Women's swimming and diving wins 5 events; SMU falls at A&M

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

Mustangs Win Five Events; Fall At No. 13 Texas A&M

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (SMU) – The Mustangs collected five events wins, including a pair from sophomore Alex Stevens, but fell, 172-125, to No. 13 Texas A&M on Thursday afternoon.

In just her third meet back during the 2020-21 season, Stevens has already collected four individual wins, including back to back race wins against the Aggies in today's dual. Stevens won the 50- and 100-yard freestyles, turning in times of 23.50 and 50.99, respectively.

Johanna Gudmundsdottir joined Stevens in the top three of the 50, clocking a 23.71 for third.

Jenna Watson won the 200-yard breaststroke at the event, finishing in a time of 2:19.54, and Olivia Grossklaus was the top finisher in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:00.83. Julia Yakushi was third in the 200 breast.

Watson also finished second in both the 200 free (1:53.04) and the 200 IM (2:05.27).

The Mustangs picked up their final win of the evening in the closing 200-yard freestyle relay. Gudmundsdottir, Stevens, Indra Vandenbussche and Sam Smith combined for the win in 1:34.99.

The opening 200-yard medley relay (1:44.09) of Gabi Grobler, Maddy Lewis, Gudmundsdottir and Stevens finished second.

In other freestyle action, Annabelle Corcoran (1,000 free) and Katie Jordan (500 free) each finished third.

Nicole Stambo was SMU's top finisher on the boards, placing fourth on both 1 and 3 meter. Both Stambo and Taylor Ohlhauser finished above the NCAA Zone qualifying standard on both boards.

The Mustangs return to action Saturday when they host Tulane at 2 p.m. for Senior Day. Watch live on ESPN+ and follow on the Meet Mobile App and Dive Meets.

[Water Pony]

Congratulations to the Women and their performance against a top team as the Aggies. I like the times in their winning events, including a relay. Well done, ladies.

I suspect we aren’t deep all in the events, but this result shows promise. Coach Collins should feel good about this result.