Gamecocks 10th After Three Days at Men's SEC Championship
Luke Massey led Carolina with a 16th place finish in the 100 breast Thursday night
COLUMBIA, Mo. — South Carolina is in 10th after three days of the SEC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships with 219 team points. The Gamecocks had four finalists on Thursday night, led by junior Luke Massey.
The Tennessee transfer earned a spot in the B-final of the 100 breast with a new PR of 52.93, good for the four-fastest time in program history. Massey swam 53.64 in the finals to take 16th in the event.
Tamas Novoszath and Phil Costin both qualified for the C-final of the 200 free. Novoszath finished 19th with a new PR of 1:36.20 in the finals and Costin took 24th with a finals time of 1:38.46.
Guy Gropper took 23rd in the 100 fly with a time of 47.73 in the C-final. Gropper (back, 48.84), Massey (breast, 52.43), Jordan Yip Zhu Ern (fly, 48.02) and Mark Shperkin (free, 42.78) swam the eighth-fastest time in program history at 3:12.07.
The Gamecocks finished the night with a ninth-place finish in the 400-medley relay.
Prelims for the final day of the conference meet begin at 11 a.m. ET on Friday. The 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast and 200 fly will be on the schedule for the morning session. The 1650 free will kick off finals at 7 p.m. ET with the 400 free relay the final race of the meet. SEC Network+ will carry a live stream of both sessions.
2021 Men’s SEC Swimming and Diving Championship Gamecock Results
500 Free
22. Rafael Davila – 4:22.75p, 4:22.25f
25. Tamas Novoszath – 4:22.77
200 IM
38. Chase Allison – 1:48.69
42. Jordan Yip Zhu Ern – 1:49.50
44. Ben Fenwick – 1:49.65
51. Drew Grespin – 1:57.09
50 Free
13. Guy Gropper – 19.71p, 19.70f ((fifth-fastest in Carolina History)
28. AJ Ross – 20.06
29. Mark Shperkin – 20.10
30. Phil Costin – 20.14
52. Robbie Epler – 20.86
53. Luke Massey – 21.05
400 IM
29. Chase Allison – 3:57.55
100 Fly
23. Guy Gropper – 47.55p, 47.73f
34. Jordan Yip Zhu Ern – 48.09
35. AJ Ross – 48.24
37. Ben Fenwick – 48.59
39. Mark Shperkin – 48.73
40. Robbie Epler – 48.99
200 Free
19. Tamas Novoszath – 1:36.29p, 1:36.20f
24. Phil Costin – 1:36.38p, 1:38.46
28. Rafael Davila – 1:37.06
100 Breast
16. Luke Massey – 52.93p (fourth-fastest in Carolina history), 53.64f
34. Andrew Grespin – 55.93
200 Medley Relay
9. Guy Gropper (back, 21.82), Luke Massey (breast, 23.76), Jordan Yip Zhu Ern (fly, 21.38), AJ Ross (free, 19.14) – 1:26.10 (fourth-fastest in program history)
800 Free Relay
9. Tamas Novoszath (1:35.35), Rafael Davila (1:36.29), Chase Allison (1:37.52), Phil Costin (1:37.19) – 6:26.35 (ninth-fastest in program history)
200 Free Relay
6. AJ Ross (19.84), Guy Gropper (19.36), Phil Costin (19.28), Mark Shperkin (19.00) – 1:17.48 (second-fastest all-time at Carolina)
400 Medley Relay
9. Guy Gropper (back, 48.84), Luke Massey (breast, 52.43), Jordan Yip Zhu Ern (fly, 48.02), Mark Shperkin (free, 42.78) – 3:12.07 (eighth-fastest in program history)
Men’s 1-meter diving (six dives)
21. Alex Claus (281.35)
Men’s 3-meter diving (six dives)
21. Alex Claus (287.80)
Men’s Platform (six dives)
23. Alex Claus (226.65)
2021 Men’s SEC Swimming and Diving Team Standings
1. Florida – 961.50
2. Georgia – 881
3. Tennessee – 655
4. Texas A&M – 631
5. Missouri – 601
6. Kentucky – 577
7. Alabama – 548
8. Auburn – 502
9. LSU – 323.50
10. South Carolina – 219
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