Saturday was a good day. We put in a tough, challenging week of training and then finished that off with a dual meet against McMurry of Abilene. Everyone was up early for a 90 minute practice, enjoyed a good breakfast, and then caught some rest prior to the meet’s 1:30 pm start time. Admissions had a “Trinity-In-Focus” session for prospective students going all morning and up through mid-afternoon, so we had several recruits from both Texas and around the country here visiting. That was cool!
We moved some swimmers around a little bit and got to see some close races, with a number of our entries counting as exhibition swims rather than maxing out the point tally. Final score for the women’s meet was 129 to 90, while our men tallied a 144 to 62 point win.
Event winners for our women’s team included Morgan Briggs, Mary Price, Rachel Berude, Marisa Olmo, Leslie Butts, Lisa Tucci, Melanie Gustafson, Leigh-Anne Ladymon and Ana Price. Sophomore Madison Kahler captured wins in both diving events, her first collegiate “double” as a Tiger.
Our men scored a number of wins as well. Andrew Battles, Sean Fronczak, Drew Cauthorn, Michael Patton, Lucas Belury, Aaron shaver, Alex Miranda, CJ Robison, Mike Brew, Matt Wey, and Zach Dielmann al earned first place finishes in one or more races. Miranda’s 9:54.35 time in the 1000 freestyle may have been the best men’s swim of the day, with Battle’s conference leading 100 backstroke (54.32), and Fronczak’s 200 IM (2:02.83) as well as his two fast relay legs right there contending. Senior Andrew Snead led the diving field on both the 1-meter and the 3-meter boards.
This next weekend we travel to Dallas to attend an invitational meet we “invented” several years ago. Hosted by Carroll ISD in Southlake (TX), the 2010 Trinity Southwest Shootout will include 11 colleges and universities from, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. The three session affair will be both fun and fast!!
-Coach Ryan
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