Vanderbilt Swimming | Dores Head East for SEC Championships

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt swimming opens postseason motion this week when the SEC Championships get underway Tuesday at Tennessee’s Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.

The opening day of the occasion, which runs by means of Saturday, will see the completion of the 1,650 freestyle and a pair of relays at evening, with the schedule the remainder of the week that includes preliminary heats starting at 8:30 a.m. CT and finals beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Vanderbilt at SEC Championships
Tuesday-Saturday, Feb. 17-21 • Prelims 8:30 a.m. CT • Finals 4:30 p.m.

Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center • Knoxville, Tenn. • SEC Network+

SEC Championships On Deck
• Vanderbilt begins postseason competitors on the SEC Championships hosted by Tennessee.
• The duo of Melissa Cowen and Aubrey Hull have already made the A lower for the CSCAA National Invitational Championship whereas  10 different Commodores have posted B commonplace instances for the meet.
• Seniors Taylor Carey, Meredith DiPasquale and Jenna Ravarino are competing on the SEC Championships for the fourth time of their collegiate profession.
• This may also mark the ultimate look on the meet for seniors Ryen Bosuro and Quinlan Hinerfeld.
• Eight of the 22 people on the Dores’ roster for the meet will probably be swimming on the SEC Championships for the primary time of their collegiate profession together with Cowen, sophomores Abigail Hite and Merritt Zieminick and 5 freshmen.

Commodores Close Strong
• Vandy recorded a person victory and had a double-figure variety of student-athletes with their greatest instances of the season within the ultimate meet of the common season at Arkansas on Jan. 30.
• Cowen paced the Commodores after putting first within the 200 breast.
• Both Bailey Ratzburg (200 free, 400 IM) and Hite (50 free, 100 free) had a number of season-low marks.
• Hull led the Dores, and was second total, in each the 100 and 200 again.
• Hinerfeld recorded a mark assembly the CSCAA NIC B lower for the primary time this season within the 200 again.

Solid Sophomore Season
• It’s the second straight season that Hull leads the Commodores within the 100 and 200 again.
• The Charlotte, North Carolina, native, missed breaking her personal college file within the 100 again by two-tenths of a second on the Phill Hansel Invitational in November.
• She was additionally simply four-hundredths of a second from matching her greatest mark and one-tenth of a second shy of breaking this system file within the 200 again at that meet.
• In lower than two seasons on the collegiate degree, Hull has recorded 13 particular person victories together with a team-best 5 the season.
• Last season, she positioned among the many high 35 in each the 100 and 200 again in her SEC Championships debut.

Cowen Makes Immediate Impact on Dores
• Cowen, a switch from Florida, will probably be swimming on the SEC Championships for the primary time after main Vandy in three occasions—the 50 free, and 100 and 200 breast—her first season with this system.
• In addition to attaining the CSCAA NIC A normal within the 200 breast, she has made the B lower for the occasion in not solely the 100 breast however 200 IM as nicely.
• The New Zealand native already ranks among the many high 10 on the Dores’ all-time efficiency listing in three occasions together with the 100 and 200 breast and 200 IM.
• Her win within the 200 breast at Arkansas within the regular-season finale was her first particular person victory as a Commodore.
• She medaled with a third-place efficiency within the A Final of the 200 breast and was additionally fifth within the 100 breast A Final on the Phill Hansel Invitational.

Constable Coming On Strong
• Sophomore Emily Constable, who ranks second on the staff within the 100 and 200 breast, put collectively her greatest performances of the marketing campaign within the Commodores’ ultimate two match-ups towards SEC competitors.
• In a Jan. 16 tri-meet with Kentucky and Texas A&M, she posted her quickest marks of the season in each occasions to attain the CSCAA NIC B commonplace for the primary time this season.
• She then improved that point whereas main the Dores within the 100 breast at Arkansas two weeks later.
• Constable was among the many high 40 within the 100 breast and high 45 within the 200 breast at her first SEC Championships final winter.
• The Westfield, New Jersey, resident nonetheless ranks second on the varsity’s all-time performer listing within the 100 breast along with her greatest swim within the occasion as a freshman.

Versatility On Display
• Ratzburg has proven her versatility for the Commodores as a junior, rating among the many high 5 on the squad in a team-high six totally different occasions—100 and 200 free, 200 again, 200 breast, and 200 and 400 IM—this season.
• That contains posting the Dores’ greatest marks within the 200 free, and 200 and 400 IM.
• All three of these instances have are available Vandy’s final two meets.
• The native of Janesville, Wisconsin, is one in every of 5 people on the roster to have met requirements for this 12 months’s CSCAA NIC meet in not less than three totally different occasions.

Freshmen Find Way to Contribute
• All 5 freshmen on the Commodores’ roster this season will probably be competing on the SEC Championships this week.
• The group is led by Ellie Butler, who entered the highest 10 on this system’s all-time performer listing within the 200 fly along with her swim on the Phill Hansel Invitational.
• Both Butler and Lane Gooding contributed to the 400 medley relay staff that additionally posted a top-10 mark all-time at Vandy at that meet.
• Butler (200 fly) and Sadie Suppiger (200 again) have recorded marks assembly the CSCAA NIC B commonplace this winter.
• Elayne Chen earned victories within the 200 and 500 free in her collegiate debut whereas Ava Allingham claimed the 100 breast E Final on the Phill Hansel Invitational to shut the autumn season.