There was no empty seat in the James E. Martin Aquatic Center as over 1,800 fans from teams all across the conference filled the stands with passion, energy and a lot of noise.
The six-day SEC Championships in Auburn, Alabama, was nothing short of an emotional rollercoaster for Kentucky and, luckily for the Cats, saw them not return to Lexington empty-handed as sophomore Levi Sandidge stood tall on the podium, taking the bronze medal in the 1,650-meter freestyle.
The Wildcats overall ended up finishing tenth on the men’s side and ninth on the women’s side. More impressively, they closed out the event with 16 new top-ten times in the UK record book, 44 new personal bests and 13 NCAA B-Standard times.