Local swimmers contribute in McMurry War Hawks win over Austin College, Centenary College

Christopher Brown
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By Robert H Kelly

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SHERMAN, TEXAS (January 23, 2021) The McMurry University swimming and diving team travelled to Sherman, Texas on Saturday to take on the Austin College Kangaroos and Centenary College in a double-dual meet at Hannah Natatorium.

The McMurry men claimed two more wins to remain unbeaten this season, taking down Austin College 178-40 and snagging a close matchup with Centenary 117-111. The McMurry women competed at a high level but came up short in both battles, falling 149-74 to Austin College and 139.50-76.50 against Centenary.

Christopher Brown (First Baptist Christian Academy, Pasadena, Texas) competed in the events; 200-yard freestyle , 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke. In the 200-yard freestyle (2:19.71) and thE 500-yard freestyle (6:34.44)  , he posted two third-place finishes, while tallying seventh-place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:25.78).

Melanie Jimenez
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Melanie Jimenez (Pasadena Memorial High School, Pasadena, Texas) swam in three individual and two relay events. She place third in both the 50-yard freestyle (:28.54) and 100-yard freestyle (1:02.25) and fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle (2:18.45). In the relays, she swam the backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay (third place, 2:10.02) and the leadoff leg of the exhibition 200-yard freestyle relay (1:58.99).

Prior to college, both Brown and Jimenez competed for the South Belt Area "All Stars" swimming team in club swimming.

McMurry head coach, Casey Pacheco stated in a prepared press release, after the meet:

"Today's meet was a lot of fun especially going up against tough competition. We knew this was going to be a meet of picking up extra spots and swimming some events out of our comfort zones. The team responded well and competed from the first event to the last."