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Erasmus, Samardzic To Represent SMU At NCAA Championships

Postby PonyPride » Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:40 pm

From SMUMustangs.com:

Erasmus, Samardzic To Represent SMU At NCAA Championships

INDIANAPOLIS (SMU) – Senior Marne Erasmus and junior Matea Samardzic will represent the SMU women's swimming and diving program at the 2017 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis March 15-18, the NCAA announced.

Erasmus is a four-time qualifier for SMU and is selected to compete in the 100-yard butterfly. The senior is the current school record holder (51.10) in the event, and a three-time NCAA individual All-American. She earned her highest finish on the national level during the 2013-14 season, when she placed third as a freshman at the Championships.

She is the American Athletic Conference record holder with a time of 51.42 set this season, and, in four seasons, swept the conference championships in the event. Overall, Erasmus has six individual conference championships and has been a part of 10 conference relay championships, she also has seven individual and 10 relay all-conference selections.

Erasmus is one of only 10 automatic qualifiers entering the event in the 100 fly, and is the No. 10 seed overall out of 39 invited swimmers.

These are Samardzic's first Championships at the Division I level after transferring from Division II St. Peter's last season, qualifying for the event in the 400-yard individual medley and 200-yard backstroke. The junior picked up three individual championships at The American meet last month, and was part of the 400-yard freestyle relay championship team. She set the SMU program record in the 400-yard individual medley and also swept backstroke events.

Samardzic ranks 11th nationally in the 400 IM (4:05.52) of 40 invited swimmers and is 22nd in the 200 back (1:52.69) with 40 invited.

Both swimmers may also compete in events they have achieved an NCAA B Cut in, but were not on the official invite list. Erasmus picked up an additional cut in the 200-yard butterfly (44th, 1:57.36), while Samardzic did so in the 100-yard backstroke (45th, 52.92).

The NCAA Championships take place March 15-18 at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, and are hosted by IUPUI and the Indiana Sports Corporation. For more information visit SMUMustangs.com and follow the Mustangs on social media: Facebook: /SMUSwimDiveW and Twitter: @SMUSwimmingW.
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