Senior Tigers Earn Top Finishes on Third Day of SEC Championships

Senior Tigers Earn Top Finishes on Third Day of SEC Championships

2/18/2026 7:19:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tigers' third day efforts at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships were led by senior swimmers in Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.

Lafayette, Colorado native, Karolina Bank swam a personal-best 58.96 in the women's 100 breast prelim to qualify for the event's A final. Bank followed her prelim result with a fourth-place finish in the final, touching the wall in 59.27.

Senior Jan Zubik reached the A final with a 1:41.19 swim in the men's 200 fly prelim at his last SEC Championships. The Poland native dropped time in the final with a 1:41.13 performance and sixth place finish.

Another senior contributed to Mizzou's points tonight. Collier Dyer hit a mark of 425.20 in the men's 3-meter diving competition to finish ninth. Dyer was followed by Tanner Braunton in 19^th with a score of 320.20.

Eight other Tigers competed in finals tonight in Allan Jones. Show Me State native, Matthew Judkins, finished 11^th in the men's 200 fly with a time of 1:43.18. Freshman, Drew Ploof was close behind Judkins with a 16^th place finish and time of 1:43.85. On the women's side, Maeve DeYoung completed the 200 fly in 2:00.38 to finish in 24^th.

Zara Zallen swam a NCAA qualifying standard time of 1:00.22 in the women's 100 breast to take 15^th place. Senior, Paige Striley also reached the 100 breast final, putting up a 1:01.13 performance to come in 23^rd. For the men, Logan Ottke finished 14^th in the men's 100 breast with a 52.53 time.

The 100 back finals saw swims from Quinlan Gould and Libby Bakker. Gould finished the men's race in 48.99 for 16^th place while Bakker finished 18^th in 53.11 for the women's competition.

UP NEXT: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Streams: Prelims | Diving Prelims | Finals

Schedule: Prelims 8:30 a.m. | Diving Prelims 11:00 a.m. | Finals 4:30 p.m.