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Mustangs Successful At Mesa Grand Prix

April 18, 2015

COMPLETE RESULTS

MESA, Arizona (SMU) --
Senior Isabella Arcila broke a pair of Colombian National Records at the Mesa Grand Prix, which took place Wednesday through Saturday at the Skyline Aquatic Center. Six Mustangs competed at the four-day meet with four swimming in A Finals of their respective events.

The Cali, Colombia, native touched the wall in 25.63 for seventh place in the 50-meter freestyle breaking her own National Record set at the Colombian National Championship in July of 2014. Arcila also topped the 100-meter mark in preliminary action with a 55.87 sending her to the event's A Final. In that final, she posted a time of 56.44 for eighth place.

Senior Nathalie Lindborg competed in the B Final of both the 50- (26.00) and 100-meter (57.20) freestyle posting fifth and eighth place finishes, respectively.

Sophomore Ursa Bezan made finals in the 200-meter back and freestyle. Competing in the B Final of the back event, Bezan finished seventh (2:20.86), while the free ended in an eighth place finish (2:06.44) in the C Final.

Junior Anna Volchkov earned her highest finish of the Grand Prix in the C Final of the 200-meter backstroke touching the wall third (2:22.37) on the final night. In the D Final of the 100 event, Volchkov was sixth with a time of 1:06.85.

The Mustangs' final swimmer on their current roster at the event was freshman Adrienn Santa. Santa also competed in her highest final on night four, finishing sixth (58.43) in the C Final of the 100-meter freestyle. The 100-meter butterfly saw the Mustang place third in the D Final (1:03.80).

Nina Rangelova, who completed her eligibility following the 2013-14 season, finished fifth in both the 100- (55.69) and 200-meter (1:59.40) freestyle and won the C Final of the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 25.90.

The Grand Prix concludes the 2014-15 schedule for SMU, which won the American Athletic Conference Championship and posted a 31st place finish at the NCAA Championship. Check out the Mustangs' social media accounts (Facebook.com/SMUSwimDiveW and Twitter.com/SMUSwimmingW) and SMUMustangs.com for updates on the summer schedule.

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Players Mentioned

Adrienn Santa

Adrienn Santa

Freestyle/Butterfly
5' 7"
FR
Isabella Arcila

Isabella Arcila

Back/Sprint Free
5' 10"
JR
Ursa Bezan

Ursa Bezan

Freestyle
6' 0"
FR
Nathalie Lindborg

Nathalie Lindborg

Freestyle
6' 0"
JR
Nina Rangelova

Nina Rangelova

Freestyle
5' 8"
SR
Anna Volchkov

Anna Volchkov

Backstroke/Freestyle
5' 9"
SO

Players Mentioned

Adrienn Santa

Adrienn Santa

5' 7"
FR
Freestyle/Butterfly
Isabella Arcila

Isabella Arcila

5' 10"
JR
Back/Sprint Free
Ursa Bezan

Ursa Bezan

6' 0"
FR
Freestyle
Nathalie Lindborg

Nathalie Lindborg

6' 0"
JR
Freestyle
Nina Rangelova

Nina Rangelova

5' 8"
SR
Freestyle
Anna Volchkov

Anna Volchkov

5' 9"
SO
Backstroke/Freestyle