Gamecocks Gear up for 2020 SEC Championships
COLUMBIA, S.C– South Carolina swimming and diving is set to kick off championship season as it heads to Auburn, Ala., for the 2020 Southeastern Conference Championships at the James E. Martin Aquatic Center. This year’s SEC Championships run Feb. 18-22 with a morning preliminary session and an evening finals session on each day.
The meet begins Tuesday with diving prelims at 11:30 a.m., followed by swimming and diving finals starting at 6 p.m. From Wednesday through Saturday, the swimming prelims will open at 10:30 a.m., followed by diving prelims at 1:30 p.m. and all finals at 7 p.m.
Before returning to Columbia, the Gamecocks will stay at Auburn forSunday long course time trials, in preparation for the Olympic year.
Gamecock SEC Championship Notables
- Itay Goldfaden will defend his 100-breaststroke title this year, winning the event in 51.72 last season.
- South Carolina’s men have had 13 individual conference championship performances since joining the Southeastern Conference while the women’s side has tallied 16 individual SEC Championships.
- Carolina has had 14 total diving conference champions, each of which came on the women’s side.
- Last season, the Gamecocks set four new program records at the event.
2020 GAMECOCK TOP SWIMS:
| NAME | EVENT | TIME | MEET |
| Christina Lappin | 50 Free (W) | 22.30 | GT Invite |
| Christina Lappin | 100 Free (W) | 49.44 | GT Invite |
| Christina Lappin | 100 Fly (W) | 52.41* | GT Invite |
| Christina Lappin | 100 Back (W) | 53.97 | GT Invite |
| Emma Alexander | 200 Free (W) | 1:47.29 | GT Invite |
| Emma Alexander | 500 Free (W) | 4:51.87 | GT Invite |
| Haley Arner | 1650 Free (W) | 17:13.66 | GT Invite |
| Hallie Kinsey | 200 Fly (W) | 1:57.79 | GT Invite |
| Hallie Kinsey | 400 IM (W) | 4:18.77 | GT Invite |
| Emily Cornell | 200 Back (W) | 1:56.33 | GT Invite |
| Albury Higgs | 100 Breast (W) | 1:00.81 | GT Invite |
| Albury Higgs | 200 Breast (W) | 2:10.96 | GT Invite |
| Albury Higgs | 200 IM (W ) | 1:59.73 | GT Invite |
| Yu Qian Goh | One Meter (W) | 282.55 | Kentucky/Ohio |
| Yu Qian Goh | Three Meter (W) | 327.60 | SC College Invite |
| 200 Free Relay | 200 Free Relay (W) | 1:31.56 | GT Invite |
| 200 Medley Relay | 200 Medley Relay (W) | 1:40.43 | GT Invite |
| 400 Free Relay | 400 Free Relay (W) | 3:19.82 | GT Invite |
| 400 Medley Relay | 400 Medley Relay (W) | 3:37.43 | GT Invite |
| 800 Free Relay | 800 Free Relay (W) | 7:20.65 | GT Invite |
| Lewis Burras | 50 Free (M) | 19.70 | GT Invite |
| Lewis Burras | 100 Free (M) | 43.59 | GT Invite |
| Phil Costin | 200 Free (M) | 1:38.17 | GT Invite |
| Ben Fenwick | 500 Free (M) | 4:28.05 | GT Invite |
| Coleman Kramer | 1650 Free (M) | 15:51.22 | GT Invite |
| Lionel Khoo | 100 Fly (M) | 48.28 | GT Invite |
| Lionel Khoo | 100 Breast (M) | 53.66 | GT Invite |
| Lionel Khoo | 200 Breast (M) | 1:58.42 | GT Invite |
| Lionel Khoo | 200 IM (M) | 1:48.30 | GT Invite |
| Jordan Yip | 200 Fly (M) | 1:47.55 | GT Invite |
| Kevin Liu | 100 Back (M) | 47.71 | GT Invite |
| Kevin Liu | 200 Back (M) | 1:44.62 | GT Invite |
| Chase Allison | 400 IM (M) | 3:56.65 | SC College Invite |
| Anton Down Jenkins | One Meter (M) | 383.68 | ECU |
| Anton Down Jenkins | Three Meter (M) | 437.55 | UNC |
| Alex Claus | Platform (M) | 238.55 | GT Invite |
| 200 Free Relay | 200 Free Relay (M) | 1:19.04 | GT Invite |
| 200 Medley Relay | 200 Medley Relay (M) | 1:27.50 | GT Invite |
| 400 Free Relay | 400 Free Relay (M) | 2:56.53 | GT Invite |
| 400 Medley Relay | 400 Medley Relay (M) | 3:16.11 | UNC |
| 800 Free Relay | 800 Free Relay (M) | 6:36.18 | GT Invite |
* South Carolina school record
QUOATABLE HEAD COACH MCGEE MOODY
“We start early in the year with big foundational training and swimming dual meets all for the SEC Championships. This is a premier part of our season, we’ve worked for the better part of 7-8 months to try to get here. We’re excited about it, and I think our team is ready.”
QUOATBLE HEAD DIVING COACH TODD SHERRIT
“We have certain objectives we try to get all season and most of those have been met. We’ve had great performances coming into this meet. I think we are in a great position coming into this meet.”
Each session will air on SEC Network +. All information regarding the meet can be found at https://bit.ly/2HyLVG5.
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