Dressel's Lifetime-Best Leads Gators on Day Four of SEC's

Friday, February 21

Auburn, AL

10:30 a.m. (Prelims) / 6:00 p.m. (Finals)

Florida Gators

SEC Championships

Sherridon Dressel's new 100 back personal-best is .29 seconds faster than her previous best and missed a school record by just .18 seconds.

Dressel's Lifetime-Best Leads Gators on Day Four of SEC's

Friday, February 21, 2020 | Women's Swimming & Diving

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By: Ryan Sosic

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Auburn, Ala.— Sherridon Dressel's personal-best swim in the 100 back highlighted No. 7 Florida's finals session on Friday night of the 2020 Southeastern Conference Championships at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.

Dressel, who already set a personal-best this week during her third-place finish in the 100 fly, earned a runner-up finish in the 100 back A-final in personal-best fashion.

Her time of 50.64 cut .22 seconds off her previous-best swim set last year at the 2019 SEC Championships and still puts her as the owner of the second-fastest event swim in program history.

In the final event of the session, the 400 medley relay of Emma Ball, Vanessa Pearl, Dressel and Bella Garofalo finished in fourth-place with their combined swim of 3:31.13.

The effort will go down as the third-fastest time in Gator history in the event, and gives the group an A-cut. Garofalo, serving as the anchor, hit a 100 free split of 47.98

Through four days, Florida remains in second-place with 720.5 points behind Tennessee. The Lady Vols led the competition with an overall tally of 817 through event 30. Texas A&M, the four-time defending champions, sits in third with 713 points.

Gator Splashes

After each setting new personal-bests in the morning session, a trio of Allie Piccirillo, Nikki Miller and Jillian Hatch all would go on to improve on their times in the evening.
- Piccirillo led the way with a third-place finish in the B-final with a swim of 1:56.70, besting her morning swim by .47.
- Miller and Hatch both swam in the C-final, with Miller finishing in fourth (1:58.71) and Hatch finishing behind her with a sixth-place effort of 1:59.34
A second-place 100 back C-final finish was earned by Rosie Zavaros with a new personal-best swim of 53.24. She would improve on her morning time by .11 seconds, which stood as her previous best heading into the evening session.

Quotables

Head coach Jeff Poppell- "We had another great day today with some fantastic performances by our women. Sherridon's 2nd place finish in the 100 back was a strong performance, just missing our school record, and sets her up nicely for NCAAs. We're presently in a tight battle in the team standings with four other teams and need to come in tomorrow morning ready to roll!"

Gator Medals

Day One- Bronze, 200 Medley Relay (Dressel, Ball, Garofalo, Pearl- third-fastest in school history)

Day Three- Silver, 400 IM- Vanessa Pearl Silver- 3-Meter- Elizabeth Perez, Sherridon Dressel (100 fly),

Day Four- Silver, 100 Back, Sherridon Dressel (personal-best swim, remains second-fastest in school history)

Standings

1. Tennessee-817
2. Florida- 720.5
3. Texas A7M- 713
4. Kentucky- 701.5
5. Georgia- 692
6. Auburn- 560
7. Alabama- 526
8. Missouri- 363
9. South Carolina- 352
10. LSU- 318
11. Arkansas- 299
12. Vanderbilt- 120

Schedule

Day (Preliminary time/Final time)	Event
Saturday (10:30 a.m./6:30 p.m.)	1,650 Free
	200 Back
	100 Free
	200 Breast
	Women's Platform
	400 Free Relay (finals only)

What's Next

The final day of competition will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET with women's 200 back prelims. The remainder of the morning prelims will include the 100 free, 200 breast and the women's platform.

The last finals session will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET with the 1,650 free, and end with the 400 free relay.

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