Vols, Lady Vols earn SEC annual swimming, diving honors

Junior Camille Spink was named SEC Female Swimmer of the Year, whereas Desharne Bent-Ashmeil earned SEC Female Diver of the Year honors and Bennett Greene was named SEC Male Diver of the Year.

Spink gained the 50-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle races on the SEC Championships for a second consecutive season. She is the primary feminine swimmer to perform the feat since Georgia’s Kara Lynn Joyce. Spink additionally gained the 50-meter freestyle and 10-meter freestyle for a 3rd straight yr. Her feat was final completed by former Lady Vol Erika Brown. Spink additionally set a faculty file within the 50-meter freestyle (20.87 seconds).

Greene, a sophomore, led all divers in factors on the NCAA Championships (38) and the one diver to achieve all three championship finals, ending third within the one-meter and completed eighth in each the three-meter and platform occasions. Greene additionally gained three medals on the SEC Championships, together with a gold within the one-meter competitors.

Bent-Ashmeil completed in high 5 within the one-meter and the three-meter on the NCAA Championships. She completed as a nationwide runner-up within the three-meter with a rating of 382.25, a faculty file.