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The Southwest Collegiate Plunge
TCU Opens Strong at The Southwest Collegiate Plunge
10/29/2010 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 29, 2010
MANSFIELD, Texas - TCU's men's swimming and diving team opened competition Friday at The Southwest Collegiate Plunge inside the Mansfield ISD Natatorium.
The Southwest Collegiate Plunge is a five-team meet with Missouri, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M and TCU. Texas is the defending NCAA champion, while A&M finished 12th last year at the NCAA Championships.
The Horned Frogs grabbed three second-place finishes in the highly-competitive meet, highlighted by the 400-medley relay's 3:20.77 to open the meet.
TCU's Laszlo Gyurko, Edgar Crespo, Edgar Peyro and Devin Price grabbed 42 team points in the meet's first event, finishing behind only Texas.
Senior Jeff Gettel earned 21 team points for the Frogs when he touched the wall in second place in the A-final of the 200-backstroke. The Plano, Texas, native clocked a time of 1:51.42 to finish just behind UT's Austin Surhoff, who was an NCAA individual champion a year ago.
Crespo, TCU's breaststroke specialist, finished second in the A-final of the 100-breaststroke. The school record holder in the event touched the wall in 55.86 to finish behind only Nick D'Innocenzo of Texas. The Longhorn breaststoker was a consolation finalist in last year's USA Swimming National Championships.
Senior Andy Garcia-Montes continued his fast start to the season in the 200-individual medley. He finished third in the A-final with a time of 1:53.61.
Freshman Michael Franz placed fourth in the 500-freestyle with a time of 4:34.27. The Carmichael, Calif., native has had an impressive start to his TCU career after picking up a win and a spot on TCU's 1000-freestyle top-five performance list last Friday in his debut.
The event concludes Saturday when the teams return to action at 12 p.m. at the Mansfield ISD Natatorium.
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