SMU Rolls Past TCU and Arkansas in Women’s Double Dual Meet

SMU vs TCU vs ARKANSAS (WOMEN’S DOUBLE DUAL)

• Friday-Saturday, November 1-2, 2024
• Fort Worth, TX
• SCY (25 Yards)
• DAY 1 RESULTS
• DAY 2 RESULTS

TEAM STANDINGS

• Arkansas def. TCU: 161-137
• SMU def. Arkansas: 171-123
• SMU def. TCU: 168-127

Following the men’s dual meet between TCU and SMU the week prior, the TCU and SMU women’s swimming and diving teams, along with Arkansas, met for a double dual at SMU. This was a two day dual, seeing SMU come out on top of both Arkansas and TCU, while Arkansas beat TCU in their head-to-head.

Fairly unusual for a two day dual meet, most events were swum on both days, which leads to some interesting results. For example, Arkansas senior Bella Cothern won the 50 free on Friday in 23.24, touching out TCU’s Olivia Rhodes (23.33). On Saturday, Cothern was like a completely different swimmer, winning the 50 in 22.39. SMU’s Maddy Parker had a great swim as well, clocking a 22.52 for 2nd.

The roles would reverse in the 100 free on Saturday, seeing Parker win in 48.87. Both Parker’s 50 free and 100 free were personal bests, setting the SMU sophomore up very nicely. This is Parker’s first season at SMU, as she spent her freshman year at Washington State, transferring to SMU after Washington State head coach Matt Leach left the Cougars to become the Iowa State head coach. For her part, Cothern had a very nice 100 free as well on Saturday, swimming a 49.36.

Mira Szimcsak is another SMU sophomore who transferred in from Washington State in the off-season. Szimcsak was excellent in the distance events on Saturday, first winning the 1650 free in 16:37.03. That time comes in a little less than 12 seconds off her career best of 16:25.68, which she swam at the Pac-12 Championships in early March of this year. Szimcsak went on to win the 500 free in 4:50.48.

Szimcsak also picked up a win in the 200 fly on Saturday, touching in 2:00.43.

SMU had a strong performance in the 400 free relay on Saturday, ending the meet with a big win. Parker (49.33), Summer Osborne (49.40), Isabella Bedoya (49.90), and Teia Salvino (49.69) combined for a 3:18.32. Showing off their sprint depth, the Mustangs also saw Madeleine Hebert lead off their ‘B’ 400 free relay in 49.88.

Osborne was the winner of the Saturday 200 free, putting up a 1:47.28. It was a 1-2-3 charge by the Mustangs, as Herbert was 2nd in 1:48.03, while Salvino touched 3rd in 1:48.14.

Arkansas looked great in the 200 medley relay on Saturday, seeing Gracie Colvin (25.73), Bradi Jones (27.50), Cothern (23.37), and Delaney Harrison (22.51) team up for a 1:39.11. Other notable splits on the 200 medley relay include Parker anchoring in 22.14 for SMU, Caelan Burt putting up a 22.67 anchor for TCU, and SMU’s Izzy Krantzcke splitting 26.31 on breaststroke.

OTHER EVENT WINNERS:

• 100 Back (Satruday): Jimena Leal (SMU) – 53.93
• 100 Breast (Saturday): Nina Vadovicova (TCU) – 1:01.39
• Platform Diving (Saturday): Maria Sanchez (Arkansas) – 319.75
• 200 Back (Saturday): Jimena Leal (SMU) – 1:56.66
• 200 Breaststroke (Saturday): Nina Vadovicova (TCU) – 2:12.21
• 100 Fly (Saturday): Teia Salvino (SMU) – 53.80
• 400 IM (Saturday): Rachel Anderson (SMU) – 4:18.78
• 400 Free Relay (Friday): TCU (Gould, Muhitch, Burt, Kotsar) – 3:26.55
• 100 Breast (Friday): Claire Chahbandour (TCU) – 1:02.76
• 100 Back (Friday): Rylee Moore (TCU) – 55.24
• 200 Free Relay (Friday): Arkansas (Cothern, Colvin, Thome, Harrison) – 1:33.94
• 500 Free (Friday): Jordan Edwards (TCU) – 4:57.89
• 100 Free (Friday): Olivia Rhodes (TCU) – 51.22
• 100 Fly (Friday): Maddy Burt (TCU) – 55.05
• 1-Meter Diving (Friday): Anna Kwong (TCU) – 334.05
• 200 IM (Friday): Karolin Kotsar (TCU) – 2:04.17
• 200 Free (Friday): Amelia Snyder (TCU) – 1:52.08
• 200 Medley Relay (Friday): TCU (Moore, Chahbandour, Burt, Gould) – 1:42.45
• 3-Meter Diving (Friday): Maria Sanchez (Arkansas) – 345.60