Mustang Swimmers Set National Records

ATLANTA (SMU) – SMU swimmers Nina Rangelova and Julian Fletcher set national swim records for Bulgaria and Bermuda, respectfully, at the 2011 AT&T Swimming Winter National Championships. Rangelova set the mark in the 400-meter freestyle, where she was fifth with a personal-best time of 4:12.21. Fletcher earned his time when he finished 41st in the 100-meter breaststroke preliminaries, touching the wall in 1:03.97.

Rangelova had another strong performance in the 200-meter freestyle. The sophomore finished sixth overall with a time of 2:00.02. She also won the ‘B’ final of the 100-meter freestyle to finish 11th overall, clocking in with a time of 55.54.

All-American Therese Svendsen placed 14th in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:02.85. The backstroke specialist took 22nd in the 200-meter event finishing in 2:14.19.

Senior Denisa Smolenova came in 16th in the 200-meter butterfly, clocking in at 2:14.29. She won the ‘C’ final of 100-meter butterfly, finishing 21st overall, with a time of 1:00.68.

Senior Raminta Dvariskyte had strong showings in the breaststroke events as she finished 15th in the 200 breaststroke (2:33.13) and 27th in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.21).

Freshman Isabella Arcila continued her solid rookie season with a 24th-place finish in the 100-meter backstroke, clocking in at 1:03.46. She also swam in the 200-meter backstroke preliminary heats.

Newcomers Erica Donadon (100 breast, 200 breast) and Eleonor Lindborg (100 back, 200 back, 200 free) also competed for SMU. Donadon was the first alternate for 100-meter breaststroke finals. Senior Emily Vavourakis was in the 100-meter freestyle.

Men’s standout Mindaugas Sadauskas was 15th in the 100-meter freestyle, touching the wall in 50.08. He came in 34th 50-yard freestyle prelims with a time of 23.39.

The women next compete in the Chesapeake Elite Meet Dec. 15-17, while the men head to the Incarnate Word Invitational Dec. 17-19.

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