SMU Welcomes Arizona And TCU In Double Twin Meet | Thursday & Friday

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Women’s Swimming and Diving is ready to host a two-day double twin meet in opposition to TCU and [RV] Arizona at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center on Thursday and Friday.

The first session of the meet will begin at 4 pm on Thursday, and the second session might be at 10 am on Friday.

The Mustangs went in opposition to the Frogs in a twin meet final season, defeating TCU 168-127 on the second day.

SMU presently has 5 marks within the NCAA Top 50. The Mustangs’ 400 medley relay workforce of Maddy Parker, Summer Osborne, Cassidy Allison and Madeleine Hebert clocked a time of 1:30.18 in opposition to No. 25 Texas A&M–which is presently the Seventeenth-fastest time within the nation.

Order of Events

Friday

400 Medley Relay

1650 Free

100 Back

100 Breast

200 Fly

100 Free

200 IM

200 Free Relay

3-Meter Diving

Saturday

200 Medley Relay

500 Free

50 Free

200 Back

200 Breast

100 Fly

200 Free

400 IM

400 Free Relay

1-Meter Diving

SMU vs No. 25 Texas A&M

SMU gained seven occasions in its twin meet in opposition to No. 25 Texas A&M.

Isabella Krantzcke swept the breaststroke occasions and broke into this system’s top-10 performers record within the 100 breast.

ACC Weekly Awards Sweep

Macey Oppliger and Summer Osborne had been named Atlantic Coast Conference Performers of the Week as introduced by the convention on Tuesday.

The Mustangs swept the ACC weekly honors following their quad meet sweep in opposition to UNT, UIW and Oklahoma Christian on Friday.

Oppliger earned her first ACC honors after her first collegiate meet in opposition to UNT, UIW and Oklahoma Christian the place she gained the 3-meter whereas incomes an NCAA Zone Cut with a rating of 300.15.

Osborne gained the 100 free, 200 free and anchored SMU’s profitable 400 free relay in Friday’s quad meet in opposition to UNT, UIW and Oklahoma Christian.

The Auckland, New Zealand, native presently holds the quickest 200 free time (1:47.02) within the nation after week two of school swimming and diving.

These awards are this system’s first ACC weekly honors.

SMU’s Season Opener

SMU gained 15 out of 16 occasions in its season-opener quad meet in opposition to at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center on Friday.

Isabella Krantzcke gained three particular person occasions, whereas Annemarie Vlaic and Macey Oppliger gained their first collegiate occasions.

Returning To The Hilltop

SMU returned 10 Mustangs from their first season within the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 10 returners embrace NCAA Championships performer Maddy Parker and 2024 two-time American Athletic Conference champion, Jimena Leal.

Parker positioned twenty sixth within the 100 Free on the NCAA Championships. She swam the second-fastest time in SMU historical past within the 100 Free (48.09), the third quickest 50 Free time in program historical past (22.26) and fifth quickest 200 Free in historical past (1:45.69) final season.

Leal gained the 200 again and 400 medley relay whereas ending second within the 100 again within the AAC Championships in 2024. That season, Leal made two NCAA B cuts within the 100 and 200 again. Senior Tiffanie Ruan is the one returning swimmer from the 400 free relay quartet that gained gold within the 2024 AAC Championships.

On the diving facet, Reagan Evans return after putting 53rd on 3-meter (234.20) on the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. She positioned 14th on 3-meter on the ACC Championships

A New Look

SMU’s 2025-26 squad options six new faces. All the newcomers are freshmen consisting of 5 swimmers and a diver.

New Associate Head Coach

McCall joined the Mustangs after serving 4 years at TCU Swimming and Diving. She spent two years because the Horned Frogs’ assistant coach earlier than getting promoted to affiliate head coach in 2023.

Prior to her time in Fort Worth, Texas, McCall spent 5 years at Florida Atlantic University Swimming and Diving as an assistant coach, the place she was the lead recruiter for FAU’s males’s workforce. She recruited three athletes who broke faculty information of their first appearances for FAU previously two years.

In her first yr at SMU, she gained gold medals in the 800 free relay and 1650 free, together with a bronze medal within the 200 free and runner-up honors within the 500 free. She was a member of the C-USA championship-winning 800 free relay workforce as a junior. In addition to nice athletic outcomes, McCall additionally earned Scholar Baller Honors for exhibiting development in lecturers over the course of her 4 years at SMU.