Heffner Wins 500 Freestyle at Auburn Invitational

Friday, February 7

Auburn, Ala.

11 a.m. / 6:30 p.m.

University of Georgia

Auburn First Chance Meet

February 07, 2025 | Swimming & Diving, Men's Swimming & Diving

Results

AUBURN, Ala. – Freshmen Kyler Heffner and Will Gavin each earned NCAA B-cuts on the opening day of competition at the Auburn Invitational Friday at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.

Fast Facts

Heffner touched first in the 500y freestyle, dropping over four seconds for a new personal-best mark of 4:19.37 and earning a B-cut.
Gavin finished third in the 200y freestyle with a personal-best B-cut of 1:34.84. Earlier in the day, Gavin took sixth in the 50y freestyle with a season-best time of 20.18.
Junior Clayton Whetstine placed second in the 400y IM with a time of 3:52.51, preceded by a fourth-place time of 1:48.67 in the 200y IM.
Freshman Tane Bidois finished fifth in the 50y freestyle with a season-best cut of 19.88. He later finished sixth in the 100y backstroke at 48.89. Senior Sam Parker finished fifth in the 100y back with a time of 48.89.
Junior Steven Insixiengmay finished eighth in the 100y breaststroke with a time of 54.39, followed by senior Jackson Bates in 11^th place with a season-best 54.59.
Junior Tyler Schroeder finished 12^th in the 100y butterfly (49.01) and 50y freestyle (22.67).

Up Next
The Georgia men concluded competition at the Auburn Invitational with a morning session, beginning at 11 a.m. EST. Live results are available on MeetMobile.