SMU vs Oklahoma Christian vs Incarnate Word
- Saturday, October 30, 2021
- Dallas, Tx.
- Results (PDF)
Courtesy: SMU Athletics
DALLAS, Texas – The SMU men’s swimming and diving team finished 2-0 in Saturday’s dual action versus UIW and Oklahoma Christian. Colin Feehery hit a NCAA B-cut in the 400-yard IM touching the wall at the 3:50.53 mark. SMU picked up several victories on the day as the Mustangs won 13 total events.
SMU’s 200-yard medley relay team got the day started by taking first and second place. The first group consisted of Cole Bruns, Feehery, Riley Hill, and Justin Baker. The second foursome included Jack Easton, Aedan Lewis, Cole Fleming, and Charlie Kaye.
Petar Bozhilov took first in the 1000-yard freestyle race with a time of 1:51.11.
Russell Exum, Robby King, and Wyatt Cronk went 1-2-3 in the 200-yard freestyle. The Mustangs also finished in the top three spots in the 100-yard backstroke, as Bruns won the race with a time of 48.97.
In diving competition Dominic Hoefer won the 1-meter event with a score of 321.68, which was good enough for a NCAA Zone qualifying mark. Tyler Coffey won the 3-meter event after finishing with a 343.65 mark. Hoefer took second with a score of 335.25. Both marks were NCAA Zone qualifying scores.
Final Scores
SMU 190.00 – 101.00 UIW
UIW 190.00 – 100.00 OCU
SMU 192.00 – 88.00 OCU
UP NEXT
The Mustangs will host Hawaii and Drury at the SMU Invite November 18-20 at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium.
Courtesy: Oklahoma Christian Athletics
DALLAS (Oct. 30, 2021) – Freshman J.T. Amrein won one breaststroke event and finished second in another and junior freestyle sprinter Brandon Heredia held his own against NCAA Division I competition as Oklahoma Christian competed in a tri-meet on Saturday with Southern Methodist and Incarnate Word.
Amrein, from Bonner Springs, Kan., was the star for the Eagles in the meet, held at SMU’s gorgeous Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium. In an exciting finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, Amrein outdueled SMU’s Connor Dalbo, winning in 55.28 seconds to Dalbo’s 55.30. Amrein easily met the NCAA Division II B-cut standard, putting him in position to qualify for the Division II Championships in March.
In another tight finish in the 200 breaststroke, Amrein took second in 2:01.14 behind SMU’s Braydon Rudd, who won in 2:00.70. Amrein just missed the Division II B-cut of 2:00.87 in that event.
Heredia, from Maryville, Mo., was the Eagles’ other top performer. He finished third in the 50 freestyle in 20.87 seconds and fourth in the 100 freestyle in 45.39 seconds, meeting the Division II B-cut standard in the latter event.
Caleb Musser, a freshman from Overland Park, Kan., took fourth in the 200 freestyle in 1:41.38. The Eagles picked up fifth-place event finishes from freshman Nathaniel Whitehead of Tigard, Ore., in the 200 backstroke (1:57.08) and freshman Chase Fields of Tyler, Texas, in the 500 freestyle (4:41.48).
OC’s 200 freestyle relay team of Amrein, Heredia, Musser and freshman Dereck Montgomery of Rosenberg, Texas, took second in 1:23.95, just behind Incarnate Word, whose top team finished in 1:23.51. The Eagles’ 200 medley relay team of senior Noah Woollweever of Beckley, W.Va., Amrein, Musser and Heredia took fifth in 1:32.60.
In the head-to-head team scores, SMU downed OC 192-88, while Incarnate Word beat the Eagles 190-100.
The Eagles — ranked No. 18 in Division II — now will prepare for their own Eagle Invitational, which they will host from Nov. 11-13 at the Mitch Park YMCA pool in Edmond.