DALLAS – No. 11 SMU women’s swimming cruised to victory against Houston, 155-88, in Dallas.<\/p>\n
The 11th-ranked SMU women\u2019s swimming and diving team swept all 11 swimming events to earn a 155-88 dual meet victory over American Athletic Conference opponent Houston on Saturday afternoon at the Mansfield Natatorium.<\/p>\n
The Mustangs continued their relay success going one-two in the 400-yard medley relay to open the event. SMU\u2019s \u2018A\u2019 relay group of seniors Isabella Arcila, Rachel Nicol and Nicole Parmenter, along with sophomore Marne Erasmus touched the wall in 3:49.02 for the victory, with the Mustang \u2018B\u2019 group following up with a 3:56.41. The runner-up squad was composed of juniors Anna Volchkov and Tiffany Sudarma, sophomore Tara-Lynn Nicholas and freshman Kyra Kondis.<\/p>\n
In the final event of the night, the 400-yard freestyle relay, senior Nathalie Lindborg, Erasmus, sophomore Ursa Bezan and freshman Adrienn Santa posted a 3:30.22 for the win. The Ponies also picked up third-place points in the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a great facility to give us a chance to let a lot of relays and individuals swim in order to contribute to our finish,\u201d Head Coach Steve Collins said. \u201cThere were a lot of good swims in the relay events, both in medley and freestyle. Having the ability to swim in 10 lanes gives us great opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the second consecutive day, Arcila won the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke clocking in at 23.45 and 56.85, respectively. Santa was second in the 50-free, while Volchkov was third in the 100-back.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe [Arcila] really showed her dominance in backstroke yesterday and today, and I\u2019m really happy with her swims this weekend,\u201d Collins said. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see her be so consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nathalie Lindborg won both the 100- and 200-yard freestyles edging out teammates Santa (100-free) and Bezan (200-free) for the top spot.<\/p>\n
Other individual event winners included sophomore Kirsty McLauchlan (10:20.02), who defeated her closest competition in the 1,000-yard freestyle by just over 17 seconds, Nicol (2:08.52) in the 200-yard individual medley, Erasmus (55.36) in the 100-yard butterfly, Bezan (5:02.46) in the 500-yard freestyle and Nicholas (1:03.23) in the 100-yard breaststroke.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an IM\u2019er Kirsty is very versatile and as part of the 400 IM she has to do some serious distance training to be prepared for the event,\u201d Collins said. \u201cToday we got to see her swim in her first 1,000-free and she did a really nice job for us. It gives us a little bit of balance as a team for dual meets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freshman Madeline Wainman picked up second-place points for SMU in the 3-meter dive posting a 292.58, and was fourth in the one-meter dive. Sophomore Lauren Lamb also contributed to the Mustangs\u2019 team score in both diving events.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur divers had a good opportunity to be able to go through their list of dives on Friday, and be able to come right back the next day,\u201d Collins said. \u201cIt helps them prepare in the diving events, and I thought they came through really well today. Houston is traditionally the strongest team in the conference in diving so it\u2019s great Madeline was able to pull out a good score.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a great group of seniors and for them to step up really gives the rest of the team a lot of confidence,\u201d Collins added. \u201cWe\u2019re fortunate to have a great group in and out of the pool.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redshirt freshman Micaela Bouter swept the diving events as the Houston Cougars fell to No. 11 SMU, 155-88, Saturday afternoon at the Mansfield Natatorium.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe earned some good racing experience this weekend, going back-to-back days against national top-11 teams on the road,\u201d said head coach Rich Murphy. \u201cRight now, we are a young team growing in how to manage road trips. But I am really pleased with how well the athletes mentally and physically prepared themselves for this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bouter led the diving team, winning both events. Houston went 1-2-3 in the 1-meter dive led by Bouter (289.20), followed by junior Danielle Shedd (284.84) and sophomore Taylor Olanski (259.42). In the 3-meter dive Bouter grabbed first (287.77) and Shedd took third with a score of 287.77.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud of Micaela and how she competed this weekend,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cFor her to win twice today after earning two podium finishes yesterday says a lot about how good her form is right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swimming had twelve podium finishes, ten individual and two relays. Maya Owens placed second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.36. Junior Mackenzie Alspaugh took second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:09.53) followed by freshman Victoria Padial with a time of 5:14.49.<\/p>\n
In the 100-yard breaststroke junior Dora Bednjanec finished second (58.99). Michaela Hamrick swam into second place in the 100-yard freestyle (10:37.07), while Padial followed in third place with a time of (10:40.96). Alspaugh also finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of (1:54.96).<\/p>\n
In the 50-yard freestyle Bednjanec took third (24.55). Junior Taylor Derevyanik captured third in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:13.43. Freshman Ashley Grijalva finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:07.36 to take third place.<\/p>\n
The relay teams continued to show improvement on Saturday. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the team of Alspaugh, Hamrick, Horner, and Moore finished second with a time of 3:39.03. The relay team of Bedjanec, Grijalva, Derevyanik and Owens finished third with a time of 4:00.04.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the team come together, away from home, building that connection and sisterhood that will fuel our performance as well as build towards the big meets second semester,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cTheir appreciation and care for one another shines through on these trips and it is evident in our recruiting efforts as well.\u201d<\/p>\n