{"id":656784,"date":"2026-11-04T17:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T01:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=656784"},"modified":"2026-11-04T17:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T01:41:26","slug":"smu-men-take-down-tcu-in-wednesday-dual-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/smu-men-take-down-tcu-in-wednesday-dual-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"SMU Men Take Down TCU in Wednesday Dual Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

SMU Men Take Down TCU in Wednesday Dual Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n

A pair of Lone Star State men’s swimming and diving teams raced Wednesday afternoon in Dallas as Southern Methodist hosted Texas Christian. SMU came out on top comfortably by a 202-92 margin.<\/p>\n

SMU’s\u00a0Thad Austin<\/strong>,\u00a0Trey Clervi<\/strong>,\u00a0Tate Bacon<\/strong> and\u00a0George Gonzalez<\/strong> opened the meet with a dominant performance in the 200 medley relay, touching in 1:26.04. The Mustangs actually picked up a 1-2-3 finish in the event after the top team from TCU was disqualified for a false start. SMU would then sweep the sprint events as well. Gonzalez won the 50 freestyle, going 19.92 to beat Bacon by one hundredth, while\u00a0Mads Minichowski<\/strong> clocked 43.93 to top Gonzalez by two hundredths.<\/p>\n

Francis Brennan<\/strong> topped the 200 freestyle in 1:34.29, followed by\u00a0Jack Berube\u00a0<\/strong>winning the 100 backstroke in 46.59 as the Mustangs picked up another 1-2-3 finish. Kristaps Mikelsons<\/strong> came out on top of another SMU sweep in the 100 breaststroke in 54.02. In diving, SMU’s\u00a0Luke Sitz<\/strong> scored 427.20 points to win 3-meter, and he returned to win 1-meter with 359.40.<\/p>\n