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Alabama Swimming and Diving Closes out Regular Season with FSU Sweep on Senior Day
1/21/2017 1:38:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's and women's swimming and diving teams finished their regular season by sweeping up Senior Day victories over ACC powerhouse Florida State Saturday at the Alabama Aquatics Center.
"Today we were a little bit more excited and hyped up than under normal circumstances because it was the last home meet for our seniors in their collegiate career," UA head coach Dennis Pursley said. "It was the last home meet of the season for us as well so that added a little spice to it and they really responded to that. There was a lot of energy today."
The Crimson Tide men posted a 182-111 win, while the Alabama women beat FSU, 170-130.
The Tide got off to a quick start Saturday morning, sweeping both the men and women's 400 medley relays. Sophomore Katie Kelsoe, senior Bridget Blood and juniors Hannah Musser and Bailey Scott combined to take top honors in the women's event with a 3:42.33. For the men, junior Christopher Reid, senior Anton McKee, freshman Zane Waddell and sophomore Robert Howard joined forces to win the opening relay with a 3:12.23.
From there, the Tide won 17 individual events, including 10 for the men's team and seven for women's team before closing out the meet with wins in both the men's and women's 400 freestyle relays.
Junior Mia Nonnenberg picked up the Tide's first individual win of the day with a 10:03.05 in the women's 1,000 freestyle. Freshman Daniel Kober placed first in the men's 1,000, touching the wall at 9:23.56. Kober later swam a 4:31.71 to secure the win in the men's 500 freestyle.
Junior Temarie Tomley won the women's 200 freestyle, touching the wall at 1:49.44. Freshman Laurent Bams secured a win in the men's 200 freestyle with a 1:37.87, before going on to win the 100 freestyle, stopping the clock at 44.10. Scott swam a 22.76 to take first in the women's 50 freestyle while Waddell won the men's 50 freestyle, sprinting to a time of 19.74.
The Tide men and women swept the backstroke events. Kelsoe won the women's 100 race, clocking a 56.00 while junior Luke Kaliszak won the men's 100 with a 47.49. Freshman Kacey Oberlander took first in the women's 200 backstroke, swimming a 2:02.35 while senior Connor Oslin earned a win in the men's race with a 1:45.29.
Musser took top honors in the women's 200 butterfly with a 2:02.46 while Kaliszak swam a 48.32 to win the men's 100 butterfly.
McKee earned a win in the men's 200 breaststroke with a 1:56.61 before picking up top honors in the men's 200 individual medley, touching the wall at 1:49.12.
Off the boards, senior Taylor Zablocki finished first off the women's 1-meter with a score of 276.45 while senior Brent Sagert took top honors off the 3-meter after tallying 350.25 points.
The women's quartet of Musser, Tomley, Scott and junior Lindsay Morrow posted a 3:22.23 to win the women's 400 freestyle relay while Waddell, Howard, Bams and senior Alex Gray swam a 2:55.22 to out-touch the Seminoles in the men's 400 freestyle relay, the day's final race.
Prior to the meet, Alabama recognized its 24 seniors, the class that Pursley credits for putting Alabama back in the national conversation.
The Alabama men's and women's swimming and diving teams return to action February 14-18 in Knoxville, Tenn., for the Southeastern Conference Championships.
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