Press Release courtesy of SMU Athletics.
The SMU women’s swimming and diving team hosts the 24th annual SMU Classic at the Westside Aquatic Center in Lewisville, Texas, Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. CTeach evening. Live stats will be available at SMUMustangs.com and on the Meet Mobile App. Diving results can be found on divemeets.com.
The SMU Classic continues to be one of the premier women’s swimming and diving events in the country each season, welcoming teams who finished in the NCAA top 10 the previous season, as well as those ranked in this year’s preseason Top 25. The Classic is hosted annually by the Mustangs and has featured top competition dating back to 1994. The Ponies have won the event seven times, with swimmers taking home seven high-point awards and divers earning five. The 2017 edition is a repeat of the 2016 field, with all six teams returning for action.
| 2017 NCAA Finish | 2017-18 Ranking | 2016 Classic Finish | |
| Louisville | 6th | 9th | 2nd |
| Miami | T39th | – | 6th |
| Michigan | 11th | 6th | 1st |
| UCLA | 20th | 21st | 4th |
| USC | 9th | T7th | 3rd |
The SMU Classic features 8 swimmers and 1 diver from each competing school. Swimmers may swim 3 events per day, one of which must be a relay. Each team will enter 1 swimmer per heat (Consolation & Championship), while relays will only have a Championship heat. Diving events will consist of 6 optional dives on 1m and 3m boards.
Representing The Mustangs
| Matea Samardzic 100 back, 200 back 200 IM, 400 IM |
Kathleen Charron 200 breast, 200 fly |
El Yellin 200 free, 500 free |
Agata Magner 100 breast, 200 back 200 IM, 400 IM |
Erin Trahan 100 fly, 200 fly 100 breast, 200 breast |
| Katie Crown 1 meter, 3 meter |
Felicity Passon 50 free, 100 free 100 fly |
Sam Smith 50 free, 100 free 100 back |
Lauren Thompson 200 free, 500 free |
| 400 medley relay: Samardzic, Trahan, Passon, Smith 800 free relay: Yellin, Thompson, Charron, Magner 200 medley relay: Samardzic, Trahan, Passon, Smith 200 free relay: Passon, Smith, Thompson, Yellin |
Event Schedule
| Friday 400 medley relay 400 IM 200 free 50 free 1 meter 100 fly 100 back 100 breast 800 free relay |
Saturday 200 medley relay 500 free 200 breast 200 back 3 meter 100 free 200 fly 200 IM 200 free relay |