COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS -- Despite taking home SEC titles in five of six Saturday events, Auburn's run as the 16-year kings of the SEC pool is over.

Florida's depth, top-to-bottom, overwhelmed the Auburn men's swimming and diving individual brilliance to beat the Tigers 1,408-1196, ending Auburn's run of 16 straight championships and becoming only the second team in 20 years to win an SEC men's title other than the Tigers.

Auburn was forced to settle for holding the dominant individual performances in the meet. On the final day of five in College Station, junior Zane Grothe became the first Tigers swimmer to win the 1,650 since 1999 with a time of 14:41.45.

Marcelo Chierighini followed with a sweep of the freestyle sprints by winning the 100 free, Kyle Owens picked up another title in the 200 backstroke, diver John Santieu won the men's platform diving and Auburn's relay team out-touched Florida in the 400 freestyle relay.

Overall, Auburn's men won 10 of the 21 individual events, led by Chierighini, who was named the SEC Swimmer of the Year, and Owens, who had a hand in 91 team points, the most of any swimmer at the SEC Championships.

But Florida overcame the Tigers' individual wins by taking home five event titles and, more importantly, racking up points with finishers who didn't win titles. Points are awarded in descending order from the top on down, and the Gators had enough team depth to pile up points by getting more finishers involved in the scoring.

On the women's side, Auburn finished fifth with 860 points, far behind Georgia's meet-winning 1,420 overall.

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