Complete Results
MANSFIELD, Texas (SMU) – The SMU men's swimming and diving team dropped a 133-95 decision to Texas A&M on Friday evening at the Mansfield ISD Natatorium. With the loss, the Mustangs fall to 3-1 in dual action this season, while the Aggies improve to 4-1.
The Ponies posted six event wins, including wins in back-to-back races by junior
Jonathan Gomez, who also came back to win the 500-yard freestyle to triple for SMU.
"Overall, it was a good meet for us," head coach
Eddie Sinnott said. "As our last real prep meet before conference, it put is in a good position to determine how to set ourselves up for end of season success."
Gomez paced the field in the 400-yard individual medley (3:52.34), 200-yard butterfly (1:45.86) and 500-yard freestyle (4:31.84), posting NCAA B cuts in the IM and fly, and season-bests in all three. The junior had previously registered provisional standards through converted meter times in both events.
Sophomore
Lucas Schenke also competed in the 500 free earning runner-up honors and posting a season-best effort of his own at 4:33.19. Schenke won the 1,000-yard freestyle earlier in the evening touching in 9:28.03, his best time of the 2016-17 season.
The 200-yard freestyle went to junior
Christian Scherubl (1:39.97), followed by sophomore
Carson Klein (1:40.28), while senior
Ziga Cerkovnik (50 free, 20.61) and
Bartosz Krzyzaniak (200 back, 1:47.87) finished second in their respective events.
Krzyzaniak, Cerkovnik,
Simon Golczyk and
Nick Badsky combined for the win in the 400-yard medley relay to open action, posting the best time for the Mustangs this season by nearly seven seconds at 3:17.34. The final relay of the evening went to the Aggies, who touched ahead of SMU's 400-yard freestyle A relay of Krzyzaniak,
Ralph Koo, Badsky and Cerkovnik.
"We won six events tonight and even had a few surprises," Sinnott added. "In all, it helped us to really start defining our team top to bottom and was a good meet to see guys compete for spots on the conference scoring team."
In swimming events only, the Mustangs fell 107-95, but the Aggies earned maximum points in diving, as the Mustangs were not represented, to bring their overall event score to 133.
The Mustangs host a pre-conference time trial event Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. in Southlake, Texas. The event will serve as senior day for five student-athletes. American Athletic Conference action kicks off Feb. 15 and runs through Feb. 18 at the University of Houston's CRWC Natatorium.
"I want to also thank the Mansfield ISD Natatorium for hosting home events for us this season," Sinnott concluded. "They do a great job of taking care of us and running meets."
