Results

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (SMU) – Freshman Christian Scherübl won two events and Devin Burnett added a win in diving, but the SMU men’s swimming and diving team (0-3) fell to Texas A&M (5-3), 132-104, on Friday night at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium in College Station.

“Christian [Scherübl] swam well. He had a great meet,” said head coach Eddie Sinnott. “Our distance guys swam really well, but our sprinters struggled and that’s just because it’s that time of year.”

For the second consecutive meet, Scherübl won both the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.20) and 500-yard freestyle (4:25.81).  Scherübl’s 200 free time is an NCAA ‘B’ Standard time and both times are the fastest in the American Athletic Conference so far this season. 

Burnett added a first-place finish for the Mustangs, winning the three-meter dive (376.50).  Burnett also finished third in the one-meter (325.20). 

In addition to Scherübl and Burnett, freshman Stefan Popov and the 400-yard freestyle relay team also captured wins for the Mustangs.  Popov won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:08.73) and Scherübl, Sam Straughan, Tyler Rauth and Tucker Wells ended the night with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:03.40).

Hayden Hodges and Daniel Pitts also scored points for the Mustangs in diving.  Hodges placed third in both the one-meter (263.55) and three-meter (283.43), while Pitts finished fourth in the three-meter (260.18).

“The divers struggled in the one-meter, but bounced back in the three-meter,” said Sinnott.  “That’s a very good sign of things to come.”

SMU’s 400-yard medley relay of Straughan, Popov, Wells and Bartosz Krzyzaniak began the night with a second-place finish (3:20.79).

The Mustangs then had two top-three finishes in the 1,000-yard freestyle, as Eastman Holloway placed second (9:25.83) and Gabriel Andonie followed in third (9:35.54).

Tyler Rauth had a solid night for the Mustangs, placing second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.01) and adding a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard IM (1:54.52). Wells also swam well in the 200 fly, finishing third (1:50.37). 

Hayden Corley also turned in a second-place finish, trailing only teammate Popov in the 200 breast (2:11.12).

Freshman Brooks Logan was the Mustangs’ top sprint freestyler of the meet, placing fifth in both the 50-yard (21.56) and 100-yard freestyle (47.88).

“Performance-wise, the meet went how we expected,” said Sinnott. “Now, it’s time to turn the corner and start preparing for the championship season.”

SMU will have a two-week break before returning to the pool for a double dual meet versus Arizona and Texas in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 30-31.