BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference announced the 2013 Men’s and Women’s Swimming awards today, as voted on by the league head coaches, following the SEC Championships held Feb. 19-23 in College Station, Texas.
Auburn University’s Marcelo Chierighini was named Male Swimmer of the Year and Texas A&M’s Breeja Larson was named Female Swimmer of the Year. Male and Female Diver of the Year honors went to David Bonuchi of Missouri and Tori Lamp of Tennessee. Georgia’s Chase Kalisz was named Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year while Natalie Hinds (Florida) received Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year honors. Missouri’s Clark Thomas was named Male Freshman Diver of the Year and Cassie Weil (LSU) earned Female Freshman Diver of the Year accolades.
Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors went to Florida’s Elizabeth Beisel and Georgia’s Andrew Gemmell.
Gregg Troy (Florida) was voted Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year while Jack Bauerle (Georgia) was voted Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year. Missouri’s Jamie Sweeney was named Men’s Diving Coach of the Year while Tennessee’s Dave Parrington was named the Women’s Diving Coach of the Year.
This marks the fifth Men’s Coach of the Year honor for Troy as Florida won its 34th Men’s SEC Swimming and Diving Championship. The Gators broke Auburn’s streak of 16-straight SEC Championships, the third-longest streak for a single program in SEC sports history. Bauerle picked up his 14th Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year honor as Georgia won its 10th conference title and Sweeney earned Men’s Diving Coach of the Year honors during Missouri’s inaugural year in the league. Parrington has now been named SEC Diving Coach of the Year a total of 11 times, seven of which came on the men's side.
Chierighini won two individual titles in the SEC Championships. He won the 50 free and successfully defended his 100 free title, taking the event in 41.60 to win by more than a full second. It was the fastest time in the country this year and fourth-best in Auburn history.
Larson had a record-setting finish in the 100 breaststroke during the SEC meet. She took the event in 57.43 to set a new SEC, NCAA, American and U.S. Open record. Larson also set a new SEC mark in the 200 breaststroke prelims with time of 2:06.99. She later bested her time in the finals with a mark of 2:05.71.
Bonuchi, SEC Male Diver of the Year, is also the recipient of the Commissioner’s Trophy high-point award. He swept the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards and tied for second in the men’s platform to earn 91.5 points over the five-day meet.
Lamp earned Female Diver of the Year honors for the second consecutive year. She won the women’s platform with an SEC meet-record score of 341.90, besting her previous record of 335.50 set at the 2012 SEC Championships.
Beisel, the Female Commissioner’s Trophy high-point recipient, also garnered Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors. She is a two-time CSCAA Division I Scholar All-American and a two-time SEC Honor Roll recipient. Beisel was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Women’s At-Large First-Team and is the 2012 NCAA Champion in the 200 backstroke. She earned 92 points during the five-day SEC meet to claim the Commissioner’s Trophy.
Gemmell, the UGA Joel Eaves Award winner as the male senior (academically) with the highest grade point average, was named SEC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He is a CSCAA Scholar All-American and was named to the SEC and UGA academic honor rolls. Gemmell is a member of the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, was inducted into the UGA Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program and was a Team USA member at the 2012 Olympics in London, placing ninth in the 1,500-meter freestyle.
The All-SEC teams and All-Freshman teams were also announced. The All-SEC first team consists of the winner of each event while the second team is comprised of second place finishers of each event. The All-Freshman teams consist of any redshirt or true freshman who finishes either in the top eight or is the highest scoring freshman of each event, excluding relay events.
Broadcasts of the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships will air on ESPNU. The women’s event is slated for Monday, March 4 at 4 p.m. ET while the men’s meet will air at 5:30 p.m. ET following the women’s championships.
