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Auburn Swimming and Diving Rolls Past Georgia Tech 462-324 as Three Tigers Deliver Historic Performances

Zoey Zeller, Zetta Grace Bartee and Lora Komoroczy crack Auburn's all-time top-25 lists as Tigers dominate women's competition and secure men's victory in Atlanta.

ATLANTA | Auburn swimming and diving delivered a commanding performance against Georgia Tech, winning 462-324 as three Tigers recorded times among the fastest in program history.

Auburn's women dominated their matchup 293-99, while the men's team secured a 225-169 victory. Zoey Zeller, Zetta Grace Bartee and Lora Komoroczy highlighted the competition with performances that earned places in Auburn's all-time rankings.

Komoroczy led the Tigers in the women's 100-yard backstroke, winning in 51.74 seconds, the 24th-fastest performance in program history. It marked her ninth appearance on Auburn's all-time top-25 performance list.

Ellis Fox finished third in 53.51, followed by Maggie McGuire (55.26) and Annika Finzen (55.28), giving Auburn four of the top five finishers.


Bartee added another historic swim in the 200 butterfly, clocking 1:55.63 for the 11th-fastest time in Auburn history. The performance also made her the seventh-fastest individual performer in program history.

Zeller continued Auburn's strong showing with a personal-best 2:08.45 in the 200 breaststroke, the sixth-fastest time in school history. Her victory led another first-, third-, fourth- and fifth-place finish for the Tigers.

Auburn's women also swept the top three spots in the 100 freestyle, with Isabella Ekk winning in 48.61 seconds. Rosalie Reef followed in 48.93, and Izzy Iwasyk finished third in 49.02.

The Tigers repeated that dominance in the 50 freestyle as Abigail Heizer won in 22.55, narrowly ahead of Komoroczy (22.57) and Reef (22.65).

Sammie Hamilton led another Auburn sweep in the women's 500 freestyle, winning in 4:44.70. Lilly Gault Abdella placed second in 4:52.68, followed by McGuire in 4:52.92.

On the men's side, Warner Russ delivered Auburn's first individual victory in the 50 freestyle, touching the wall in 19.39 seconds. Teammate Matthew Hamilton finished second in 19.59.

Gabriel Machuco added a decisive victory in the men's 200 individual medley, finishing in 1:44.15, more than three seconds ahead of the field. Zeller completed an individual medley sweep for Auburn by winning the women's 200 IM.

Auburn also collected victories in diving. Juliette Landi won the women's 3-meter event with 170.15 points, securing her fifth event victory of the weekend. Chloe Brothers earned her first win of the season with 153.15 points in the 1-meter competition.

The Tigers capped their performance with another relay victory as Komoroczy, Finzen, Bartee and Ekk combined to win the women's 400 medley relay in 3:34.64.

The convincing result underscored Auburn's depth across freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and diving events as the program approaches the final stretch of its College Swimming League regular season.

Auburn will return to competition Friday, Oct. 23, at CSL Match Six in Athens, Georgia, where the Tigers will face Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia with postseason positions at stake.

The meet is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Central and will stream live on ESPN+.

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-- By Farhana Sumi

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