Alabama
Southeastern Conference
A Pair of Silver Medals Highlights Day Three of SEC Championships for Alabama
2/19/2025 7:58:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
The Crimson Tide saw the women’s 200 freestyle relay team and Cadence Vincent secure second-place finishes during the day’s events
ATHENS, Ga. – Alabama's Cadence Vincent paced the Crimson Tide swimming and diving team to a pair of silver medals on Wednesday, helping the women's 200 freestyle relay team to a second-place finish before also finishing second in the 50 freestyle.
As the leadoff swimmer, Vincent paced the 200 freestyle relay team of Jada Scott, Kailyn Winter and Charlotte Rosendale to a second-place time of 1:26.35, before securing her own silver medal later in the night in the 50 freestyle with a career-best 21.59.
Charlie Hawke highlighted the men's team, breaking his Alabama 500 freestyle record twice during the day's events to conclude the night with a time of 4:09.75 for fourth place.
The men's team finished day three in seventh place with a score of 225, while the women's team tallied 236 points for eighth place.
Meet Highlights
- The women's 200 freestyle relay team of Cadence Vincent, Jada Scott, Kailyn Winter and Charlotte Rosendale dropped nearly a second off their season-best time to secure the Tide's first medal of the week with their second-place finish
- Moments later, all four swimmers would return to competition for the 50 freestyle, highlighted by a second-place finish and career-best performance from Vincent
- Kailyn Winter would win the B final with a career-best 21.94, moving her to sixth all-time at UA, while Rosendale's prelim time of 22.10 ranked seventh all-time and Scott's prelim time of 22.21 ranked ninth
- The men's relay team of Kyle Micallef, Tim Korstanje, Drayden Bell and Toni Dragoja posted a time of 1:16.21, the sixth-fastest performance at the meet, as both the men's and women's relay teams cemented their spot at the NCAA Championships with A cuts
- Charlie Hawke bested his UA record performance in the 500 freestyle twice during the day as the senior dropped over a second off his season-best time and seven hundredths off of his school record mark in the preliminary race (4:10.95)
- He would cut another second off his time in the finals for a 4:09.75, placing him fourth overall
- Ryleigh Rodgers battled her way through the prelims to earn a spot in the consolation finals of the 3m dive with a score of 294.10
- The UA diver would climb from 16th place to 11th over the next six dives, recording a score of 288.10 in the B final
- Both Tim Korstanje and Toni Dragoja recorded career-best performances in prelims, as Korstanje's 19.34 ranks eighth in program history and Dragoja's 19.37 ranks 10th
- Stella Grace Watts dropped over three and a half seconds off her 500 free time during the prelims to move her to ninth all-time in program history with a 4:46.73
Next
- The Crimson Tide returns to action Thursday to compete in the 400 individual medley, 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle, in addition to the men's 1m dive
- Prelims are set to begin at 8:30 a.m. CT while diving prelims will start at 11 a.m.
- Finals will start at 4:30 p.m.
Alabama Scoring Finishes
Women's 200 Freestyle relay
- 2nd | Cadence Vincent, Jada Scott, Kailyn Winter, Charlotte Rosendale – 1:26.35
Men's 200 Freestyle Relay
- 6th | Kyle Micallef, Tim Korstanje, Drayden Bell, Toni Dragoja – 1:16.21
Women's 3m Dive
- 11th | Ryleigh Rodgers – 288.10
Women's 500 Free
- 22nd | Liberty Williams – 4:43.32
Men's 500 Free
- 4th | Charlie Hawke – 4:09.75
Men's 200 Individual Medley
- 13th | Tommy Hagar – 1:43.61
Women's 50 Freestyle
- 2nd | Cadence Vincent - 21.59
- 9th | Kailyn Winter – 21.94
- 12th | Jada Scott - 22.28
- 14th | Charlotte Rosendale – 22.39
Men's 50 Freestyle
- 15th | Tim Korstanje – 19.26
- 18th | Toni Dragoja – 19.36
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