Arkansas Razorbacks Vs. Vanderbilt Commodores (Girls Solely)
- January 17, 2025
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Quick Course Yards (25 yards), Twin Meet
- Full Meet Outcomes (PDF)
- Staff Scores: Arkansas 133 – Vanderbilt 129
A day after dropping to Tennessee, the Arkansas ladies headed 3 hours west to Nashville and bounced again with a win over one other SEC foe, Vanderbilt, on Friday morning.
The win pushed Arkansas to an ideal 16-0 all-time over Vanderbilt, however the 4-point margin was by far the closest within the sequence historical past – final yr’s 48-point margin was the earlier closest, exhibiting an bettering Vanderbilt group.
The meet featured an uncommon occasion lineup, with 50 yard stroke occasions changing the same old 100 yard occasions and a 100 IM changing the 200 IM.
Vanderbilt opened the meet with a successful 1:43.57 within the 200 medley relay thanks largely to the freshman duo of Aubrey Hull (26.19 backstroke) and Emily Constable (28.85), who opened up a .87 second lead over Arkansas on the entrance half of the relay.
Whereas a veteran again half for the Razorbacks closed the hole, Vanderbilt finally held on to win by .17 seconds.
Arkansas snapped again with a pair of wins within the subsequent two races, with Reka Rohacs successful the 1000 free in 10:17.89 for a 1-2 Commodore end and Bara Matoskova successful the 200 free in 1:54.15. Arkansas is a program that has lengthy been constructed round freestyle prowess, they usually received 5 of six freestyle occasions on this meet. Rohacs additionally punched a win within the 500 free in 5:01.30, whereas Delaney Harrison received the 50 free in 23.97 (a day after going 23.70 in opposition to Tennessee).
The one exception got here within the 100 free, the place Vanderbilt senior Reagan Mathieson swam 51.46 to carry off a 2-3-4-5 end from Arkansas. That’s her finest time in a twin meet this season.
Vanderbilt, in the meantime, made hay in the identical backstroke and breaststroke occasions that carried them to the medley relay win. Hull received the 50 again in 26.29 and her teammate Quinlan Hinerfeld used a really quick second 100 to win the 200 again in 2:03.01.
Constable, in the meantime, received each the 50 breaststroke (29.48) and the 200 breaststroke (2:21.48), in each circumstances holding off a deeper Arkansas group.
Arkansas entered the ultimate race with a 9-point deficit, which meant they wanted a 1-2 end to win or a 1-3 end to tie. They finally acquired simply sufficient to tug off the comeback, with the group of Delaney Harison, Eleonora Camisa, Allie Thome, and Bella Cothern touching first in 1:35.91, and the “B” group ending 2nd in 1:36.52. Vanderbilt’s prime relay was third in 1:36.88.
Arkansas cut up their prime sprinters to try to get the win – Cothern had the most effective cut up of 23.41 to anchor the “A” relay, whereas Syd Craft cut up 23.67 and Gracie Colvin cut up 23.52 on the “B” relay. Their finest foursome aggregated to a 1:34.64.
Arkansas will end their common season subsequent weekend after they host Kansas. Vanderbilt will wrap their common season with a house meet in opposition to an excellent mid-major Southern Illinois group on February 1.
