Swim & Dive Earns A number of NIC Cuts at Midseasons

DALLAS – The UNT swimming and diving group competed at its midseason championship final week, from Wednesday to Saturday, at SMU’s Robson and Lindley Aquatics Center and turned in a number of National Invitational Championship cuts and an NCAA Zone reduce in diving.

One of the celebs of the meet for UNT was freshman Vivian Anderson, who led off the 200 medley relay group (together with Mikaela Goelst, Maria Mitova and Scarlett McCloud), which completed fifth with an NIC A-Cut time of 1:40.60. Anderson additionally earned an A-Cut time within the 50 backstroke with a 25.30. She additionally earned three NIC B-Cut instances within the 50 freestyle when she led off the 200 freestyle relay with a 23.21 break up, the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke, when she swam a 54.08, which is the third-fastest time in program historical past.

The Mean Green additionally obtained NIC B-Cut instances within the 100 breaststroke with Goelst’s 1:02.59 and within the 200 butterfly with Mitova’s 2:02.93 and Jette Schindler’s 2:03.48.

“We had a solid outing at the SMU Invitational,” UNT head coach Brittany Roth stated. “We have been working this semester to develop and implement our race planning and skill work needed to hit our ultimate goals. The SMU Invite was a great opportunity to test where we are after 12 weeks of work, and we saw every member of our team swimming the best of the season thus far. We had a lot of great efforts to celebrate through all of our NIC cuts, personal best times, and our athletes having strong Prelim swims to get into some great Finals positions. I’m excited to move into this next phase of training where we can target the next segment of our skill and speed development.”

On the diving facet, senior Kamryn Wong certified for NCAA Zones on the 3-meter springboard with a 323.95 to complete third within the occasion, whereas junior Sydney Guidara completed seventh with a 301.50 – additionally a Zone qualifying rating, however Guidara had already certified beforehand. Now each have certified for NCAA Zones on each the 1-meter and 3-meter boards.

The Mean Green shall be again in motion after they host New Mexico State on Dec. 19, at 12 p.m., with swimming on the Pohl Recreation Center and diving on the PEB Natatorium.