TUSCALOOSA, Ala.? Freshman Stephen Andrews secured his first career medal at the SEC Championships when he broke his own school record in taking third on the 10-meter platform diving event during night three of the SEC Championships hosted by the University of Alabama.

Andrews posted a 397.30 score with six dives on the platform event to take bronze in his first career conference meet. Earlier today he had set the UK record, but tonight he bested his own mark by nearly 30 points to lead the Wildcats.

Senior Will Vietti notched his second consecutive silver medal in the 100-breast with a time of 53.76, just shades off of his own UK record pace he set a season ago. Vietti?s time tonight is a season best and is good enough to qualify as an NCAA ?B? standard.

Fellow senior Heather Bradford took bronze in the 100-butterfly with a time of 53.36. Jenny Bradford took sixth in the event to lead the Wildcat scorers. Jenny Bradford clocked in a time of 53.79. Sophomore Megan Pulskamp set a career-best time in her 11th place finish with a time of 54.24 to round out the scoring for the women in the fly.

Freshman Tyler Reed posted another outstanding effort with his fifth place time in the 200-free. Reed tapped in his own personal-best time of 1:35.28, the second best effort in UK history. Sophomore Kyle Greene bettered his own personal time with a 13th place showing in a time of 1:37.90 tonight.

Junior Warren Grobbelaar was just off of his UK record setting pace in the 100-fly in which he set earlier today. Grobbelaar earned seventh in the event with a time of 47.28.

Freshman Lindsey Graessle got in on the scoring action with a 13th place finish in the 100-breast. Graessle placed with a 1:04.21 time in tonight?s consolation heat.

Juniors Shane Eliason and Joe Retrum capped off the individual performers for the evening finishing 12th and 16th, respectively, in the 100-backstroke. Eliason tapped in 49.20, with Retrum finishing in 50.34.

In the relays, Kentucky?s women finished fourth overall earning an NCAA ?B? qualifying standard. The senior quartet of Jill Southerlan, Lindsay Myhre and Heather and Jenny Bradford touched in a time of 3:42.86 for fourth place. Auburn took first with Florida in second and Georgia third.

On the men?s side, the Blue and White also earned an NCAA ?B? qualifying time. Eliason, Vietti, Grobbelaar and sophomore Eric McGinnis teamed for a 3:14.20 finish. Auburn, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia edged the Wildcats.

After three nights of competition the UK men and women have retained their holds on sixth and fifth, respectively. Kentucky?s men have scored 256 points, while the women have notched 238 points. Auburn leads both sides of competition with the men handedly winning with 597 points. Auburn?s women have a narrow lead over Florida after scoring 492 points.

The Championships resume tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. CST with the preliminary heats of the 200-backstroke, 100-freestyle, 200-breaststroke, 200-butterfly and the women?s 10-meter diving. Complete coverage of the UK swimming and diving teams can be found at www.ukathletics.com.

Additional coverage of the SEC Championships can be found at the host school?s website, www.rolltide.com or by visiting the SEC website at www.secsports.com.

Team Standings ? Through 29 events

Women

Auburn ? 492
Florida ? 476
Georgia ? 387
Tennessee ? 332.5
Kentucky ? 238

LSU ? 174.5
Arkansas ? 157
South Carolina ? 149
Alabama ? 124
Vanderbilt – 24

Men

Auburn ? 597
Florida ? 447
Tennessee ? 399
Georgia ? 294
LSU ? 277.5
Kentucky ? 256

Alabama ? 232.5
South Carolina – 146

UK Results

Event 1 Women?s 1-Meter Diving

Kari Retrum ? 2nd
(Medalist)
? 313.95 (season-high score, NCAA Zone Diving qualifying score)

Jessie Snowden ? 4th ? 304.25 (4th in UK record books, career-best score, NCAA Zone Diving qualifying score)

Event 2 Women?s 200-Medley Relay

Kentucky (Southerlan (26.24), Myhre (28.30), H. Bradford(23.35), J. Bradford (21.44)) – 5th overall ? 1:39.33 ? (NCAA ?A? qualifying time, season-best time)

