The Auburn swimming and diving team defeated two of its SEC rivals at the Alabama Aquatic Center in Tuscaloosa Saturday.
The Auburn women's team (5-0, 3-0 SEC) defeated Alabama 174-126, and LSU 176-124, while the men's team (2-1, 2-0 SEC) defeated Alabama, 167-133 and LSU, 225-75.
Sophomore Joe Patching of the men's team had three individual wins in the 200 free (1:37.91), 200 back (1:45.32) and 400 IM (3:53.04).
Sophomore Michael Duderstadt had two wins in the 100 and 200 breast with times of 54.24 and 1:59.31.
The men's team continued their sweep into the butterfly events as junior Arthur Mendes and senior Alexander Hancock posted 'B' cut times of 47.56 in the 100 fly and 1:47.81 in the 200 fly.
Junior Jillian Vitarius' 54.09 in the 100 back, sophomore Ashley Neidigh's 4:53 in the 500 free and 9:53 in the 100 free, junior Annie Lazor's 2:13.21 in the breast and sophmore Allyx Purcell's 50.23 in the 100 free were all first place finishes that helped the Tigers top their opponents.
Auburn dominated the Crimson Tide and LSU in the men's and women's relays.
For the women's, Vitarius, sophomore Natasha Lloyd, Fonteno and Purcell won the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:38.98 at the beginning of the meet.
The men began the competition with a win also. Duderstadt, Mendes and sophomore Kyle Darmody posted a season-best time of 3:13.97 in the 400 medley relay. Dudestadt, Darmondy, freshman Jacob Molacek and Allen Browing took the 400 free relay for a win and another season-best time (2:56.92) for the Tigers.
Senior Fraser McKean captured the men's 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events to give the Tigers first-place finishes in diving with scores of 364.10 and 362.20.
Auburn's next matchup is Friday, Nov. 14 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tigers will take on Tennessee and Louisville in its final tri-meet of the fall season.
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