2013 SEC Male Swimmer of the Year
Marcelo Chierighini, Auburn
2013 SEC Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year
Chase Kalisz, Georgia
2013 SEC Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year
Gregg Troy, Florida
2013 SEC Male Diver of the Year
David Bonuchi, Missouri
2013 SEC Male Freshman Diver of the Year
Clark Thomas, Missouri
2013 SEC Men’s Diving Coach of the Year
Jamie Sweeney, Missouri
2013 SEC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Andrew Gemmell, Georgia
2013 Female Swimmer of the Year
Breeja Larson, Texas A&M
2013 Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year
Natalie Hinds, Florida
2013 SEC Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year
Jack Bauerle, Georgia
2013 SEC Female Diver of the Year
Tori Lamp, Tennessee
2013 SEC Female Freshman Diver of the Year
Cassie Weil, LSU
2013 SEC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year
Dave Parrington, Tennessee
2013 SEC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Elizabeth Beisel, Florida
Commissioner’s Trophy
Men
David Bonuchi, Missouri (91.5 pts)
Women
Elizabeth Beisel, Florida (92 pts)
Women’s First Team All SEC
Elizabeth Beisel, Florida
Natalie Hinds, Florida
Laura Ryan, Georgia
Shannon Vreeland, Georgia
Megan Romano, Georgia
Jordan Mattern, Georgia
Allison Schmitt, Georgia
Melanie Margalis, Georgia
Chantal Van Landeghem, Georgia
Maddie Locus, Georgia
Loren Figueroa, Missouri
Lauren Solernou, Tennessee
Molly Hannis, Tennessee
Kelsey Floyd, Tennessee
Faith Johnson, Tennessee
Lindsay Gendron, Tennessee
Tori Lamp, Tennessee
Sarah Henry, Texas A&M
Cammile Adams, Texas A&M
Paige Miller, Texas A&M
Breeja Larson, Texas A&M
Caroline McElhany, Texas A&M
Liliana Ibáñez, Texas A&M
Men’s First Team All-SEC
Kyle Owens, Auburn
Stuart Ferguson, Auburn
Marcelo Chierighini, Auburn
James Disney-May, Auburn
TJ Leon, Auburn
Arthur Mendes, Auburn
Zane Grothe, Auburn
John Santeiu, Auburn
Pawel Werner, Florida
Sebastien Rousseau, Florida
Eduardo Solaeche Gomez, Florida
Marcin Cieslak, Florida
Matthew Elliott, Florida
Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Matias Koski, Georgia
Nic Fink, Georgia
David Bonuchi, Missouri
Women’s Second Team All-SEC
Olivia Scott, Auburn
Amber McDermott, Georgia
Annie Zhu, Georgia
Sinead Russell, Florida
Hilda Luthersdottir, Florida
Ellese Zalewski, Florida
Jamie Bohunicky, Florida
Jessica Thielmann, Florida
Lauren Harrington, Georgia
Jodie McGroarty, Tennessee
Caroline Simmons, Tennessee
Tess Simpson, Texas A&M
Erica Dittmer, Texas A&M
Rebecca St. Germain, Texas A&M
Jesse Macaulay, Texas A&M
Men’s Second Team All-SEC
Brad deBorde, Florida
Corey Main, Florida
Matthew Curby, Florida
Dan Wallace, Florida
Will Freeman, Georgia
Greg Ferrucci, Kentucky
Igor Kozlovskij, Missouri
Michael Flach, South Carolina
Sam Rairden, Tennessee
Renato Prono, Tennessee
Oystein Hetland, Tennessee
Ed Walsh, Tennessee
Gustav Aberg Lejdstrom, Tennessee
Tristan Slater, Tennessee
Sean Lehane, Tennessee
John Dalton, Texas A&M
Ford McLiney, Texas A&M
All-Freshman Team
Women
Jillian Vitarius, Auburn
Cassie Weil, LSU
Jessica Thielmann, Florida
Kahlia Warner, Florida
Natalie Hinds, Florida
Sinead Russell, Florida
Ashlee Linn, Florida
Lindsey McKnight, Florida
Annie Zhu, Georgia
Chantal Van Landeghem, Georgia
Brittany MacLean, Georgia
Hali Flickinger, Georgia
Rebecca Hamperian, Kentucky
Lauren Reedy, Missouri
Faith Johnson, Tennessee
Sam Lera, Tennessee
Ashley McGregor, Texas A&M
Men
Brian Westlake, Alabama
Arthur Mendes, Auburn
Andrew Laing, Auburn
Jordan Jones, Auburn
Corey Main, Florida
Arthur Frayler, Florida
Matias Koski, Georgia
Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Matt Ellis, Georgia
Ty Stewart, Georgia
Anival Rodriguez, Georgia
Pawel Werner, Florida
Gabriel Rooker, LSU
Clark Thomas, Missouri
Sean Lehane, Tennessee