Men's swimming/diving dominates TCU in season opener

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Mustangs Dominate TCU To Open 2019-20 Season

FORT WORTH, Texas (SMU) – The Mustang men's swimming and diving team opened the 2019-20 season in dominating fashion, with a 171-125 win over Metroplex rival TCU on Friday afternoon at the Campus Recreation Center.

Freshman Colin Feehery led SMU with three individual wins, picking up the breaststroke sweep in his first event as a Mustang. Feehery covered the distance in the 100 in 56.88, before clocking a 2:04.42 in the 200. He also won the 200 IM in a time of 1:55.52.

Fellow newcomer Petar Bozhilov was a standout in distance freestyle events, winning both the 500 free (4:40.39) and 1,000 free (9:41.22).

Other event winners in the pool included Charlie Kaye in the 50 free (21.33) and Matan Segal in the 100 back (51.05).

The Mustangs swept the boards, with sophomore Parker Hardigree and freshman Peter Smithson splitting wins to lead SMU. Hardigree won 3 meter in a career-best, NCAA Zone qualifying score of 345.52, while Smithson led divers on 1 meter at 297.45.

In relay action, the Mustangs' A relay finished second in both the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relays.

SMU is back in action for its home opener Saturday, Nov. 2 when LSU visits the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center. Action is slated to begin at 1 p.m. Live video and swimming results are available at SMUMustangs.com, with diving results available on DiveMeets.com.

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Congratulations to the Men’s team and their new Coach, Greg Rhodenbaugh, on winning their first victory of the year. Well done.

This is a hard working group! Best of luck for the remainder of the year and beyond.