2012-13 College Swimming & Diving Honors
Most Exciting Upset Women
Tennessee Media Relations
January 26, 2013, Knoxville, TN You can expect nothing less than great intensity and grit when you put two power-players in the SEC together in late January. In this case, perennial national contender Georgia found a ready and able challenger in the the Lady Vols on what was their Senior Day. The meet played out very similar
to how the men’s meet went; a convincing win for the hosts in the relay followed by an equally convincing showing in the 1650. In both meets, it would be the 200 Free that was a pivot point of the afternoon. Lindsay Gendron’s wire-towire win in that event set off a seven event streak the put UT up 98-71. Tennessee would further command
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the day in winning the next three events prior to the second diving break. For the contender, Georgia, you can only imagine that this meet made the women better come March as they won a fifth national title under Coach Bauerle. For the challenger, Tennessee, it marked another signature moment in their continual march towards national supremacy. A late season win over the eventual national champion only fueled the Volunteers as they went on to be great at the SEC and NCAA championships. If you string together this meet along with their championship performances in 2013, it is clear that Tennessee, very comfortable in their role as challenger, have their sites set on being the contender in D1 Swimming & Diving .