SEC 2026 Women's 50 Yard Free Finals

In the championship round of the 53, Gretchen Walsh owns the NCAA record. Maggie McNeil, we referenced her with the LSU Tigers. All eyes on Volunteer's Camille Spink. Racking up win after win after win. Take a look at this pedigree. Yeah, no question about it. Best sprinter here at the SEC Championship. She's tied for first as far as countrywide with Tori Huss, the Olympic gold medalist. They're both at 21-01. Could she be the first Tennessee Volunteer to ever break 21 seconds? She's so close, Joe. Eighth place in the 400 medley. That's Katie Belt Sykes of Georgia. Michaela DeVilliers, their captain in LSU, in lane 2. Lisa Klivanovic of Auburn in lane 3. The third fastest 53 this year. Camille Spink in lane 4, already winning, as we showed you, the 100 and 200. Kayden Vincent of Alabama. This is her fourth championship final of the week. Ava O'Carroll, Longhorn's best sprinter. Lots of sprint chips on a freshman. Avery Littlefield of LSU swims in lane 7 and rounding things out. Very popular standout here in Knoxville, Jillian Crooks, who took first place in the 100 back and first place in the 400 medley already in this meet. I recognize that name. Yes, you do. Her brother was Jordan Crooks. And Vincent has had a sensational year, as you said, just a junior. Got two juniors, actually. But this will be Spink. I don't think anybody's going to be close to her. A lot of people pulling for this young woman to break 21 seconds for the first time. Oh, so close this morning. Good start by Spink in the middle of the pool. No question you know who's first at the wall. 9.9 on the way out. 9.9. Stays underwater so long. Pops up and races to win. Yes! Camille Spink, under 21. With a loud, oh, my God. Yep, they say that a lot about Camille. Oh, my God. She does it again. And the win is special. No question about it. Completely dominating the field. I mean, the second-place finisher was so far behind. Four-tenths of a second. O'Carroll, and you could see that great start. Oh, you're right, Joe. She stays underwater. Watch this. And then she gets such a great underwater. I mean, she's 10, 15 yards off the wall. And then watch this stick. Under 21. First time in history becomes the sixth swimmer in history. To break 21 seconds. Well done. You can splash the pot and celebrate with your teammates when you put that up. Making her case for swimmer of the meet for sure. Camille Spink of the Tennessee Volunteers. Spink does it with a meet record. O'Carroll of Texas in second. Glavanovich and Vincent in an Auburn, Alabama, clash there. DeVilliers finishing fifth. All the way down to Katie Bell Sykes of Georgia in eighth spot. Standing by with Elizabeth Beisel, none other than Camille Spink. Camille, you did it. Oh, my gosh. You broke the 21-second barrier. And not only that, you did it at home at Tennessee. You've won this event now three years in a row. Give me your thoughts right now and your emotions. I am so happy. Yeah, I'll hold it. I'm so happy. I'm so happy to do this at home. I'm happy to do this for my teammates, my training partners. I love it like a Tennessee Vol. And I'm so, so happy to finally break that barrier. You have over the last 12 hours, not even, dropped over almost a half a second in a 50. For you coming in from this morning to tonight, what were the things that you were kind of thinking about to change to make that big drop happen? I was thinking about my underwaters and being really strong in my stroke. I had some timing issues this morning. So I knew if I perfected those, then I can go under. And that's what I did tonight. I think I executed it perfectly. So thank you. Camille Spink, you can feel the energy in this building. You did it! Congratulations. Thank you. So outgoing, so funny. Matt Kreditsch, her coach here at Tennessee, says that's the personality that just makes me laugh out loud the easiest. And she brings a big smile to the face of the volunteer faithful. Camille Spink driving home a winner in the 50 free on the women's side. Yes, some kind of fast. And then there's Josh Leenda, who has been brilliant in this beat and will once again put the rest of the world on alert in the 50 free.