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Alabama’s Bobby Colantonio Jr. Named USTFCCCA South Region Field Athlete of the Year

The Crimson Tide junior went undefeated in the weight throw during the 2022 indoor season, winning the SEC and NCAA title along the way

Alabama junior Bobby Colantonio Jr. is the 2022 USTFCCCA South Region Field Athlete of the Year, the coaches' association announced Thursday.

The Crimson Tide standout won Alabama's first NCAA weight throw title earlier this month in Birmingham, Ala., adding it to the SEC title he won last month. Colantonio dominated the competition, with four of his six throws at the NCAA Championships going better than the best mark by the second-place finisher.

The Rhode Island, native went undefeated in the weight throw in 2022 after opening the season with a career-best and UA record throw of 24.15 meters, which ranks him eighth all-time collegiately. Of the 20 throws over 23.00 meters in 2022, Colantonio produced 14.

Colantonio is the first member of the UA men's team to earn indoor South Region Field Athlete of the Year honors.

Alabama Throws Coach Derek Yush Said
"We are super proud of Bobby. He continually works hard to perfect his technique and is becoming a great competitor. He is certainly highly deserving of this latest honor and we know the sky is the limit for this young man."

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Didn’t know there is an Alabama swimmer competing against Lia.

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It won the 500. Posting the 4th fastest time this year. Katie Ledecky posted a 4:30 vs UGAs men and a pair of 15-16 years on a team in Vegas posted some 4:32s.

Don’t understand why ESPN doesn’t cover swimming/diving. I mean they are showing hockey, wrestling, lacrosse, but no swimming championships.

Alabama Speed on Full Display on Day Two of the Women’s NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships

The Crimson Tide posted five top-10 finishes and set three school records during the second day of competition at the national

The Alabama women's swimming and diving team broke three school records and posted five top-10 finishes, including a silver medal in the final event of the night, on day two of the NCAA Championships being held in Atlanta at the McAuley Aquatic Center this week.

The Crimson Tide finished day two of the four-day championships in fourth place with 120 points, just eight points out of second place.

Four Alabama women scored in individual events and the night closed with the Tide laying down a blistering school-record 1:25.47 to take second in the 200 freestyle relay, nearly a second ahead of the rest of the field.

Kalia Antoniou started the Tide's 200 freestyle relay off with a career-best 21.64 in the leadoff leg, with Morgan Scott, Kailyn Winter and Cora Dupre staying right with eventual champs Virginia. The Tide's quartet moved up four places from last year's NCAA finish in the 200 free relay and shaved nearly a second off the previous school mark.

Scott, Dupre and Antoniou all scored in the 50 freestyle, with Scott taking fourth in finals with a school record 21.43 and Dupre taking fifth with a 21.47, matching her then-school record mark from prelims. Antoniou took second in the B final and 10th overall with a time of 21.73. No member of the UA women's team had broken 21.50 before this weekend. Both Scott and Dupre swam the 50 at last year's NCAA Championships, but didn't make the top-16, while both made the championship final in 2022.

After finishing 10th in the 500 freestyle at last year's NCAAs, Kensey McMahon moved into the championship final this season, taking seventh place with a time of 4:40.06.

Alabama Head Coach Margo Geer Said
"It was a great day for the Crimson Tide, with big individual performances for Kensey, Morgan, Cora and Kalia tonight. We're very proud of the way they competed and found ways to get better tonight. It was great to end the session with our 200 free relay. Those girls came together for our fastest performance in school history and a strong second-place finish! Overall, it was an exciting day with three school records and a lot of energy to get us rolling for tomorrow."

The Schedule
*Friday and Saturday feature a full slate of events each day with prelims getting underway at 9 a.m. CT and finals starting at 5 p.m. CT
*Friday's preliminary session has the Tide in the 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and the 100 backstroke

So tonight we had rhyan white take 10th place in the 100 butterfly, and 4th in the 100 backstroke. Top 2 both went under the American and ncaa record Avery Wiseman won consolation finals, 9th, in the 100 breaststroke. Top finishing freshman, so that's cool. We still have the 400 medley relay left, seeded 6th... and we have slipped down to 5th place overall. 3m diving is going on right now, and we have no dog in that fight, so I'm doing the update now.

400 medley relay finished 6th, still sitting on 5th place overall. Tomorrow is the last day, and we're looking at having scorers in 4 of the 5 individual events... possibly multiple in the 100 freestyle, and seeded 6th again in tomorrow's relay. Our lone diving qualifier competes tomorrow, so hoping she can add some points in the 10m platform. Gonna need some big breaks to catch nc state, or major screw ups to be passed by Berkeley.

Kensey mcmahon getting 3rd in the 1650 just a few seconds off her school record. Actually has us tied for 4th now. Getting 0 diving points this year, but maybe that'll lead to a getting a good coach who will stick around for a while.

Rhyan White also scoring 3rd in 200 back. We've dropped back to 5th though nc state had 2 woman swimming the event. Really hard to concentrate on a big meet like world's and have another big meet 3 momths later. Doesn't do your training cycle any real favors... but a great career for her. She's officially done with individual events.

Morgan Scott wrapping up her career as well, 2nd place in the 100 free, and lowering the school record from this morning. Cora Dupre was 4th, also below the previous school record. We beat both trannies who were swimming in the finals, because that's important to some folks. Kalia Antoniou, also wrapping up her career, finished 15th. Our 400 free relay is looking stronger than our #6 seed.

Avery Wiseman finished 6th in 200 breast, lowering her school record from prelims today. We've actually jumped back to 4th, but we have no participants in 200 butterfly... and nc state has one in consolation finals. At absolute worst we're gonna be down only 2 points going into the relay. We'd have to beat nc state to tie in that scenario. Beating them by more than 1 place is a guaranteed solo 4th place. There is no scenario that would bump us down to 6th, so we're playing with house money on this relay. Oh yeah, should mention we're defending champs in this relay.