UT Permian Basin Men's Swimming and Diving started their season on the right foot with a decisive victory over Oklahoma Baptist, 114-85.  One day one of the meet the Falcons defeated the Bison 105-91.  Garrett Martin got his 6 optional dive NCAA standard score to qualify for the NCAA Championships.


The Falcons started the day off strong with Ian Ogrodnik, George Black, Jorge Guerra, and Nick Elms combining for a 12 second win the 400 meter medley relay.  Matthew Newman and Nikita Naumov scored back to back wins in the 400 meter IM and 100 meter butterfly.  Trevor Heath and Alex Wickens went back to back in the 100 meter freestyle  while Ogrodnik and Elms went back to back in the 100 meter backstroke.

Heath, Wickens, Tyler Smits, and Naumov combined for a tight win in the 400 meter freestyle relay.  The Falcon men cleaned up on the boards with another 1-2-3 finish in the 1 meter dive.  Martin was first with a qualifying score of 293.8.  Matthew Lenzo and Tatum Robinson followed him posting new personal bests of 263.0 and 242.45 respectively.  Alice Eifert had a second place finish in the 200 meter freestyle, the highest placing for the short-handed women.

"The women swam with a lot of heart and had some great races today despite a very small group swimming," said Head Coach Betsy Graham. "Coach Mangum and I are very proud of the divers today.  It's excellent that Garrett got his qualifying score in the first meet.  The men were motivated to swim after their win yesterday, and they were even better today."

The Falcons travel next to Edmond, Oklahoma for the OCU Eagle Invite starting on November 13.