UT, 2:03.88; 5. Renato Prono, UT, 2:07.86
500 Free: 1. Matias Koski, UGA, 4:29.17 ... 5. Sam Petersen, UT,
4:37.31; 6. Trevor Leland, UT, 4:37.65
100 Fly: 1. Pace Clark, UGA, 48.54 ... 3. Sam Rairden, UT, 49.54 ... 5.
Oystein Hetland, UT, 49.61; 6. Tyler Mills, UT, 49.94; 7. Chris Sadsad
3-Meter Diving: 1. Mauricio Robles, UT, 384.23 ... 3. Michael Howell,
UT, 278.40 ... 5. Lee Fullam, UT, 253.05
400 IM: (UGA - exhibition) 1. Tristan Slater, UT, 3:55.09; 2. Sean
Lehane, UT, 4:01.05 ... 4. Ben Myhre, UT, 4:08.47
400 FR: (UGA - exhibition only) 1. Tennessee (Percy, Rairden, Tillman,
Lehane) 2:57.41; 2. Tennessee (Aberg Ledjstrom, Dagley, Sadsad, Slater)
3:04.12; 3. Tennessee (Johnson, Mills, Svagerko, Hetland) 3:05.85; 4.
Tennessee (Hirstein, McFall, Dibblin, Wylie), 3:09.94
Women's Results
200 MR: 1. Georgia (Smoliga, Margalis, Harrington, van Landeghem),
1:38.39; 2. Tennessee (Solernou, Hannis, Bruens, Johnson), 1:38.74; 4.
Tennessee (Gaeckle, Callahan, Lundstrom, McNeilis) 1:43.90; 5.
Tennessee (Leander, Carner, Cefal, Thompson) 1:46.33
1000 Free: 1. Brittany MacLean, UGA, 9:36.85; 2. Lindsay Gendron, UT,
9:43.45 ... 5. Madeline Tegner, UT, 10:17.89
200 Free: 1. Brittany MacLean, UGA, 1:46.93; 2. Lindsay Gendron, UT,
1:47.01 ... 4. Mary Griffith, UT, 1:49.02 ... 7. Caroline Finkbeiner,
UT, 1:51.89 ... 8. Lauren Driscoll, UT, 1:51.95
100 Back: 1. Olivia Smoliga, UGA, 54.13; 2. Lauren Solernou, UT, 54.57
... 5. Madison Hahn, UT, 55.48; 6. Christina Leander, UT, 55.71; 7.
Anna DeMonte, UT, 56.31
100 Breast: 1. Melanie Margalis, UGA, 59.82; 2. Molly Hannis, UT,
1:01.19 ... 6. Colleen Callahan, UT, 1:04.90; 7. Erin Gaeckle, UT,
1:05.68
200 Butterfly: 1. Hali Flickinger, UGa, 1:58.51 .. 3. Heather
Lundstrom, UT, 1:58.85 ... 6. Michelle Cefal, UT, 2:01.87 ... 8.
Madeline Tegner, UT, 2:08.64
50 Free: 1. Madeline Locus, UGA, 22.67; 2. Faith Johnson, UT, 22.77; 3.
Cherelle Thompson, UT, 23.10 ... 5. Harper Bruens, UT, 23.11 ... 7.
Kate McNeilis, UT, 23.86
3-Meter Diving: 1. Ann-Perry Blank, UGA, 342.38 ... 3. Tori Lamp, UT,
314.78; 4. Samantha Lera, UT, 277.58
100 Free: 1. Shannon Vreeland, UGA, 50.04 ... 4. Faith Johnson, UT,
50.46; 5. Harper Bruens, UT, 50.68 ... 7. Kate McNeilis, UT, 51.50; 8.
Mary Griffith, UT, 52.39
200 Back: 1. Melanie Margalis, UGA, 1:55.56 ... 5. Amanda Carner, UT,
1:59.36; 6. Anna DeMonte, UT, 2:00.77; 7. Madison Hahn, UT, 2:03.12; 8.
Lauren Driscoll, UT, 2:04.01
200 Breast: 1. Molly Hannis, UT, 2:11.92 ... 6. Colleen Callahan, UT,
2:20.74; 7. Erin Gaeckle, UT, 2:27.60
500 Free: 1. Amber McDermott, UGA, 4:46.56 ... 3. Camryne Morris, UT,
4:51.01; 4. Lindsay Gendron, UT, 4:52.43; 5. Mary Griffith, UT, 4:56.34
... 7. Madeline Tegner, UT, 5:05.34
100 Fly: 1. Lauren Harrington, UGA, 53.80 ... 3. Heather Lundstrom, UT,
56.58 ... 6. Michelle Cefal, UT, 56.83; 7. Patricia Forrester, UT,
58.54; 8. Caroline Finkbeiner, UT, 58.65
1-Meter Diving: (UGA - exhibition only) 1. Tori Lamp, UT, 287.18; 2.
Samantha Lera, UT, 270.45; 3. Gaffney Taylor, UT, 257.03
400 IM: (UGA - exhibition only) 1. Amanda Carner, UT, 4:19.04; 2.
Lauren Driscoll, UT, 4:23.77; 3. Anna DeMonte, UT, 4:32.24
400 FR: (UGA - exhibition only) 1. Tennessee (McNeilis, Bruens,
Thompson, Gendron) 3:25.00; 2. Tennessee (Griffith, Morris, Finkbeiner,
Solernou) 3:30.36
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