Florida caps penultimate day of SECs with relay title

Friday, February 17

Knoxville, TN

All Day

Florida Gators

SEC Championships

Caeleb Dressel anchored the SEC-winning 400 medley relay with a 40.43 freestyle split.

Florida caps penultimate day of SECs with relay title

Friday, February 17, 2017 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

The Gator men have swept every relay so far at SECs with one left to go tomorrow

By: Layne Weitzel

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS | DAY 4 FINALS RESULTS | DAY 4 PRELIMS RECAP

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Gator men continued their streak at the 2017 SEC Championships of winning at least one title during each day of competition, repeating as 400 medley relay champions to total seven event wins through four days.

Bayley Main (earning his first SEC win), Chandler Bray, Jan Switkowski and Caeleb Dressel served as tonight's lineup for the Gator relay and combined for a 3:04.52 time, which marked an A-cut and pool record. The quartet shaved almost six seconds off their seed time of 3:10.48.

The women utilized their same lineup from the 200 medley relay earlier in the week, sending out Emma Ball, Kelly Fertel, Alyssa Yambor-Maul and Sherridon Dressel. The four swam in the first heat alongside and placed second at 3:37.15, improving on their seed time of 3:39.75.

Both the men's and women's sides retained their spots in the team standings through day four, with the men at first and the women at seventh.
200 fly
On the women's side, Florida was represented in all three finals. Alyssa Yambor-Maul competed in the event's A-final, touching eighth with a B-cut 1:57.89. Taylor Katz preceded her fellow senior, placing sixth in the B-final with a B-cut 1:58.19. Kay Sargent finished fifth in the C-final, timing a B-cut and season-best 1:59.31.

The men's race featured yet another close finish. Jan Switkowski was the A-final's runner-up by just .07 seconds, touching in a season-best 1:40.94. That broke the 1:41.01 pool record and gave him an A-cut in the event. Mark Szaranek followed in fourth place, swimming to a B-cut and season-best 1:42.34.

100 back
The women's A- and B-finals featured a pair of young Gators. Sophomore Sydney Sell placed sixth at 53.45 in the B-final, registering a B-cut and cutting .05 seconds off her prelims time. Freshman Emma Ball finished in a B-cut 52.65 to place seventh in the A-final.

Jack Blyzinskyj and Bayley Main both competed in the B-final on the men's side. Main placed third with a B-cut and season-best 46.77, while Blyzinskyj finished sixth in a B-cut 47.07.

100 breast
Freshman Chandler Bray, swimming in his first individual SEC A-final, placed seventh with an improved B-cut 52.71.

Women's platform
Teya Syskakis reached her first SEC event final after finishing sixth with a 271.40 score during platform prelims. In the final, she also finished sixth, totaling a score of 264.55.

"Great job for Teya tonight on the platform. She has come so far this season in many ways," said diving coach Bryan Gillooly. "I believe this is a big step for her in reaching her potential. She is gaining confidence with every dive and is definitely heading in the right direction. She represented the Gators very well, and I look forward to even better things in the near future."

Competition will continue Saturday morning with 200 back, 100 free and 200 breast prelims beginning at 10 a.m. The men will also hold platform prelims beginning at 1 p.m., and eight heats of the 1650 free are scheduled to start at 2:40 p.m. The two fastest 1650 free heats (one men's and one women's) will swim during finals.

The finals of those aforementioned events plus the 400 free relay will start at 6 p.m. to wrap up the championships.

Results can be viewed live on utsports.com and will be posted in full on FloridaGators.com at the conclusion of each day of competition. The meet will be streamed live on SEC Network +.

Fans planning to visit during any day of the meet are encouraged to visit Tennessee's meet information page for more on tickets, parking, the clear bag policy, etc. Doors open to the public at 9 a.m. each day.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, Feb. 18
Men's platform
1650 free
200 back
100 free
200 breast
400 free relay

TEAM STANDINGS
Men
1. Florida (929.5 points)
2. Georgia (788 points)
3. Auburn (663.5 points)
4. Alabama (614 points)
5. Texas A&M (549 points)
6. Tennessee (526.5 points)
7. Missouri (521 points)
8. South Carolina (505 points)
9. LSU (482 points)
10. Kentucky (321.5 points)

Women
1. Texas A&M (961 points)
2. Georgia (843 points)
3. Tennessee (673 points)
4. Kentucky (659 points)
5. Auburn (648 points)
6. Missouri (631 points)
7. Florida (493 points)
8. LSU (448 points)
9. South Carolina (391 points)
10. Alabama (342 points)
11. Arkansas (215 points)
12. Vanderbilt (74 points)

FLORIDA'S TITLES
Men's 200 medley relay (Jack Blyzinskyj, Chandler Bray, Jan Switkowski, Caeleb Dressel) – 1:23.44
Men's 800 freestyle relay (Khader Baqlah, Maxime Rooney, Mitch D'Arrigo, Mark Szaranek) – 6:12.18
Men's 50 free (Caeleb Dressel) – 18.46
Men's 200 free relay (Enzo Martinez-Scarpe, Caeleb Dressel, Jan Switkowski, Jack Blyzinskyj) – 1:15.67
Men's 100 fly (Caeleb Dressel) – 44.21
Men's 200 free (Maxime Rooney) – 1:32.18
*Men's 400 medley relay (Bayley Main, Chandler Bray, Jan Switkowski, Caeleb Dressel) – 3:04.52

*Titles won Friday

FOLLOW THE GATORS
FloridaGators.com
Twitter
Instagram
Facebook