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Georgia Sweeps Missouri To Remain Unbeaten
November 10, 2016 | Swimming & Diving
The Georgia swimming and diving teams beat Missouri today on the road. We spoke with Senior Associate Head Coach Harvey Humphries after the meet.
COLUMBIA, Mo. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams remained undefeated as they swept Missouri with two hard-fought victories on Thursday at Mizzou Aquatic Center.
The Bulldogs picked up a 152-147 decision, while the Lady Bulldogs earned a 159-140 win. Georgia's squads improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference.
"Those were huge wins for our teams," Georgia head coach Jack Bauerle said. "Missouri is well coached and is really good, and we had to circle the wagon and come together to get it done. That's the way it's going to be this year; we're going to have to fight for everything little thing we get. The kids did a heck of a job as both meets came right down to the end. We saw our teams stand up and fight their way through to come out with wins, and that's priceless as far as getting ready for the end of the season."
Chase Kalisz and Javier Acevedo were double winners for the Bulldogs. Kalisz claimed the 100 breaststroke in 54.03 and the 200 individual medley in 1:47.01, while Acevedo swept the 100 and 200 backstroke races in 47.44 and 1:44.87, respectively.
Georgia won the 200, 500 and 1,000 freestyle events as Jay Litherland went 1:37.00, Walker Higgins touched in 4:27.22 and Aidan Burns reached the wall in 9:14.51. Litherland and Higgins led 1-2-3 finishes in their events for Georgia. Pace Clark picked up a win in the 200 butterfly as he stopped the clock in 1:46.00.
Stephanie Peters, Chantal Van Landeghem and Meaghan Raab each won twice for the Lady Bulldogs. Peters claimed the 500 freestyle in 4:46.93 and the 1,000 freestyle in 9:48.01. Van Landeghem stopped the clock in 23.04 and 50.23 to take the 50 and 100 freestyle races, respectively. Raab won the 200 freestyle in 1:46.33 and the 200 individual medley in 1:59.77.
The 200 backstroke went to Meryn McCann in 1:56.90, while Veronica Burchill took the 100 butterfly in 54.36.
Georgia won the 400 freestyle relay as Olivia Smoliga, Burchill, Raab and Van Landeghem reached the wall in an NCAA-leading 3:20.07.
Georgia will return to action Dec. 2-4 in the UGA Fall Invitational.
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