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Georgia Sweeps Tennessee In SEC Finale
January 21, 2017 | Swimming & Diving
Coach Jack Bauerle and Chantal Van Landeghem talk about Georgia swimming and diving's sweep of SEC rival Tennessee.
Jan. 21, 2017
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Georgia's swimming and diving teams concluded the Southeastern Conference portion of their schedule on Saturday with a pair of wins against Tennessee in the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
The No. 3 Lady Bulldogs (7-1, 4-0) beat the No. 15 Lady Volunteers 178-122, while the No. 5-ranked Bulldogs (6-1, 3-0) posted a 172-128 win against the No. 20 Volunteers. The Georgia women are undefeated in their last 21 conference meets with a 20-0-1 mark dating back to 2013.
"Job well done today," Georgia head coach Jack Bauerle said. "We were tougher, we didn't make any silly mistakes and we swam a good meet. Tennessee is a great program with a great coach and we have a lot of respect for them, so it was really great for us to come up here and get a pair of wins."
Stephanie Peters, Chantal Van Landeghem and Meaghan Raab led the Lady Bulldogs by combining to sweep the freestyle events and earning two individual wins apiece.
Peters took both the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing in 4:50.55 and 9:52.21, respectively, while Van Landeghem was the first the reach the wall in both the 50- (22.62) and 100-yard freestyle (49.36). Raab finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.88) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:13.88).
Other individual winners for the Lady Bulldogs included Kylie Stewart in the 100-yard backstroke (53.51), Megan Kingsley in the 200-yard butterfly (1:57.67), and Olivia Ball on the 1-meter springboard (286.80).
Olivia Smoliga, Veronica Burchill, Raab and Van Landeghem combined for a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay, stopping the clock in 3:19.88.
On the men's side, Chase Kalisz won both breaststroke events and the 200-yard individual medley, finishing the 100- in 53.37, the 200-yard breaststroke in 1:57.35 and the 200-yard individual medley in 1:46.71.
Pace Clark followed suit by sweeping the butterfly events, winning the 100- in 47.75 and the 200-yard butterfly in 1:45.17.
Jay Litherland won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:36.26, Taylor Dale took first in the 100-yard backstroke in 47.42, and Javier Acevedo claimed the 200-yard backstroke in 1:45.98.
Dale, Gunnar Bentz, Clark and Acevedo reached the wall in 2:58.24 to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Georgia will conclude the regular season Saturday, Jan. 28, at Gabrielsen Natatorium against Emory. Georgia's seniors will be recognized in a pre-meet ceremony.
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