Auburn men win 14th consecutive SEC swimming title

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Congratulations to the Swimming and Diving team!

Auburn men win record 14th straight SEC swimming championship

By Charles Goldberg -- The Birmingham News

Photo Credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University

Auburn won a record 14th straight Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving men's championship Saturday, capping it off with a victory in the final event in a hotly-contested meet at the University of Georgia.

The winning streak is the longest in SEC swimming history, bettering the 13 held by the Tigers and Florida, which did it from 1956-68.

The Tigers edged Florida 784-765. It's the ninth straight year Auburn and Florida have finished 1-2.

The Auburn women finished third.

Leading by 13 heading into the final event, the foursome of Adam Brown, Christopher Fox, Kohlton Norys and Gideon Louw, led from start to finish in the 400 free relay to secure the title.

The league crown was also Auburn 16th overall league title, all coming

over the last 17 years.

Auburn led Florida entering the evening session, but Florida took the 1,650 freestyle and 200 backstroke.

The Tigers came back in the next event, the 100 freestyle, behind Louw's first-place finish, coupled with third and sixth-place finishes by Brown (42.92) and Fox (43.69). Louw touched the wall in 42.36.

Auburn swept the men's and women's 100 freestyle behind victories by Louw and Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace. It was the seventh consecutive title for the men in 100 free at SEC's and first for the women since 2004.

http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2010/02/auburn_men_win_record_14th_str.html

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1. Auburn 784, 2. Florida 765

It came down to the last race and Auburn won the 400 free relay. 14 straight is a new record, breaking the record Auburn had held with a run Florida had back in the 1960's.

Congrats and War Eagle!

The women finished third. They've got some great swimmers but don't have the depth of prior teams.

For all three days of results: http://www.georgiadogs.com/fls/8800/stats/swimdive/2010/sec/swim/index.htm

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Auburn men’s swimming and diving does it again; 14 in a row sets SEC record

Photo Credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University

Maybe one of these times the Auburn men’s swimming and diving team will lose one of these SEC Championships.

Until then, the Tigers are just fine making history.

Auburn won its 14 consecutive SEC title in tight fashion, picking up 784 points, while Florida finished second with 765 points. That streak snaps the previous record of 13 in a row, held by Florida from 1956-68.

It marked the ninth consecutive year that the Tigers and Gators have finished 1-2 in the SEC meet.

“Wow, this one was a tough one,” head coach Brett Hawke said. “Florida has a great team and we had to fight hard right to the end. We knew that our strengths would end up carrying us through. Winning four of the five relays this week is a huge highlight.”

The Auburn women finished third—a position it held throughout the four-day event—with 568 points. It marked the 14th year in a row that the Tigers have finished third or better at the conference championships. Georgia claimed the women’s team title.

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WDE! Way to go, men!