SAN ANTONIO - The 2021 Spring Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Champions hosted Southwestern University in a dual meet to open up the winter season. The Tigers fought to a commanding 202-59 win over the Pirates.
Konstantine Partalas (San Antonio, Texas / Reagan)and Garrett Guillet were the only two men to compete in the one and three-meter dive this afternoon. Ko. Partalas led the two in the one-meter dive with a score of 305.55 while Guilet scored 158.40. Partalas also scored a 230.00 on the three-meter dive to bring his point total to 18 on the day.
Matt Lanzara (Moraga, Calif. / Campolindo), Kendal Southwell (Rio Rancho, N.M. / Calvert Online Academy), Andrew Crosley (San Antonio, Texas / Alamo Heights) and Nolan Anthony (Missouri City, Texas / Missouri City) started the men off by sprinting to a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:36.13. The second quartet of Daniel Sarman (Austin, Texas / Vandergrift), Wesley Wasserburger (Austin, Texas / James Bowie), Shamzi Alkaff (Ft. Collins, Colo. / Fossil Ridge) and Noah Kelly (Frisco, Texas / Hebron) weren't far behind with a time of 1:38.63.
Nathaniel Early (Austin, Texas / Westwood) left his competition in the dust by swimming to a personal best 1:41.79 in the 200-yard freestyle. That blazing time was better than the time he posted to win the same event in the SCAC Championships. Michael Kohl (Missouri City, Texas / Ridge Point) finished in second in the 200 free with a time of 1:46.97.
Sarman and Kelly took the top two spots in the 50-yard backstroke. Sarman sprinted out to a finish of 24.97. Southwell and Spencer Steward (Kearney, Mo. / Kearney) occupied the first two spots in the 50-yard breaststroke with final times of 27.39 and 28.18. John Fontenot (Austin, Texas / St. Andrew's) took first in the 100-yard butterfly while Ben Adams (Lubbock, Texas / Monterey) placed third. Fontenot raced to a time of 52.89 while Adams touched the wall with a time of 55.36.
Nolan placed first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.02 while Sarman and a Southwestern swimmer touched the wall at 22.05 at an all out sprint. Early and Caleb Manifold (Helotes, Texas / Homeschool) were the first two to touch the wall in the 100-yard freestyle. The two finished with times of 48.36 and 49:08.
Lanzara and Fontenot finished the 100-yard backstroke with times of 54.22 and 55.66 which was fast enough for a first and second-place finish. Southwell won the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.33. Omar Shahatit took second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:03.46, which was a few seconds off first place. Kohl, Fontenot and Adams occupied the top-three spots in the 50-yard butterfly.
Early, Kelly, Kohl and Anthony took first in the 200-yard freestyle relay while Fontenot, Crosley, Alkaff and Manifold took second to send the Tigers out on top in the final event of the afternoon.
Up Next
Trinity will host UT-Permian Basin in a Dual meet at the Hixon Natatorium on Saturday, Oct. 30. Diving starts at 9:45 a.m. and swimming will follow at 11 a.m.
