Joe Patching made Auburn history on Saturday night. Michael Duderstadt repeated history. The #HungarianHammer would not be denied on the championships' final swim. And in the end the Auburn men's swimming and diving team did what it set out to do, be better than it was last year.
When all the races were done and all the dives were scored, Auburn finished in second place to Florida, its third runner-up finish in the last four years. But for head coach Brett Hawke's team it was a huge improvement over last year's third-place showing where it won just one title, none of which came in the racing lanes, but no one is satisfied.