Trinity Men Lead After Day One of 2014 SCAC Swimming & Diving Championships

ROCKWALL, Texas -- After sweeping both the 200 medley and 800 free relays, the Trinity University men jumped out to quick lead on the opening day of the 2014 SCAC Swimming & Diving Championships. Official Website | Wednesday's Complete Results | Team Scores | Video Recap

At the completion of Wednesday's session, the Trinity men have 119 points, followed by Southwestern University with 87 points and Colorado College with 80 points. University of California-Santa Cruz - competing in its inaugural SCAC championship meet - is currently fourth with 64 points. Centenary College is fifth with 30 points and Austin College is sixth with 20 points.

The 200 medley relay team of Isaac Johnson, Tom Jones, Stephen Culberson and Adam Thomas finished in a time of 1:33.54 - the third-fastest time in SCAC meet history - to defeat Southwestern University. The Pirates finished in a time of 1:34.76, which established a new school record. Colorado College was third in a time of 1:36.87.

Trinity's Culberson, Andrew Thiesse, Lucas Belury and Conor Young completed the evening's session with a first-place finish in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 6:52.88 - the fourth fastest finish in SCAC meet history. It was the first win in the event for the TU program since 2008. Colorado College finished second (6:56.08) and UC-Santa Cruz came in third with a time of 6:56.59.

Men's 1-meter diving was also completed Wednesday evening with Colorado College's Austin Howlett earning his second-consecutive title in the event. Howlett dominated the event with a school-record and NCAA qualifying score of 498.10, breaking his previous standard in the 11-dive event by 17.15 points. Galve Deleste and Philip Whalen of Trinity University finished 2-3.

Competition continues on Thursday with preliminaris beginning at 10:30 a.m., women's 1-meter diving at 1:30 p.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m. Click here for the complete schedule of events.