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UTPB Swimming Sweeps McMurry in Dual Meet

Nov. 10, 2009

The University of Texas of Permian Basin Falcons traveled to Abilene, Texas today competing head-to-head against McMurry University.

The Men’s team won every event in today’s dual except the 100 yard freestyle on a day when the team was experimenting with some different events. 

“We were looking to change things up and see if there was anything that we were missing with such a wide variety of swimmers,” said head coach Rob Rankin. “The guys won every race except one, which was outstanding.  There were several close races that showed our character and determination to finish well.  With new people swimming new events they had a chance to win new events which took them out of their comfort zone and really tested them.” 

Leading the meet off UTPB’s men’s team won the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:39.57.  Brian Schroeder led off with backstroke, Matthew Smith swam breastroke, Joseph Sarradet swam butterfly, and Rick Millan swam the freestyle leg. 

The Falcons swept the 1000 yard freestyle placing first, second, and third.  Alex Palma won the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:43.83.  Grant Griffith, a freshman, won the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:52.74.  Xavier Morales placed second in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 23.18.  Erik Downs won the 200 yard individual medley swimming a time of 2:08.56.

The Falcons swept the 100 Yard Butterfly placing first, second, and third.  Sam McKinlay won the 100 yard butterfly swimming the fastest time for the Falcons this year with a time of 54.10.  Brian Schroeder placed second in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 49.47.  Joseph Sarradet won the 100 yard backstroke swimming a time of 53.72.  Logan Greenburg won the 500 yard freestyle finishing with a 5:14.57. 

The Falcons swept the 100 yard breastroke.  Michael Anzano won the event with a time of 1:03.77.  The Falcons won the 200 yard freestyle relay finishing with a 1:30.27.  Alex Palma lead the relay off, Erik Downs swam second, Joseph Sarradet went third, and Rick Millan anchored the relay. 

The Falcons finished the day with a total of 143 points to McMurry University’s 57.

The Women’s team had a rough start, but dug deep and finished the meet off on a good note pulling out the victory in the end.
 
“The ladies had a strong second half of the meet to come from behind and win the meet.  The seniors really stepped up and placed well in some key races. The ladies were behind for the meet until the last three events.” 

“With some strong finishes in the final races we were able to win with a narrow victory. Freshmen Rachel Duhon, senior Allie Lape, and senior Cassandra Wilcox won key races that put us ahead.  With the final relay winning, that secured our victory.” 

The Falcon’s placed second with a time of 2:03.62.  Katie Welch lead the relay off swimming backstroke, Stephanie Ferguson went second swimming breastroke, Elora McCullough swam third leg of butterfly, and Julie Walter anchored the relay with freestyle. 

In the 1000 yard freestyle Allison Lape finished second with a time of 12:02.16.  In the 200 Yard Freestyle Elor McCullough finish second with a time of 2:10.22.  In the 50 yard freestyle Shelby Moon placed second with 26.88.  Allison Lape won the 200 yard individual medley with a spectacular finish to finish with a time of 2:25.62.

Char-Day Charnholm finished second in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 1:08.37.  The Falcons swept the 100 yard freestyle.  Rachel Duhon won the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 57.73.  Shelby Moon finished second in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:08.27.  Rachel Duhon finished second with a time of 5:36.08.  Cassandra Wilcox won the 100 yard breastroke finishing with a time of 1:17.64. 

The Falcons won the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay.  Rachel Duhon led the relay off, Stephanie Ferguson swam second, Julie Walter swam third, and Shelby Moon anchored the Relay to finish with a time 1:48.75. 

The Falcon’s finished the day with a total of 114 points to McMurry University’s 102. 
 

42nd Annual Hendrix Classic/47th Annual Hendrix Relays

Oct. 30/31, 2009
The UTPB Falcons competed in Conway, Arkansas at the Hendrix Classic and Hendrix Relays.  The Hendrix relays is the longest continuously running collegiate relay meet in the country. 

The Hendrix Classic began Friday night.  This was the first Invitational for the Falcons to compete in this season.  There were nine swim teams that participated in the Hendrix Classic. 

The UTPB Women’s team finished seventh with 175 points. Centenary (D-I) won the Classic with 368 and University of Arkansas Little Rock (D-I) finished second with 286. Third was University of the South with 230 points. 

On the Men’s side Centenary finished first with 360 points followed closely behind the Falcons with 302 points.  The University of the South finished third with 282 points.  Combined UTPB finished third with 509 points behind Centenary and University of the South with 537 and 764 points respectively.
 
