Nov. 10, 2007
Complete Results 
DALLAS (SMU)--The No. 23 SMU men's swimming and diving team won its third-straight dual meet Friday night as it downed Wyoming, 141.00-99.00. The Mustangs finished first in all but three events.
The Mustangs shone in relay events, as they won the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:21.03. Pontus Renholm, Alex Hetland, Brett Denham and Thomas Fadnes beat the Cowboys by over five seconds. SMU also finished third in the 400 medley relay as Colton Ingraham, Grega Plevelj, Nate Clark and Jani Brackett completed the course in 3:30.64. In the 400 free relay, Fadnes, Greg Doughty, Renholm and Luka Vrtovec touched the wall first, stopping the clock at 3:04.46, over a second and a half faster than Wyoming's relay team. The Mustangs also finished third as Travis Callaghan, Jerr Merritt, Brackett and Denham clocked in at 3:12.23.
Diving was also a strength for the Mustangs Friday as Preston Holcombe won the three-meter board and Matthew Culbertson won the one-meter board. Holcombe tallied 327.55 on the three-meter, over 40 points higher than the score of his closest competitor. Freshmen Culbertson and Landon Owen finished fourth and sixth, respectively, on the three-meter. On the one-meter, Culbertson tallied 320.70, finishing first, while Holcombe managed 302.55, good for second place. Owen finished sixth in the event with a score of 160.50.
In individual events, Tim Raschle took third in the 1000 free, touching the wall in 10:42.94. Shane Milu won the 200 free, just barely edging Eli Bell of Wyoming. Milu finished in 1:41.53, less than two-tenths of a second ahead of Bell. Vrtovec finished first in the 50 free, clocking a time of 20.69, while Doughty finished right behind him in 21.45. In the closest race of the evening, Maverick Smalley finished the 200 IM in 1:53.92, eight one-hundredths of a second behind Sam King. Mitchell Johnson took third in that event, clocking a time of 1:56.42. The Mustangs finished two-three in the 200 fly also with Clark coming in second in 1:52.86 and Denham finishing in 1:56.44. In the 100 free, the Ponies finished one-two. Vrtovec took first, touching the wall in 45.16, while Fadnes was right behind him, finishing in 46.72. Renholm won the 200 back, completing the course in 1:51.73, over two seconds faster than his nearest competitor. The Mustangs finished one-two in the 500 free, with Smalley taking first in 4:37.10 and Milu taking second in 4:40.72. Hetland edged Wyoming in the 200 breast, completing the race in 2:01.34, about six-tenths of a second faster than the second-place swimmer. Johnson finished third in the 200 breast, clocking a time of 2:03.84.
The Mustangs are back in action next weekend, as they travel to College Station for the Texas A&M Invitational next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For the complete schedule and results, log on to SMUMustangs.com.
