LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga – Two Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s swimming & diving teams competed this past weekend.
Austin College
The 'Roo men's swimming and diving team
performed well but came up short against visiting McMurry, falling
115-91 on Saturday afternoon in Hannah Natatorium. Collin
Vu and Steven Cole had strong swims for Austin College, with
Vu winning the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 11:20.07 while
Cole took first in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:00.34,
more than five seconds faster than the second place
finisher. Parker Adams added a first place finish in the
1-meter diving event with a score of 136.87 points. Adams also won
the 3-meter event with a score of 116.50. Erik
Gentzel added a first place finish in the 100 yard backstroke,
coming in with a time of 56.50, while Braedon
Mitchell had a second place finish in the 50 yard freestyle
with a time of 23.44, less than half a second off the winning time.
Gentzel also had a second place finish in the 200 yard individual
medley, finishing with a time of 2:10.95, and Vu added a pair of
second place finish in the 100 and 500 yard freestyle events,
finishing with times of 51.98 and 5:30.39, respectively. Josh
Chanin also had a second place finish in the 100 yard
breaststroke with a time of 1:06.90, and the team of Adams,
Cole, Eric Drake, and Gentzel took second in the 200 yard
freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.58.
McMurry University
McMurry's men's swimmers pulled out a win this past
weekend on the road, defeating Austin College in Sherman
115-91. On the men's side of the action,
junior Kamron Salinas and freshman Vincent Crosby
II were both double individual winners. Salinas
carried the 200 individual medley in a time of 2:05.33 and then won
the 100 breast stroke at 1:03.65 minutes. Crosby
– along with teammate Craig Bell –
placed 1-2 in the 100 butterfly. Crosby finished at 56.06 seconds
and Bell chimed in at 57.70. Crosby also won the 500 freestyle
(5:21.67). Sophomore Cameron
Mills took the 50 freestyle in a time of 23.10
seconds. Junior Kent Grimes was victorious in the
100 freestyle (51.61), as
well. Like the women's team,
the McMurry men also won both relay races. The 200 freestyle relay
group – David Bowers, Mills, Bell and
Grimes – had a winning time of 1:33.50. In the 200 medley
relay, Bowers, Salinas, Crosby and Grimes took first in a clocking
of 1:41.31 minutes.
