BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Millsaps men's and women's swimming and diving programs started off the four-day 2023 Southern Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships strong by setting three school records, and nearly claiming a fourth inside the Birmingham CrossPlex on Wednesday.
 
The opening night of league competition consisted of four relays and diving finals.
 
On the women's side, freshman Abigail Hoffman, sophomore Kat Burns along with juniors Ginny Ray Clevenger and Madisyn Latino finished sixth in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1 minute, 54.83 seconds. The men's team, which featured graduate Bryan Sullivan, and freshmen Ben Anderson,  Andrew Meadows and Kaiden Auzenne also finished sixth in a program-best mark of 1:37.28.

In the 800-yard free relay, the women's quartet of Clevenger, sophomore Catherine Passarelli, classmate Chloee Beebe and Latino shattered the previous school by more than three seconds in 8:32.37 in seventh. Auzenne, freshman Thad Erato, senior Cooper Clevenger and junior Casey Miller were sixth for the men and were just half a second off the school record, swimming 7:54.53 on Wednesday.
 
The remaining three days of competition will feature 10 a.m. preliminary heats, which will be followed by finals at 6 p.m. Live video will be provided for each session at the following link.

 
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