Swimming and Diving Heads to SEC Championships in Knoxville – University of South Carolina Athletics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Swimming and Diving workforce is ready to compete on the 2026 SEC Championship meet hosted by the University of Tennessee on the Allan Jones Aquatic Center from Feb. 16-21.

EVENT INFO

Live outcomes, timeline, order of occasions, psych & warmth sheets, streaming hyperlinks (SEC Network+) and extra info could be discovered here. A restricted variety of General Admission tickets can be found on Ticketmaster and tickets can be found per session. Spectator parking is on the market on a first-come, first-served foundation at Volunteer Boulevard West, the G-11, G-7 and G-17 Garages on Tennessee’s campus.

REGULAR SEASON RECAP

The ladies’s program went undefeated (7-0) in twin meets within the common season for the primary time in 40 years. The Gamecocks have been ranked within the CSCAA Top 25 ballot for every of the final 11 polls courting again to final season. Their highest rating of the season is available in at No. 15 in November after beginning the season at No. 17. The workforce completed the common season at No. 18, choosing up a number of SEC Weekly Honors alongside the way in which. Sophie Verzyl continued her success, choosing up 5 Diver of the Week Honors. Additionally, Amy Riordan earned two Swimmer of the Week awards.

Combined, the women and men set 21 new information. Riordan claimed 4 pool information, together with breaking the 200 backstroke pool twice (1:52.28/1:51.78), the 100 backstroke at Arkansas (52.41), and one faculty & pool file (200 freestyle – 1:43.75). Nora Fluck broke the 1000 freestyle file twice with occasions of 9:43.81 on Oct. 8 and 9:43.64 on Oct. 31. Verzyl broke the pool and faculty file within the 1-meter together with her efficiency on the Tennessee Invitational in November with a rating of 375.15. The Gamecock Invitational noticed two particular person information fall on the lads’s facet, with swims from Pierre Largeron (faculty – 500 freestyle – 4:13.93) and Einar Agustsson (faculty – 100 breaststroke – 51.78). Additionally, the ladies set the 800 freestyle pool file in a 7:08.88. The workforce set a further 9 pool information in opposition to Queens on the Levine Aquatic Center in Charlotte.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT

The high 24 in every occasion (diving occasions and 1000/1650 freestyle swimming occasions excluded) qualify for finals on the SEC Championship. Gamecocks that at the moment rank within the high 24 going into this meet embody:

Women

• Sophie Verzyl – 1st – 3-meter – 395.78
• Sophie Verzyl – 2nd – 1 meter – 342.75
• Amy Riordan – 2nd – 200 backstroke – 1:51.78
• Amy Riordan – eighth – 100 backstroke – 52.04
• Amy Riordan – ninth – 200 freestyle – 1:43.75
• Delaney Franklin – ninth – 200 IM – 1:57.15
• Jordan Agliano – ninth – 200 butterfly – 1:54.87
• Meaghan Harnish – tenth – 400 IM – 4:10.67
• Nora Fluck – tenth – 1650 freestyle – 16:23.74
• Delaney Franklin – 14th – 200 breaststroke – 2:09.92
• Nora Fluck – 14th – 500 freestyle – 4:42.82
• Breckin Gormley – fifteenth – 500 freestyle – 4:43.14
• Emma Reiser – fifteenth – 1650 freestyle – 16:30.32
• Delaney Franklin – seventeenth – 400 IM – 4:12-90
• Breckin Gormley – 18th – 1650 freestyle – 16:32.80
• Emma Reiser – twentieth – 500 freestyle – 4:45.10
• Molly Yacoviello – twenty first – 400 IM – 4:14.07
• Sofia Luper – twenty second – 200 IM – 1:59.77
• Taylor Grimley – twenty second – 200 butterfly – 1:57.78
• Jordan Agliano – twenty third – 100 butterfly – 52.74
• Molly Yacoviello – twenty third – 200 IM – 1:59.87
• Tori Abruzzo – twenty fourth – 400 IM – 4:14.48
• Katie Buehler – twenty fourth – 200 backstroke – 1:55.71

Men

• Einar Agustsson – fifth – 100 breaststroke – 51.78
• Einar Agustsson – sixth – 200 breaststroke – 1:52.58
• Pierre Largeron – sixth – 500 freestyle – 4:13.93
• Connor Fry – seventh – 1650 freestyle – 14:53.97
• Charley Bayer – twelfth – 1 meter – 356.93
• Eldor Usmonov – fifteenth – 100 butterfly – 46.07
• Pierre Largeron – sixteenth – 200 freestyle – 1:33.95
• Pierre Largeron – sixteenth – 1650 freestyle – 15:02.02
• Merlin Fincher – twentieth – 200 backstroke – 1:41.79
• Gage Hulbert – twenty first – 200 butterfly – 1:44.63
• Ryan Hufford – twenty third – 100 backstroke – 46.59