Monday, January 7, 2008

TCU swimming and diving falls to San Diego State

By Pegasus News wire

The TCU women's swimming and diving team fell to San Diego State on Friday by a score of 169-129 at the Aztec Aquaplex. The loss dropped the Horned Frogs to 4-5 overall and 1-4 in the Mountain West Conference.

Junior swimmer Cheryl Townsend had a breakout performance on Friday, leading the Frogs with two event wins. Townsend took the top spot in the 200-back with a time of 2:07.61, and followed with a victory in the 200-IM with a clocking of 2:11.15.

Stephanie Futscher, a sophomore from Irving, Texas, remained undefeated in MWC action in the 200-fly event, taking the top spot in a time of 2:11.95. Futscher is now 5-0 in the event against league opponents.

The women's squad received a boost for the spring season with the addition of Maria Alvarez. The Cali, Colombia product provided an immediate spark, winning the 500-free event in a time of 5:10.75. Alvarez also swam to a third-place finish in the 200-free (1:58.21).

Freshman Nikki Pappas recorded her third victory of the season by taking the top spot in the 50-free in a time of 25.35. Fellow freshman Jessica Miles followed in third position with a time of 25.55.

Katie Rosen recorded another solid outing on Friday, swimming to runner-up finishes in the 100- (1:07.94) and 200-breast (2:25.77).

Other Frogs who posted top-three finishes included Meredith Grubb (200-fly), Shannon Jones (100-free), Natalie Melenric (100-fly) and Keilah Walker (1000-free).

In diving action, junior Hannah Hale led the Frogs with a fourth-place showing in the one-meter event (234.15) and a sixth-place finish in the three-meter (233.62).

The 200-free relay squad of Miles, Mychala Lynch, Jones and Pappas took the top spot in a time of 1:41.28, while the 200-medley relay squad of Brittney Martinez, Ellie Bradley, Lynch and Pappas led TCU with a third-place showing (1:52.56).

The men's and women's squads will return to action on Jan. 10 against BYU at 3 p.m. CT.

Source: TCU

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