Alabama Swimmers Post Career-Best Times at Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet

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Alabama Swimmers Post Career-Best Times at Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet

2/27/2022 9:24:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

The Crimson Tide also put six swims on it all time top-10 lists during the meet held in Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga. – The Alabama swimming and diving teams enjoyed a solid outing at the Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet in Athens, Ga., at the Ramsey Center on the Georgia campus over the weekend.

The Crimson Tide's contingent cam away with several career-best times, including six that rank on Alabama's all time top-10 lists. Alabama also came away with a pair of wins with Jake Marcum taking top honors in the men's 200 backstroke and Gracie Felner touching first in the women's 100 butterfly.

Crimson Tide Highlights

Jake Marcum won the men's 200 backstroke with a career-best time of 1:40.16, the fastest for the Tide this season, which ranks him the third fastest in UA history
Gracie Felner won the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.21
Felner also posted a 52.96 in a time trial of the women's 100 backstroke, the second-fastest time for the Tide this season and ties her for fourth all-time at UA
Charlie Hawke posted a career-best 1:33.09 to win the B final of the 200 freestyle, a time which ranks him second all-time for Alabama
Hawke also took third in the prelims of the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:16.55
Jonathan Berneburg took second in the men's 50 freestyle after posting a career-best 19.32 in finals, with a time that ranks him sixth all-time at UA
Berneburg was also second in the prelims of the men's 100 freestyle with a time of 42.91
Bernardo Bondra de Almeida posted a career-best 46.24 in the men's 100 butterfly, taking second place, before swimming a 46.18 in a time trial, which ranks him fourth all-time at UA
Mela Delmenico clocked a career-best 1:45.42 to take second in the women's 200 freestyle, which ranks her fourth all-time at UA
Kaique Alves finished second in the men's 200 freestyle with a time of 1:34.65 after swimming a 1:33.34 in prelims
Alves also swam a 43.26 in the prelims of the 100 freestyle
Eric Stelmar won the prelims of the men's 200 backstroke with a career-best 1:40.75, which ranks him fifth all-time at UA
Trey Sheils was fourth in the men's 100 breaststroke after posting a 52.53, just off his career-best 52.42 in prelims, which ranks him sixth all-time at UA
Linus Kahl swam a 46.71 in the finals of the men's 100 butterfly after posting a career-best 46.62 in prelims
Mateo Miceli swam a 47.40 in the finals of the men's 100 butterfly to take fifth after posting a 47.16 in prelims
Miceli also posted a 1:45.05 to take third in the prelims of the men's 200 butterfly

Up Next

The Crimson Tide's divers will head to the NCAA Zone B Championships March 7-9 in Atlanta, Ga., on the Georgia Tech campus
The Zone meets are the gateway to the national swimming and diving championships
The women's NCAA Championships are March 16-19, while the men's championships are March 23-26, with both meets being held in Atlanta, Ga.

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