2025 SMU Invite
- November 19-22, 2025
- Robson & Lindley Aquatic Center – Dallas, TX
- 25 yards (SCY)
- 11 am ET prelims / 6 pm ET finals
- Participating teams: SMU, Hawaii, Drury, Utah, Arkansas (women only), Air Force (men only), North Texas (women only), Stanford (men only)
- Day 1 Results
The SMU Invite kicked off Wednesday evening with two relay races, with teams taking to the pool for the 200 medley relay and the 800 free relay. Despite the short program for day 1, the excitement was in full supply as multiple teams turned in top performances.
The men’s 800 free relay saw Stanford take home the win in the event, with Ethan Ekk, Andres Dupont Cabrera, Jason Zhao and Henry McFadden clocking a time of 6:13.35. The Cardinal’s performance broke the pool record by over a second, as the previous record was a time of 6:14.62 set by SMU at last year’s invitational. Stanford freshman Ekk led off the relay in 1:33.45, marking a lifetime best by .04 and landing him his first NCAA qualifying time.
SMU took the runner-up spot in the 800 free relay, thanks to the team of Francis Brennan, Sungail, Jack Forrest and Chateigner, who raced into the wall in 6:16.30. Brennan, a freshman for the Mustangs, threw down an opening split of 1:33.92 to knock over a second off of his previous best time (1:35.14) and clock his first-ever NCAA cut.
Stanford’s victory in the 800 free relay marked the team’s second win of the night, as the Cardinal previously won the men’s 200 medley relay, posting the only sub-1:24 time in the field. Ethan Harrington, Zhier Fan, Rafael Gu and Jonathan Tan built up a lead throughout the race, turning in a time of 1:23.8 to best SMU’s 1:24.51. The Mustangs went 2-3 behind the Cardinal, with the team of Thad Austin, Trey Clervi, Nico Sobenes and Ward Lockhart posting the runner-up time of 1:24.51 while Jack Berube, Kristaps Mikelsons, Sage Sungail and Benjamin Chateigner took 3rd in 1:24.80.
On the women’s side, the meet got underway with a narrow victory for the host team, as the SMU women touched first in the 200 medley relay. The team of Jimena Leal, Izzy Krantzcke, Maddy Parker and Summer Osborne threw down a time of 1:38.25, charging into the wall just .06 ahead of Hawaii, who took the runner-up spot in 1:38.31.
Rounding out the top three with the only other sub-1:40 time was Arkansas’s team of Tammy Greenwood, Lindy Hunter, Alice Beltrame and Harriet Rogers, who posted a time of 1:38.55.
Rogers and Greenwood were back in action shortly after for the 800 free relay, joining teammates Sydney Craft and Viola Petrini to clinch the victory in 7:07.45. They fought a tough battle against SMU’s relay squad, composed of Osborne, Parker, Karly Boles and Madeleine Hebert, who raced in behind Arkansas in a time of 7:08.27.
Utah climbed its way up the rankings in the 800 free relay, taking 3rd in 7:19.21 thanks to the team of Erin Palmer, Isabella Riso, Ella Derby and Sydney Even.
Team Scores Thru Day 1
Women:
- Arkansas – 126
- Utah – 102
- SMU – 92
- Drury – 86
- Hawaii – 82
- North Texas – 56
Men:
- SMU – 126
- Utah – 110
- Stanford – 106
- Drury – 102
- Air Force – 70
- Hawaii – 46
Why did the men and women travel separately?
Sorry not sure the context of the question. Stanford? The men’s and women’s programs have different coaching staffs that have different goals/ideas/priorities. Especially with Chris Lindauer taking over and maybe having his own relationships. A lot of “what invite are we going to?” is relationship based.
Stanford men used to go to Texas but to save the embarrassment they now go to SMU
STANFORD ON FIRE BABY