Trinity’s men and women swimmers trekked up I-10 to Abilene on Saturday afternoon to compete in dual meets with McMurry University. The Tigers returned home twice winners (men 113 – 83 and women 112 – 56) after posting some good results despite being relatively wiped out following three weeks of intense post-holiday training.
Trinity opened the meet with wins in both the women’s 200 medley relay (Kristen Zinser, Sara Griffis, Leslie Butts, and Renee Ulrich) and the men’s 200 medley relay (Sean Fronczak, Audel Mehrinfar, Spencer Bard, and Sean Benton). T.U. jumped to a quick lead after the opening bell and never looked back. Event winners for the Tiger women included Lisa Tucci (200 freestyle), Kristen Zinser (100 backstroke), Kate O’Brien (500 freestyle), Sara Griffis (100 breaststroke), Ana Price (50 and 100 freestyle), and Renee Ulrich (200 IM and 100 freestyle).
T.U. had six men rack up 7 wins over the course of the afternoon meet. Alex Miranda (200 IM), Zach Dielmann (100 backstroke), Matt Wey (500 freestyle), Audel Mehrinfar (100 breaststroke), Andrew Battles (1000 freestyle), and Graham Mullings (100 and 200 freestyle) all captured races in Abilene.
On the diving boards, Trinity’s Ruth Hahn won the 1-meter competition with a score of 291.55 by outscoring team-mate Lynne Bettinger (285.15). They then reversed that finish in the 3-meter event, with Bettinger putting up a 311.20 point total against Hahn’s 291.20. Both hit the NCAA championship consideration score and both finished ahead of two NCAA All-Americans in the process (the Tigers own Lindsay Martin and Hailey Emerick). Andrew Snead led the T.U. men with solid performances on both boards.
-Coach Ryan
