Freshman Cumby Breaks School Record

Friday, March 15

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National Invitational Championships

Freshman Cumby Breaks School Record

3/15/2019 10:12:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Day Two Results

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Freshman Noah Cumby was the highlight for TCU swimming and diving on day two of the CSCAA National Invitational Championships, breaking the school record in the 200 free. After two days of competition, the men's team is in fifth place while the women are in 16^th.

SCHOOL RECORD
After recording a preliminary mark of 1:38.53, Cumby dropped his time to 1:36.94 in the finals to finish sixth. The previous record was held by teammate Joao Andrade, who last year set the record with a time of 1:37.35. Cumby's record is the men's team's first individual school record of the season.

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
Senior Dayne Odendaal was one another highlight for TCU on Friday. Reaching the 400 IM finals, Odendaal dropped his personal-best mark by more than three seconds with a time 3:47.44 and finished third overall.

In the men's 100 back, TCU had a pair of Horned Frogs reach the "A" finals. Andrade and Radu Duican placed ninth and tenth overall with times of 49.31 and 49.63 respectively.

Both of TCU's men's relays recorded high finishes as well. The 800 free relay of Duican, Odendaal, Kevin Chao, and Brendan Barry produced a sixth-place time of 6:38.46. In the men's 200 medley relay, Andrade, Jackson Boersma, Cumby, and Reed Dittlinger finished seventh with a season-best time of 1:28.77, almost an entire second faster than their previous best.

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
In the women's 400 IM, Kiki Rice and Megan Morris both reached the "B" finals where they placed 15^th and 18^th overall.

Seniors Maddie Ibrahim and Micaela Roemer both reached the "B" finals of their respective events. Ibrahim finished 15^th overall in the 100 back, while Roemer finished 19^th in the 100 fly.

COACH'S THOUGHTS

A school record and battles in the team standings. @TCUSwimJames recaps day two of the NIC!#GoFrogs #TrustProcessWorkFamily pic.twitter.com/c5AyMvP7x5
— TCU Swim & Dive (@TCUswimdive) March 16, 2019

UP NEXT
The Horned Frogs will return to action tomorrow to wrap up the NIC meet. The men's team is only .5 points behind the fourth-place team and the women's team will be in striking distance of the top ten once Isabella Ashdown and Connie Deighton's points from the NCAA Zone meet are added to the team's point total.