Day Three Concludes From SEC Championships
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Arkansas swimming and diving team recorded seven ‘B’ cut times on Thursday, sending three swimmers to finals at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
Junior Jessie Garrison clocked a personal-best 4:12.82 in the 400 individual medley C final to place fourth and finish 20th overall. Senior Mary Margaret Soderberg also turned in a personal best in the C final, where she touched sixth in a time of 4:14.10 to finish 22nd overall. Both C final times are the top-two times on the team this season.
In the 100 butterfly, junior Olivia Weekley advanced to the C final after finishing 21st overall in prelims, sixth in her heat, in a ‘B’ cut time of 54.01. Weekley broke her season best in the final, finishing fourth in a time of 53.80, the third fastest time on the team this season.
“I am really proud of Jessie, Mary Margaret and Olivia, who advanced to finals,” head coach Neil Harper said. “They made the most of their opportunity by improving their times and placings. Our emphasis tomorrow will be earning more final swims so we can keep improving at night. I think we gained some momentum today. We have a lot of good opportunities ahead of us tomorrow.”
All three swimmers who advanced to the night finals swam ‘B’ cuts in both the prelims and finals. Four personal bests were claimed on Thursday, along with six season bests.
Through 11 events, Arkansas is in 11th place with 146 points.
Competition from the 2017 SEC Championships will begin again Friday at 9 a.m. CT/10 a.m. ET with prelims for the 200 butterfly, 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke. The women’s platform dive event will also take place Friday following swimming prelims at 12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY
Prelims (9 a.m.)
200 Butterfly
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
Diving Prelims (12 p.m.)
Platform
Finals (5 p.m.)
200 Butterfly
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
SATURDAY
Prelims (9 a.m.)
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
1650 Freestyle Prelims (TBD)
Finals (5 p.m.)
1650 Freestyle (Final Heat)
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
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