UT Permian Basin Swim and Dive had a strong Saturday taking eight events at Trinity, including three of the four diving contests.  Matthew Lenzo swept the boards and qualified for NCAA zones while Kathe Hepfer won the 3-meter and took second in the 1-meter to also qualify.  Overall, the team took home first place in eight events. 
 
Niklas Heelein continued his amazing start and took the 1000-yard freestyle by more than 25 seconds.  Jazzy Tscherne then took the 100-yard backstroke by nearly four seconds over the next closest finisher.  The Falcons cleaned up the 500-yard freestyle with four of the top five finishes.  Heelein took first and was followed by Ivan Torres Lopez and Evan Siegrist.  In the 200 IM Matthew Newman and Dan Bednarski went back-to-back, just half a second apart.  The Falcons also claimed the final event of the day, the men's 400-yard freestyle relay.  The team of Heelein, Armando Flores, Alex Wickens, and Trevor Heath squeaked it out by 0.2 seconds.
 
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