The SMU Mustangs swam by Houston on Friday night in Southlake.
SMU Press Release
SOUTHLAKE, Texas (SMU) – The SMU women's swimming and diving team defeated American Athletic Conference opponent Houston, 170-128, on Friday evening at the Carroll ISD Natatorium. The Mustangs won 11 of 14 swimming events en route to the victory.
Relays
SMU won both relays in the event, opening with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay as Matea Samardzic, Tara-Lynn Nicholas, Marne Erasmus and Hannah Rogers clocked a 1:45.38 to outpace the field. The night closed with the Mustangs earning the win in the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 3:29.39. SMU was represented by Maddie Hoch, Adrienn Santa, Erin Trahan and Vicky Cunningham.
Freestyle
The Mustangs won four of five freestyle events, with Cunningham sweeping all three of her races. She posted times of 23.81 in the 50, 51.68 in the 100 and 1:51.21 in the 200. SMU's fourth win in the discipline came from Hoch, who registered a 4:59.06 in the 500 free. Hoch (1,000), Ursa Bezan (200), Rogers (50) and Santa (100) all posted runner-up finishes in the free.
Backstroke
Samardzic swept the backstroke events, continuing her dominance in the stroke. The reigning AAC Swimmer of the Week outpaced her closest competition in the 100 by more than two seconds finishing in a time of 55.50. In the 200, she widened the margin posting a 1:59.62 for the win. Freshman Eva Gliozeryte (100) and Agata Magner (200) finished second in their respective distances.
Butterfly
The Ponies swept fly events with 2016 All-American Erasmus winning the 100 in a time of 55.22, and freshman Erin Trahan taking the 200 in 2:04.08. Trahan was also second in the 100.
IM
The lone individual medley event of the night was won by Samardzic, who posted a dominate victory clocking a 2:04.15 in the 200.
Diving
Lauren Lamb competed on both the 1 and 3 meter springboards, contributing to the Mustangs' score with a pair of third-place finishes.
Houston Press Release
SOUTHLAKE, Texas – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving Team competed in their first dual meet action Friday night and produced five event champions, including sweeping the 200-yard breaststroke. The Cougars fell to the Mustangs, 170-128 at Caroll ISD Natatorium.
“We came up short in a lot of areas tonight,” Swimming and Diving Head Coach Ryan Wochomurka said. “It’s certainly disappointing when you lose and we have to find a way to channel that disappointment into motivation against a tough opponent tomorrow. We saw some great things from our breaststrokers and distance freestylers today, and the divers continue to execute at a high level.”
Despite the loss, Houston produced five event victories, from Micaela Bouter (1-meter), Zarena Brown (1000-yard freestyle), Lauren Burrell (3-meter) and Ashley Grijalva (100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke).
Houston's first win of the meet came from freshman Brown in the 1000-yard freestyle. The Arvada, Colo., native, touched the wall at 10:20.05 to top the competition earning her first collegiate win.
Junior Grijalva swept the breaststroke events, capturing first in the 100-and 200-yard breaststroke. The Gilbert, Ariz., native, notched her first win after touching the wall at 1:04.61 in the 100-yard breaststroke. In the same event, freshman Peyton Kondis placed second netting a time of 1:05.23. With Grijalva’s win in the 200-yard breaststroke, the Cougars swept the podium with Victoria Roubique and Kondis finishing second and third, respectively.
On the boards, Houston won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events. In the 1-meter, Bouter scored 301.42 points to capture first overall while freshman Burrell netted second with 271.05 points. In the 3-meter dive, Burrell won her first collegiate event with a score of 305.55 with Bouter in second with 300.68 points. Both divers scores in the 1-and 3-meter are NCAA diving standard scores.
