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Alabama Swimming and Diving Breaks Records, Sweeps LSU
11/4/2022 6:53:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
The No. 6 Crimson Tide women outscored LSU 182-118 while the No. 15 men defeated the Tigers 155-139
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Alabama men's and women's swimming and diving teams swept the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, La. Friday afternoon at the LSU Natatorium. The Crimson Tide broke four LSU pool records on the way to the wins.
The No. 6-ranked Alabama women won 182-118 while the No. 15 men outscored the Tigers 155-139. The women won the opening relay and seven individual races, while the men won both relays and eight individual races.
Alabama Head Coach Margo Geer Said
"We had a great showing today on the road against tough SEC competition. As a staff, we're pleased with the progress that we're making as we move closer to our fall invitational later this month. There are still some areas that we need to keep working on and we always want to get our hands on the wall first in the tight races, but overall, it was a good meet and we're happy to leave Baton Rouge with a pair of wins."
No. 6 Alabama Women Wins
- The Crimson Tide women opened the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay with Rhyan White, Avery Wiseman, Morgan Scott and Kalia Antoniou getting the win with a 1:37.50
- Kensey McMahon set pool records in the 1,000 freestyle (9:41.86) and 500 freestyle (4:46.15) and added a win in the 200 butterfly (1:56.97)
- Wiseman swept the breaststroke events, taking top honors in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.81) and followed that with a win in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.01)
- White picked up wins in the 200 backstroke (1:55.61) and the 100 butterfly (54.39)
- Diana Petkova closed out the Tide's wins with a top finish in the 200 individual medley (2:01.37)
No. 15 Alabama Men's Wins
- Matt Menke, Derek Maas, Bernardo Bondra de Almeida and Tim Korstanje opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay, going an LSU Natatorium record of 1:26.05
- Victor Johansson picked up a win in the 1,000 freestyle (9:12.59)
- Menke swept the backstroke events going 47.16 in the 100 backstroke and tying Eric Stelmar for first place in the 200 backstroke with a 1:46.74
- Maas went 53.78 in the 100 breaststroke and 2:00.93 in the 200 breaststroke, to complete the breaststroke sweep for the Tide
- Charlie Hawke touched first in the 200 butterfly (1:47.83), while Linus Kahl won the 200 individual medley (1:49.02)
- Kaique Alves, Hawke, Maas and Menke closed out the meet with a win in the 400 freestyle relay touching first in an LSU Natatorium record of 2:54.02
Record Breakers
- The Crimson Tide set four LSU Natatorium records during its wins against the Tigers
- Kensey McMahon set the pool record in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle, going 4:46.15 and 9:41.86, respectively
- The Crimson Tide men broke two relay records on the day, bettering the previous marks in the 400 freestyle relay and the 200 medley relay
- Matt Menke, Derek Maas, Bernardo Bondra de Almeida and Tim Korstanje set the pool record in the 200 medley relay with a 1:226.05
- Kaique Alves, Charlie Hawke, Maas and Menke set a pool record in the 400 freestyle relay after clocking a 2:54.02
Next Up
- The Alabama swimmers will travel to College Station, Texas for their mid-season invitational, competing in the Art Adamson Invitational Nov 16-18
- Alabama divers will travel to Morgantown W.Va. for the WVU Invite Nov 17-19
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