Arkansas Closes Competition At SEC Championships

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Arkansas swimming and diving team concluded competition Saturday from the 2017 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.

Arkansas finished the day with seven personal bests, two season bests and four ‘B’ cuts. In total, Arkansas broke 12 season bests, 22 personal bests and clocked 22 ‘B’ cuts during the week. Junior diver Nicole Gillis recorded the only three NCAA Zone diving scores for Arkansas.

On the fifth and final day of competition, senior Mary Margaret Soderberg swam a ‘B’ cut and personal-best 2:11.36 in the 200 breaststroke prelims to advance to the B final. In her final race, Soderberg broke her personal best for the second time in the day, finishing 12th overall in a ‘B’ cut time of 2:10.54. Soderberg’s finals time is the fastest on the team this season, while her prelim time ranks second. She has four of the top-five times on the team this season in the 200 breast.

Freshman Ayumi Macias was impressive in the 1650 freestyle. The distance swimmer finished sixth in her heat in a ‘B’ cut of 16:21.56 to record a ninth place overall finish in the event. It marks the second top-ten overall finish for Macias this week as the Aguascalientes, Mexico, native finished seventh overall in the 500 free on Wednesday in the A final.

Senior Aiden Lister finished 23rd overall in the 1650 free in a season-best 16:42.50.

Arkansas finished the Championships in 11th place with 284 points.

In the morning session, Arkansas broke six personal-bests, including four alone in the 100 free. Freshman Sarah Dalton Chambliss led the Razorbacks with a time of 51.10, tying the fastest on the team this season, which she set. Sophomore Erin Kelly swam the third quickest time by Arkansas this year, finishing first in her prelim heat in a personal-best 51.11.

The team of junior Olivia Weekley, junior Chelsea Tatlow, junior Jessie Garrison and Chambliss went 3:19.92 in the 400 freestyle relay, the fastest by Arkansas this season, to finish 11th to close out the Championships.

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