Georgia Teams Fall To Tennessee

Saturday, January 26

Knoxville, Tenn.

11:00 A.M.

University of Georgia

Tennessee

January 26, 2019 | Swimming & Diving

Tennessee Results

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams were swept by Tennessee in the final Southeastern Conference dual meet of the year on Saturday at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.

The No. 12 Lady Bulldogs (2-3, 2-2 SEC) fell to the No. 13 Lady Volunteers 170-130, while the 12th-ranked Bulldogs (2-3, 1-2 SEC) lost to No. 9 Tennessee 156-144.

"We knew coming in here that Tennessee is always good this time of year," Senior Associate Head Coach Harvey Humphries said. "They have a great coaching staff and they are swimming well. It was a great meet for us to be going to and racing at. The one thing I can say about our group is that every time they go up against a really good team, they never back down. They raced well. This is going to serve us well going into the end of the year."

Georgia had 13 first-place individual finishes, accumulated by four women and five men.

Courtney Harnish was a triple winner for the Lady Bulldogs as she claimed the 200, 500, and 1,000 freestyle races. In the 1,000, Harnish notched a new career-best time of 9:41.46 to move into eighth on Georgia's top-10 list. She also touched the wall first in the 200 (1:46.99) and the 500 (4:47.84).

Danielle Della Torre claimed victory in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.69. Dakota Luther took first in the 200 butterfly, stopping the clock in 1:56.38. McKensi Austin won the 3-meter springboard with 313.13 points.

Camden Murphy and Andrew Abruzzo each won two events to pace the Bulldogs.

Murphy led a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 butterfly, stopping the clock in 1:47.09, followed by Clayton Forde (1:47.69) and Luke Durocher (1:48.84). Murphy also claimed first in the 100 butterfly in 47.55.

Abruzzo anchored Georgia's 500 freestyle sweep as he claimed first in 4:22.96, followed by Reed (4:23.67) and Knoxville native Walker Higgins (4:27.88). Abruzzo claimed the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:47.87. James Guest (1:49.87) and Jack Dalmolin (1:51.89) claimed second and third, respectively.

The Bulldogs went 1-2-3 in the 1,000 freestyle with Greg Reed finishing in 9:02.68, followed by Abruzzo (9:08.06) and Kevin Miller (9:13.12). Javier Acevedo claimed victory in the 100 backstroke with a time of 47:49. Guest touched the wall first in the 200 breaststroke, stopping the clock at 1:57.54.

Georgia will return to Athens for the regular-season finale and Senior Day meet with Emory on Saturday, Feb. 2. Georgia will be hosting the SEC Championships Feb. 19-23 at Gabrielsen Natatorium.