Georgia Men Finish Fourth, Women Eighth at SEC Championships

Saturday, February 21

Knoxville, Tenn.

9:30 a.m. (Swimming Prelims) | 12 p.m. (Diving Prelims & Consolation) | 5:30 p.m. (Finals)

University of Georgia

SEC Swimming & Diving Championships

Georgia swimmer Ieva Maluka during Georgia’s meet against Tennessee in Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium inside the Ramsey Student Center in Athens, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (Sofia Yaker/UGAAA)

Photo by: Sofia Yaker/UGAAA

Georgia Men Finish Fourth, Women Eighth at SEC Championships

February 21, 2026 | Swimming & Diving, Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving

Complete Results

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Georgia swimming and diving teams concluded competition at the 2026 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships Saturday at the University of Tennessee Allan Jones Aquatic Center.

The Georgia men finished fourth for the second-consecutive year with 721 points, while the Bulldog women placed eighth with 604 points. Texas swept the conference championships for the second straight season.

Fast Facts

Women's 400y Freestyle Relay – Freshman Kennedi Dobson, sophomores Katie Belle Sikes and Marie Landreneau, and senior Ieva Maluka finished fifth with a season-best A-cut time of 3:13.49. Dobson led off with a personal-best 100y freestyle of 48.17, earning another NCAA cut, while Maluka closed with a 48.65 anchor leg.
Men's 400y Freestyle Relay – Graduate Luca Urlando, junior Tomas Koski, sophomore Tane Bidois, and senior Ruard van Renen finished fifth with an A-cut time of 2:48.83, the seventh-fastest time in program history. Urlando led off with an NCAA cut of 42.27 with van Renen closing at 41.95.
Men's 200y Individual Medley – Urlando finished sixth with a season-best NCAA time of 1:42.29, while sophomore Drew Hitchcock placed seventh with an NCAA time of 1:43.84. In prelims, Hitchcock set a new personal best of 1:42.53 to become the seventh-fastest performer in program history. In the consolation final, senior Cale Martter nearly earned the win with a runner-up time of 1:42.55, a season-best mark ranking him eighth in program history. Freshman Finn Wendland finished 22^nd with a time of 1:46.35, following a PB of 1:46.07 in prelims.
Women's 200y Individual Medley – Maluka finished sixth with a season-best NCAA cut of 1:55.82, matching the time she posted in prelims. Landreneau finished 10^th with a personal best NCAA time of 1:57.69, while senior Olivia Della Torre won the bonus final with a season-best mark of 1:59.29.
Men's 200y Backstroke – Freshman Hayden Meyers won the consolation final with a time of 1:39.45, tying her personal best and remaining the sixth-fastest performer in program history. Meyers' time was the fifth-fastest of all competitors in the evening session. van Renen took 12^th with an NCAA time of 1:40.94, while fellow senior Sam Powe placed 16^th at 1:42.39.
Men's 100y Freestyle – Bidois finished 21^st with a personal-best time of 42.69, becoming the ninth-fastest performer in program history.
Women's 200y Backstroke – Sophomore Samantha Rydzewski placed 26^th in prelims with a time of 1:57.23. Freshman Hailey Dopson placed 45^th with a season-best time of 2:00.51.
Women's 100y Freestyle – Sikes placed 27^th in prelims with a time of 49.19, followed by senior Emma Norton in 30^th at 49.27. Freshman Marin Clem posted a season-best time of 49.60 in 39^th place.

Events
Women's 200y IM
Gold: Angie Coe, Texas – 1:53.90
Silver: Campbell Stoll, Texas – 1:53.92
Bronze: Emily Brown, Tennessee – 1:54.26
Sixth: Ieva Maluka, Georgia – 1:55.82

Men's 200y IM
Gold: Hubert Kos, Texas – 1:40.53
Silver: Baylor Nelson, Texas – 1:41.09
Bronze: Camden Taylor, Texas – 1:41.57
Sixth: Luca Urlando, Georgia – 1:42.29
Seventh: Drew Hitchcock, Georgia – 1:43.84

Women's 100y Freestyle
Gold: Camille Spink, Tennessee – 46.01
Silver: Eva Okaro, Texas – 46.77
Bronze: Cadence Vincent, Alabama – 47.06

Men's 100y Freestyle
Gold: Jere Hribar, LSU – 40.42
Silver: Gui Caribe, Tennessee – 40.45
Bronze: Josh Liendo, Florida – 40.94

Women's 200y Backstroke
Gold: Catie Choate, Florida – 1:49.94
Silver: Sarah Rodrigues, Texas – 1:51.46
Bronze: Emily Jones, Alabama – 1:52.35

Men's 200y Backstroke
Gold: Jonny Marshall, Florida – 1:36.38
Silver: Hubert Kos, Texas – 1:36.80
Bronze: Tommy Hagar, Alabama – 1:38.40

Women's Platform
Gold: Camyla Monroy, Florida – 350.70
Silver: Alejandra Estudillo, Texas – 333.55
Bronze: Maria Sanchez-Moreno, Arkansas – 325.55

Women's 400y Freestyle Relay
Gold: Texas, 3:08.14
Silver: Tennessee, 3:09.03
Bronze: Alabama, 3:10.48
Fifth: Georgia, 3:13.49

Men's 400y Freestyle Relay
Gold: Florida, 2:43.95
Silver: Texas, 2:45.30
Bronze: Tennessee, 2:46.00
Fifth: Georgia, 2:48.83

Standings
Men

Texas, 1,449.5
Florida, 1,292
Tennessee, 1,061.5
Georgia, 721
Auburn, 652
Alabama, 642.5
LSU, 614
Kentucky, 582
Texas A&M, 503.5
Missouri, 427
South Carolina, 349

Women

Texas, 1,413.5
Tennessee, 1,086
Florida, 1,015.5
Alabama, 689
LSU, 688.5
South Carolina, 666.5
Auburn, 654.5
Georgia, 604
Texas A&M, 550
Missouri, 468
Arkansas, 350
Kentucky, 284.5
Vanderbilt, 146

Up Next
Georgia returns home next for the annual Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Meet on Saturday, Feb. 28 and Sunday, March 1 at Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium. Prelims start at 10 a.m. both days with finals at 5 p.m. (Sat.) and 4 p.m. (Sun.). Admission is free for all spectators.