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Nine Mustangs Earn NCAA ‘B’ Cuts On Day Two Of SMU Invite

Nov 21

Full Results
DALLAS (SMU) – The 21st-ranked SMU men's swimming & diving team recorded nine NCAA 'B' Cuts during day two of the SMU Invite on Thursday evening at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center.

Seven Mustangs also earned or improved their spots on SMU's all-time top-performances list.

Team Standings
1. [8/10] Stanford – 408.5
2. [RV/21] SMU – 321.5
3. Drury - 257
4. Hawai'i - 186

Thursday NCAA Cuts (9)
100 Fly – Russell Exum – 46.78 (B Cut)
500 Free – Jack Hoagland – 4:15.74 (B Cut)
500 Free – Jack Forrest – 4:17.26 (B Cut)
500 Free – Laszlo Galicz – 4:19.75 (B Cut)
500 Free – Harold Lockhart – 4:20.59 (B Cut)
500 Free – Mark Van Eybergen - 4:21.02 (B Cut)
200 IM – Cotton Fields – 1:44.20 (B Cut)
200 IM – Angus Corbeau – 1:45.21 (B Cut)
200 IM – Jack Moore – 1:45.22 (B Cut)

Thursday SMU Top-10 Performers (7)
2nd – 500 Free – Jack Forrest (4:17.26)
3rd – 200 IM – Cotton Fields (1:44.20)
6th – 200 IM – Angus Corbeau (1:45.21)
7th – 500 Free – Laszlo Galicz (4:19.75)
7th – 200 IM – Jack Moore (1:45.22)
8th – 500 Free – Harold Lockhart (4:20.59)
10th - 200 IM – Asher Good (1:45.91)

3-Meter Diving
John Dymond placed 14th with a score of 222.45 in the first diving event of the Invite.

100 Fly
In the first swimming final of the night, Russell Exum led the Mustangs with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 46.78 to claim second in the event. Also in the A final, Nico Sobenes went 47.13 to join Exum on the podium, while Ryan Peckham touched the wall in 47.56 to take fifth. Leif Bouwman recorded a mark of 48.06 to place eighth.

The B final saw Rob McCall earn a time of 50.07 to claim 13th and Cameron Thompson touched the wall in 50.10 to finish 14th.

500 Free
Five Mustangs earned NCAA 'B' Cut times in the 500 free, with Jack Hoagland (4:15.74) and Jack Forrest (4:17.26) earning second and third. Forrest's mark made him the second-fastest SMU performer all-time in the event.

Also earning an NCAA 'B' Cut was Laszlo Galicz, who threw down a time of 4:19.75 to take fourth. The mark also made the freshman the seventh-fastest performer in SMU history.

Harold Lockhart and Mark Van Eybergen also reached a B cut in the B final, recording times of 4:20.59 and 4:21.02, respectively. Lockhart's performance placed him as the eighth fastest in Mustang history.

Hunter Lund also saw action in the A final, placing eighth with a mark of 4:25.75, while Graham Hohnbaum finished 17th in a time of 4:28.90.

200 IM
Three more Mustangs recorded NCAA 'B' Cut times during the 200 IM, with the trio also earning SMU Top-10 Performer marks. Cotton Fields threw down a time of 1:44.20 to earn bronze in the A final. During the B final, Angus Corbeau (1:45.21) and Jack Moore (1:45.22) both earned NCAA 'B' Cuts and added their names to the SMU record book.

After recording a time of 1:45.91 in prelims to place him 10th all-time, Asher Good finished fifth in finals. Kristaps Mikelsons saw a time of 1:46.62 in the B final, while Ben Longeway touched the wall in 1:51.64.

50 Free
In the final individual event of the evening, Lance Butler led the B final with a time of 19.70. Sage Sungail and Chris Mykkanen recorded times of 19.88 and 19.89 also in the B final.

The C final saw Joe Rusnock touch the wall in 20.35, while Eric Stelmar finished in 20.58.

200 Free Relay
The Mustangs took bronze in the final event of the night with the 200 free relay squad of Sage Sungail, Lance Butler, Chris Mykkanen and Harold Lockhart throwing down a time of 1:17.42, with Lockhart recording the fastest anchor split in the race of 18.83.

The Mustangs' B relay team of Connor McClintic, Kaleb Ikbal, Michael Ripper and Graham Hohnbaum recorded a time of 1:21.20 to place seventh.

SMU Invite Friday Schedule
Swimming Prelims – 10 AM
400 IM
200 Free
100 Breast
100 Back
Diving – 1 PM
1-Meter
Swimming Finals – 6 PM
400 IM
200 Free
100 Breast                                                                                  
100 Back
400 Medley Relay
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