Pitt vs. Utah vs. SMU
Ladies’s Recap
The Pitt girls have moved to 7-0 on the season by defeating SMU and Utah on the tri-meet in Dallas over the weekend, which is this system’s greatest begin because the 1985-86 season, per the college’s launch.
The Panthers gained six occasions over the two-day affair, choosing up their first win of the day within the first occasion, as Claire Jansen, Jessica Robust, Sophie Yendell, and Anna Wiechertjes mixed for a 1:37.90 within the 200 medley relay. Earlier this season, the Pitt girls hit an ‘A’ lower within the 200 medley relay, securing the crew’s first NCAA relay qualification since 2006.
The crew saved rolling by way of the primary half of the meet, successful 4 of the primary seven occasions. Kimmy Shannon gained the 1000 freestyle (10:04.42), Jansen the 100 backstroke (53.15), Sydney Gring the 200 fly (1:58.23), and Yendell the 50 freestyle (21.96). Yendell rattled her 50 freestyle college report of 21.83 for the second time this season with a 21.96—her season greatest stands at 21.88 from the Texas Corridor of Fame Invite. It was the primary of two occasion wins for her on the weekend; she picked up the win within the 100 fly later within the meet, swimming 52.28 and going 1-2 with Gring (52.51).
Although the ultimate outcomes weren’t essentially what the host crew hoped for on its Senior Day, the Mustangs nonetheless had a lot to cheer about as they picked up six occasion wins within the pool. Senior Rachel Anderson highlighted the motion for SMU, successful two particular person occasions and shifting as much as fifth on the varsity’s all-time prime performers record within the 200 backstroke.
Anderson swam a lifetime better of 1:54.38 to maneuver up the varsity’s rankings, then hit a second lifetime greatest to win the 200 IM in 2:01.48. It was a decent race within the 200 IM, the highest three had been separated by five-tenths. Anderson was third after the breaststroke leg however cut up a 28.19 on freestyle to cross Utah’s Ella Derby (2:01.52) and Pitt’s Abby Henderson (2:01.98).
Teia Salvino earned SMU’s first win of the day within the third occasion, the 200 freestyle. Like Anderson, she used a robust closing cut up to win, firing off a 27.23 on the ultimate 50 yards to win in 1:47.02, eight-hundredths forward of Avery Kudlac (1:47.10). Mira Szimczak gained the five hundred freestyle (4:51.22), edging out Pitt’s Kimmy Shannon by two-tenths. Maddy Parker rounded out the Mustangs’ particular person occasion wins with a 48.32 within the 100 freestyle, then teamed with Salvino, Madeleine Herbert, and Summer time Osborne to win the 400 freestyle relay (3:16.64) six-hundredths forward of Pitt.
Utah swept the breaststroke occasions. Alyssa Sorensen got here again on the ultimate 50 yards to beat Izzy Krantzcke on the contact, 1:01.76 to 1:01.90. The swim was a lifetime greatest for Sorensen, bettering on her swim from the 2024 Pac-12 Championships by a hundredth. Equally, Rylee McColley used a robust remaining 50 to win the 200 breaststroke. She swam a field-best 34.06 on the final 50, out-splitting the following quickest swimmer by .62 seconds and stopping the clock at 2:15.45.
Males’s Recap
The Mustangs got here away with a sweep on the boys’s aspect of the meet, besting each Pitt and SMU. The Pitt males triumphed over Utah on the ultimate aspect of the tri-meet.
The Pitt males gained the 200 medley relay to kick off the meet, swimming a 1:25.30 to greatest SMU’s 1:25.59. The Mustangs started to choose up steam within the 1000 freestyle, as Laszlo Galicz and Jack Hoagland completed 1-2 in 9:05.14 and 9:05.63. Hoagland saved swimming and picked up an NCAA ‘B’ lower time within the mile (15:00.45). Hoagland additionally swam 3:46.58 in a 400 IM time trial.
Sophomore Jack Berube had a superb day for the Mustangs, sweeping the backstroke occasions. He clocked 46.54 within the 100 backstroke, the place he’s the varsity record-holder, then moved as much as second on SMU’s all-time record within the 200. Berube swam a lifetime greatest 1:42.41 within the 200 backstroke, bettering on the 1:43.04 he swam on the SMU Invitational. Lastly, Berube swam a lifetime greatest 44.47 main off SMU’s successful 400 freestyle relay (2:53.34).
Sage Sungail and Jack Moore additionally collected particular person occasion wins for the house twam. Sungail touched first within the 50 freestyle (19.88) forward of a 2-3 end from Utah. Later, Moore edged out Pitt’s Max Matteazzi within the 200 IM, 1:46.48 to 1:46.81.
Matteazzi was second within the 200 IM, however he’d gained the 200 breaststroke earlier within the meet. The Panther closed exhausting, splitting 30.08 to beat SMU’s Kristaps Mikelsons by a tenth. Matteazzi swam 1:58.01, whereas Mikelsons took second in 1:58.11.
The Panthers earned 5 particular person occasion wins on the meet, together with the 200 breast, which helped them get the higher of Utah. Freshman Julian Koch collected two occasion wins, successful the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Koch swam 43.50 within the 100 freestyle, pulling forward of a 2-3 SMU end and out-touching runner-up Ward Lockhart by .26 seconds. He gained the 100 butterfly by a slimmer margin, clocking 47.32 to edge out 200 fly winner Evan VanBrocklin by .14 seconds.
Marcin Goraj and Eli Hobson rounded out Pitt’s occasion wins; Goraj gained the 200 freestyle (1:35.71), whereas Hobson claimed the 100 breaststroke (53.65).
