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DALLAS (SMU) — Five Mustangs are set to compete at the 2025 FISU World University Games on July 16-27 at Rhine-Rhur, Germany. Five student-athletes and one head coach will represent Team USA, while one Mustangs will representing Latvia.
 
SMU Men's Tennis' Trevor Svajda and Jerry Barton will compete on the court beginning July 17. Alongside them will be Head Coach Grant Chen who was appointed to the Team UniUSA tennis contingent for the games. Svajda will be competing in the men's singles draw while Barton will compete in the men's doubles and mixed doubles brackets.

On men's doubles, Barton will pair with Stanford's Nico Godsick, before partnering up with California's Olivia Center in the mixed doubles bracket.
  
All-American diver Luke Sitz will represent SMU on the Team USA diving contingent. The diving events will also begin on July 17 with Sitz competing on three events; 3-meter (July 18), synchronized 3-meter (July 23) and the mixed team event (July 23).

SMU sophomore swimmer Kristaps Mikelsons was selected to represent Latvia. He will race the 100 breast (July 17), 200m IM (July 18), 200m breast (July19) and the 50m breast (July 21).

Freshman rower Agne Kubaytite will compete for the Lithuania University Team mixed quadruple sculls with heats starting on July 25.
 
The UniUSA delegation for the Germany will comprise of over 500 athletes, coaches and staff across 19 sports.
 
Mustangs in the 2025 World University Games
Men's Tennis
Trevor Svajda – Sophomore
Jerry Barton – Junior
Grant Chen – Head Coach
 
Men's Swimming & Diving
Luke Sitz – Freshman
Kristaps Mikelsons - Sophomore

Follow the Action 
Live coverage of the games will be on FISU.tv and daily updates will be available on rhineruhr2025.com/en.

Updates on the UniUSA delegation are available on the following platforms:
Website: usateam.org
Facebook: @wugusa (Note: Other similar names belong to different entities)
X: @usauniteam (UniUSA)
Instagram: @usauniteam (USAUniversityTeam)
 
Mustangs in the World University Games Through the Years
Callaway Clark, 2023, Men's Tennis
Louis Cloud, 2023, Men's Tennis
Liam Krall, 2023, Men's Tennis
Taylor Johnson, 2023, Men's Tennis
Annabelle Corcoran, 2023, Women's Swimming
Jaclynn Fowler, 2023, Women's Diving
Jack Hoagland, 2023, Men's Swimming
Andrea Podmanikova, 2019, Women's Swimming
Hannah Miller, 2017, Track & Field
Nic Moore, 2015, Men's Basketball (Gold Medal)
Stephanie Collins, 2015, Women's Basketball
Marne Erasmus, 2015, Women's Swimming
Kristy McLauchlan, 2015, Women's Swimming
Tara-Lynn Nicholas, 2015, Women's Swimming
Nathalie Lindborg, 2015, Women's Swimming
Bryce Klein, 2015, Men's Swimming
Christian Scherubl, 2015, Men's Diving
Darren Walsh, 2015, Men's Tennis (Gold Medal)
Miroslava Najdanovski, 2009, Women's Swimming
Elzanne Werth, 2009, Women's Swimming
Christy-Leigh Lategan, 2009, Women's Swimming
Audra Egenolf, 2009, Women's Diving
Petra Klosova, 2009, Women's Diving
Flavia Rigamonti, 2007, Women's Swimming
Angela San Juan Cisneros, 2007, Women's Swimming
Matt Weghorst, 2001, Men's Swimming