Down to the Wire

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas swept the top two spots in the 200 free relay Friday at the Centennial Sportsplex to secure a 133-129 victory over Vanderbilt swimming.

The Commodores saw both Emily Constable and Reagan Mathieson collect multiple individual victories while three other individuals—Quinlan Hinerfeld, Aubrey Hull and Kailia Utley—also won races in the competition.

“It was a good all-around performance for the team, to go back and forth and down to the last relay was a lot of fun. It was an exciting day,” head coach Jeremy Organ said. “Doing some different events like the 50s and the 100 IM gave this meet a different flavor, but for Emily and Reagan to come up and have strong performances is a good testament to what they’ve been doing in practice lately. They are both set up well moving forward.”

Vandy will conclude the regular season against Southern Illinois on Feb. 1, with the program honoring 10 senior and graduate swimmers competing in their final home meet for the Dores prior to the start of the competition.

Meet Highlights
-Vandy’s A team—consisting of Hull, Constable, Karsyn Cook and Mathieson—won the 200 medley relay to begin the competition.
-Hull earned the Dores’ first individual victory of the morning when she touched the wall first in the 50 back, while Hannah Weissman finished second in the race.
-In the next event, Constable followed with another win for the Commodores in the 50 breast, with Utley and Kate Heintz then recording a one-three finish in the 200 fly.
-After the first break of the meet, Mathieson claimed the 100 free before Hinerfeld and Hull finished one-two in the 200 back.
-Constable would go on to add a second victory in the 200 breast before Mathieson came back and added a second individual win after touching the wall first in the 100 IM following the second break of the day.
-Libby Gilbert was runner-up in the 200 free, and Jenna Ravarino was second in the 50 free.
-Vandy got third-place finishes in two different free events from Mercedes Traba (500) and Merritt Zieminick (1,000), with Cook coming in third place in the 50 fly as well.

Notes
-Utley now has a team-leading 18 career victories after picking up her second win of the season with a 2:03.84 time in the 200 fly.
-While Hull currently paces the squad with seven individual wins this season, her first-place result in the 50 back was her first against an SEC opponent in 2024-25.
-Constable’s 50 breast victory was her first since claiming the 100 breast in her collegiate debut at Tulane on Sept. 27.
-Mathieson picked up her second win as a Commodore as well after recording a 51.46 mark in the 100 free with Hinerfeld accomplishing the same feat after touching the wall in the 200 back in 2:03.01.
-The former also had a time of 58.10 in the 100 IM to move into fourth on Vandy’s all-time performer list in the event.