Hogs Wrap up Day Four at SEC Championships
AUBURN, Ala. – The Arkansas swimming and diving team ended day four of the SEC championships Friday, at the James E. Martin Aquatic Center with four personal records, five season best times and an NCAA ‘B’ cut.
The Razorbacks opened the day with Jessie Beckwith racing in the 200 fly prelims. The freshman shaved off a little over a second of her previous time recording a new lifetime and personal best touching the wall at 2:03.40.
In the 100 back prelims, two Hogs notched personal bests and season bests. Sophomore Andrea Sansores swam the fastest time for the Razorbacks, with a time of 54.13. Freshman Allie Rogers followed behind swimming a time of 57.03.
Vanessa Herrmann set the tone in the 100 breast prelims clocking in a time of 1:00.87. This time advanced her to the B final, placing her 14th overall and earning her an NCAA ‘B’ cut. Herrmann then went to swim the same time in she swam in prelims to finish eighth in her heat. Reilly Shaner marked a personal record and a season-best time of 1:02.21 placing fourth in her heat, while Madie London raced a new season best of 1:05.26, taking first in her respective heat.
Sansores, Herrmann, Kobie Melton and Anna Hopkin swam in the 400 medley relay, combining for a time of 3:35.68 to give them a 10th place finish in the event.
Arkansas sits in 11th place with 299 points heading into the final day of the SEC Championships.
QUOTING HEAD COACH NEIL HARPER
“Today was another day where we had five season bests and four-lifetime bests. We didn’t place as many in finals as we would have liked, but tomorrow is another day. Today was Anna’s day as she was named the SEC Student-Athlete of the Year, and followed it up with a 45.78 anchor leg in the 400 Medley Relay”
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The 2020 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships conclude on Saturday, Feb. 22. Preliminaries begin at 9:30 a.m. and will include the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, women’s platform and 1650 free. The Razorbacks will wrap up the day with finals starting at 5:30 p.m., with the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, women’s platform and 400 free relay.
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