Four Mustangs Record Multiple Wins, No. 24 SMU Falls To TCU

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

Four Mustangs Record Multiple Wins, No. 24 SMU Falls To TCU On The Road

FORT WORTH, Texas (SMU) – The 24th-ranked SMU men's swimming & diving team won a total of eight events as the Mustangs fell to TCU on the road on Friday evening at TCU Recreational Center.

Jack Hoagland, Jack Forrest, Luke Sitz and Sage Sungail all recorded multiple victories for the Mustangs during the meet.

Final Scores
[24/RV] SMU – 131.5
TCU – 168.5

Event Wins
1000 Free – Jack Forrest – 9:07.45
200 Free – Jack Hoagland – 1:36.40
50 Free – Sage Sungail – 20.16
3-meter Diving – Luke Sitz – 383.60
100 Free – Sage Sungail – 44.66
500 Free – Jack Forrest – 4:27.27
1-meter Diving – Luke Sitz – 379.95
200 IM – Jack Hoagland – 1:45.75

NCAA Standards
3-meter Diving - Luke Sitz - 383.60 (Zones Standard)
3-meter Diving - John Dymond - 333.00 (Zones Standard)
1-meter Diving - Luke Sitz - 379.95 (Zones Standard)
1-meter Diving - John Dymond - 322.88 (Zones Standard)

Notable Results
200 Medley Relay
The Mustangs squad of Jack Berube, Joe Rusnock, Russell Exum and Sage Sungail touched the wall in 1:28.00 to claim second. Two other SMU teams placed fourth and sixth, respectively.

1000 Free
Claiming the first victory of the evening for the Mustangs, Jack Forrest threw down a time of 9:07.45 to take first on the podium. Laszlo Galicz earned a mark of 9:12.37 to place third, while Mark Van Eybergen was right behind him with a fourth-place finish after tallying a time of 9:25.23.

200 Free
The 200 free saw another win for SMU, as Jack Hoagland earned first with a time of 1:36.40. Jack Moore joined him on the podium with a time of 1:38.92, and Chris Mykkanen came in sixth with a mark of 1:40.64.

100 Back
Jack Berube touched the wall in 49.02 to take fourth, Eric Stelmar saw a time of 49.34 in his Mustang debut to place fifth and Russell Exum came in sixth with a mark of 50.43.

100 Breast
Earning a spot on the podium, Joe Rusnock notched a mark of 55.40 to take third. Angus Corbeau recorded a time of 55.84 to claim fourth, while Kristaps Mikelsons touched the wall in 55.93 to earn fifth.

200 Fly
Cotton Fields saw a time of 1:47.31 to take second, while Ryan Peckham touched the wall in 1:48.37 to earn fourth. Also competing in the event was Nico Sobenes, who notched a mark of 1:50.79.

50 Free
Sage Sungail put the Mustangs back in the win column with a time of 20.16. Lance Butler placed fifth with a mark of 21.16, and Michael Ripper saw a 21.21 time to finish sixth.

3-meter Diving
Continuing his success this season, Luke Sitz won the event with a score of 383.60, while John Dymond took third after scoring 333.00.

100 Free
Picking up his second win of the meet, Sage Sungail threw down a time of 44.66 in the event. Michael Ripper (45.85) placed fourth and Chris Mykkanen (46.38) earned sixth.

200 Back
Cotton Fields earned second with a 1:46.60 result, while Jack Berube joined him on the podium after touching the wall in 1:47.70. Eric Stelmar was right behind the pair with a time of 1:48.71, good for fourth.

200 Breast
In his second event of the evening, Jack Hoagland touched the wall in 1:59.08 to take third. Angus Corbeau earned a time of 2:00.15 for fourth, and Kristaps Mikelsons joined them in the event with a 2:02.19 time to claim fifth.

500 Free
Jack Forrest recorded a time of 4:27.27 to earn his second victory of the meet in the 500 free. Laszlo Galicz took third with a mark of 4:31.98, while Harold Lockhart touched the wall in 4:32.97 to claim fifth.

100 Fly
Russell Exum saw a time of 48.49 to place third, while Leif Bouwman finished in 48.70 to take fifth. Nico Sobenes tallied a mark of 49.82 to place sixth.

1-meter Diving
Winning his second event for the third consecutive meet, Luke Sitz recorded a score of 379.95 to narrowly take first. John Dymond also saw action in the event, placing fourth after earning a score of 322.88.

200 IM
In the final individual event of the night, Jack Hoagland threw down a time of 1:45.75 to earn his second victory. Jack Moore joined Hoagland on the podium after recording a time of 1:48.25.

400 Free Relay
The Mustangs' team of Michael Ripper, Jack Hoagland, Jack Forrest and Sage Sungail led the way for SMU with a third-place finish after recording a mark of 3:03.13. Another SMU relay earned fourth place after finishing in 3:05.99.

Up Next
The Mustangs enjoy nearly a month-long break before they return to action on November 20-23 at home to host the SMU Invite. The teams participating in this year's Invite are Hawaii, Drury, UC Santa Barbara and top-10 ranked Stanford.

[Water Pony]

This result caught my eye.

First, I didn't realize TCU had this kind of depth and, second, we may be ranked too high at #24. We should expect to be challenged in the ACC, which is a very strong Swimming & Diving Conference with many teams ranked ahead of us.

[ponyswim]

Dual Meets are certainly totally different than NCAA's. Between a couple of teams that are relatively equal, whoever is more rested likely will win. It seemed that was the case with SMU-TCU. The other part is that SMU's backstroke, breastroke, butterfly guys just need to get better. SMU won all the freestyle events, won the IM but no other swimming events.
At an NCAA level our points will come from Jack Hoagland, Luke Sitz (very good freshman diver), and maybe Jack Forrest or Laszlo in distance freestyle. Possibly some freestyle relays as well. We honestly could be top 15 in March at NCAA's and probably will be 5th to 8th at ACC Championships. Hopefully some others will improve to impact the NCAA meet as well.