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Complete Results
COLUMBUS, Ohio (SMU) -- Matea Samardzic and Andrea Podmanikova wrapped up competition at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday, both competing in the 100 and 200 distances of their respective specialties. The four-day event was held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State.
Samardzic, who represented SMU for the second straight season, placed 35th in heats of the 100-yard backstroke, covering the distance in 53.25. She came into the event seeded 43rd with a career-best time of 52.75 set at the American Athletic Conference Championships in February. On Saturday, Samardzic finished 26th in the 200 back, clocking in at 1:53.93.
The Split, Croatia, native posted eight individual NCAA B cuts and was twice named The American's Most Outstanding Performer at the conference championships. She is a six-time individual conference champion and all-conference selection, as well as a four-time relay champion and five-time relay selection.
The senior holds the SMU record in the 400-yard individual medley and conference records in the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes. She is also a top-ten performer all-time for the Mustangs in the 200 back (2nd), 100 back (3rd) and 200 IM (6th).
Podmanikova qualified for her first NCAA Championships after joining the Mustangs on the Hilltop in January. The freshman clocked a 1:00.37 good for 27th in 100-yard breaststroke heats, three places ahead of her seed entering the event, and went on to place 35th in the 200 at 2:11.06.
Topolcany, Slovakia, native Podmanikova posted NCAA B cuts in both breaststrokes as well as the 200-yard individual medley. She was the 200 breast AAC champion and was part of the Mustangs' winning 200-yard medley relay. Overall, she earned five all-conference honors (2 individual). In her first season, Podmanikova cracked SMU's all-time top-ten performers list for the 200 breast (2nd), 100 breast (3rd) and 200 IM (5th).
COLUMBUS, Ohio (SMU) -- Matea Samardzic and Andrea Podmanikova wrapped up competition at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday, both competing in the 100 and 200 distances of their respective specialties. The four-day event was held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State.
Samardzic, who represented SMU for the second straight season, placed 35th in heats of the 100-yard backstroke, covering the distance in 53.25. She came into the event seeded 43rd with a career-best time of 52.75 set at the American Athletic Conference Championships in February. On Saturday, Samardzic finished 26th in the 200 back, clocking in at 1:53.93.
The Split, Croatia, native posted eight individual NCAA B cuts and was twice named The American's Most Outstanding Performer at the conference championships. She is a six-time individual conference champion and all-conference selection, as well as a four-time relay champion and five-time relay selection.
The senior holds the SMU record in the 400-yard individual medley and conference records in the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes. She is also a top-ten performer all-time for the Mustangs in the 200 back (2nd), 100 back (3rd) and 200 IM (6th).
Podmanikova qualified for her first NCAA Championships after joining the Mustangs on the Hilltop in January. The freshman clocked a 1:00.37 good for 27th in 100-yard breaststroke heats, three places ahead of her seed entering the event, and went on to place 35th in the 200 at 2:11.06.
Topolcany, Slovakia, native Podmanikova posted NCAA B cuts in both breaststrokes as well as the 200-yard individual medley. She was the 200 breast AAC champion and was part of the Mustangs' winning 200-yard medley relay. Overall, she earned five all-conference honors (2 individual). In her first season, Podmanikova cracked SMU's all-time top-ten performers list for the 200 breast (2nd), 100 breast (3rd) and 200 IM (5th).
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