SMU Swim Teams Lead C-USA Championships After Day Two

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HOUSTON (SMU) – The SMU swimming and diving teams maintain their leads at the Conference USA Championships after the second day of competition. The women have 269 points and the men have 351 through 14 events.

Sophomore standout Nina Rangelova continued her strong season with a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle. Rangelova touched the wall in 4:42.47, an NCAA B standard, besting her nearest competitor by more than six seconds.

Senior All-American Therese Svendsen earned top honors in the 200-yard individual medley, finishing in an NCAA B time of 1:58.08. Freshman Rachel Nicol had a bronze finish, swimming the event in 2:02.22.

Freshman Isabella Arcila took gold in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 23.00. Sophomore Monika Babok came in third with a time of 23.25.

Freshman diver Sky Corbett-Methot picked up important points for the Mustangs with her third place finish (305.50 points) in the three-meter dive.

The women wrapped up the evening by winning the 400-yard medley relay. Svendsen, Erica Donadon, Genny Konicke and Rangelova combined to swim the event in an NCAA B standard time of 3:32.77.

The men swept the top four spots in the 50-yard freestyle, earning a total of 68 points for the Mustangs. Junior Mindaugas Sadauskas claimed first place (20.02, NCAA B standard), junior David Larsson placed second (20.19, NCAA B standard), sophomore Ryan Koops was third (20.23, NCAA B standard) and sophomore Nicolai Hansen finished fourth (20.35).

Sophomore Matt Roney won the 500-yard freestyle with an NCAA B standard time of 4:24.90. Senior Blaz Korosec had a fourth-place finish for SMU, clocking with a time of 4:29.17.

The men also had a strong finish to the night as Matas Andriekus, Julian Fletcher, Larsson and Sadauskas won the 400-yard medley relay, posting an NCAA B time of 3:11.68.

The Mustangs resume competition at the C-USA Championships on Friday.