The Women’s team was lead by Rachel Duhon’s school record performance in the 200 Butterfly. The Women’s 400 Medley Relay finished eighth and the 400 Free Relay placed third.  The Falcons had five top eight finishes on the women’s side.  Allie Lape and Char-Day Charnholm finished sixth and seventh in the 1000 Freestyle.  Rachel Duhon placed fifth in the 200 Freestyle and the 200 Butterfly.  Allie Lape placed fifth in the 500 Freestyle.
 
The Men’s team was lead by Joseph Sarradet’s Hendrix Pool Record in the 200 Individual Medley first place finish and second place 200 Backstroke.  Other top finishers include Sam McKinlay third and Alex Palma fouth in the 1000 Freestyle.  Logan Greenburg placed seventh in the 200 Freestyle.  Rick Millan and Erik Downs placed third and fifth respectively in the 50 Freestyle.  Sam McKinlay and Xavier Morales placed third and sixth respectively in the 200 Butterfly.  Brian Schroeder placed third in the 100 Freestyle out touching teammate Rick Millan in fourth.  Will Hinson placed fifth in the 200 Backstroke.  Sam McKlinay placed second and Alex Palma fifth in the 500 Freestyle.  In the 200 Breaststroke Matt Smith placed fifth with Michael Anzano sixth.  The 400 Medley Relay placed second consisting of Joseph Sarradet, Matt Smith, Xavier Morales, and Brian Schroeder. The 400 Freestyle Relay placed second as well consisting of Alex Palma, Erik Downs, Brian Schroeder, and Rick Millan.  Both Relays finished behind Centenary. 

Hendrix Relays
The Hendrix Relay meet was Saturday beginning at Noon. This meet consisted of a variety of relays. This is the only time the Falcons will be swimming a few of the relays until Conference.  The Women’s finished fifth with 268 points.  Henderson State, Centenary, and University of Arkansas Little Rock rounded up the top 3 with 466, 386, and 348 points respectively.  The 200 Freestyle Relay placed fifth with a time of 1:50.59.  The 300 Breaststroke Relay placed sixth with a time of 3:51.47.  The 300 Butterfly Relay placed 4th with a time of 3:16.08.   The 200 Medley Relay placed sixth with a time of 2:04.55.
 
On the Men’s all the Relays placed top six.  The 400 Medley Relay placed third with a time of 3:39.10.  The 300 Back Relay placed third with a time of 2:45.46.  The 800 Freestyle Relay placed third with a time of 7:20.24.  The 1500 Freestyle Relay placed second with a time of 15:09.90.  The 300 Individual Medley Relay placed second with a time of 2:46.76.  The 300 Butterfly Relay placed third with a time of 2:47.38.  The 500 Freestyle Crescendo Relay placed third with a time of 4:23.32.  The 200 Medley Relay placed third with a time of 1:40.44.  The 400 Freestyle Relay placed third with a time of 3:20.43. 

Head Coach Rob Rankin had this to say “We swam tough against good competition.  We had some good surprise swims.  This was a first big meet for our freshmen and they stepped up and swam well.  We had people seated above us that helped push us while we had teams that we felt confident that we could beat putting us in a good position to swim well at our first big meet.  Centenary is a Division 1 school and Henderson State is a highly ranked Division-II program.  We were able to compete with them, and even beat them in some of our races. Joe (Joseph Sarradet) lead the team in all of his races.  Setting a pool record in the 200 Individual Medley, leading the 400 Medley Relay off with a 52.  He’s the type of athlete that doesn’t have a lot of excuses.  He’s swims to win.  He’s a tough competitor that likes rising to the occasion against tough competition.  In a coaches poll done by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference he was picked as a pre-season All-Conference selection.  This was a good meet for us all.”
 

Falcon Women’s Swim Team Picks up One Win and One Loss in Abilene

Oct. 20, 2009
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin women’s swim team went 1-1 at the McMurry three-way head-to-head Tuesday night.

UTPB defeated McMurry 452-347 and lost to Incarnate Word 604-401.

The Falcons picked up a second place finish in the 200 Free Relay (Julie Walter, Cynthia Le, Elora McCullough and Shelbe Moon) while Walter went on to grab second in the 50 Freestyle.

Next up for the Falcons will be the Hendrix Classic on Friday Oct. 30 and the Hendrix Relays on Saturday Oct. 31. Both meets will take place In Conway, Ark.