Friday Results (PDF)
 
DALLAS, Texas – Two more meet records went down on the fifth day of the 2023 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships Friday, February 17 at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium in Dallas.
 
After 15 events on the women’s side, Houston leads with 972 points, but FIU has closed the gap to 15 points and has 957 points. SMU is third with 863 points, followed by Rice (789), Cincinnati (586), East Carolina (505), Florida Atlantic (417), North Texas (364) and Tulane (283). On the men’s side, SMU leads Cincinnati, 899-772.
 
Three men earned their second individual event wins of the meet, including Cincinnati’s Michael Balcerak and SMU’s Colin Feehery and Lance Butler, while Lucrezia Napoletano captured her second individual event on the women’s side.
 
FIU won the women’s 400 medley relay in a time of 3:36.67 with Kelsie Campbell, Christie Chue, Oumy Diop and Harliai Curthoys-Davies. Rice finished second in 3:36.50, while SMU was third in 3:38.82.
 
In the men’s 400 medley relay, the SMU side of Riley Hill, Feehery, Russell Exum and Butler won in a time 3:08.94, ahead of Cincinnati, which finished 3:12.94. Butler captured the 100 breaststroke in 53.15 for his second individual win. His SMU teammates Joe Rusnock (53.48) and Evan McCormick (53.62) placed second and third, respectively.
 
Feehery broke his second Championship record of the meet, capturing the men’s 400 IM in 3:42.99, taking down the previous record of 3:43.97, set in 2017 by Jonathan Gomez of SMU. Cotton Fields of SMU finished in second in 3:45.60, while Spencer Sehlhorst of Cincinnati placed third in 3:48.54.
 
Napoletano finished first in the 200 freestyle in 1:46.19, just ahead of Rice’s Lauren McDougall in 1:46.55. Zoe Spitz of Rice placed third in 1:47.37. Later in the evening, Spitz won the 100 backstroke in 52.80, ahead of her Rice teammate Iomgen Meers in 53.72. Cincinnati’s Lily Jones placed third in 54.24.
 
Balcerak captured the 100 butterfly in 46.72, ahead of Exum (46.82) and SMU’s John Easton (47.17). In the women’s 100 fly, Rice’s Arielle Hayon finished first in 52.01. SMU’s Luana Alonso (52.08) and Valentina Becerra (52.80) were second and third, respectively.
 
Cincinnati’s Joleigh Crye led three swimmers under the minute mark in the women’s 100 breaststroke, winning in a Championship-record time of 59.07. Chue placed second in 59.28 and Houston’s Henrietta Fangli was third in 59.96.
 
FIU’s Nicole Frank-Rodriguez started off the finals session by winning the women’s 400 IM in a time of 4:14.53. Amelia Kane of Rice’s was second in 4:18.39, while SMU’s Frederica Kizek finished third in 4:19.12.
 
Bearcat Hunter Gubeno won the men’s 100 backstroke in 47.64, while Hill was second in 47.80 and SMU’s Rob McCall was third in 48.49.
 
SMU’s Sage Sungail finished first in the men’s 200 freestyle in 1:36.18, while his teammate Jack Forrest was second in 1:37.56 and Cincinnati’s Calvin Coetzee placed third in 1:37.64.
 
The championship concludes Saturday, February 18 with the 1,650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly and the 400 freestyle relay. Prelims begin at 11 a.m. Eastern and finals will start at 6 p.m. Eastern.
 
