Trinity University vs. University of New Orleans

Last night our men and women competed in a dual meet with the University of New Orleans, an NCAA Division I program that is currently "transitioning" to Division III. Our men outscored the Pirates 135 to 75, and our women's team topped our visitors 128 to 66.

We put in a very solid week of training after last weekend’s Florida travel trip, so we were plenty tired going into this meet. Despite that, many of our swims were faster than our Rollins/Tampa ventures.

Andrew Battles won three freestyle races (1:48.43 in the 200, 4:53.90 in the 500, and 10:04.03 in the 1000) to lead the way for our home boys. Alex Miranda captured a win in the 200IM (2:02.74) and swam a good “exhibition” time in the 1000 (10:08.86). Team co-captain Matt Wey posted an excellent early season time in the 200 freestyle (1:50.20) and won the 100 breaststroke (1:03.91). Sean Fronczak took the 100 backstroke (56.01), as Trinity won the majority of the individual events contested. Lucas Belury, Aaron Shaver, CJ Robinson, Zach Dielmann, and rookie Michael Patton all swam well while contributing to Trinity‘s win. In addition, Andrew Snead and Matt Hawley showed good form on both boards in a diving match-up with the University of Incarnate word.

On the women’s side, freshman Melanie Gustafson had another weekend of good racing. Her wins were in the 200 free (2:03.82) and the 1000 free (11:09.53) we all but expected after completing a week of impressive training sessions. Morgan Briggs was a double event winner, taking the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke. Jennifer Ince has been showing more speed in practice (good news after knee surgery in May) and did well in her 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke races. Ana Price’s 55.77 in the 100 freestyle was faster than any of her early season swims in the fall of 2009, so she’s off to a great start for our current campaign. Kristen Zinser, Mary Price, Marisa Olmo, Leslie Butts, and Meghan Varner all followed a hard week of training with good competitive swims against the ladies from UNO. NCAA 3-Meter diving champion Hayley Emerick topped the field in the 1-Meter event, while sophomore Ruth Hahn showed she has plenty of talent by outscoring TU’s All-American on the 3-Meter board (231.55 to 226.70). Coach Stan Randall’s diving team is deep and talented, as proven by the performances delivered by Gabriella Caglieris, Rebecca Parrish, and Kristin Nordstrom.

We had four women out of our Friday night line-up for one reason or another, so we anticipate putting a stronger team in the water two weeks from now when we go at it with the University of Texas at Permian Basin here in San Antonio.

-Coach Ryan