Event 3 Men?s 200-Medley Relay

Kentucky (Eliason (22.79), Vietti (24.10), Grobbelaar (20.90), McGinnis (19.35)) – 4th overall ? 1:27.14 ? (School record, NCAA ?B? qualifying time, season-best time)

Event 4 Men?s 3-Meter Diving

Stephen Andrews ? 10th ? 336.30 (NCAA Zone Diving qualifying score)

Justin Smith ? 13th ? 312.05 (NCAA Zone Diving qualifying score)

Event 5 Women?s 800-Free Relay

Kentucky (Miller (1:51.73), Kerns (1:49.88), Sergesketter (1:52.09), Sledge (1:51.73)) – 9th overall ? 7:25.43 ? (season-best time)

Event 6 Men?s 800-Free Relay

Kentucky (Reed (1:35.35), Greene (1:36.72), Strijdom (1:38.08), Eliason (1:38.57)) – 4th overall ? 6:28.72 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, season-best time)

Event 7 Women?s 500-Free

Haleigh Kerns ? 25th ? 4:58.87

Leah Harms ? 31st ? 5:03.68

Event 8 Men?s 500-Free

Tyler Reed ? 11th ? 4:21.26 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, third in UK history, career-best time)

Kyle Greene ? 20th ? 4:31.55

Marco Iemmola ? 24th ? 4:39.54 (season-best time)

Event 9 Women?s 200-Individual Medley

Casey Miller ? 33rd ? 2:06.53

Lindsay Myhre ? 38th ? 2:07.97

Jill Southerlan ? 40th ? 2:09.44

Blair Barrett ? 42nd ? 2:10.12 (career-best time)

Lindsey Graessle ? 43rd ? 2:11.36

Danielle Weiss ? 45th ? 2:19.59

Event 10 Men?s 200-Individual Medley

Shane Eliason ? 22nd ? 1:51.58

Grant Nelson ? 26th ? 1:52.79 (career-best time)

Kristian Outinen ? 33rd ? 1:55.20

Event 11 Women?s 50-Free

Jenny Bradford ? 2nd
(Medalist)
? 22.18 – prelim time – 22.00 (NCAA ?A? qualifying time, UK record, career-best time)

Heather Bradford ? 3rd
(Medalist)
? 22.24 (NCAA ?A? qualifying time, career-best time)

Lauren Willis ? 12th ? 23.03 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, season-best time)

Megan Pulskamp ? 22nd ? 23.40 (seventh best time in UK history, career-best time)

Beth Parsons ? 26th ? 23.53 (ninth best time in UK history, career-best time)

Jenna Newsome ? 31st ? 23.83

Kayla Sergesketter ? 34th ? 23.89 (career-best time)

Kristina Sledge ? 45th ? 24.59

Event 12 Men?s 50-Free

Eric McGinnis – 4th ? 19.88 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, fourth best time in UK history, career-best time)

Warren Grobbelaar ? 9th ? 19.90 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, fifth in UK history, career-best time)

Alex Forbes ? 12th ? 20.23 (season-best time)

Colin Faris ? 18th ? 20.36 (career-best time)

Elvis Burrows ? 23rd ? 20.55 (career-best time)

Chris Richard ? 25th ? 20.64 (career-best time)

Reinhardt Strijdom ? 34th ? 21.13 (career-best time)

Travis Muzzillo ? 40th ? 21.45 (career-best time)

Will Vietti ? 44th ? 24.75 (career-best time)

Event 13 Men?s 1-Meter

Justin Smith ? 9th ? 307.45 (NCAA Zone qualifying score)

Stephen Andrews ? 10th ? 307.00 (NCAA Zone qualifying score)

Event 14 Women?s 3-Meter

Kari Retrum ? 6th ? 295.85

Jessie Snowden ? 11th ? 274.15

Event 15 Women?s 200-Free Relay

Kentucky (H. Bradford (22.60), Willis (22.53), Pulskamp (22.36), J. Bradford (21.63)) 2nd overall
(Medalists)
? 1:29.12 ? (NCAA ?A? qualifying time, UK school record, season-best time)

