Swimming & Diving 2011-2012 Season Recap
The Austin College men's and women's swimming and diving teams capped off their 2011-2012 season with a solid showing at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Meet in Rockwall.
The Austin College men's and women's swimming and diving teams capped off their 2011-2012 season with a solid showing at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Meet in Rockwall, with the men taking seventh place while the women finished eighth.
Several swimmers on both sides performed well throughout the course of the year, including men's swimmers Tim Matthews, Josh Tignor, Jacob Robbins and Mark Perez, who finished the year by setting a new school record in the 200 freestyle relay at the SCAC Championship. Matthews, Robbins, Perez and Jacob Fenster also set a new Austin College record in the 400 freestyle relay at the same event.
Matthews had a strong all around performance at the meet, putting together a career best performance to finish 16th in the 200 individual medley and also placing 14th in the 400 individual medley with a season best swim. Truman Word had a career best performance in the 400 individual medley, Fenster had a career best time in the 100 butterfly and Perez had a career best finish in the 200 freestyle as he placed 11th at the SCAC Championship.
The season also saw one member of the team make a miraculous comeback, as Jeff Munn survived cardiac arrest at practice to not only return to the team, but also put together a season best finish in the 500 freestyle at the SCAC Championship.
On the women's side, both Alex Brown and Kenzie Jones enjoyed outstanding seasons, highlighted by their performances at the conference championship meet. Brown placed 13th in the 400 individual medley and 15th in the 200 butterfly, finishing with season best times in both events. Brown also had a career best time in the 100 breaststroke as she came in 14th in the event. Jones also had a lifetime best performance at the SCAC Meet, finishing 16th in the 200 backstroke.
Overall, it was a solid season for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams as the 'Roos overcame adversity to perform well throughout the year, including several swimmers setting season bests at the Austin College Invitational, as well as the men getting a well earned victory over Hendrix.