'Roo Swimming Splits with McMurry

SHERMAN, Texas - The Austin College swimming and diving team split its season-opening home meet against McMurry University on Saturday, with the women topping the War Hawks 157-92 while the men fell 163-91.

Both the men and women opened up with a win in the 200 medley relay, with the women's team of Chloe Hunt, Samantha Thiele, Zuni Rubio, and Eleanna Martinez finishing with a time of 1:58.96 while the men's quartet of Sean Cookson, Alex Lai, Max Saenz, and Charles Stafford finished with a time of 1:44.03. Liberty Chanin added a victory in the 1000 freestyle for the women, touching with a time of 11:34.92, and Hunt took first in the 50 backstroke with a time of 31.02.

Stafford added a first place finish for the men in the 200 free, coming in with a time of 1:54.23, and Thiele gave the women another first place finish with a time of 32.73 in the 50 breaststroke. Martinez delivered a first place finish in the 50 free with a time of 27.63, and Saenz gave the men another win in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.41.

Stafford got another first place finish in the 100 free, touching with a time of 50.06, and Chanin gave the women another victory in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:06.86. Thiele won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:10.13, and Rubio took first for the women in the 50 butterfly with a time of 31.17. Saenz took first in the 50 fly as well, coming in with a time of 24.32, and Thiele added another win for the women with a time of 2:18.23 in the 200 individual medley. That time was more than 16 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

Wrapping up the day, both the men and women took first in the 200 free relay, with the women's team of Martinez, Hunt, Chanin, and Kiara Bobb finishing with a time of 1:53.07 while the men's team of Stafford, Saenz, Cookson, and Ben Rafalski won with a time of 1:33.80.