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Vols Sweep LSU in Baton Rouge
January 10, 2015 | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 10, 2015
Results 
BATON ROUGE, La.--A couple days after competing in College Station, Tennessee Swimming and Diving concluded its two-meet SEC road trip in Baton Rouge by sweeping Louisiana State (M: 184.5-106.5; W: 159-135) at the LSU Natatorium in Baton Rouge Saturday.
The No. 15 Volunteer men (6-4, 3-1 SEC) opened the meet with a torrid start, winning the first 13 events to jump out to an early lead against the Tigers (2-4, 0-4 SEC). The No. 11 Vol women (6-3-1, 2-1-1 SEC), meanwhile, won the first five of seven events before the first diving break, then won four straight races to pull away from the No. 21 Tigers (3-3, 2-2 SEC).
Sam McHugh won three more events to give him six wins on the road trip, while the men's distance freestylers swept the top three spots in both events. Madeline Tegner, Molly Hannis, Troy Tillman and Faith Johnson each won two races apiece in a dual meet which saw 14 different Vols earn a victory.
After defeating LSU on their Senior Day, the Vols return to Knoxville for their final home meet and Senior Day festivities against Georgia at 12 p.m. at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
Inside the Men's Scoring
The men won all 16 events against LSU, prevailing with a 184.5-106.5 victory to earn their second straight SEC road victory.
Soon after winning a trio of events in Texas, freshman Sam McHugh once again led the Vols with three more victories. The Chattanooga, Tenn., first-year swimmer began his afternoon by claiming top spot in the 200 Free in 1:38.13, about a second off his career-best time set at Nike Cup last November.
The Vols swept the event, thanks to a second-place finish from Tristan Slater (1:39.51) and Gustav Aberg Ledjstrom's third-place result (1:41.07). McHugh then took first place in both the 200 Fly (1:46.58) and the 400 IM (3:49.54).
The victory in the 200 Fly is the fifth of the season for McHugh, while his win in the IM is his third in three races this season.
UT's male distance swimmers swept the top-three places in both the 500 and 1000 Free, led by Evan Pinion's two victories (4:32.14 in 500, 9:23.24 in 1000). Ben Miller (4:36.99, 9:30.26) earned two second places, while Trevor Leland (4:39.37, 9:32.23) earned a season-best in the 1000 en route to two third-place finishes.
Senior Troy Tillman swept the sprint events, winning his fourth 50 Free race (20.63) and first 100 Free race (44.98). UT took 1-2 in the 50 with Chris Sadsad finishing second in 20.67. Jacob Thulin (45.55), Joshua Romany (46.23) and Aberg Ledjstrom (46.84) placed third, fourth and fifth respectively.
UT's backstrokers swept the two events, beginning with Jimmy Dagley's victory in the 100 (49.49), his third of the season and first since Oct. 31. Junior Sean Lehane (1:44.86) claimed first in the 200 Back, the fifth of the 2014-15 season. Dagley (1:49.03) finished second, while Tim Wylie earned a pair of fourth-place results.
The breaststroke duo of Ross Dibblin and Tristan Slater earned another two victories for UT. Dibblin earned his first victory of the season in the 100 in 55.24, beating out four Tigers for the win. Slater earned his third victory of the road trip by winning the 200 in 2:00.70, while Dibblin finished second in 2:02.18.
While McHugh won the 200 Fly, senior Jacob Thulin earned the victory in the 100 for the second consecutive meet, winning in 48.85, 0.53 seconds off his winning time at Texas A&M. UT claimed third (Tyler Mills in 49.54), fourth (Ryan Coetzee in 49.89) and eighth (Sadsad in 50.60) in the event.
Tennessee' relays began and ended the meet with victories in both the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay. Lehane, Peter John Stevens, Thulin and Tillman won the medley in 1:27.71, while Sadsad, Tillman, Coetzee and Aberg Ledjstrom won the Free Relay in 1:20.84.
Inside the Women's Scoring
The women's team won 10 races, including four straight in between diving breaks, to pull away from the Tigers, 159-135.
Tegner earned her second and third victories of the road trip by winning both distance events. She opened the individual races by earning first place in the 1000 Free in 9:57.58. Teammate Morgan Dickson (10:17.54) finished second for UT.
Tegner later won the 500 Free in 4:53.54, her third win in the event this season. Caroline Finkbeiner (4:56.49, 3rd), Mary Griffith (4:56.66, 4th) and Heather Lundstrom (5:02.67) also placed for UT.
Just like the double dual meet in College Station, Hannis swept the breaststroke events--the sixth time she has done so this season. She swam the 100 in one minute for the fourth time this season (1:00.43), with Colleen Callahan (1:02.92), Micah Bohon (1:05.94) and Anna DeMonte (1:07.86) placed second, fifth and sixth respectively.
Hannis and Callahan placed 1-2 in the 200, with Hannis winning in 2:10.09 and Callahan finishing in 2:16.13, a new season-best. Erin Gaeckle finished sixth in 2:30.60 in her third race in the event this season.
Johnson swept both sprint races for UT, straddling the first diving break. The junior topped her third-place finish in the 50 at Texas A&M by swimming a 22.59 for her eighth win in the event this season. Cherelle Thompson (23.03), Amy Lubawy (23.91) and Heather Kiger (24.31) placed third, fourth and sixth for UT.
Johnson came out of the diving break and earned her second win in the 100 Free for the third time this season in 49.84. Alex Cleveland (51.26), Bohon (51.29) and Thompson (54.88) placed third, fourth and eighth.
UT's two other wins came in the two backstroke events, starting with Madison Hahn's 55.45 time to earn her second victory in the backstroke, the first since her win in Chapel Hill at the Nike Cup. Gaeckle (56.56) placed fourth, while Lauren Driscoll (57.22) finished seventh and Michelle Cefal (58.56) finished eighth in her first race in the event in her career.
DeMonte took first in the 200 by swimming a season-best 1:58.30, edging out teammate Amanda Carner by .02 seconds. Hahn (2:03.08) finished fifth, while Logan Haddock (2:10.03) finished in eighth place.
Along with their individual success, the Vols' relay success continued at LSU, with UT's A teams winning both the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay. Hahn, Hannis, Harper Bruens and Thompson started the afternoon by winning the medley in 1:39.98 to lead UT to three of the top four spots. At the end of the meet, Bruens, Lubawy, Johnson and Cleveland sprinted to a first-place finish in 1:31.78.
Inside Diving
After recording one victory in the two events at Texas A&M, Mauricio Robles led UT diving by sweeping both competitions. Robles won his fourth one-meter (351.23) and fifth three-meter (401.03) event of the season, surpassing 400 points for the fifth time in 2014-15.
Freshman Liam Stone completed his first SEC road trip by earning two more top-two finishes. After scoring 328.28 to earn second place in the one-meter, Stone matched that placement by scoring 356.33 to tie LSU's Daniel Helm in the three-meter. Michael Howell finished in fifth place in both events.
