SEC – WOMEN SWIMMING & DIVING + MEN’S DIVING
- Wednesday, February 17 – Saturday, February 20, 2021
- W Swimming: Gabrielsen Natatorium – Athens, GA (Eastern Time Zone)
- W&M Diving: Mizzou Aquatics Center – Columbia, MO (Central Time Zone)
- Defending Champion: Tennessee (1x) (2020 results)
- Live results
- Live Video – SEC Network
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheets
As Kentucky surged on night three of this meet, sophomore Lauren Poole was a standout performer.
Lighting up the pool in the first event of the evening, Poole took the 400 IM SEC crown in a 1-2 finish with sophomore teammate Gillian Davey, as both hit lifetime bests.
Notably, Poole has made a dramatic shift from last year to this year. At the 2020 SEC Championships, Poole swam in the C-final, where she was 4:14.21 in prelims to take 17th. In the final, though, she was well off her morning swim, falling to 24th to earn one point with a time of 4:16.83.
She dropped her first sub-4:10 swim, ever, this morning, going 4:06.84. Tonight, she destroyed that time, blasting a 4:03.90 for the SEC title, effectively more than 10 seconds better than she was at this meet in 2020.
Below, you can see how her middle 100 has improved by a landslide, including being six seconds better in the breast.
Lauren Poole 2020 SEC finals v. 2021 SEC finals
| 2020 SEC C-final |
2021 SEC A-final
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| Fly | 26.44 | 26.11 |
| 30.98 | 30.60 | |
| 57.42 | 56.71 | |
| Back | 32.37 | 30.79 |
| 31.88 | 30.00 | |
| 1:04.25 | 1:00.79 | |
| Breast | 37.07 | 34.41 |
| 37.63 | 34.23 | |
| 1:14.70 | 1:08.64 | |
| Free | 30.83 | 29.4 |
| 29.63 | 28.36 | |
| 1:00.46 | 57.76 | |
| 4:16.83 | 4:03.90 |
In the 400 medley relay, the Georgia Bulldogs cracked the 3:30 barrier with the fastest middle 100 of the field
400 MEDLEY SPLITS
BACK
| Alabama | Rhyan White | 50.33 |
| Kentucky | Caitlin Brooks | 51.51 |
| Missouri | Meredith Rees | 52.82 |
| Georgia | Gabi Fa’Amausili | 52.89 |
| Auburn | Kensley Merritt | 53.24 |
| Florida | Katherine Minnich | 53.26 |
| Tennessee | Kaitlin Harty | 53.28 |
| Arkansas | Andrea Sansores | 53.30 |
| Texas A&M | Kara Eisenmann | 53.75 |
| LSU | Alyssa Helak | 54.42 |
| South Carolina | Riley Parker | 54.56 |
| Vanderbilt | Gabriela Pierobon Mays | 54.95 |
BREAST
| Tennessee | Mona McSharry | 57.60 |
| Georgia | Zoie Hartman | 57.74 |
| Florida | Cecilia Porter | 59.45 |
| South Carolina | Taylor Steele | 59.93 |
| Kentucky | Bailey Bonnett | 59.93 |
| Texas A&M | Alaya Smith | 59.93 |
| Alabama | Diana Petkova | 1:00.05 |
| LSU | Emilie Boll | 1:00.14 |
| Arkansas | Vanessa Herrmann | 1:00.25 |
| Auburn | Carly Cummings | 1:00.59 |
| Missouri | Molly Winer | 1:01.22 |
| Vanderbilt | Lizzy Colwell | 1:01.80 |
FLY
| Georgia | Courtney Harnish | 51.23 |
| Missouri | Sarah Thompson | 51.70 |
| Kentucky | Izzy Gati | 51.70 |
| Tennessee | Trude Rothrock | 51.70 |
| Auburn | Jewels Harris | 52.38 |
| Alabama | Gracie Felner | 52.55 |
| Texas A&M | Taylor Pike | 52.67 |
| Florida | Talia Bates | 52.72 |
| Arkansas | Adela Vavrinova | 53.79 |
| South Carolina | Janie Smith | 54.03 |
| LSU | Hannah Bellina | 54.09 |
| Vanderbilt | Tonner Debeer | 54.34 |
FREE
| Kentucky | Riley Gaines | 47.30 |
| Georgia | Maxine Parker | 47.55 |
| Tennessee | Tjasa Pintar | 47.60 |
| Texas A&M | Chloe Stepanek | 47.73 |
| Arkansas | Kobie Melton | 47.87 |
| Alabama | Cora Dupre | 47.88 |
| Missouri | Megan Keil | 48.25 |
| Florida | Gabrielle Hillis | 48.35 |
| Auburn | Emma Steckiel | 49.49 |
| South Carolina | Mari Kraus | 49.56 |
| LSU | Olivia Taylor | 49.76 |
| Vanderbilt | Eleanor Beers | 50.87 |
Nice to see the NBAC swim cap! Great swim club. Fantastic swim.
Kentucky is on fire, especially Poole (great name for a swimmer!) and Riley Gaines, who picked up wins tonight, but great swims top to bottom (notably 1-2-4 in the 400 IM, nearly 1-2-3! PBs in B/C finals as well.) Continuing their rise since last year, can they hold on for the SEC title?
LP is a god.
A GREAT story of success! Congratulations Lauren.
Quarantine worked wonders for some!!