Courtesy: SMU Athletics
The Mustangs compete in a pair of dual meets this week, first hosting the Texas A&M Aggies Thursday at 5 p.m., before traveling to face Rice on Saturday at 4 p.m. The meet with Rice will be held at Lamar High School.
Thursday’s home meet with the Aggies will stream live on PonyUp TV and offer results on SMUMustangs.com, Meet Mobile ($) and DiveMeets, while fans can follow Saturday’s event with live updates on the Mustangs’ Twitter account (SMUSwimmingW).
Last Time Out
SMU last competed as a team in NCAA competition Nov. 21-23 when it hosted the SMU Invitational and came away with a second-place finish out of seven competing institutions. Erin Trahan (200 fly) added another NCAA B cut to the 100 fly time already on her resume, while Gabi Grobler (200 IM) and Felicia Anderson (100 back) produced their first B standard times of the season. All four SMU divers also registered at least one NCAA Zone diving score at the event.
Anderson, Grobler and Trahan, along with Olivia Grossklaus went on to represent the Mustangs at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships in Atlanta Dec. 4-7, before SMU competed two days at the Elite Pro-Am in Lewisville.
Diving Success
The Mustang divers are coming off action at the three-day Tennessee Diving Invite (Jan. 3-5) and will only compete in the dual meet against the Aggies this week as Rice does not sponsor diving. All four of SMU’s divers have at least one NCAA Zone qualifying score this season, with three of the four Mustangs reaching the standard in two of three events.
Katie Crown (1 meter, 3 meter), Taylor Ohlhauser (1 meter, 3 meter) and Johanna Holloway (3 meter, platform) each have a pair of Zone scores, while Nicole Stambo, who has dominated 1 meter for the Mustangs this season, has reached the standard in that event.
The NCAA Zone D Diving Championships will take place March 9-11 at SMU’s home facility.
Top 10 Performers
Five active Mustangs currently account for nine spots on SMU’s all-time top-10 performer lists.
| Felicia Anderson 100 Back 9 | 53.83 | 11/22/2019 200 back 10 | 1:57.44 | 11/23/2019 Olivia Grossklaus |
Gabi Grobler 200 back 9 | 1:57.12 | 11/23/2019 200 IM 6 | 1:59.41 | 11/21/2019 Frederica Kizek |
Erin Trahan 50 free 7 | 22.53 | 2/28/2019 100 fly 3 | 51.92 | 3/1/2019 200 fly 2 | 1:56.44 | 3/2/2019 |
NCAA Qualifiers
2020 Swimming B Standards
Felicia Anderson | 100 back
Gabi Grobler | 200 IM
Erin Trahan | 100 fly, 200 fly
2020 Zone Diving
Katie Crown | 1 meter, 3 meter
Johanna Holloway | 3 meter, platform
Taylor Ohlhauser | 1 meter, 3 meter
Nicole Stambo | 1 meter
Scouting The Aggies
The Aggies are 2-1 in dual action this season with wins over Ohio State and Rice. Their lone loss of the season came against Texas. In mid-season action, they finished second at their own invite only to Stanford.
In all, the Aggies have produced 28 NCAA B cut times in 2019-20, and nine NCAA Zone standard scores.
SMU fell at Texas A&M last season.
Scouting The Owls
Rice is 3-1 in dual action with wins over Denver, FIU and Tulane and a loss to Texas A&M. The Owls finished second of 13 teams at Houston’s Phill Hansel Invitational in November. Three individuals have posted NCAA B standards for Rice this season.
The Mustangs fell at home to Rice, 150-144, last season.
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