2023 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships
 
Championship Meet Schedule
All Times Listed are Eastern
 
Monday, February 13
Event 1 - Men's 3m Diving – Winner: Peter Smithson, SMU – 393.10
Event 2 - Women's 1m Diving – Winner: Nicole Stambo, SMU – 307.55

Tuesday, February 14
Event 3 - Men's 1m Diving – Winner: Peter Smithson, SMU – 330.90
Event 4 - Women's 3m Diving – Winner: Chase Farris, Houston – 337.65

Wednesday, February 15
Event 5 - Women's 200-yard Medley Relay – Winner: FIU – Campbell, Chue, Diop, Shpilko – 1:37.64
Event 6 - Men's 200-yard Medley Relay – Winner: SMU – Bruns, Butler, Hill, Baker – 1:25.44
Event 7 - Men's Platform Diving – Winner: Peter Smithson, SMU – 368.50
Event 8 - Women's Platform Diving – Winner: Maha Gouda, FIU – 296.10 – Championship Record
Event 9 - Women's 800-yard Freestyle Relay – Winner: FIU – Curthoys-Davies, Chue, Zahab, Eidesgaard – 7:10.86
Event 10 - Men's 800-yard Freestyle Relay – Winner: SMU – Feehery, Easton, Forrest, Sungail – 6:21.56

Thursday, February 16
Event 11 - Women's 500-yard Freestyle – Winner: Eden Humphrey, Houston – 4:44.84
Event 12 - Men's 500-yard Freestyle – Winner: Michael Balcerak, Cincinnati – 4:20.65
Event 13 - Women's 200-yard Individual Medley – Winner: Christie Chue, FIU – 1:58.40
Event 14 - Men's 200-yard Individual Medley – Winner: Colin Feehery, SMU – 1:43.87 – Championship Record
Event 15 - Women's 50-yard Freestyle – Winner: Lucrezia Napoletano, SMU – 22.70
Event 16 - Men's 50-yard Freestyle – Winner: Lance Butler, SMU – 19.54
Event 17 - Women's 200-yard Freestyle Relay – Winner: SMU – Napoletano, Alonso, Ruan, Gudmundsdottir – 1:30.84
Event 18 - Men's 200-yard Freestyle Relay – Winner: SMU – Butler, Baker, Bruns, Kaye – 1:17.51 – Championship Record

Friday, February 17
Event 19 - Women's 400-yard Individual Medley – Winner: Nicole Frank-Rodriguez, FIU – 4:14.53
Event 20 - Men's 400-yard Individual Medley – Winner: Colin Feehery, SMU – 3:42.99 – Championship Record
Event 21 - Women's 100-yard Butterfly – Winner: Arielle Hayon, Rice – 52.01
Event 22 - Men's 100-yard Butterfly – Winner: Michael Balcerak, Cincinnati – 46.72
Event 23 - Women's 200-yard Freestyle – Winner: Lucrezia Napoletano, SMU – 1:46.19
Event 24 - Men's 200-yard Freestyle – Winner: Sage Sungail, SMU – 1:36.18
Event 25 - Women's 100-yard Breaststroke – Winner: Joleigh Crye, Cincinnati – 59.07 – Championship Record
Event 26 - Men's 100-yard Breaststroke – Winner: Lance Butler, SMU – 53.15
Event 27 - Women's 100-yard Backstroke – Winner: Zoe Spitz, Rice – 52.80
Event 28 - Men's 100-yard Backstroke – Winner: Hunter Gubeno, Cincinnati – 47.64
Event 29 - Women's 400-yard Medley Relay – FIU – Campbell, Chue, Diop, Curthoys-Davies – 3:35.87
Event 30 - Men's 400-yard Medley Relay – SMU – Hill, Feehery, Exum, Butler – 3:12.94

Saturday, February 18 | Session 8 - Prelims - 11 a.m. - ESPN+ | Session 9 - Finals - 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Event 31 - Women's 1,650-yard Freestyle (Finals Only)
Event 32 - Men's 1,650-yard Freestyle (Finals Only)
Event 33 - Women's 200-yard Backstroke
Event 34 - Men's 200-yard Backstroke
Event 35 - Women's 100-yard Freestyle
Event 36 - Men's 100-yard Freestyle
Event 37 - Women's 200-yard Breaststroke
Event 38 - Men's 200-yard Breaststroke
Event 39 - Women's 200-yard Butterfly
Event 40 - Men's 200-yard Butterfly
Event 41 - Women's 400-yard Freestyle Relay (Finals Only)
Event 42 - Men's 400-yard Freestyle Relay (Finals Only)