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DALLAS – The SMU men's swimming and diving team will be hosting and competing in the AAC Conference Championships from February 16-19 at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr McMillion Natatorium. This will be the Mustang's second consecutive year hosting the event, having been victorious at home last year. This AAC title was the first in program history for the Mustangs. The Cincinnati Bearcats will be in attendance to compete for the title against SMU.

Schedule (All times CT) Wednesday Diving Prelims: 11 A.M. | Swimming Relays/Diving Finals: 5 P.M. 1-Meter Diving PRELIM 1-Meter Diving CONSOLS 800 Yard Freestyle Relay 1-Meter Diving FINALS 200 Yard Medley Relay	Thursday Swimming Prelims: 10 A.M. | Diving Prelims: 12:30 P.M. | Finals: 6 P.M. 500 Yard Freestyle 200 Yard IM 50 Yard Freestyle 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
Friday Swimming Prelims: 10 A.M. | Finals: 6 P.M. 3-Metern Diving PRELIM 3-Meter Diving CONSOLS 400 Yard IM 100 Yard Butterfly 200 Yard Freestyle 100 Yard Breaststroke 100 Yard Backstroke 3-Meter Diving FINALS 400 Yard Medley Relay	Saturday Swimming Prelims: 10 A.M. | Diving Prelims: 12:30 P.M. | Finals: 5 P.M. Platform Diving PRELIMS 1,650 Yard Freestyle 200 Yard Backstroke 100 Yard Freestyle 200 Yard Breaststroke 200 Yard Butterfly Platform Diving FINALS 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

 
Championship History
SMU won its first AAC title last year in their home pool. The Mustangs have 17 conference championships dating back to 1997 and 42 overall.

SMU has 51 individual championships through eight seasons in The American. Nineteen of those championships come from diving. The Mustangs have also won 12 relay championships, five of which are medley relays (200 2x, 400 3x).

The Mustang program currently holds seven American Championship records.

200 breast |Caleb Rhodenbaugh | 1:53.98 | 2021
500 free | Jonathan Gomez | 4:17.68 | 2017
200 fly | Jonathan Gomez | 1:41.98 | 2017
400 IM | Jonathan Gomez | 3:43.97 | 2017
1 meter | Bryce Klein | 400.55 | 2016
3 meter | Bryce Klein | 436.45 | 2017
Platform | Devin Burnett | 399.65 | 2014

Season Recap
The Mustangs decisively beat Incarnate Word and Oklahoma Christian in a double dual meet in late October. SMU backed this performance up with a first-place finish in the SMU Invite just a few weeks later. Competing in the invitational were Drury, Fresno State, and Hawaii.

Scouting Report
The Bearcats come into conference championships having beaten Xavier and lost meets to Indiana, Kentucky, and Louisville. They also tacked on a nice ACC win over Miami back in November.

Conference Favorites
Colin Feehery, Dominic Hoefer, Jack Easton, and Tyler Coffey swept the fall American Athletic Conference Weekly honors for the Mustangs.
Easton was a force for SMU during the SMU Invitational on Nov. 18-20 in Dallas, taking home two individual wins along with a facility and program record.
Feehery helped lead Mustang swimmers in a 2-1 dual-meet weekend, winning four individual events and posting three NCAA B cuts.
On the diving side, Hoefer registered an event win, two runner-up performances and came in above the NCAA Zone qualifying mark in all four events competed on the weekend.
Coffey enjoyed a podium showing in a pair of events during the SMU Invitational.

Making The Cut
NCAA Swimming B Cuts
Colin Feehery – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Justin Baker – 50 freestyle
Jack Easton – 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 IM
Cole Bruns – 100 backstroke
Cotton Fields – 200 backstroke, 200 IM, 400 IM
Evan McCormick – 100 breaststroke
Caleb Rhodenbaugh – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Brayden Rudd – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Joe Rusnock – 100 breaststroke
Connor Dalbo – 100 breaststroke
 
NCAA Diving Zone Scores
Parker Hardigree – 1 meter, 3 meter
Dominic Hoefer – 1 meter, 3 meter
Tyler Coffey – 3 meter
Peter Smithson – platform

Champs!
The Mustangs brought home the team championship at the 2021 AAC Meet. The title was the 42nd in program history and first in The American. SMU swept individual awards and 19 swimmers and divers earned all-conference accolades.
Daniel Forndal won Most Outstanding Swimmer, Peter Smithson won Most Outstanding Diver, Lance Butler was named the Freshman of the Year and the staff swept diving and overall Staff of the Year honors.

All-American Returners
Six members of the SMU men's swimming and diving program earned College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America honors for their work in the pool and in the classroom following the 2020-21 season. The list includes current Mustangs Parker Hardigree, Connor Dalbo, Jack Easton, Dominic Hoefer and Brayden Rudd.

To be selected as a member of the CSCAA Scholar All-America first team as an individual, swimmers and divers must have achieved a grade-point-average of 3.50 or higher and have participated in their respective NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Honorable mention selections have similarly achieved a GPA of 3.50 and achieved a "B" time standard or competed at their respective qualifying meets.
 
Holt Hickman Outdoor Pool Is Coming To The Hilltop
With a $2.5M gift from the Hickman family, SMU will soon break ground for a new eight-lane, 50-meter by 25-yard outdoor pool, with 1- and 3-meter diving boards. The $11M project will also include a 20-foot by 40-foot instructional pool that will be used for lessons and rehab/therapy. The addition of the outdoor pool will complete the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center, making SMU the only University in the country with both indoor and outdoor Olympic pools in one facility, further cementing SMU's swimming and diving facility as one of the finest in college athletics.
 
Back In Action
Qualified swimmers will compete at the American SC Championships March 3-5 in Austin, Texas, before awaiting NCAA Championships selections. Qualified Mustang divers will compete at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships March 7-9 in Madison, Wisconsin.