GoFrogs: 22-Year-Old School Record Falls On Day Two

Results 

FORT WORTH — Sophomore Carlos Hunnicutt passed former All-American Walter Soza on TCU’s all-time list after an impressive performance at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship on Thursday.

One day after anchoring the 800 free relay’s school record race, Hunnicutt swam the fastest 200-yard individual medley in school history, clocking in at 1:47.46. The previous record of 1:47.48 was set by Soza in 1994. Hunnicutt’s time was also good for an NCAA “B” cut and sixth place in the finals. Freshman Tommy Thach followed at 1:50.73, placing seventh.

“Each day we have gotten stronger with the events we are good at,” said head coach Richard Sybesma. “Our team is competing great so far.”

In the women’s 500-yard freestyle finals, senior Mikayla Winkler placed fourth with a season-best time of 4:51.23.

Sophomore Connor Dobbs led the charge for TCU in the men’s 500 free finals, placing fifth at 4:27.56. Sophomore Matt Spallas(4:29.84) and freshman Rhorer Legendre (4:32.62) followed at seventh and eighth, respectively.

In the women’s 200 IM finals, sophomore Devin Newton finished in sixth with a time of 2:03.11.

Junior Garrett Hills finished the 50-yard freestyle with a career-best time of 20.32, placing seventh in the finals. In the second heat, sophomore John Smith and freshman Ross Sullivan led the race with times of 20.77 and 20.91, respectively.

Freshman Kelli Ann Funk earned sixth in the 1-meter dive finals after recording a season-best score of 279.95.

A 400-yard medley relay quartet of freshman Maddie Ibrahim, sophomore Devin Newton, freshman Micaela Roemer and freshman Bryn Lohrberg recorded the third-fastest time in school history after finishing in 3:45.50.

The men’s relay team also climbed up TCU’s all-time list on Thursday as freshman Leo Sanchez, senior Ford Story, sophomore John Smith and junior Garrett Hills recorded a time of 3:15.59. Their time ranks fifth in school history.

Through 14 events, the TCU men’s team is in third place with 227 points, while the women’s team is in fifth with 150 points.

The Horned Frogs will return to the pool at 10 a.m. on Friday for prelims before final events at 6 p.m.