BATON ROUGE, La. — Auburn swimming and diving competed in its first full dual meet of the season at LSU on Thursday. The No. 14 Auburn men's team defeated No. 18 LSU 163-135 with event wins from Bradford Johnson, Gabriel Machuco, Luke Bedsole, Ethan Swart, and a 400 freestyle relay win to cap the afternoon. Auburn's women lost 179.5-120.5, but Lora Komoroczy and Zetta Grace Bartee each shined in event wins, while Chloe Brothers swept the women's side of diving.
Komoroczy and Johnson each put times into the Auburn swimming history books, while Brothers and Swart each had top-10 performances in the diving well. Komoroczy's 100 backstroke time was the fifth-quickest ever by a Tiger. Meanwhile, Johnson became the eighth-fastest Tiger ever in the 100 butterfly.
The Tigers put on a dominant performance in diving. Brothers swept both the 1-meter and 3-meter events by putting her name on the top-10 performers list for both 1-meter and 3-meter. Brother's 299.70 total in the 1-meter made her the ninth-best performer in Auburn history. Her 342.15 total from the 3-meter board jumped her into seventh all-time. Brother led a one-through-five finish for the women in the 1-meter springboard. Emily Halifax (299.33), Maria Faoro (292.95), June Sundheim (279.38), and Abigail Suits (262.73), put on a strong performance in the opening event.
Swart tied for the 20th-best total score in the 1-meter with a 373.20, tied with Conner Pruitt's mark from January 2023. Swart led Auburn as the Tigers finished in the top-four spots in the men's 3-meter springboard. Talan Blackmon and Ben Wilson each finished top-four in both diving events.
Machuco took the first win of the night for the Tigers in the swimming pool with a 1:34.38 finish in the 200 freestyle.
Komoroczy followed Machuco's win with an incredible 51.23 finish in the 100 backstroke, the fifth-fastest time in Auburn history, and her ninth different mark on the Auburn top-25 list in the event.
The Tigers swept the 200 butterfly with wins from Bartee and Bedsole. Bartee led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Tigers with a 1:57.10 finish. Coco Croxford (1:58.75), Taylor Bacher (2:00.19), and Morgan Carteaux (2:00.40) were the second through fourth-place finishers for Auburn. Bedsole touched first in the 200 butterfly for the men with a 1:45.42 finish.
Machuco picked up another win in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 1:43.28.
Johnson led a 2-3-4 finish for Auburn in the 100 butterfly with a 45.42 time. Johnson clinched the 18th-fastest time in Auburn history and moved himself up a spot to eighth on the top-ten performers list.
The Brazilian freshman Machuco won his third event of the night in the 200 IM, beating the field by four seconds with a 1:44.03 victory.
The Auburn men finished the meet with a 2:50.02 win in the 400 freestyle relay. Alexey Glivinsky, Warner Russ, Mike Rice, and Matthew Hamilton partnered together in the Tiger win. Hamilton swam a 41.95 anchor leg to seal the win for Auburn.
Outside of the event wins and record times, Auburn had a strong showing from both the men and women. Nora Weber finished second in the 1000 freestyle (10:01.66). Daniel Krichevsky made it a 1-2 finish for Auburn in the 200 freestyle with a 1:34.79 second-place finish.
Ivan Tarasov and Sebestyen Papp rounded out the podium in the 100 backstroke with 47.10 and 47.23 finishes, respectively. Maggie McGuire and Ellis Fox finished second and third in the women's 200 backstroke with 1:56.21 and 1:57.07 finishes.
Uros Zivanovic (52.33), Kaua Carvalho (52.65), and Arsen Kozhakhmetov (53.81) finished second through fourth in the 100 breaststroke. Carvalho (1:57.63) led a 2-3-4-5 finish for Auburn in the 200 breaststroke, ahead of Zivanovic (1:58.27), Maston Ballew (1:58.71), and Kozhakhmetov (2:00.12).
Russ and Hamilton each went sub-19.5 in the 50 freestyle with a 19.35 and 19.39 finish, respectively. Russ (43.06), Glivinsky (43.15), and Rice (43.36) also finished 2-3-4 in the 100 freestyle.
Up next for Auburn, the Tigers head to the midseason events. The swimmers are off to Greensboro, N.C. for the Wolfpack Invitational, while the divers go to the Tennessee Diving Invitational. The Wolfpack Invitational runs from Nov. 18 through Nov. 21. The Tennessee Diving Invitational is one day shorter, lasting from Nov. 18 to Nov. 20.
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