Alabama
SEC Swimming & Diving Championships (M. Swim)
Alabama Men’s Swimming Closes 2021 SEC Championships with Double Gold
2/26/2021 11:31:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Matt King won the 100 freestyle to cap a stellar first SEC Championships for the Crimson Tide rookie, while he, Jonathan Berneburg, Sam DiSette and Colton Stogner closed the meet with relay gold
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Alabama men's swimmers closed the 2021 Southeastern Conference Championships on a high note, reeling in two gold medals on the meet's final day at the Mizzou Aquatic Center in Columbia, Mo.
Matt King won the 100 freestyle in a time of 41.66, adding that gold medal to the silver he took in the 50 freestyle earlier in the week. King also combined with Jonathan Berneburg, Sam DiSette and Colton Stogner to close the meet with gold in the 400 freestyle relay, The quartet used a school-record 2:48.22 to reach the top of the podium. The win marked the third year in a row that Alabama has closed the championships with a 400 freestyle relay win and the second year in a row that Stogner has anchored the winning effort.
Derek Maas, Jake Marcum and Berneburg also finaled on the last night. Maas took sixth in the 200 breaststroke in a time of 1:55.30, Marcum was sixth in the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:41.73, while Berneburg clocked a 43.18 to finish seventh in the 100 freestyle.
As a team, Alabama finished fifth with 841.5 points, just nine out of third place.
Interim Head Coach Ozzie Quevedo Said
"We couldn't be prouder of the way the guys closed the meet. We kept coming back session after session and working to get every point and that showed. The difference third and fifth was very tight, and to come within nine points of being top three in this conference shows that we never gave up. Matt Menke and Matt King both had breakout meets this week and our relays showed a lot of grit all the way to that last one. Finishing off the week with double gold certainly gives us momentum as we get ready for the NCAA Championships portion of the season."
Other Friday Highlights
- With its win in the 400 freestyle relay, Alabama has now earned 25 SEC relay medals since 2015
- Matt Menke (1:41.34) won the B final of the 200 backstroke to take ninth overall, while Eric Stelmar (1:43.49) was 12th, Christopher O'Connor (1:43.61) was 13th and Alex Robinson (1:45.06) was 20th
- In addition to King and Berneburg, Colton Stogner (10th/43.17), Sam DiSette (12th/43.35) Andrew Shea (17th/43.15) all scored in the 100 freestyle
- Nico Perner (19th/1:57.23) and Trey Sheils (22nd/1:57.57) scored in the 200 breaststroke
- Nicholas Perera (11th/1:45.17), Cole Brown (21st/1:47.28) and Riley Vanmeter (22nd/1:48.25) all came away with points in the 200 butterfly
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