TCU Women Host New Mexico State on Friday
10/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 20, 2011
FORT WORTH -- TCU's women's swimming and diving team (2-1) plays host to the New Mexico State Aggies for the first of three-straight meets inside the TCU University Rec Center Natatorium.
The first gun is set to fire at 6 p.m. All meets inside the TCU URC Natatorium are free to the public.
About the TCU Women
The Frog women have five active TCU record holders on this year's roster, including Ashley Bolin and Sabine Rasch, who each hold three Frog records. Bolin is the school-record holder in the 200-free (1:48.19), 200-IM (2:02.89) and 400-IM (4:18.35).
Rasch, who in 2011 became only the second TCU woman to win an individual Mountain West crown with her 100-free title, holds the TCU records in the 50-free (22.90), 100-free (49.25) and 100-butterfly (54.33).
Other active school record holders for TCU are Michelle Fleming in the 200-breast (2:15.77) and Amanda Vincent in the 200-fly (1:59.20).
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Up Next
The TCU women return to the URC on Nov. 4 to take on inter-state rival Rice. Both teams are in action the following day against Mountain West foe Wyoming.
Last Time Out
TCU traveled to South Bend, Ind., last weekend to take on Notre Dame and Oakland. The Horned Frogs knocked off Oakland, 197-103, but fell to the Fighting Irish, 173-127. The day before, the Frogs finished second at the Dennis Stark Relays and broke two meet records (200-free relay, 400-free relay) in the process.
Series History vs. New Mexico State
In four meetings in school history, TCU has never fallen to the Aggies. The most recent meeting between the two schools was Nov. 9, 2006 when TCU clamed a 75-38 triumph.
Schedule of Events & Scoring
400-Medley Relay
1000-Freestyle
50-Freestyle
200-Individual Medley
1-Meter Diving
200-Butterfly
100-Freestyle
200-Backstroke
500-Freestyle
3-Meter Diving
200-Breaststroke
200-Freestyle Relay
Relay events are scored first to third, in an 11-4-2 scoring format. The top five placers in individual events score team points in a 9-4-3-2-1 format.
Starting No. 33
Richard Sybesma is in his 33rd year at the helm of the TCU swimming and diving programs in 2011-12, making him the longest-tenured head coach at TCU. A year ago, when the men's team knocked off Wyoming, Sybesma picked up his 400th win as the Horned Frog head coach. His total dual meet record stands at 408-277-4.
In the spring of 2011, Sybesma led Sabine Rasch to an individual Mountain West title in the 100-free and saw Edgar Crespo advance to the NCAA Men's Championship for the second-straight year.
Up to the Task
Swimming against tough competition in South Bend, Ind., last weekend, TCU record holders Sabine Rasch and Amanda Vincent proved up to the task of taking on some of the best.
TCU sprint specialist Rasch cruised to victories in the 50-free (23.41) and 100-free (51.66). In her TCU career, she has been defeated only once in the sprint events at a dual-meet.
Vincent, the TCU butterfly specialist, won both of those events, clocking a 56.24 in the 100-fly and a 2:02.04 in the 200-fly. Rasch leads the Mountain West in the 50-free and Vincent leads the league in the 200-fly.
Checking the Mountain West Rankings
The season is still young, but numerous TCU athletes have littered their names throughout the top ten of the Mountain West performance lists.
50-free: Sabine Rasch (1st, 23.41); Parris Schoppa (6th, 24.14); Lauren Kaufman (7th, 24.24)
100-free: Sabine Rasch (2nd, 51.48); Parris Schoppa (8th, 52.76); Katie Scarsella (10th, 53.02)
200-free: Katie Scarsella (7th, 1:53.61); Mackenzie Schuler (9th, 1:54.68)
500-free: Mackenzie Schuler (5th, 5:04.59); Kristi Dena (10th, 5:09.31)
1000-free: Ariel Bond (8th, 10:42.78); Emily-Rose Creighton (9th, 10:43.88); Lindsey Stevens (10th, 10:47.59)
100-back: Elizabeth Oster (9th, 58.71)
200-back: Elizabeth Oster (4th, 2:05.84; Victoria Thicke-Rattray (2:07.66)
100-breast: Van-Anh Hoang (4th, 1:06.08); Gabi Korac (9th, 1:06.86)
200-breast: Gabi Korac (3rd, 2:22.07); Michelle Fleming (6th, 2:23.31); Van-Ahn Hoang (8th, 2:23.72)
100-fly: Amanda Vincent (2nd, 56.24)
200-fly: Amanda Vincent (1st, 2:02.04); Ali Bleasdell (4th, 2:06.75); Christine Riddle (6th, 2:07.46)
200-IM: Victoria Thicke-Rattray (3rd, 2:08.27); Ali Bleasdell (5th, 2:08.86); Van-Ahn Hoang (9th, 2:11.01)
200-free relay: Sabine Rasch, Katie Scarsella, Parris Schoppa, Kristi Dena (1st, 1:36.17)
400-free relay: Sabine Rasch, Mackenzie Schuler, Katie Scarsella, Parris Schoppa (1st, 3:27.92)
200-medley relay: Ashley Alspaugh, Van-Anh Hoang, Amanda Vincent, Sabine Rasch (5th, 1:47.52)
3-meter springboard: Katie Lybbert (5th, 283.65)
Fast Starts
Numerous freshmen shined for the Horned Frogs in the season opener against Centenary College with Matt Korman won twice, Thor Stenfjord and Josh Mangus all claiming event wins for the men. Freshmen women winners were Ariel Bond, Ali Bleasdell, Mackenzie Schuler, Elizabeth Oster and Van-Anh Hoang.
Into International Waters
TCU senior Edgar Crespo suited up against the world's best this summer at the FINA World Swimming Championships. He set personal bests in the 50-breast (28.15), 100-breast (1:01.94) and 200-breast (2:17.38). All of those times were notched in an Olympic-size 50-meter pool.
Additionally, TCU freshman Josh Mangus notched a U.S. Olympic Trails qualifying standard in the 200-backstroke with a 2:04.39. That time was notched at the Speedo Junior National Championships in Palo Alto, Calif.
Sabine Rasch (Germany) and Laszlo Gyurko (Hungary) also competed at their country's national championships over the summer.
A Family Affair
With last year's signing class, TCU now features three sets of siblings on the 2011-12 roster. On the men's team, August Van Allen joins his older brother, Ross, who is a junior for the Frogs. Sophomore Gabi Korac, who transferred from Arkansas, joins her older sister Zrinka, a senior. Freshman Elizabeth Oster comes to TCU with her sister Jennifer, the TCU record holder in the 100-back.
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