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Bauerle Reaches Another Milestone As Georgia Sweeps Tennessee
January 24, 2015 | Swimming & Diving
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --- Coach Jack Bauerle reached another milestone on Saturday as Georgia's swimming and diving teams swept Tennessee at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
The top-ranked Lady Bulldogs (10-0, 5-0 SEC) posted a 166.5-131.5 victory over the No. 7 Lady Volunteers (6-4-1, 2-2-1), while the No. 2 Bulldogs (7-2, 4-0) recorded a 154-146 decision against the No. 11 Volunteers (6-5, 3-2).
The Lady Bulldogs' victory was the 300th in Bauerle's career. In 36 seasons with the Lady Bulldogs, he is 300-33-2, joining Boston College's Tom Groden as the lone members of the 300-wins club. Bauerle has an additional 212 victories with the Bulldogs, giving him a combined 512. That figure ranks first all-time in the SEC, second among active coaches and fourth on the all-time list.
"I am very proud of the 300 wins," Bauerle said. "It may have my name next to it, but this is a program accomplishment. No one person reaches a total like this. It's due to a lot of great swimmers, divers and coaches that have been a part of the program. I'm thankful for and appreciative of everything they've done for Georgia. … I think the two wins today were well earned. We really had to fight them out. Tennessee has a quality program with great athletes. It was a tough, tough meet, just like we expected."
Hali Flickinger won three times to pace the Lady Bulldogs. She claimed the 200 freestyle in 1:46.99, the 200 backstroke in 1:56.77 and the 200 individual medley in 1:59.94. Her 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley times were season bests.
Lauren Harrington and Olivia Ball were double winners for Georgia. Harrington swept the butterfly events, taking the 100 in 53.38 and the 200 in 1:57.00. Ball won each springboard, posting 293.70 points on 1-meter and 334.50 on 3-meter.
Amber McDermott won the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:47.96. The 400 freestyle relay of Meaghan Raab, Olivia Smoliga, Harrington and Chantal Van Landeghem touched first in 3:18.60.
Michael Trice and Matias Koski controlled the freestyle events for the Bulldogs as Trice won the 50 (19.97) and the 100 (44.41) and Koski won the 200 (1:36.70) and the 500 (4:23.46). Nicolas Fink also won twice for Georgia, taking the 100 and 200 breaststroke in 53.98 and 1:58.99, respectively.
Chase Kalisz touched first in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:46.17.
Georgia will cap the regular season next Saturday at Gabrielsen Natatorium against Emory. Georgia's next competition will be the SEC Championships Feb. 17-21 at Auburn.
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