Dec. 6, 2015
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ATHENS, Ga. -- Peter Holoda closed out his impressive weekend with a win in the 100 free and Annie Lazor claimed the 200 breaststroke title during the final session of the UGA Fall Invitational on Sunday. Auburn's women's team finished in third place with 744 points while the men also finished in third with 833.5 points.
"It was really incredible racing for us over the past three days," Auburn head coach Brett Hawke said. "You never know what you are going to get coming off of hard training and only a couple of days rest but these guys responded every session."
Holoda touched in a personal best 42.45 to win the 100 free by over a half second. The sophomore's Sunday also included a 42.55 in the prelims and a 42.60 as the leadoff for the second-place 400 free relay. For the weekend he earned a third-place finish in the 50 free, swam the anchor leg of the winning 200 medley relay and the second leg of the winning 200 free relay.
"Peter has been a revelation at this meet," Hawke said. "He's come out of his shell and he's really starting to figure out the short course yards. He is asserting himself as one of the best sprinters in the country, going 42 (seconds) three times in one day is a separation with the rest of the NCAA."
Lazor earned Auburn's first women's individual title of the weekend with a 2:08.47 in the 200 breaststroke, winning by .03 seconds. Natasha Lloyd also had a big swim, placing fifth in a personal best 2:10.00, lowering her best time by 1.51 seconds.
"What Annie and Natasha did to lay it out like that was incredible," associate head coach Lauren Hancock said. "The momentum shifted for our team after those two girls swam, especially on the women's end."
Ashley Neidigh lowered her personal best in the 1650 free almost a full second to 16:14.69 to place fourth. She was just ahead of teammate Zoe Thatcher, who took fifth in 16:14.77.
"We got multiple positives out of each session," Hancock said. "What was really fun was seeing them back up their races; they did something great last night, they came in this morning and continued on to the next race. They took it one race at a time and that's what we have emphasized this season."
In the diving well, Scott Lazeroff was third (372.50) on the platform, Justin Youtsey was fourth (352.20) and Pete Turnham was sixth (315.05) while Maddie Cox took eighth (213.65). Youtsey, Turnham and Cox all turned in personal bests.
"It was a really strong day for us," head diving coach Jeff Shaffer said. "Scott missed a couple of entries or else he would have been right there but I think that may help him more than winning the contest. It will make him focus on being more accurate and consistent in practice.
"It was a great competition for us," Shaffer said. "A lot of corrections were made and it's very encouraging as we look towards our December invitational and the championship part of our season."
"We had six quality sessions of racing," Hawke said. "The intensity and the focus was there for all three days and the team really came together. We had a lot of good individual swims and a lot of great team swims."
The three-day meet also served as a dual meet between Auburn and Georgia. Georgia's men won, 168-132, and its women won 203-97.
Auburn's swimming teams will return to the pool on Jan. 7 with a dual meet at Texas. The divers will participate in the Auburn Invitational Dec. 16-18 at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
Sunday's Finals Results
Women's 1650 Free
4. Ashley Neidigh -- 16:14.69
5. Zoe Thatcher -- 16:16.77
17. Oda Gjerde -- 17:26.50
Men's 1650 Free
6. Grant Schenk -- 15:16.39
8. Alec Morris -- 15:25.17
13. Russell Noletto -- 15:41.33
Women's 200 Back
5. Caroline Baddock -- 1:54.91
6. Sarah Reynolds -- 1:55.80
8. Jillian Vitarius -- 1:57.68
9. Erin Falconer -- 1:57.22
23. Genny Pittman -- 2:05.54
Men's 200 Back
5. Joe Patching -- 1:42.65
11. Sam Stewart -- 1:46.10
12. Taylor Copeland -- 1:46.15
14. Joshua Booth -- 1:46.61
Women's 100 Free
6. Allyx Purcell -- 49.20
10. Aly Tetzloff -- 49.41
14. Shannon McKernan -- 50.37
15. Ashton Ellzey -- 50.76
18. Breanna Roman -- 50.11
23. Jessica Hodgson -- 51.12
Men's 100 Free
1. Peter Holoda -- 42.45
4. Kyle Darmody -- 43.53
6. Jacob Molacek -- 43.97
14. Zach Apple -- 45.00
Women's 200 Breast
1. Annie Lazor -- 2:08.47
5. Natasha Lloyd -- 2:10.00
13. Beatriz Travalon -- 2:17.50
Men's 200 Breast
5. Michael Duderstadt -- 1:57.51
13. Thomas Brewer -- 2:00.17
Women's 200 Fly
4. Bailey Nero -- 1:56.34
5. Alex Merritt -- 1:58.01
21. Haley Black -- 2:02.84
22. Jessica Hodgson -- 2:03.90
Men's 200 Fly
5. Arthur Mendes -- 1:44.10
8. Hugo Morris -- 1:45.91
18. Liam McCloskey -- 1:47.78
24. Foster Ballard -- 1:51.76
Women's Platform
8. Maddie Cox -- 213.65
Men's Platform
3. Scott Lazeroff -- 372.50
4. Justin Youtsey -- 352.20
6. Pete Turnham -- 315.05
Women's 400 Free Relay
3. 3:16.98 (Tetzloff, Purcell, Ellzey, Merritt)
6. 3:20.07 (Hodgson, Reynolds, Roman, Vitarius)
10. 3:24.14 (Baddock, Turek, Falconer, Lloyd)
14. 3:30.16 (Pittman, Black, Nero, Lazor)
Men's 400 Free Relay
2. 2:51.60 (Holoda, Duderstadt, Molacek, Darmody)
8. 2:58.41 (Patching, Apple, McCloskey, Morris)
13. 3:02.54 (McKinney, Selby, Booth, Ottomeyer)
14. 3:03.55 (Brewer, Schenk, Copeland, Stewart)
Women's Top 5 Team Standings
1. Virginia -- 976.5
2. Georgia -- 901
3. Auburn 744
4. Penn State -- 528.5
5. Florida State -- 292
Men's Top 5 Team Standings
1. Georgia -- 939.5
2. California -- 913
3. Auburn -- 833.5
4. Virginia -- 510
5. Florida State - 446