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Swimming & Diving Earns Split Decisions At WVU
1/16/2015 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The TCU women's swimming and diving team picked up their sixth win of the season against West Virginia, 155-145, on Friday night in Morgantown, W.Va. The men's team fell to the Mountaineers for their first loss of the season, 192-108.
"I'm excited for our women's team and their win over West Virginia tonight," head coach Richard Sybesma said. "Our men's team lost to a very good team tonight in the Mountaineers."
Senior Cooper Robinson set a new WVU Natatorium record in the men's 200 back with a time of 1:47.93. He broke his own record of 1:48.19 set in 2013.
Freshman Devin Newton picked up three individual wins in the women's 100 & 200 breast, as well as the 200 IM events. In the 100 breast, she clocked in at 1:04.69 and in the 200, she paced to a time of 2:23.05. Her 200 IM win came by a time of 2:05.50.
Senior Thor Stenfjord and freshman Connor Dobbs posted first and second place times in the men's 1000 free at 9:37.37 and 9:38.08, respectively. It's the fourth time this season that Stenfjord has won the event in a dual meet.
Not to be outdone, junior Mikayla Winkler and senior Mackenzie Schuler finished back-to-back in the top spots of the women's 200 free race. Winkler paced to a time of 1:50.98, her third win of the season, and Schuler put up a time of 1:53.94.
Winkler would also win the women's 500 free by almost six seconds, finishing with a time of 4:57.88. The mark was her best this season in the event.
Stenfjord followed up Winkler's performance with a win of his own in the men's 500 free. It was his second win of the season in the event, pacing to a time of 4:34.95.
Freshmen Carlos Hunnicutt (1:52.01) and Matt Spallas (1:52.51) finished 0.5 seconds apart en route to the top times in the men's 200 fly. It was Hunnicutt's fourth win of the season in the event.
In the women's 200 back, senior Ali Bleasdell claimed the top spot with a time of 2:03.50, her first of the season in the event.
Freshman Emily Gibson claimed the 100 fly in a photo-finish race, posting a time of 56.29, only 0.03 seconds ahead of second place. It was her fourth win of the season in the event.
The quartet of Julia Grace Sanders, Emily Gibson, Mikayla Winkler and Mackenzie Schuler tallied the best time in the 400 free relay at 3:28.31. The relay victory was the deciding factor in the win over the Mountaineers.
In the women's 1-meter dive, junior Kristen Connolly recorded the team's top mark with a score of 264.37.
Senior Courtney Cheek had the top score for the Horned Frogs in the women's 3-meter dive at 228.60.
On the men's side, Ricky Bradley had the top marks in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. He posted a third-place finish in the 1-meter event at 268.95 and recorded a score of 277.73 in the 3-meter dive.
The Horned Frogs return to the University Rec Center Natatorium on Friday, Jan. 30, against North Texas for senior night at 6 p.m.
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