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DALLAS (SMU) – The SMU women's swimming and diving team sits in fourth place after the first session of the SMU Classic on Friday evening. The 25th edition of the two-day event is being held for the first time at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium.

The event features eight swimmers and one diver from each competing school. Swimmers may swim three events per day, one of which must be a relay. Each team will enter one swimmer per heat (Consolation & Championship), while relays will only have a Championship heat. Diving events will consist of six optional dives on 1 meter and 3 meter boards. 

No. 8 Louisville (180) leads the six-team event with No. 11 USC (152) and No. 10 Virginia (149) rounding out the top three. The Mustangs (121) sit one point ahead of Iowa (120), and Miami (113) rounds out the team scoring.

Sophomore Andrea Podmanikova turned in the most impressive performance of the night for the Ponies, clocking the second fastest time in the country this season in the 100-yard breaststroke. Podmanikova, who is SMU's third fastest all-time performer in the event, covered the distance in 59.68 for an NCAA B cut and personal best.

Gabi Grobler also registered a personal best in the event's Consolation Final, finishing in 1:05.10 after coming off a third place Consolation Final finish in the 100-yard backstroke the race prior. Grobler (55.54) and Felicity Passon, who was fourth overall in the 100 back (55.45) have times that pace the American Athletic Conference in the event.

SMU picked up a second runner-up finish on the night as Erin Trahan turned in an NCAA B cut 53.33 in the 100-yard butterfly. The time is good for seventh in the NCAA this season and leads The American.

Perhaps the best pairing of the evening for SMU came in the 50-yard freestyle as Trahan (23.11) and Podmanikova (23.12) posted times that pace The American this season. In the 200-yard distance, newcomer Olivia Grossklaus also topped AAC times this season with a 1:51.02.

The Mustangs earned their highest relay finish of the night when Passon, Podmanikova, Trahan and Grobler finished fourth in the 400-yard medley relay.

In diving action, Taylor Ohlhauser represented the Mustangs with a personal best 252.30 on 1 meter.

Competition resumes Saturday at 1 p.m. with the event schedule below.

Saturday
200 medley relay
500 free
200 breast
200 back
3 meter
100 free
200 fly
200 IM
200 free relay