Kentucky
Kentucky Women Beat Georgia in Dual Meet for First Time in Program History, 166-134
KENTUCKY vs GEORGIA (WOMEN’S DUAL)
- Monday, December 19, 2022
- Lancaster Aquatic Middle, Lexington, KY
- SCY (25 yards)
- Outcomes
TEAM SCORES
- Kentucky – 166
- Georgia – 134
MEN’S RECAP
Kentucky hosted Georgia for an SEC twin meet on Monday, splitting with the Bulldogs. The Wildcats gained the ladies’s meet by a 166-134 choice, marking the primary time in Kentucky ladies’s program they beat Georgia in a twin meet.
Fifth 12 months Izzy Gati was crucial in Kentucky beating Georgia, successful all three of her particular person occasions and serving to a Wildcats relay to victory. Gati kicked off her day with a decisive victory within the ladies’s 200 free, swimming a 1:47.85. She even-split the race, swimming a 53.90 on the primary 100 then coming dwelling in 53.95.
Gati then had a stable efficiency within the 200 fly, swimming a 1:59.13 to the touch as the one swimmer within the area below 2:00. In contrast to the 200 free, this time Gati established the early lead, posting the quickest break up within the area on each the primary and second 50s of the race.
She had yet another particular person win in her on the day, getting out to the lead within the 500 free and holding it via the again half of the race. Gati swam a 4:50.81, main a pair of Wildcats, Abigail McCulloh (4:52.66) and Dune Coetzee (4:52.81).
Gati capped off her meet by main off Kentucky’s ‘A’ ladies’s 400 free relay in 50.66, placing the Wildcats within the lead heading into the second leg. Tori Buerger went subsequent, splitting 51.04, then Kaelan Daly was 51.74 on the third leg, and Grace Freriks anchored in 50.25. Kentucky completed in 3:23.69, beating Georgia by over a second.
Kentucky senior Caitlin Brooks gained a pair of occasions as nicely. She kicked issues off with a win within the 100 again, swimming a 53.07. She pulled away from the sphere on the again half of the race to get the job completed.
Brooks then went on to win the 100 fly in a good race with Georgia’s Callie Dickinson. Simply as she’s completed within the 100 again, Brooks pulled into the lead on the second 50 of the race. She completed in 54.22, edging out Dickinson’s 54.52.
Brooks additionally took second within the 200 again, swimming a 1:56.98. Beating Brooks was freshman teammate Lydia Hanlon, who put collectively a wonderful swim. Hanlon posted a 1:55.49, utilizing a improbable third 50 break up of 29.24 to drag firmly into the lead.
One other Kentucky veteran, senior Gillian Davey, placed on a present within the 200 breast, roaring to a 2:09.18. She put collectively a well-split race, going 30.37 on the primary 50, then 32.64, 32.98, and 33.19 on the next three 50s. Not solely is 2:09 an excellent twin meet efficiency, Davey gained the race by over three seconds together with her swim.
Georgia’s Eboni McCarty was on fireplace within the dash occasions, successful each the 50 and 100 free. McCarty kicked issues up with a 23.03 within the 50 free, main a 1-2 cost by the Bulldogs. Teammate Julianna Stephens got here in second, swimming a 23.28.
McCarty then clocked a 50.29 to win the 100 free, once more main a 1-2 punch by Georgia. This time, Sloane Reinstein got here in second, touching in 50.92.
Bulldog Zoie Hartman put up a speedy 1:58.76 to win the 200 IM. Hartman was significantly nice on the backstroke leg of the race, the place she break up a 29.52, which was the quickest again break up within the area by over a second. She additionally gained the 100 breast in 1:01.26.
Abigail McCulloh picked up one other win for Georgia, swimming a 9:52.15 to win the 1000 free.
Georgia had begun the meet with a win within the 200 medley relay. Marie Schobel (25.23), Hartman (27.76), Dickinson (24.65), and McCarty (22.69) teamed up for a 1:40.33.
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