TCU Earns Senior Day Victories Over Texas Permian Basin

Saturday, January 10

Fort Worth

Diving 10 a.m. / Swimming 11 a.m.

TCU

Texas Permian Basin

TCU Earns Senior Day Victories Over Texas Permian Basin

1/10/2026 1:33:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Horned Frogs capture third sweep in a row

FORT WORTH – In a Saturday showdown at the TCU Recreational Center, the TCU swimming and diving team grabbed a pair of wins over Texas Permian Basin to earn the team's third win in a row.

The women's side won 228-51, and the men posted a 215-76 victory over UTPB. TCU won all but one event for the day. A total of 31 out of 32 events had a TCU representative atop the leaderboards at the conclusion of the meet.

TCU started out the day with a pair of wins in the 200 medley relay. The women's squad of Taylor Steelman, Giorgia Vavalle, Aubrey Finn and Hannah Wachendorfer posted a time of 1:45.58 and the men's side of Edgar Cicanci, Colin Clough, Nigel Forbes and Charlie Bishop touched the wall in 1:30.45.

Amelia Snyder captured the win in the 1000 free after clocking a10:38.42. Deacon Gutshall followed with an effort of 9:33.61 to secure the second of many event sweeps for the Frogs. Sydney Inman captured the win in the 200 free with a 1:53.95 and Luka Cavic joined in on the fun with a 1:41.80.

Finn touched the wall in 57.77 to win the 100 back, and Cicanci notched a 48.36 to earn each of them their second wins of the day in the opening moments of the match. Vavalle (1:06.54) would soon add her second triumph on the day in the 100 breast, and Nikola Koltin gave TCU another swimmer atop the podium with a 56.64 effort.

Stella Todd (2:09.79) would be the Frogs' lone victor for the 200 fly, clocking a 2:09.79. Heading into the first break, Molly Cullen blazed to a 23.68 for a win in the 50 free and Horton posted a 20.13 to create some positive momentum for the Frogs.

In diving, David Ekdahl shined on the day, earning wins on both 1-meter and 3-meter. On 1-meter, the reigning Big 12 Diver of the Week scored the 370.95 to secure the victory and on 3-meter had an impressive 414.90 to round out his dominant day on the boards. On the women's side, Lauren Cey (282.75) earned a triumph on 1-meter and Emma Larcada Herrera (300.98) grabbed a win on 3-meter with a 300.98.

Coming out of the break, Avery Dillon had a 52.57 to win the 100 free, and Viktor Hristov threw down a 45.17 to secure the event sweep. Audrey Worgull (2:04.89) and Cicanci (1:48.43) posted wins on the 200 back as well.

In the 200 breast, Vavalle collected another win with a 2:22.06 effort, and Koltin threw down a 2:04.86 to grab his second victory of the day. Steelman (5:08.99) and Filip Suchanski (4:41.41) earned triumphs in the 500 free as the individual events started to dwindle down for the day.

Morgan Gore won the 100 fly with a time of 57.36, and Quint Erwin followed with a 49.93. In the final individual event of the day, Nicole Christensen (4:34.58) and Braedon Ando (4:06.66) won the 400 IM.

The women's 200 free relay squad of Lexi Drap, Finn, Gore and Cullen touched the wall in 1:36.98 to grab the win. To close out the meet, Suchanski, Hristov, Cavic and Nick Rozenberg notched a 1:24.08 to grab the final event sweep of the day.

SENIORS RECOGNIZED
Oliver Cazaly
Lauren Cey
Edgar Cicanci
Colin Clough
Lexi Drap
David Ekdahl
Leah Fletcher
Morgan Gore
Peter Horton
Grant Klatt
Kornel Kohalmi
Alessandra Senis
Amelia Snyder
Stella Todd
Giorgia Vavalle
Aaron Wilmes
Yasmin Lopes

UP NEXT
The swimming and diving program is set to take part in the Big 12 East Championships, running from Jan. 16-17 in Houston, Texas.

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