ATHENS, Ga. – Eleven Tigers qualified for Friday night’s finals on Day Four of the 2019 SEC Swimming and Diving Championships. Finals get underway at 5 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on the SEC Network Plus.
100-Yard Breaststroke
Summer Spradley swam the second-fastest time in LSU history to qualify for the A Final in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.24. Olivia Paskulin also qualified for the A Final after touching the wall in 1:00.10 which is the third-fastest time in school history.
Luca Pfyffer improved his sixth-best time in school history of 53.84 to a 53.78 to qualify for the C Final on the men’s side.
200-Yard Butterfly
Harrison Jones and Alarii Levreault-Lopez qualified for the finals of the 200-yard butterfly on the men’s side. Jones qualified for the B Final after swimming a 1:43.99. Levreault-Lopez qualified for the C Final after swimming a 1:46.30. Lewis Clough placed 25thafter swimming a 1:47.40 which is the ninth fastest time in LSU history.
Gabrielle Pick qualified for the C Final after swimming a 1:57.52. Pick improved on her fourth best time in school history in the vent beating out her previous time of 1:57.86. Helen Grossman and Nicole Rozier also qualified for the C Final. Grossman’s time of 1:58.13 is the fifth best time in LSU history and Rozier’s time of 1:58.47 is the seventh best time in school history.
100-Yard Backstroke
Karl Luht qualified for the B Final on the men’s side after swimming a 46.16 in the 100-yard backstroke which ties his own record for second all-time in program history. Matthew Klotz also qualified for the B final after swimming a 47.17. Thomas Smith touched the wall in 47.82 to move up to ninth place on the LSU all-time list.
Brittany Thompson qualified for the C Final after swimming the sixth-fastest time in school history with a 53.86. Kate Zimmer now holds the seventh-best time in school history with a 53.98. Zimmer finished in 28thplace. Cassie Kalisz finished 30thwith a time of 54.29 which is the eighth-fastest time ever by an LSU swimmer.
Friday’s Prelim Results (advance to finals)
Women’s 200-Yard Butterfly
17. Gabrielle Pick– 1:57.53
21. Helen Grossman– 1:58.13
22. Nicole Rozier– 1:58.47
Men’s 200-Yard Butterfly
9. Harrison Jones– 1:43.99
22. Alarii Levreault-Lopez– 1:46.30
25. Lewis Clough – 1:47.40
27. Trent Schachter – 1:48.87
28. Michael Petro – 1:52.00
Women’s 100-Yard Backstroke
24. Brittany Thompson– 53.86
28. Kate Zimmer – 53.98
30. Cassie Kalisz – 54.29
40. Ellie Baldwin – 55.10
46. Alexandria Ham – 55.39
Men’s 100-Yard Backstroke
9. Karl Luht– 46.16
15. Matthew Klotz– 47.17
26. Thomas Smith – 47.82
31. Miguel Velasquez – 48.15
Women’s 100-Yard Breaststroke
3. Summer Spradley– 59.24
8. Olivia Paskulin– 1:00.10
32. Lauren Thompson – 1:03.06
37. Allie McDaid – 1:04.85
Men’s 100-Yard Breaststroke
22. Luca Pfyffer– 53.78
32. Cameron Karkoska – 55.25
33. Jeff Snoddy – 55.68
35. Jack Jannasch – 56.83
Women’s Platform
9. Lizzie Cui – 244.90
12. Aimee Wilson – 243.00
23. Jolie Blodgett – 177.40
Friday Night: Finals
200-Yard Butterfly
100-Yard Backstroke
100-Yard Breaststroke
Women’s Platform
400-Yard Medley Relay
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