Alabama Swimming & Diving is coming off a banner season in which the team broke 21 different school records.
In order to celebrate, the team held a “record-smashing” ceremony on deck this week, complete with photos of some of the team’s record-breakers as their new records were added to the board.
Here’s an excerpt from Alabama’s press release on the ceremony, followed by some photos from the event:
The Crimson Tide replaced 21 slots on its record board – 11 on the women’s side and 10 on the men’s – including eight relay and 13 individual marks. Over the past three years, Alabama has broken 29 of the 44 school records and set two Southeastern Conference records in the process.
| Women | ||
| Event | Athlete | Time |
| 50 freestyle | Bailey Scott | 22.54 |
| 200 freestyle | Emma Saunders | 1:45.90 |
| 100 backstroke | Emma Saunders | 53.32 |
| 200 backstroke | Emma Saunders | 1:54.05 |
| 100 breaststroke | Kaylin Burchell | 58.38 |
| 200 breaststroke | Kaylin Burchell | 2:07.75 |
| 200 IM | Mia Nonnenberg | 1:58.12 |
| 400 IM | Mia Nonnenberg | 4:09.03 |
| 200 freestyle relay | Bailey Scott, Kristel Vourna, Temarie Tomley, Justine Panian | 1:29.03 |
| 400 freestyle relay | Justine Panian, Temarie Tomley, Bailey Scott, Emma Saunders | 3:18.59 |
| 800 freestyle relay | Emma Saunders, Mia Nonnenberg, Karolina Szczepaniak, Leah Bird | 7:09.31 |
| Men | ||
| Event | Athlete | Time |
| 50 freestyle | Kristian Gkolomeev | 18.64 |
| 100 freestyle | Kristian Gkolomeev | 41.56 |
| 100 backstroke | Connor Oslin | 45.08 |
| 200 backstroke | Connor Oslin | 1:40.77 |
| 100 butterfly | Brett Walsh | 46.25 |
| 200 medley relay | Connor Oslin, Anton McKee, Brett Walsh, Kristian Gkolomeev | 1:23.35 |
| 400 medley relay | Connor Oslin, Anton McKee, Brett Walsh, Kristian Gkolomeev | 3:04.22 |
| 200 freestyle relay | Kristian Gkolomeev, Alex Gray, Luke Kaliszak, Brett Walsh | 1:16.13 |
| 400 freestyle relay | Brett Walsh, Alex Gray, Connor Oslin, Kristian Gkolomeev | 2:50.20 |
| 800 freestyle relay | Kristian Gkolomeev, Alex Gray, Christopher Reid, Crews Wellford | 6:22.81 |
The Tide’s record-breaking season led the men to their first top-10 national finish since 1994 and the women to their first top-30 finish since 2005. Seven men and women combined for 23 All-America honors in 2015 and the Tide won seven SEC titles, including two relay marks.
All photos are courtesy of Amelia J. Brackin:
Way to go Alabama…Denny, Jonty, James!
Congrats to all the swimmers!
Roll Tide!!!
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Roll tide!