GARLAND, Texas -- Colorado College and Trinity University each picked up a relay win and finished Day One of the 2025 SCAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championship tied for the lead following Wednesday evening's opening session at the Garland ISD Natatorium. Official Website | Wednesday's Complete Results | Photo Gallery | Video Interviews Playlist
Colorado College earned its first-ever conference meet victory in the 200-yard medley relay as the foursome of Caleb Peimann, Andrew Colgan, Tomas Gonzalez and Liam McCarthy touched the wall with a winning time of 1:30.73 - which was good for the fourth-fastest time in the history of the event. Trinity University, which had its streak of five straight wins in the event snapped, was second clocking a time of 1:31.16 (the fifth-fastest in SCAC meet history). Southwestern University finished third in 1:32.44. 200-Yard Medley Relay Interview
Trinity finished the evening by taking gold in the 800 freestyle in an impressive time of 6:40.55 - the second-fastest finish in the history of the event. Will Walker, Nate Perez, John Key and Luke Fender collaborated to provide the Trinity men their sixth straight event crown and the 10th win in the past 12 years for the Texas Tigers in the event. Colorado College came in second with a time of 6:50.49, and Southwestern rounded out the top three by finishing in 7:02.06. 800-Yard Freestyle Relay Interview
The team standings after the first two events are as follows:
T1). Colorado College - 106
T1). Trinity University - 106
3). McMurry University - 80
4). Southwestern University - 76
5). Austin College - 64
6). University of the Ozarks - 48
7). Centenary College - 46
8). University of St. Thomas - 26
Competition continues on Thursday with preliminaries beginning at 10:30 a.m., women's and men's finals at 6 p.m. Click here for the complete schedule of events.