Nied Wins Gold and Wich-Glasen Takes Silver on Day Four of SEC Championships
Feb. 17, 2017
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Allyson Nied captured the gold in the women’s platform dive and Nils Wich-Glasen took home the silver in the men’s 100-yard breaststroke to cap off a successful day four of the 2017 SEC Championships for South Carolina.
South Carolina’s men end the day in eighth place with 505 points, while the women remain in ninth with 391 points. Florida leads the men’s side with 929.5 points, while Texas A&M lead the women with 961 points.
On the women’s side, Nied highlighted the day as she took first place in the platform with a score of 325.90 to set a new school record and PR. She finished third in the event at the SEC Championship meet last year.
On the men’s side, Nils Wich-Glasen set a new school record on his way to winning the silver in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 51.70. Wich-Glasen swam a time of 51.79 during prelims and finished fifth in the event at last year’s conference meet.
MEN’S RECAP
Carolina started the fourth day of competition with two Gamecocks in the 200-yard butterfly. Fynn Minuth, making his third A final appearance of the meet, finished in sixth place with a time of 1:43.33. Caleb Tosh represented South Carolina in the C final and posted a time of 1:44.91, good for 21st place.
Jonathan Boland set his second school record of the meet, this time in the 100-yard backstroke. Boland broke the school record in the prelims with a time of 46.82, then came back in the finals to break it again with a time of 46.79 and finish in 12th place overall. Will Countie also swam for the Gamecocks in his first-ever SEC final and finished 24th with a time of 48.16.
The Gamecocks wrapped up the evening with the 400-yard medley relay and dropped yet another school record. The squad, made up of Boland, Wich-Glasen, Minuth and Tom Peribonio, finished the race in ninth place with a time of 3:09.83.
WOMEN’S RECAP
Marissa DelGado started the night for the Gamecocks as she swam in the B final of the 200-yard butterfly. Delgado finished with a time of 1:59.10, good for 16th place overall and a NCAA ‘B’ cut.
Emily Cornell made her first-ever finals event as she represented Carolina in the B final of the 100-yard backstroke. Cornell finished 16th overall with a time of 53.92. Cornell’s preliminary time of 53.61 set a new PR and school record.
Kersten Dirrane was the lone Gamecock in the 100-yard breaststroke. Setting a new PR and finishing ninth overall, Dirrane posted a time of 1:00.59.
Setting another school record for South Carolina, Cornell, Dirrane, Christina Lappin and Emma Barksdale earned eighth place in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:36.72.
NOTABLE
- Allyson Nied will go down in the South Carolina record book as the first-ever women’s platform diving champion.
- The Gamecocks broke a total of five school records on the day.
- Carolina set a total of 20 personal records on day three of the conference meet.
UP NEXT FOR CAROLINA
South Carolina continues their run on the final day of the 2017 SEC Championships tomorrow at 10 a.m.
