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WOMEN’S PREVIEW
Friday, January 10 at 3 PM
SMU at No. 2/2 Texas
Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – Austin, Texas
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AUSTIN, Texas (SMU) – SMU Women’s Swimming and Diving set to visit Texas for a dual meet at Austin, Friday. This meet will be the Mustangs’ first full team meet of 2025.
SMU has competed against five ranked opponents this season. No. 2 Texas will be SMU’s sixth ranked opponent.
SMU at Georgia Diving Invite
Jaclynn Fowler placed second on 1-meter dive with a score of 279.05 and placed sixth on 3-meter.
Sophomore Ava Andersen made a finals appearance on platform diving. She placed 12th with a score of 188.55.
Schedule of Events
200 medley Relay
1000 free
200 free
100 back
100 breast
200 fly
50 free
1-Meter Diving
100 free
200 back
200 breast
500 free
100 fly
3-Meter Diving
200 im
400 free relay
Adding Championship Pedigree
In the summer, Ozzie Quevedo added 2013 CSCAA Swimming Coach of the Year Mike Bottom to the Mustang coaching staff.
Bottom served at Michigan as the men’s head coach for swimming from 2008 until 2023. In 2013, he also became the head coach for the women’s program.
Under his guidance, Bottom led the men’s program to the 2013 NCAA Championship. During his time with the Wolverines, the program captured 12 Big Ten titles over a 15-year stretch on the men’s side. As the head coach for the women, the Wolverines had three consecutive Big Ten titles from 2016 until 2018 and 11 NCAA top-10 finishes.
His coaching resume is among the most decorated in the Big Ten’s history, having coached nine National Champions — including one relay team. Bottom has led 51 athletes to become CSCAA All-Americans and 140 Big Ten individual champions.
Big Ten Coach of the Year nine times — two times on the women’s side and seven times for the men. His coaching success extends beyond collegiate competition, having coached at the past six Olympic Games. He served as an assistant coach for Team USA at Rio’s 2016 Games.
Returning To The Hilltop
SMU returned 2024 two-time American Athletic Conference champion, Jimena Leal. Leal won the 200 back and 400 medley relay while finishing second in the 100 back in the AAC Championships in February. Leal made two NCAA B cuts in the 100 and 200 back. Senior Tiffanie Ruan is the only returning swimmer from the 400 free relay quartet that won gold in the 2024 AAC Championships.
On the diving side, Jaclynn Fowler returns after competing in the 2024 NCAA Diving Championships last spring. Fowler placed 17th in the 1-meter. Fowler and sophomore Ava Anderson won the 1-meter team diving at the AAC Championships.
A New Look
SMU’s 2024-25 squad features 10 new faces. The group of newcomers consist of five freshmen and five transfers. Among the transfers is Madeleine Hebert, who transferred from NC State, providing ACC experience. Sophomores Madison Parker and Mira Szimcsak join the Mustangs from Washington State, Isabella Krantzcke transferred from Arizona State and Rachel Anderson hails from Loughborough University in England.
The diving team welcomes three freshmen. Reagan Evans, Sadie Klepfer and Natalie Stubbs will compete as rookie Mustangs.
MEN’S PREVIEW
Friday, January 10 at 3 PM
SMU at Texas
Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center – Austin, Texas
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The SMU men’s swimming & diving team is set to hit the road for its first full-team meet of 2025 when it faces consensus number one Texas on Friday at Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin.
This marks the sixth consecutive season that the two programs have met in the dual season, and it is the second road dual of the Mustangs’ season.
ORDER OF EVENTS
200 Medley Relay
1000 Free
200 Free
100 Back
100 Breast
200 Fly
50 Free (break)
100 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
500 Free
100 Fly (break)
200 IM
400 Free Relay
IN THE POLLS
SMU currently is ranked 25th in the CSCAA Top 25 after being as high as 19 this season. The Mustangs also sit at 22 in the SwimSwam Power Rankings, marking the first time the team has been ranked in both polls at the same time this year.
RETURNING TO THE HILLTOP
SMU returns three All-American swimmers from last season. Graduate student Jack Hoagland picked up All-America honors in the 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM and 800 free relay last season. Joining him on the 800 free relay was graduate student Chris Mykkanen and junior Jack Forrest.
SITZ AND INFO
Freshman diver Luke Sitz has already earned four ACC Diver of the Week honors on four tries and has earned podium finishes during each of his meets this season. In addition, he has also reached the NCAA Zone Diving qualifying marks in each competition this year. In October, he won his third consecutive ACC Diver of the Week honor, making him the second diver to ever win three straight since its inception in 2012 and the first freshman to ever accomplish the feat. Sitz’s accomplishments is not limited to SMU, as he also competed at the World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships on behalf of the United States during the week of Thanksgiving. The Prosper native posted three top-six finishes, including placing fifth on both 3-meter and 3-meter synchronized. His collegiate success was foreshadowed last summer when he recorded two top-four finishes at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, the highest finisher below the age of 20 on both 3-meter and 3-meter synchronized.
MUSTANGS REACHING NCAA STANDARDS
18 different Mustangs have reached NCAA qualifying standards in at least one event. This was highlighted on night one of the SMU Invite, with the 800 Free Relay team of Jack Hoagland, Jack Forrest, Chris Mykkanen and Harold Lockhart reaching SMU’s lone A Cut of the season. This mark qualified all four for the NCAA Championships in events they reached an NCAA Standard in. The mark secures the Mustangs spots in multiple individual events: 100 Free (Lockhart), 200 Free (Mykkanen, Lockhart), 500 Free (Hoagland, Forrest, Lockhart), 1650 Free (Forrest), 400 IM (Hoagland).
