SMU Women Win Five Events At UNT Relays

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LEWISVILLE, TEXAS (October 1, 2016)  The SMU women's swimming and diving team picked up five event wins in an altered format relay meet hosted by North Texas at the LISD Westside Aquatic Center on Friday evening. The Mustangs picked up victories in two of the four traditional relays, including the 800-yard and 200-yard freestyle relays.

SMU opened the event with maximum points in the 300-yard butterfly relay as 2016 all-conference selectionsMarne Erasmus and Anna Cheesbrough were joined by Mustang newcomer Erin Trahan for the win.

The Mustangs also won the ladder relay featuring Hannah Rogers (50 yards), Vicky Cunningham (100 yards), Ursa Bezan (150 yards) and Maddie Hoch (200 yards), while Bezan, Trahan, Kirsty McLauchlan and Tara-Lynn Nicholas outpaced the field in the 4x100 individual medley relay.

In traditional relay action, the 800-yard freestyle relay team of Hoch, Pauli Kerr, Bezan and Cunningham out-touched American Athletic Conference opponent Houston for the win. Hoch, Bezan and Cunningham represented the Mustangs on the winning 800 free team at the conference championships a season ago, while Kerr comes in as a freestyle specialist this season.

The 200-yard freestyle relay was also part of the 10-event schedule with the winning relay including Rogers and Erasmus, who helped lead the Mustangs to a conference championship in the event last season. Freshman Trahan also joined the duo along with classmate Eva Gliozeryte.  

Houston finished atop the team standings with 386 points, while the Mustangs accumulated 334 total. Host North Texas was third at 322, Little Rock finished fourth with 220 and Oklahoma Baptist used the meet as an exhibition tune-up.

SMU Men’s Swimming And Diving Picks Up Eight Wins In Exhibition Action

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LEWISVILLE, TEXAS (September 30, 2016) The SMU men's swimming and diving team earned eight of ten event wins in exhibition action against Oklahoma Baptist at the UNT Relays on Friday evening. The event consisted of altered format relays, as well as four traditional relays.

The Mustangs earned victories in the traditional 800 free, 400 medley and 400 free relays.

The 800 free distance featured 2016 all-conference selections Matthew Colket, Lucas Schenke and Christian Scherubl, while the 400 included Colket, Carson Klein, Nick Badsky and Grayson Magruder.

In the 400 medley Bartosz Krzyzanisk was the only repeat performer from the conference championship in 2016. He was joined by Brandon Norman, Stefan Popov and Garrett Carson for the win.

Mustangs Wins
300-yard butterfly –Norman / Carson / Jonathan Gomez
300-yard breaststroke – Ronen Faur / Stefan Popov / Ziga Cerkovnik
800-yard freestyle –Colket / Carson Klein / Schenke / Scherubl
500-yard freestyle – Nick Badsky / Klein / Duncan Brookover / Arthur Yuen
400-yard medley – Norman / Popov / Carson / Krzyzaniak
1500-yard freestyle – Schenke / Klein / Colket
4x100 IM – Norman / Kianu Kitching / Carson / Gomez
400-yard freestyle – Colket / Klein / Badsky / Magruder

The Mustangs are back in action on Oct. 12 at 5 p.m. CT for their annual intrasquad meet at the A.R. Barr Outdoor Pool. On Oct. 19 SMU hosts rival TCU at the Mansfield ISD Natatorium at 6:30 p.m. CT.