Event 16 Men?s 200-Free Relay

Kentucky (McGinnis (20.03), Forbes (19.75), Grobbelaar (19.82), Eliason (19.79)) 5th overall ? 1:19.39 ? (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, season-best time)

Event 17 Women?s 400-Individual Medley

Blair Barrett ? 25th ? 4:33.35 (season-best time)

Event 18 Men?s 400-Individual Medley

Grant Nelson ? 27th ? 4:00.93

Event 19 Women?s 100-Butterfly

Heather Bradford – 3rd
(Medalist)
– 53.36 ? prelim time: 53.21 (NCAA ?A? qualifying time, season-best time)

Jenny Bradford ? 6th ? 53.79 ? prelim time: 53.25 (NCAA ?A? qualifying time, career-best time, second in UK history)

Megan Pulskamp ? 11th ? 54.24 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, career-best time, fifth in UK history)

Anna Sirmon ? 26th ? 56.65 (career-best time)

Event 20 Men?s 100-Butterfly

Warren Grobbelaar ? 7th? 47.28 ? prelim time: 47.09 (UK record, NCAA ?A? qualifying time, career-best time)

Joe Retrum ? 17th ? 48.66 (career-best time, fifth in UK history)

Alex Forbes ? 19th ? 48.95 (career-best time, sixth in UK history)

Elvis Burrows ? 23rd ? 49.48 (career-best time, 10th in UK history)

Travis Muzzillo ? 24th ? 49.66 (career-best time)

Event 21 Women?s 200-Freestyle

Casey Miller ? 27th ? 1:51.23

Haleigh Kerns ? 28th ? 1:51.25

Kayla Sergesketter ? 32nd ? 1:51.82 (career-best time)

Kristina Sledge ? 38th ? 1:54.12

Leah Harms ? 40th ? 1:54.42 (season-best time)

Event 22 Men?s 200-Freestyle

Tyler Reed ? 5th ? 1:35.28 (second in UK history, career-best time, NCAA ?B? qualifying time)

Kyle Greene ? 13th ? 1:37.90 (career-best time, sixth in UK history)

Reinhardt Strijdom ? 21st ? 1:39.69 (career-best time)

Marco Iemmola ? 28th ? 1:42.57 (career-best time)

Event 23 Women?s 100-Breaststroke

Lindsey Graessle ? 13th ? 1:04.21 ? prelim time: 1:02.97 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, third in UK history, career-best time)

Lindsay Myhre ? 17th ? 1:03.52 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time)

Danielle Weiss ? 28th ? 1:07.83

Event 24 Men?s 100-Breaststroke

Will Vietti ? 2nd
(Medalist)
? 53.76 (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, season-best time)

Kristian Outinen ? 13th ? 56.75 ? prelim time: 56.72 (season-best time)

Julio Vallette ? 17th ? 57.89 (career-best time)

Event 25 Women?s 100-Backstroke

Jenna Newsome ? 25th ? 59.11

Jill Southerlan ? 27th ? 59.32

Event 26 Men?s 100-Backstroke

Shane Eliason ? 12th ? 49.60 ? prelim time: 49.38

Joe Retrum ? 16th ? 50.34 ? prelim time: 49.67 (career-best time, sixth in UK history)

Event 27 Men?s 10-Meter

Stephen Andrews ? 3rd
(Medalist)
? 397.30 (UK record, career-best score, NCAA Zone diving qualifying score)

Justin Smith ? 12th ? 275.20 (career-best score, second in UK history, NCAA Zone diving qualifying scores)

Event 28 Women?s 400-Medley Relay

Kentucky (Southerlan (58.53), Myhre (1:02.46), H. Bradford (53.23), J. Bradford (48.64)) 4th overall ? 3:42.86 ? (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, season-best time)

Event 29 Men?s 400-Medley Relay

Kentucky (Eliason (49.68), Vietti (53.89), Grobbelaar (47.34), McGinnis (43.29)) 5th overall ? 3:14.20 ? (NCAA ?B? qualifying time, season-best time)