Hogs Take Down Mustangs at Home

The Arkansas swim and dive team won its meet against SMU on Friday and toppled the Mustangs 192.5-85.5.

The Razorbacks are now 5-8 all-time against the Mustangs and improved to 5-1 on the season.

The Hogs had no shortage of success in their dominant outing and placed first in 14 out of 16 events, including first in both the 1- and 3-meter diving and team relays. Junior Harriet Rogers had another fantastic day and took first in three events including the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100 butterfly.

Senior Sydney Craft brought in first in both the 1,000 and 500 freestyle. Other first place finishes include freshman Viola Petrini (200 freestyle), freshman Ellen Garritson (200 breaststroke), sophomore Holly Robinson (200 individual medley), junior Lindy Hunter (100 breaststroke), and junior Tammy Greenwood (200 backstroke).

“I am extremely happy and proud of our team,” head coach Neil Harper said. “Every single swimmer and diver performed really well today against a good SMU team. A lot of the skills and techniques we are learning throughout the week are showing up in their performances today. We have a quick turnaround and need to be focused tomorrow to be able to perform at a high level two days in a row.”

On the springboards, it was sophomore Majo Sanchez cleaning up both events and building on her stellar season. Sanchez posted scores of 377.40 in the 1-meter and 324.75 in the 3-meter.

“The ladies dove fantastic today. I am so proud of them all, they’re all working on specific details of their dives and working n=on new dives and it’s noticeable,” head diving coach Abel Sanchez said. “Once again, Majo has stepped it up and won both the 3-meter with a score of 377.40, and 1-meter with a score of 324.75. All the divers have scored enough points to earn a trip to the NCAA Zone Championship.”

The Razorbacks are back in action in the Arkansas Natatorium tomorrow, Nov. 8, as they face the Little Rock Trojans starting at 1:30 p.m.

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