MIDLAND, TEXAS – Sophomore Caleb Bush (San Angelo, Texas), freshman Kailey Dutcher (Monahan, Texas) and McMurry University's 200-yard freestyle relays took home first-place finishes Friday, Sept. 30.

The season-opening dual against NCAA Division II University of Texas at Permian Basin saw head coach Arthur Wang's women's team post 84 points and the men produce 48. Bush captured the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.32, edging UT-PB's Matthew Newman by seven-hundredths of a second. Dutcher bookended the event sweep, clocking a 1:16.89 which defeated the field by nearly four seconds.

Freshman Grace Lee (Dripping Springs, Texas), freshman Caitlyn Sauer (Anthem, Ariz.), junior Cheyenne Lavender (Andrews, Texas) and freshman Paige McMahan (Sherman, Texas) claimed the women's 200-yard freestyle (1:51.87). Junior Jaxon Batten (Abilene, Texas), junior Isaiah Narvaez (Abilene, Texas), junior Brayden Reeves (Burleson, Texas) and sophomore Alec Feldhousen (Rockwell, Texas) ended first in the same event (1:37.34).

McMurry continues its fall season Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15, at Centenary College of Louisiana.