KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A sixth day of strong efforts rounded out the 2026 edition of the SEC Championships for the Auburn Tigers inside the Allan Jones Aquatic Center. After a week of competition, the men placed fifth with 652 points, while the women locked up seventh with 654.5 points.
Zoey Zeller’s exceptional SEC Championships continued with the 200 IM. A 1:59.01 put Zeller squarely in the evening’s B final. Taylor Bacher (2:00.12) and Annika Finzen (2:00.33) made it back in the C final.
Zeller dropped a personal-best 1:58.55 to move all the way up to 11th at night. Finzen (1:59.96) took 21st and Bacher (1:59.96) grabbed 22nd.
Senior Danny Schmidt made sure to grab a second swim on the men’s side, hitting the wall at 1:45.62 to make the B final. Freshman Maston Ballew made it 3-for-3 in his events to make it back to finals, putting together a 1:46.54 to grab a spot in the C final.
Schmidt found almost a second and a half in finals to put up a 1:44.14 and take 12th. Ballew went 1:45.51 to take 21st.
Fresh off a bronze medal in the 50 free, Lisa Klevanovich glided to a spot in the A final of the 100 free on Saturday. A 47.92 was the fifth-fastest qualifying time. Izzy Iwasyk (48.92) and Bella Ekk (49.00) made the C final.
It wouldn’t be another podium for Klevanovich, but a respectable 48.17 gave her seventh. Iwasyk (48.93) sealed 19th and Ekk (48.93) grabbed 21st.
In the men’s 100 free, Daniel Krichevsky dialed up a 42.17 to make the B final. Warner Russ (42.61) and Luke Bedsole (42.95) earned spots in the C final. Bedsole had to outduel rival Alabama for the final spot.
Krichevsky saved another top 10 swim for the evening, jumping to No. 8 all-time with a blistering 41.87. Bedsole (42.82) moved up to 22nd and Russ (42.83) finished 23rd.
The largest drop of the morning belonged to junior Ellis Fox in the 200 back. Her 1:54.91 was nearly three seconds faster than her previous best. It also earned Fox a spot in the B final. Maggie McGuire (1:56.69) made the C final, as did Annika Finzen (1:56.69), completing her exhausting double.
Fox would fit into 16th with a 1:57.26 in the evening. McGuire moved up to 20th after a 1:56.10. Finzen finished off her marathon of a day with a 1:57.63 and 24th place.
Ivan Tarasov was just good enough to make the B final in the men’s 200 back, sliding in at 1:42.13. The Russian made it into the 1:41s in finals, conjuring a 1:41.91 to take 14th.
As the women took to the tower, Chloe Brothers capped off her stellar championships with another finals-worthy performance. A 253.80 gave Brothers her second chance to dive in the evening during this week and made it 3-for-3 for the Auburn women’s diving program and coach John Fox.
Brothers scored a 208.65 in finals to finish eighth overall.
Meanwhile, Emily Hallifax found important points, making the consolation final with a 222.60.
Hallifax was even better in consoles, piecing together five solid dives for a 241.40 and 10th place overall.
Rounding out the championships, Klevanovich, Ekk, Iwasyk and Komoroczy combined for a 3:15.23 to lock up eighth in the 400 free relay.
The men’s relay was disqualified due to an early takeoff on the third exchange.
Final Scores
Men
1. Texas – 1449.5
2. Florida – 1292
3. Tennessee – 1061.5
4. Georgia – 721
5. Auburn – 652
6. Alabama – 642.5
7. LSU – 614
8. Kentucky – 582
9. Texas A&M – 503.5
10. Missouri – 427
11. South Carolina – 349
Women
1. Texas – 1413.5
2. Tennessee – 1086
3. Florida – 1015.5
4. Alabama – 689.5
5. LSU – 668.5
6. South Carolina – 666.5
7. Auburn – 654.5
8. Georgia – 604
9. Texas A&M – 550
10. Missouri – 468
11. Arkansas – 350
12. Kentucky – 284.5
13. Vanderbilt – 146