Bulldogs Earn 13 Spots on All-SEC Team

April 12, 2023 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

ATHENS, Ga. – Thirteen members of the University of Georgia swimming and diving teams were honored with All-SEC honors, as announced by the league office in Birmingham Wednesday morning.

Seniors Zoie Hartman and Bradley Dunham and sophomore Rachel Stege were each named to the First Team All-SEC after winning conference titles at the SEC Swimming & Diving Championships in February in Bryan-College Station, Texas. For Hartman, it is her fourth-consecutive placement on the First Team as she took first in the 200 IM, while it is the first First Team placement for Dunham and Stege. Dunham was previously named to the Second Team in 2021.

Five members of the men's and women's teams, respectively, received Second Team honors. On the men's side, seniors Dillon Downing and Zach Hils and sophomore Reese Branzell were recognized for their bronze medal 400 freestyle relay. Senior Ian Grum picked up his third-straight All-SEC honor with a bronze in the 400 IM and junior Jake Magahey was honored for runner-up finishes in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle. This is the fourth All-SEC honor for Hils, third for Downing and Magahey, and first for Branzell.

For the women's team, senior Jillian Barczyk, junior Sloane Reinstein, and sophomore Duné Coetzee were honored for their third-place 800 freestyle relay. Graduate Callie Dickinson placed second in the 200 butterfly, while sophomore Eboni McCarty finished third in the 100 backstroke. This is the third honor for Dickinson, second honor for Barczyk and Coetzee, and first for McCarty and Reinstein.

For the All-SEC Teams, the First Team consists of the top finisher in each event at the SEC Championships, and the Second Team consists of the second- and third-place finishers in each event. The All-Freshman Teams consist of any redshirt or true freshman who finished either in the top eight or is the highest scoring freshman of each event at the SEC Championships, excluding relay events.

The complete list of the 2022-23 SEC Swimming & Diving All-SEC Awards is as follows:

Male Swimmer of the Year: Jordan Crooks, Tennessee
Male Freshmen Swimmer of the Year: Josh Liendo, Florida
Men's Swimming Coach of the Year: Anthony Nesty, Florida
Male Diver of the Year: Bryden Hattie, Tennessee
Male Freshman Diver of the Year: Nick Stone, Tennessee
Men's Diving Coach of the Year: Jay Lerew, Texas A&M

Female Swimmer of the Year: Maggie MacNeil, LSU
Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year: Zoe Dixon, Florida
Women's Swimming Coach of the Year: Anthony Nesty, Florida
Female Diver of the Year: Brooke Schultz, South Carolina
Female Freshmen Diver of the Year: Joslyn Oakley, Texas A&M
Women's Diving Coach of the Year: Drew Livingston, LSU

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