AUBURN – The Alabama women’s swimming and diving team won eight of 14 individual events and both relays to earn its first victory against Auburn since 1996 at Auburn on Friday by a score of 167-131.
Despite winning both relays and five individual events, the Crimson Tide men fell, 167.5-132.5, to the Tigers.
Alabama’s women are 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the SEC. The men are 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the SEC.
Leonie Kullmann won the 200 meter freestyle (1:47.43) and the 500 freestyle (4:50.91). Flora Molnar won the 50 freestyle (22.41) and the 100 butterfly (53.00). Mia Nonnenberg won the 1,000 freestyle (10:01.78) and the 400 individual medley (4:13.23). Justine won the 100 (1:01.72) and 200 (2:13.48) breaststrokes.
Katie Kelsoe, Macfarlane, Molnar and Bailey Scott combined to win, in a tie, the 200 medley relay (1:38.59). Molnar, Temarie Tomley, Kullmann and Scott won the 400 freestyle relay (3:19.01).
Robert Howard won the men’s 200 (1:36.93) and 100 (43.36) freestyles. Luke Kaliszak won the 100 backstroke (46.58), Laurent Bams the 100 breaststroke (53.99), and Daniel Kober won the 500 freestyle (4:28.50). Alabama swept the men’s relays with Kaliszak, Bams, Christopher Staka and Howard taking the 200 medley relay (1:26.22), and Christopher Reid, Zane Waddell, Howard and Bams winning the 400 freestyle relay (2:53.61).
