Trinity Men Hold Day Two Lead at SCAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championship

Trinity Men Hold Day Two Lead at SCAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championship

THE COLONY, Texas - The Trinity University Tigers earned three first place finishes to hold the lead after the second day of the 2018 SCAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championship. Official Website | Thursday's Complete Results | Photo Gallery

After two DQ's in the 200-yard freestyle relay to start the night off, The Trinity Tigers took first, Colorado College Tigers took second, and the Austin College Roo's took third. 

Trinity then followed up with two more first-place finishes in the 500-yard freestyle and 200-yard Individual Medley to give them five straight since the competition started.

The Southwestern Pirates broke the Tigers' streak to end the night with their first gold medal finish of the competition. Southwestern senior Michael Glover earned a win in the men's 50 freestyle and finished 21.31 seconds.

The team standings after the first six events is as follows:

1) Trinity University - 352
2) Southwestern University - 249
3) Colorado College - 172
4) Centenary College - 143
5) Austin College - 142
6) McMurry University - 89
7) University of the Ozarks - 84 

Competition continues on Friday with preliminaries beginning at 10:30 a.m., women's and men's finals at 6 p.m. Click here for the complete schedule of events.