By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
KENTUCKY VS TENNESSEE
Thursday, December 11, 2025 Knoxville, Tenn. SCY (25 yards) Results (PDF) Final Scores: Women: Tennessee 205.5, Kentucky 93.5 Men: Tennessee 171.66, Kentucky 124.33The University of Tennessee put a bow on its fall semester with a decisive sweep over Kentucky at home on Thursday, with the women cruising to a 205.5-93.5 victory and the Volunteer men prevailing by a final tally of 171.66-124.33 over the Wildcats.
WOMEN’S RECAP
The Lady Vols won all but two events on the day en route to their big win, and leading the way was sophomore Ella Jansen and junior Camille Spink, who combined for four individual victories and 40 points.
Jansen established a pair of lifetime bests, first winning the 200 fly in a time of 1:53.90 to improve on her previous best of 1:54.28 set at the 2025 SEC Championships and move into 10th in the NCAA this season.
Jansen followed up by winning the 200 back in 1:53.53, improving on her previous PB of 1:56.17 set in January during a dual with Duke to slot into 37th in the 2025-26 NCAA rankings.
Closing the meet out in the 400 free relay, Jansen led off in 48.54, just two-tenths off her personal best time, and was followed by Emily Brown (49.86), Julia Burroughs (49.46) and Emily Armen (48.35) for a final time of 3:16.21, comfortably winning the race over the Tennessee ‘B’ squad (3:19.80) with Kentucky a distant 3rd (3:23.74).
One event earlier, Brown won the 200 IM in a season-best time of 1:55.52, while Spink was the runner-up in a personal best time of 1:57.63.
Burroughs had a win of her own in the 500 free, clocking 4:48.13 to narrowly edge out Armen, who set a personal best time of 4:48.59.
As for Spink, in addition to her 200 IM PB, she swept the 100 free (47.22) and 200 free (1:45.03), coming in with respective season-best times of 46.54 and 1:42.57 that rank her 4th and 12th in the country.
Opening the meet in the 200 medley relay, the Lady Vols’ quartet of Lexi Stephens (25.00), McKenzie Siroky (26.91), Brown (23.84) and Armen (22.04) clocked 1:37.79 to top the Tennessee ‘B’ team (1:38.42), while Kentucky took 3rd in 1:40.64.
Stephens won the 100 back in 52.67, narrowly missing her three-week-old season-best of 52.54 from the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge in a close race with Jillian Crooks (52.81), while Crooks picked up the victory in the 50 free, clocking 22.04 to lead a 1-2-3-4 sweep for Tennessee with Armen (22.41) and Burroughs (23.11) placing 2nd and 3rd.
In the diving events, Tennessee freshman Desharne Bent-Ashmeil walked away with a sweep, comfortably topping the 1-meter (314.63) and 3-meter (344.78) events.
Other Winners
Kentucky junior Libby Grether rolled to a four-second win in the 1000 free in a time of 9:50.55, just over one second shy of her personal best set in November against Louisville (9:49.41). Her teammates Paige Housman (9:54.40) and Katy Jost (9:54.44) made it a 1-2-3 for the Wildcats. Tennessee sophomore Simone Moll made a 1-2-3 sweep for the Vols in the 100 breast, clocking 1:00.36 to edge out teammates Emelie Fast (1:00.48) and Tori Brostowtiz (1:00.80). Moll set a personal best of 58.98 on Nov. 20 at the Tennessee Invitational. Wildcat sophomore Olivia Stewart, who was 4th in the 100 breast, followed up by winning the 200 breast in a personal best of 2:11.57, improving on her previous best of 2:11.98 set in late November at the Ohio State Invite. Tennessee freshman Amelia Mason won the 100 fly in 53.81, just over seven-tenths shy of her PB set at the Tennessee Invitational (53.10).MEN’S RECAP
The Kentucky men got off to a fantastic start in the dual, winning the first two events of the day before Tennessee eventually took over.
The Wildcats kicked things off in the 200 medley relay, as Lysander Osman (21.13), Adomas Gatulis (23.61), Javier Lopez-Guillen (20.57) and Falemana Tuufui (19.12) combined for a time of 1:24.43, narrowly holding off Tennessee (1:24.58), which had a blistering 18.25 anchor from Gui Caribe.
Former SEC champion Levi Sandidge then cruised to the win in the 1000 free, clocking 8:55.84, with freshman teammate Dziugas Miskinis (9:01.88) making it a 1-2 for Kentucky.
From there, Tennessee was largely dominant, and it was Martin Espernberger and Ulises Saravia leading the way, as they won two events apiece for the Vols.
Espernberger, a senior, started the meet out by winning the 200 fly in 1:43.89, just over two and a half seconds slower than his season-best of 1:41.22 set at the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge.
Later in the meet, he completed the sweep by winning the 100 fly, touching in 47.13 to edge out Kentucky sophomores Esteban Nunez Del Prado (47.33) and Lopez-Guillen (47.42).
Saravia, a freshman, won the 100 back in a time of 45.83, just shy of the 45.52 PB he set at the Tennessee Invitational, and then followed up by claiming the 200 back in 1:42.42, resetting his lifetime best of 1:42.98 set at the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge. The Argentine native also led off the Vols’ runner-up 200 medley relay in 21.36, with his 50 back PB of 21.03 also having been set at last month’s CSCAA showdown.
Tennessee junior Nikoli Blackman also earned two wins for the Vols, though one came in a unique three-way tie.
In the 50 free, Blackman, Tennessee teammate Pedro Sansone and Kentucky freshman Falemana Tuufui put up identical times of 19.41, sharing the victory and earning 5.33 points apiece. All had been slightly faster last month: Sansone went 19.01 at the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge last month, while Blackman was 19.23 at the Tennessee Invitational and Tuufui clocked 19.24 at the Ohio State Invitational.
Blackman followed up by winning the 100 free (42.34) in a tight race over Sansone (42.52), with both having gone 41.8 in November.
Tennessee freshman Koby Bujak-Upton, who set a standout PB of 1:31.30 at the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge in the 200 free, was victorious in that race in 1:33.04.
Then, at the end of the meet, Bujak-Upton (43.10), Sansone (42.39), Ben Bricca (43.54) and Blackman (42.83) cruised to a big win in 2:51.86, with Kentucky a distant 2nd in 2:54.49.
Other Winners
Tennessee freshman Gabe Nunziata won the 100 breast in 52.91, six-tenths slower than the best time he set at the CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge (52.31). Kentucky sophomore Adomas Gatulis, who was part of the winning 200 medley relay to kick off the meet, had a victory of his own in the 200 breast, touching in 1:56.77 for a new season-best with teammate Jonathan Rom (1:57.88) taking 2nd. Kentucky had another win come in the 500 free, with Carson Hick (4:18.57) out-touching teammate Sandidge (4:18.72) in a 1-2 for the Wildcats. In the last individual event of the meet, Kentucky senior Ryan Merani ran down Nunziata to win the 200 IM, touching in 1:46.61 compared to Nunziata’s 1:46.72. Merani is coming off setting a season-best of 1:45.38 at the Ohio State Invitational. The swim for Nunziata marked a new season-best, with his PB sitting at 1:44.97 from March. Tennessee swept the diving events, with sophomore Bennett Greene (375.75) claiming the 1-meter event and freshman Frazer Tavener emerging atop the field on 3-meter (410.25) with the lone score over 400 points.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Jansen Hits 1:53 200 Back & 200 Fly Best Times, Spink Shines As Tennessee Sweeps Kentucky
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