Mona McSharry Clocks a Meet Record of 57.06 in Prelims on Day 4 at SEC Championships

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2024 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships

• February 19 – February 24, 2024
• James E. Martin Aquatic Center — Auburn, AL
• Defending Champions:
  • Women: Florida (1x)
  • Men: Florida (11x)
• Start Times (ET): 9:30 am prelims/5:30 pm finals
  • Day 1 (diving only): 11 am prelims/4:20 pm finals
  • Day 2: 11 am prelims (diving only)/ 5 pm (relays only)
• Championship Central
• 2023 SEC Championships Box Score
• Major Conference Roster Limits and Scoring Rules
• Psych Sheets
• Women’s Fan Guide
• Men’s Fan Guide
• Live Results
• Live Video (SEC+ Network)
• Day 1 Diving Recap
• Day 1 Finals Live Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Live Recap| Day 3 Finals Live Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

WOMEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – PRELIMS

• NCAA Record: 55.73 – Lilly King, Indiana (2019)
• SEC Record: 56.87 – Mona McSharry, Tennessee (2024)
• SEC Championship Record: 57.25 – Mona McSharry, Tennessee (2023)
• Pool Record: 57.71 – Breeja Larson, Texas A&M (2012)
• 2024 NCAA ‘A’ Standard: 58.02
• 2023 NCAA Invited Time: 1:01.46

Tennessee senior Mona McSharry broke the SEC Championship meet record and set a new Auburn pool record on Friday morning in heats of the 100 breast. Swimming next to teammate Emelie Fast, McSharry clocked a 57.06 to win the heat by a body length. The Vols had a 1-2 finish, with Fast touching second in 58.44.

McSharry set the meet record last year with her gold-medal performance of 57.25. She went on to NCAAs and placed 2nd with 57.16, lowering both the Tennessee program and SEC records.

Earlier this season, at the Tennessee Invite, she clocked a massive 56.87 to demolish the school and SEC records.

This morning, McSharry was out in 27.09, only .06 ahead of Fast, but her 3rd 25 was the quickest in the field by nearly half a second (14.74) and she finished with a 29.97 on the back half.

Comparative splits:

McSharry and Fast (58.44) are seeded 1-2 for tonight’s final, with Alabama’s Avery Wiseman (58.48), Georgia’s Zoie Hartman (58.56), Arkansas’s Alessia Ferraguti (58.99), Texas A&M’s Bobbi Kennett (59.13), Florida’s Molly Mayne (59.31), and Auburn’s Stasya Makarova (59.36) rounding out the A final.

SwimSwam: Mona McSharry Clocks a Meet Record of 57.06 in Prelims on Day 4 at SEC Championships