Niewold Highlights Alabama on SEC Postseason Awards

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama’s Sean Niewold was named the Southeastern Conference Newcomer of the Year, the league workplace introduced Wednesday.

Niewold is the primary athlete in program historical past to earn the award, which was created in 2025. In addition to the Rotterdam, Netherlands, native, Alabama had seven athletes earn All-SEC crew honors in second-team alternatives Tessa Giele, Emily Jones, Charlotte Rosendale, Jada Scott and Cadence Vincent, and third-team honorees Tommy Hagar and Gaby Van Brunt.

Sean Niewold, SEC Newcomer of the Year

• Concluded his first collegiate yr as a two-time All-American within the 50 free and 200 medley relay
• First UA athlete to interrupt the 45-second mark within the 100 butterfly
• Dropped 0.28 off his entry time on the NCAA Championships to maneuver from the 31^st seed to 19^th within the 100 freestyle
• Four-time A finalist at SECs, incomes a spot within the high eight within the 100 butterfly, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay
• In addition to his 100 fly college report, he ranks second all-time within the 50 free (18.73) and fourth in 100 free (41.65)

All-SEC Honorees

• Four people earned podium finishes as Emily Jones claimed a silver medal within the 100 backstroke to earn Second Team All-SEC
• Tessa Giele (100 butterfly), Cadence Vincent (100 free) and Jones (200 again) secured bronze-medal finishes however had been named to the convention’s second crew for different occasions
• Additionally, Tommy Hagar notched a third-place end within the 200 again to earn third-team honors
• Four of Alabama’s 5 girls’s relay groups captured podium finishes because the Tide’s 200 medley relay crew of Jones, Scott, Giele and Vincent, in addition to the UA’s 200 free relay crew of Vincent, Jones, Giele and Rosendale captured silver medals on the convention meet
• The 400 medley relay crew of Jones, Rosendale, Giele and Vincent and the 400 free relay crew of Vincent, Rosendale, Jones and Gaby Van Brunt completed third at SECs