Trinity First; Southwestern Second After Day Two of the 2014 SCAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championship

ROCKWALL, Texas -- The Trinity University men, behind three individual event wins, increased their lead to 91 points over second-place Southwestern University as the second day of competition at the 2014 SCAC Swimming and Diving Championships concluded Thursday evening at the Rockwall ISD. Official Website | Thursday's Complete Results | Team Scores | Video Recap

Trinity currently has 329 points, followed by Southwestern with 238 points. University of California-Santa Cruz is third with 190 points, Colorado College is fourth with 149 points, Centenary College is fifth with 106 points and Austin College sits at sixth with 38 points.

Sophomore Andrew Thiesse started the evening in grand style for the Texas Tigers, winning the 500 freestyle in a SCAC meet record time of 4:33.45. The time was also good for a NCAA 'B' cut. A pair of freshmen finished second and third as Mason Emery of UC-Santa Cruz touched at 4:40.04 and Evan Jones of Southwestern followed at 4:40.94.

In the men's 200 IM, it was Trinity sophomore Jon Hoffman who took his turn at the top of the podium, shattering the SCAC championship meet record by over a second and finishing in a time of 1:52.99. Hoffman's winning time was also good for a NCAA 'B' cut. Freshman Casey Colella of UC-Santa Cruz placed second in a time of 1:53.91 and sophomore Colin Chupik of Colorado College was third with a finishing time of 1:54.41.

In the men's 50 free, Stephen Culberson made it three-for-three for the Trinity men in both individual wins and SCAC record-setting performances. The junior blazed to a 20.25 finish, notching a NCAA 'B' cut and breaking a SCAC championship meet record that had stood since 2009. Junior Adam Thomas of Trinity was second in a time of 20.88 (also a NCAA 'B' cut) and freshman Simmon Belaineh of Southwestern placed third in a time of 21.27.

SCAC history was also made in the final men's event of the evening. The Southwestern men's team - consisting of Ty Lapinski, Kyler Wood, Shelby Hall and Simmon Belaineh - won the program's first-ever conference relay, outkicking UC-Santa Cruz and Trinity to the finish and winning the 400 yard medley relay in a time of 3:27.68. The Banana Slugs completed the relay in a time of 3:28.60 to nip the Tigers who completed the event in a time of 3:28.81.

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