Razorbacks earn major points in the nighttime finals

Branford Clay February 17, 2023

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Arkansas swimming and diving capped off another productive day with multiple top-ten finishes in day four of the SEC Championship.

Swimmers Bella Cothern, Kobie Melton, Andrea Sansores, and Vanessa Herrmann broke the school record in the 400-medley relay by posting a time of 3:31.74. They would go on to finish tied for fourth place. Graduate student Andrea Sansores scored a top-ten finish in the 100-backstroke with a time of 52.13 to finish seventh. Graduate student Vanessa Herrmann swam a 59.39 securing her a top-ten finish of sixth in the 100-breaststroke final. Freshman Betsy Wizard cruised to a fifth-place finish in the 200-butterfly final with a time of 1:55.35. Graduate student Kobie Melton would earn a personal-best in the 100-backstroke final with a 52.41. Graduate student Alessia Ferraguti swam a personal-best of 59.58 in the 100-breaststroke final while also finishing 11th.

Diver Grace Walker would finish 21st in the platform dive preliminary putting up a score of 197.80.

Head Coach Neil Harper: “This was our best day here so far! 3 great events for the Hogs and our team didn’t disappoint. Vanessa, Andrea, and Betsy led the way all challenging for honors in their respective A finals. I was particularly proud of Luciana, Alessia, and Kobie and their efforts, but the breaststroke group came to play today and too to the bottom we had the best times and strong performances. The grand finale was our medley relay quartet who broke the school record by over a second and a half also to earn another NCAA qualifying time! A great day for the hogs and momentum going into tomorrow’s last day!”

Hog Highlights

Swimmers Bella Cothern, Kobie Melton, Andrea Sansores, and Vanessa Herrmann broke the school record in the 400-medley relay by posting a time of 3:31.74
Freshman Maddy Hartley swam a personal-best of 1:59.73 in the 200-butterfly event.
Freshman Sydney Craft captured a personal-best of 2:01.38 in the 200-butterfly event.
Junior Bradi Jones clocked a personal-best of 1:00.97 in the 100-breaststroke final.

Up Next

Arkansas will continue their quest for a SEC Championship tomorrow with preliminaries at 9:30 a.m. and finals at 5:30 p.m..

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