TCU
Wyoming (M&W)
Frogs Split Home Opener Against Wyoming
11/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Nov. 21, 2009
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FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU swimming and diving programs earned a split against Wyoming Saturday, as the men picked up their third win, 180-114, while the women fell, 182-118.
TCU's men's squad dominated the Cowboys, garnering victories in 13 of the 16 events. The Frogs were led by sophomores Edgar Crespo and Laszlo Gyurko, as each tallied four wins, including a pair of relay victories.
After spending the week in Sucre, Boliva, representing his native country of Panama at the 2009 Bolivarian Games, Crespo swept the breaststroke events, clocking in with a time of 55.84 in the 100-breast, while pacing the field with a lifetime-best clocking in the 200-breast at 2:02.55. His 100-breast time serves as the third-best in TCU history. The Panama City native has failed to lose a race this season, improving to 14-0 for the season with nine relay medals.
Gyurko took a pair of freestyle events, claiming the 100-free (46.03) and the 200-free (1:41.44). Gyurko has yet to fall in the 200-free this season. Senior Josh Bagby led the way in the 50-free, picking up his third win of the year with a time of 21.07. Sophomore Friedrich Grott won the 200-fly for TCU with a time of 1:52.58.
Juniors Edgar Peyro and Jeff Gettel didn't get left out, each claiming wins Friday. Gettel continued his supremacy in the backstroke events, earning a 100-back win with his personal-best time of 50.17, while also garnering the 200-back title in 1:49.96. Peyro ripped ahead of the pack in the 100-fly with a career-best time of 50.43.
Junior diver Kyle Callens also resumed his reign from the sky, sweeping the springboard events. Coming off his second Mountain West Conference Male Diver of the Week performance in San Diego, Callens besting both of his season-opening scores Friday with a score of 336.07 on the one-meter, followed by a remarkable 362.85 mark from the three-meter dive. His three-meter output sits as his best performance from that height and ranks second all-time in Horned Frog history, while his one-meter dive lists as the third-best score for TCU.
TCU's relay squads served as perfect bookends to the afternoon, swimming the fastest times of the year. To start the meet, the team of Gyurko, Crespo, Peyro and Bagby torched through the 200-medley relay (1:31.56), while Crespo, freshman Devin Price, Gyurko and Bagby rounded out the evening with a 3:05.91 timing in the 400-free relay.
On the women's side, senior Stephanie Futscher maintained her dominance in the 200-fly, leading the way with a time of 2:05.57. After setting the TCU record for the 200-fly at the 2009 MWC Championships, the Irving, Texas product has gotten off to a 4-0 in the event to start the season.
Sophomore Ashley Bolin stole the 200-free event with her season-best time of 1:52.09. Junior Brittney Martinez followed suit with a win in the 200-back, tapping in at 2:05.91. Junior Maria Paula Alvarez wrapped up the winning for the women in the 500-free, finishing with a time of 5:03.60. Alvarez also took runner-up honors in the 1000-free at 10:25.81.
Other strong performances came from senior Jennifer Ferguson, sophomore Jennifer Oster and freshman Ali Berry. Ferguson garnered a runner-up finish in the three-meter diver (286.57), while Oster took silver honors in the 100-fly (57.56) and 100-back (58.45). Berry, a Houston product, took home second-place recognition in the 500-free (5:04.32) and third-place accolades in the 200-free at 1:52.75.
The Frogs will now prepare to send members to the U.S. Short Course National Championships in Federal Way, Wash., Dec. 3-6, while the divers will make a trip to Austin, Texas for the Texas Invitational.
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