2020 SEC SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, February 18 – Saturday, February 22, 2020
- Auburn, AL – James E. Martin Aquatic Center
- Prelims/Finals: 9:30 AM/5:30 PM Wed-Sat, 10/4:20PM Tues (Central Standard Time)
- Defending Champion: Florida (7x) (results)
- Live Video – SEC Network+ (prelims), ESPN (finals)
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Last season, Florida’s Bobby Finke won the mile as a freshman with a new SEC Record, narrowly missing the NCAA Record in the process. After he smashed his best in the 500 free to take bronze on Wednesday, the 1650 free record was on notice tonight. He blew away the field to become the fastest man in history.
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Finke repeated as champion in 14:12.08. That time is not only a new SEC Record, but it breaks the NCAA and American Record as well. That’s over 10 seconds faster than Clark Smith‘s former NCAA Record, which stood as a 14:22.41 from 2017. It’s also 6 seconds faster than Zane Grothe‘s former American Record of 14:18.25 set in 2018.
His former SEC Record was a 14:23.01 last season, which stood as his lifetime best until tonight.
Finke’s Splits by 100:
| 49.17 | 49.17 |
| 1:40.44 | 51.27 |
| 2:32.04 | 51.6 |
| 3:23.68 | 51.64 |
| 4:15.28 | 51.60 |
| 5:07.19 | 51.91 |
| 5:58.91 | 51.72 |
| 6:50.85 | 51.94 |
| 7:42.88 | 52.03 |
| 8:34.63 | 52.75 |
| 9:26.87 | 52.24 |
| 10:18.80 | 51.93 |
| 11:10.88 | 52.08 |
| 12:03.00 | 52.12 |
| 12:55.07 | 52.07 |
| 13:46.99 | 51.92 |
| 14:12 | 25.09 |
ALL-TIME TOP 10 PERFORMERS: MEN’S 1650 FREE
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
| 1 | Bobby Finke | 14:12.08 |
| 2 | Zane Grothe | 14:18.25 |
| 3 | Clark Smith | 14:22.41 |
| 4 | Felix Auboeck | 14:22.88 |
| 5 | Akaram Mahmoud | 14:22.99 |
| 6 | Jordan Wilimovsky | 14:23.45 |
| 7 | Connor Jaeger | 14:23.52 |
| 8 | Martin Grodzski | 14:24.08 |
| 9 | Chad La Tourette | 14:24.35 |
| 10 | Anton Ipsen | 14:24.43 |
This is Finke’s 3rd medal of the meet. He took bronze in the 500 free on day 2 and bronze in the 400 IM on day 3. Both Zane Grothe and Clark Smith are currently training as postgrads. Finke will, however, match up with Michigan’s reigning champion Felix Auboeck at the NCAA meet next month. Auboeck is the 4th fastest man in history.
Wow!!!!! I just watched your 1500 meter swim at the 2020 Olympics. The 1500 meter looks like a 50 meter sprint today since I swam it in 1961 here at Kelly pool in Philadelphia at the Mid Atlantic AAU championships representing the Vesper Boat Club Swim Team.I too was noted for the last leg of the race and also passed many swimmers in the last leg of the race.400, 800, 1500. all the same in the last leg. Kick, kick, kick like there is not tomorrow.
Clark Smith is now just a distance memory.
All kidding aside, what is Clark Smith doing now well after the heart procedure – is he training and racing still? Haven’t seen any news lately about this great swimmer.
finally someone remotely decent looking to hold this record
Swim of the year! So far anyway.
I was counting for another swimmer in the heat and had a hard time paying attention to them. Glad I got to watch such an amazing performance
the saturation in these cover photos has reached zack snyder / “300” levels
Nesty is painting abs and pecs on his swimmers to make them swim faster. Someone please look into this because it’s despicable.
video or it didn’t happen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Ag7jUuBWQ&t=1s
Poor Grothe. Both his American yards records erased
I’m not heartbroken