TCU
SDSU, Centenary (M&W)
TCU Sweeps In Three Wins In Final Home Meet
1/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Jan. 17, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU women's swimming and diving team picked up a Mountain West Conference win over San Diego State, as well as a non-league win against Centenary College, while the men's squad also defeated the Gents Saturday at the University Recreation Center. The women's squad defeated the Aztecs, 85-55, and Centenary, 80-51, as the men topped their opponent 82-48.
"Our men are getting better with every meet," said TCU head coach Richard Sybesma. I feel like they'll be there by the end of the season. Our women's team is strong and they did a good job today."
For the women, TCU (6-3-1, 3-3-1 MWC) won 14 of the 16 events, including both the 200-medley and 400-free relays. Six Frogs made up all 12 individual victories, including wins leaders Maria Paula Alvarez and Ashley Bolin. Alvarez, a sophomore from Cali, Colombia, took her fourth 1000-free medal of the year at 10:15.84, along with her fourth-straight MWC 500-free win at a season-best clocking of 4:59.14. Bolin, a freshman from Oshkosh, Wis., snagged her third 200-free win at 1:52.90, while also pacing the field in the 200-IM at 2:07.96.
Junior butterflyer Stephanie Futscher tacked on a pair of victories, registering a time of 2:04.16 in the 200-fly and hitting the wall with her fastest 100-fly of the year at 57.97. Sophomore Brittney Martinez pocketed two more wins Saturday by sweeping the backstroke events with her top season time in the 100-back (58.22), and leading the way in the 200-back at 2:05.54.
Newcomer Zrinka Korac demonstrated her sprint speed by taking the 50-free (24.64) and 100-free (53.09), while junior diver Jennifer Ferguson dominated the air with her best scores of the season in the one-meter springboard (277.12) as well as the three-meter dive (309.97). Her performance from the three-meter springboard proves to be the second-best score in the MWC this year.
On the men's side the Frogs (3-5, 1-4 MWC) toppled Centenary, leading the way in 15 of the 16 event schedule. A trio of TCU swimmers earned double-event wins Saturday, led by senior Jason Hauck. The Eden Prairie, Minn., native, notched his first 100-fly win of the season, while also turning in his fastest 100-free time of the year for the win at 48.36. Freshmen Jack Doran and Laszlo Gyurko were the other Frogs to land a pair of wins, as Doran paced the field in the backstroke events, with a time of 51.42 in the 100-back and 1:54.12 in the 200-back, while Gyurko earned both victories in the 50-free (21.51) and 500-free (4:47.06). Both times for Gyurko marked his best since joining the squad this month, as the Szekszard, Hungary native picked up his first two collegiate wins, while Doran's time in the 200-back was his fastest clocking of the year.
Seven other Frogs also claimed event wins on against the Gents. Josh Bagby, a junior from Houston, won the 200-free in a time of 1:44.82, while fellow junior Chas Murphey took the top spot in the 200-breast with a season-best clocking of 2:16.50. Friedrich Grott, a freshman from Potsdam, Germany, claimed his first college career victory in the 200-IM with a time of 1:56.40.
R.J. Hesselberg, who was named the MWC Men's Diver of the Week on Tuesday, won the one-meter dive for his third-consecutive victory in the event after registering season-high 311.55, while sophomore Kyle Callens followed with his third three-meter win after turning in a scorecard of 337.04.
Sophomore Mike Majek continues to improve this spring, earning his second 1000-free victory of the year at 9:51.86, while newcomer Scott Smidlein picked up TCU's first 200-fly win of the year with a season-best time of 1:55.39.
TCU won all four relays for the day, as the Martinez, senior Katie Rosen, Korac and Bolin paced the 200-medley relay at 1:48.23. The quartet of Alvarez, freshman Kaitlyn Vann, Korac and sophomore Macy Zander earned the Frogs' fourth 400-free relay win of the season at 3:34.78. for the men, Doran, junior Ben Biefnes, Grott and Bagby led the way in the 200-medley relay, while Doran, Gyurko, freshmen David Miller and Theo Trotman took the 400-free relay at 3:13.33.
The women will hit the road Friday, wrapping up MWC play at New Mexico, while the men catch an 18-day layoff before taking on North Texas in Denton on Feb. 4.
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