{"id":2221937,"date":"2026-01-04T18:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2221937"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:53:07","slug":"gamecocks-set-nine-pool-records-vs-queens-sweep-royals-university-of-south-carolina-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gamecocks-set-nine-pool-records-vs-queens-sweep-royals-university-of-south-carolina-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamecocks Set Nine Pool Records vs. Queens, Sweep Royals \u2013 University of South Carolina Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<p><strong>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 <\/strong>South Carolina swimming broke nine pool records in its win over Queens on Saturday afternoon at the Levine Aquatic Center. The 156-104 win was the men\u2019s first of the season, while the women kept their win streak rolling, defeating the Royals 181-78.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The women\u2019s relay team of Amy Riordan, Alexis Dalton, Taylor Grimley and Sofia Luper started the meet off with a pool record in the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:37.84. They picked up the event win as well.<\/li>\n<li>Emma Reiser kept the records rolling in the 1000 freestyle, clocking a 9:47.73 for the event win and pool record. Nora Fluck took second with a 9:51.90.<\/li>\n<li>Ellery Ottem (1:47.70) and Jordan Agliano (1:48.99) grabbed second and third, respectively, in the 200 freestyle.<\/li>\n<li>Riordan picked up her first win of the day in the 100 backstroke, notching a 52.69, well under the previous pool record. Her initial relay split in the 400 medley relay set the official record at 52.58.<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Scholes and Katie Buehler completed the 1-2-3 sweep in the event with 53.10 and 54.60, respectively.<\/li>\n<li>Dalton took the win in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:02.79.<\/li>\n<li>The Gamecocks picked up another race sweep in the 200 butterfly with Breckin Gormley, Tori Abruzzo (2:00.83) and Delaney Franklin (2:01.23). Gormley took the event win in 1:58.51, setting her first pool record of the day.<\/li>\n<li>Kara West punched in an event win with a 23.10 in the 50 freestyle, with Grimley right behind her with a time of 23.37.<\/li>\n<li>Scholes took the title in the 100 freestyle in a time of 49.65.<\/li>\n<li>Agliano and Buehler went 1-2 in the 200 backstroke in 1:57.68 and 1:58.06.<\/li>\n<li>Franklin headlined the 1-2-3 finish in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:12.86 to win the event. Molly Yacoviello (2:12.50) and Caroline Kudela (2:15.13) touched behind her for the sweep.<\/li>\n<li>Gormley went two for two on the day, picking up her second win and second pool record in the 500 freestyle in a time of 4:47.03.<\/li>\n<li>Grimley grabbed the sixth and final pool record for the girls in the 100 butterfly in a time of 52.93.<\/li>\n<li>Franklin took her second event win in the 200 IM in a time of 2:00.60<\/li>\n<li>The women rounded out the meet with a win in the 200 freestyle relay. The team of Scholes, Grimley, Chan and Riordan recorded a time of 1:31.40.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The men kicked off the meet with a 400 medley relay pool record with the team of Ryan Hufford, Einar Agustsson, Eldor Usmonov and Bexon Harrison finishing in 3:11.45.<\/li>\n<li>Connor Fry notched another men\u2019s pool record with a 1000 freestyle event win, recording a time of 9:03.45. Raymond Prosinski (9:19.02) and Ryan Turner (9:22.48) touched second and third, respectively, for the sweep.<\/li>\n<li>Pierre Largeron grabbed his first event win in the 200 freestyle, clocking a 1:36.48. Harrison (1:37.73) and Kyle Korvick (1:39.37) rounded out another event sweep for the men.<\/li>\n<li>Hufford took the win in the 100 backstroke with a 47.67.<\/li>\n<li>Agustsson grabbed the 100 breaststroke title with a 53.28 for his first win of the day.<\/li>\n<li>Gage Hulbert touched in 1:46.86 for a win in the 200 butterfly.<\/li>\n<li>Hufford and Harrison went 1-2 in the 100 freestyle in times of 44.30 and 44.41.<\/li>\n<li>Merlin Ficher notched the men\u2019s third pool record of the day in the 200 backstroke with a 1:44.63. Largeron finished behind him for second in a 1:46.96.<\/li>\n<li>Agustsson completed the sweep of the breaststroke events with a win in the 200 breaststroke, clocking a 1:57.83.<\/li>\n<li>Largeron took his second win of the day in the 500 freestyle with a 4:26.75.<\/li>\n<li>Usmonov finished first for the Gamecocks in the 100 butterfly in 47.92.<\/li>\n<li>Prosinski rounded out the day for the men with a win in the 200 individual medley in a time of 1:50.93.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Up Next for the Gamecocks<br \/><\/strong>South Carolina returns home for its final home meet, hosting Virginia Tech on Saturday, Jan. 10, inside the Carolina Natatorium.<\/p>\n<p>For all the latest South Carolina swimming and diving information, continue to follow GamecocksOnline.com or the team on social media (@GamecockSwmDive).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '252322809668119');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>(function (d, s, id) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = d.createElement(s);\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source gamecocksonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 South Carolina swimming broke nine pool records in its win over Queens on Saturday afternoon at the Levine Aquatic Center. 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