TMU has fast start to PCSC Championships

TMU Swimming & Diving made a splash on the first day of the Pacific Collegiate Swim & Dive Conference Championships on Wednesday, setting multiple program records and swimming two national qualifying times.
 
"The first day went great," Master's Interim Head Coach Curren Bates said. "Many lifetime bests across the men's and women's teams, plus a national meet qualification by Ryan Tanis and Xavier Gutierrez in the 100 free."
 
Xavier Gutierrez (48.44 s) and Ryan Tanis (48.55 s) both swam national qualifying times in the men's 100 yard freestyle and were part of a 200 yard medley relay, along with David Kugler and Nilton Dos Santos de Oliveira, that placed seventh in a time of 1:40.03.
 
Then, that same group of four finished sixth in the men's 800 yard freestyle relay, touching the wall in 7:04.51.
 
"The men placed sixth and seventh in their relays with a drop in the 800 free relay that brings us to 12th nationally and a TMU record," Bates said.
 
The women's relay teams found similar success in their races.
 
The TMU women's 200 yard medley relay of Emma McMurray, Cassandra O'Connor, Allyn-Ashley Bennett and Lezly Plahn placed 12th in a time of 1:53.50.
 
The quartet then placed 11th in the 800 yard freestyle relay, setting a new TMU record of 8:17.61.
 
"The women's 800 free relay went a season best and set a TMU record," Bates said. "Our women finished 11th and 12th across both relays in a stacked NCAA DI and DII field."
 
The PCSC Championships continue Thursday at 9:30 a.m. MST/8:30 a.m. PST in St. George, Utah.
 
Watch the meet HERE or download the Meet Mobile app to follow along with live results.