Katherine Ross – You don’t have to be rested to swim fast (Interview)
In a big moment for Missouri, the Tigers got their first-ever SEC swimming win from Katharine Ross in front of a home crowd
Flickinger and Kingsley on the race for the SEC title (Interview)
Flickinger built a lead of more than a full second at the 100-mark and maintained all the way to a 1:52.62 SEC Championship
Sarah Gibson: Miler turned 100 fly SEC Champ (Interview)
Sarah Gibson followed up her nation-leading prelims swim of 50.99 with a 51.17 that tops every swim in the NCAA this year besides her own.
Sydney Pickrem explains chemistry in studly A&M IM group (Video)
Texas A&M’s Sydney Pickrem held her top seed as the Aggies kicked off night three in the absolute best way possible: a 1-2-3 sweep of the 400 IM
Jay Litherland dominates 200 free/400 IM double (Interview)
Georgia’s Jay Litherland was just 6th coming out of prelims, but found five more seconds worth of speed to go 3:40.33
Matias Koski: I treated today more like a practice than a meet (Video)
Georgia’s Matias Koski successfully defended his 2015 title in the men’s 200 free and gave the Bulldogs a sweep of the 200 freestyles this year.
MacLean and Raab go 1-2 in 200 free… and the media room! (Video)
This pair of Georgia bulldogs are as fun in front of a camera as they are speedy in a pool
Pawel Werner – I really enjoyed the race (Interview)
it was Pawel Werner who used excellent walls to get past South Carolina’s Akaram Mahmoud in the last 75 or so.
Lisa Bratton – I was a lot calmer than I was last year (Interview)
Lisa Bratton took almost a full second off of her previous best to blast the 1:54.94 that earned the Texas A&M sophomore the SEC title
Joe Patching – It all came together tonight (Interview)
Patching was out incredibly quick in 46.90, and didn’t concede much on breaststroke to either Gator. He now owns the NCAA’s #1 time.
Olivia Smoliga – “The walkout was longer than the race” (Interview)
Smoliga now holds the three fastest 50 free times in the entire NCAA this season, and this makes her perfect at SEC Championships in this event.
Will Gregg Troy still shave his Mustache?
Will Troy keep his word of shaving his mustache since Dressel went 18.39? (and then faster in finals!)
Caeleb Dressel was unshaved in 18.2 50 Free (Interview)
18.23 destroys his 18.39 from this morning, which in and of itself destroyed NCAA, American, and U.S. Open records
Hali Flickinger: Team is the most important aspect here (Video)
Flickinger’s leadoff also broke the Missouri Valley LSC Open Record in the 200 yard free