No. 21 Mustangs Defeat Arizona, Sitz and Brennan Earn Multiple Solo Wins

Friday, October 23

Tucson, Ariz.

2:30 PM

SMU

155

144

Arizona

Oct 23 | Men's Swimming & Diving

Final Results

Tucson, Ariz. (SMU) - No. 21 SMU Men's Swimming and Diving squeezes out competition, winning nine out of 14 events at Arizona on Friday.

Luke Sitz and Francis Brennan both earned multiple wins on the day, with Sitz sweeping diving events for the fourth meet in a row.

Mark Van Eybergan (1000 free), Jack Berube (100 back), Maks Minichowski (100 breast), Andy Baklanov (200 back) and Roberto Bonilla Flores (200 breast) all touched the wall first in their respective events. This is Bonilla Flores first win competing for SMU.

Final Scores
No. 21 SMU - 155
(RV) Arizona - 144

Event Wins
1000 free - Mark Van Eybergen - 9:17.98
200 free - Francis Brennan - 1:34.10
100 back - Jack Berube - 46.99
100 breast - Maks Minichowski - 53.68
200 back - Andy Baklanov - 1:42.70
200 breast - Roberto Bonilla Flores - 1:59.34
500 free - Francis Brennan - 4:20.55
1-meter - Luke Sitz - 364.05
3-meter - Luke Sitz - 392.48

Notable Results
200 Medley Relay
Thad Austin, Trey Clervi, Tate Bacon and Maks Minichowski placed second in the 200 medley relay for the first event of the afternoon for the Mustangs.

1000 Free
Mark Van Eybergen finished first with a time of 9:17.98. Following right behind in second was LeoPelaez with a time of 9:20.89.

200 Free
Francis Brennan takes home first with a time of 1:34.10. Aubrey Jaya (1:36.57) finished fifth and Jack Moore (1:39.28) completed the race in seventh.

100 Back
Claiming all spots on the podium, SMU's Jack Berube (46.99), Thad Austin (47.54) and Andy Baklanov (47.75) finished in first, second and third. Asher Good touched the wall at a time of 50.58.

100 Breast
Maks Minichowski claimed first with a time of 53.68. Mustangs claimed third, fourth and fifth, respectively, with Kristaps Mikelsons (54.57), Clervi (54.78) and Roberto Bonilla Flores (55.43).

200 Fly
Mustangs filled in third, fourth and fifth place in order of Zach Power (1:47.20), Bacon (1:48.64) and Aidan Arie (1:48.70). Mark Heffern finished in seventh at 1:50.79.

50 Free
For his first event of the day, George Gonzalez touched the wall third at 20.10. In fifth, Benjamin Chateigner earned a time of 20.57. Eli Likens (20.67) finished seventh and Josh Heydt (20.90) finished eighth.

100 Free
Two back to back finishes were third and fourth with George Gonzalez (43.61) and Maks Minichowski (43.67), as well as seventh and eighth with Eli Likins (44.63) and Chateigner (45.05).

200 Back
Baklanov touched the wall at 1:42.70 to finish first. Berube is not far behind with a time of 1:43.43 in second. Good (1:47.14) finished in fourth and Thad Austin (1:49.96) in eighth.

200 Breast
Roberto Bonilla Flores finished first with a time of 1:59.34. Kristaps Mikelsons followed right behind in second with a time of 1:59.72.Braden Guzman (2:04.08) and Trey Clervi (2:04.51).

500 Free
Brennan touched the wall first for the second time of the day, with a time of 4:20.55. Jaya (4:28.08) finished third and Van Eybergen finished fourth (4:30.74).

100 Fly
Bacon finished in second with a time of 48.38. Power (49.00) finished fifth, Berube (49.14) finished seventh, then Arie (49.46) finished eighth.

200 IM
Hitting the wall second with a time of 1:48.25 was Baklanov. Mikelsons (1:49.10) placed third, Good (1:49.63) finished fourth, Moore (1:50.80) finished fifth and Mark Heffern (1:52.73) finished seventh.

400 Free Relay
For the last event of the day, the SMU relay team of Gonzalez, Minichowski, Likins and Brennan finished second with a time of 2:53.30.

1-meter
Sitz clinched first place with a final score of 364.05. The rest of the divers on 1-meter Grant Cates (273.00), Michael Evans (259.73) and RJ Snyder (253.88).

3-meter
Clinched first place again with a score of 392.48 was Sitz, with a score of 392.48. Cates and Snyder earned finals scores of 312.68 and 295.80 to round out diving scores, respectively.

Up Next
The Mustangs will host rival TCU on November 4 at Robson and Lindley Aquatics Center at 4:00pm CT.