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SMU women take over lead, while Mustang men battle East Carolina for the top spot
GREENSBORO, N.C. – SMU's women scored two individual event wins while the Mustang men's team maintained a slight lead against East Carolina through two days of competition at the American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
SMU senior Rachel Nicol and sophomore Kirsty McLauchlan took the top two places in the 200-yard individual medley, while Mustangs seniors Isabella Arcila and Nathalie Lindborg turned in a 1-2 finish in the 50 freestyle to highlight the women's competition. The men's meet was highlighted by the second straight diving win for SMU senior Devin Burnett.
SMU leads the women's meet with 270 points, while UConn is second with 221. East Carolina is third with 219.5 points, followed by Tulane (166.5), Houston (163) and Cincinnati (150).
The four-team men’s competition has SMU in first place with 347 points, followed by East Carolina (340), UConn (286) and Cincinnati (210).
Nicol turned in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:59.49 in the 200 IM to edge McLauchlan, who touched the wall in 2:01.57. The Mustangs were able to produce big points in the 50 freestyle, meanwhile, as SMU stacked the champioship final with five swimmers after the morning preliminaries. Arcila turned out to be the best of the bunch as she hit a provisional NCAA time of 22.25 seconds to tie her own meet record set earlier in the day. Lindborg was second in 22.39, while UConn's Chinyere Pigot - the 2014 American champion - was third in 22.89.
SMU closed the women's portion of Thursday's action with a win in the 200 freestyle relay as the Mustangs touched in 1:30.71 to edge Cincinnati, which finished in 1:32.66.
Cincinnati picked up an individual event win as sophomore Jackie Keire defended her conference title in the 500 freestyle. Keire earned her third career American Athletic Conference individual title with a meet record time of 4:42.68 to win the 500 by nearly five seconds.
The men's competition saw Burnett remain unbeaten in American Athletic Conference diving events for his career as the Mustang senior took first on the three-meter springboard. Burnett, who won all three diving events at last year's championship and won the one-meter diving event Wednesday, scored 341.40 points on the three-meter board to hold of UConn's John Brice, who scored 310.45 to turn in his second runner-up finish of the 2015 championship.
SMU freshman Christian Scherubl, a 2012 Olympian from Austria won the men's 500 freestyle for SMU as he clocked 4:18.23 to beat defending champion Christopher Girg from UConn (4:24.56).
East Carolina’s men closed the gap on the Mustangs in the team standings, however, as the Pirates took three event wins Thursday. Senior Rokas Cepulis led the way in the 200 individual medley as he and Fran Krznaric went 1-2. Cepulis won in 1:45.61 to edge his teammate, who touched in 1:45.73.
East Carolina's Nikola Simic was the only swimmer to break 20 seconds in the 50 freestyle as the Pirate senior finished in 19.87 seconds. The Pirates capped the night with a 1:19.77 finish in the 200 freestyle relay to defeat second-place SMU by nearly a second.
Competition continues Friday, with preliminaries at noon ET and finals at 6 p.m. ET as the individual swimming events get underway.
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2015 American Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships
Feb. 18-21, 2015
Greensboro Aquatics Center • Greensboro, N.C.
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Women’s Scores (through 7 of 21 events)
1. SMU 270
2. UConn 221
3. East Carolina 219.5
4. Tulane 166.5
5. Houston 163
6. Cincinnati 150
Men’s Scores (through 8 of 21 events)
1. SMU 347
2. East Carolina 340
3. UConn 286
4. Cincinnati 210
Thursday, February 19
Preliminaries: 10 a.m.; Diving 12:30 p.m.; Finals: 6 p.m.
Event 7 1 Meter Diving Preliminaries - Men
Event 7 1 Meter Diving Consolation - Men
Event 8 500 Yard Freestyle - Women
Event 9 500 Yard Freestyle - Men
Event 10 200 Individual Medley - Women
Event 11 200 Individual Medley - Men
Event 12 50 Yard Freestyle - Women
Event 13 50 Yard Freestyle - Men
Event 7 1 Meter Diving Final - Men
Event 14 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Women
Event 15 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Men
Friday, February 20
Preliminaries: 10 a.m.; Diving: 12:30 p.m.; Finals: 6 p.m.
Event 16 3 Meter Diving Preliminaries - Women
Event 16 3 Meter Diving Consolation - Women
Event 17 400 Individual Medley - Women
Event 18 400 Individual Medley - Men
Event 19 100 Yard Butterfly - Women
Event 20 100 Yard Butterfly - Men
Event 21 200 Yard Freestyle - Women
Event 22 200 Yard Freestyle - Men
Event 23 100 Yard Breaststroke - Women
Event 24 100 Yard Breaststroke - Men
Event 25 100 Yard Backstroke - Women
Event 26 100 Yard Backstroke - Men
Event 16 3 Meter Diving Final
Event 27 400 Yard Medley Relay - Women
Event 28 400 Yard Medley Relay - Men
Saturday, February 21
Preliminaries: 10 a.m.; Diving: 12:30 p.m.; Finals: 6 p.m.
Senior Recognition Ceremonies 5:35 p.m.
Event 29 Platform Diving Preliminaries - Men
Event 30 Platform Diving Preliminaries - Women
Event 31 1,650 Yard Freestyle - Women
Event 32 1,650 Yard Freestyle - Men
Event 33 200 Yard Backstroke - Women
Event 34 200 Yard Backstroke - Men
Event 35 100 Yard Freestyle - Women
Event 36 100 Yard Freestyle - Men
Event 37 200 Yard Breaststroke - Women
Event 38 200 Yard Breaststroke - Men
Event 39 200 Yard Butterfly - Women
Event 40 200 Yard Butterfly - Men
Event 29 Platform Diving Final - Men
Event 30 Platform Diving Final - Women
Event 41 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - Women
Event 42 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - Men