Tennessee swimmers smash NCAA record at SEC Championships
Tennessee swimmers smashed an NCAA record at the SEC Championships at the Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia, on Wednesday.
The UT men's 200-meter freestyle relay team clocked a time of of 1 minute, 12.80 seconds, obliterating the previous record of 1:13.35 held by Florida. Jordan Crooks, Gui Caribe, Lamar Taylor and Nikoli Blackman swam the record-breaking relay.
Crooks swam a blistering first leg of 17.96 seconds. Caribe followed with second-fastest split in the field at 18.04. Taylor clocked his leg in 18.25. And Blackman swam the final stretch in 18.55 effort to claim the Vols' first SEC title in the event since 2001.
According to SwimSwam, a news organization which covers swimming, Taylor became the first swimmer in history to break an NCAA record in the same event at the Division I and Division II levels. Taylor was a six-time national champion at Henderson State before transferring to Tennessee.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email adam.sparks@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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