Best of '19-'20: Seidt Sets Second-Best 200 Time
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AUBURN, Ala. – The University of Kentucky men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams made history at the 2020 Southeastern Conference Championships, breaking 10 school records, collecting 15 medals and posting a pair of the highest conference-meet scores in school history.
The women’s team finished in third place for the third time in four years, collecting a program-record 987.5 points, and the men’s team finished in seventh place with a program-record 724 points. On the final night of the conference meet, the program collected four medals and broke two school records.
Silver Medalist
Women’s 200-yard backstroke
Asia Seidt earned the second-fastest time in the nation and an automatic qualification to the 2020 NCAA Championships, swimming the 200-yard backstroke in 1:48.86, a season best. The Louisville native collected a silver medal in the event, en route to earning a podium finish (top three) in five of her six events at the 2020 SEC Championships – all three individual events and two relay events. Earlier this week, she earned bronze medals in the 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke and 400-yard medley relay and a silver medal in the 800-yard freestyle relay.
Seidt holds the school record in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:48.65, which she set at the 2019 NCAA Championships to finish third in the nation. The 2019 Miss Wildcat is a four-time SEC Champion, including holding three titles in the 200-yard backstroke (2017-19)…Read More
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March 18: Roper Drops 30 Points on Winthrop
March 19: Men’s Tennis Upsets No. 17 Alabama
March 20: Volleyball Rallies Past Florida
March 23: Women’s Golf Wins Second Straight
March 24: MBB Wins OT Thriller at Texas Tech
March 25: Women’s Soccer Runs Unbeaten Streak to Seven
March 26: Collett Collects 100th Career Hit
March 27: Steiner Wins SEC 200
March 30: Rifle Sets School-Record Score
March 31: Gymnastics Rolls Past No. 8 Missouri
April 1: Softball Blanks No. 7 Minnesota
April 2: Zhang Wins SEC Diving Title
April 3: Quickley Scores 30 in Win at A&M
April 6: Fields Places Fifth in SEC Meet
April 7: Ekholm Sets High Jump Record
April 8: Garrison Records 100th Win
April 9: Rhodes’ Walk-Off Homer Tops Murray State
