GEORGETOWN, Texas (January 26, 2025) – The University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons tuned up against Southwestern University preparing for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships in a little over two weeks. The UTPB men were victorious 181.5-89.5 while the women fell 159-100.

"The UTPB men and women placed first and second respectively against Southwestern, showing some grit and determination in their last dual meet of the season," said Head Coach Brian Schroeder. "We didn't have any goal times for this meet. We just wanted to go race and work on a couple different things leading into conference championships."

The UTPB men won 12 of 16 events while the women added four wins. In the non-diving events, the men swept the top-three spots in the 100 backstroke, the 100 butterfly and the 200 butterfly and the top-two spots in the 200 freestyle, the 500 freestyle and the 1000 freestyle.

Leading the way was Evan Siegrist and Daniel Bednarski with two wins apiece. Siegrist won both the 500 freestyle (4:57.81) and the 1000 freestyle (10:17.74) and added a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly (2:01.84). Bednarski was first in the 100 freestyle (49.37), tied for first in the 200 IM (2:01.68), and second in the 100 backstroke (54.82).

Zane Garner won the 100 backstroke (54.22) and was second in the 200 backstroke (1:59.64), and Nathan Powell won the 200 breaststroke (2:17.34) and was third in the 50 freestyle (22.69).

Chase Alderman was second in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.60) and third in the 200 IM (2:03.70), Colin Doyle was second in the 100 butterfly (55.18) and third in the 100 backstroke (55.28), and Legend Jankowski was second in the 200 freestyle (1:49.64) and third in the 200 backstroke (2:00.00).

On the women's side, Rowan McWhorter won the 100 breaststroke (1:15.72) and finished in second place in both the 100 freestyle (58.05) and the 200 IM (2:24.09) while Emma Gerhart earned a first (500 freestyle; 5:51.41), second (200 butterfly; 2:26.40) and third-place (100 freestyle; 59.53) finish.

Olivia Blackman was second in the 100 backstroke (1:10.34) and was third in the 1000 freestyle (12:16.84), Ana Cardenas was second in the 50 freestyle (28.31) and third in the 100 butterfly (1:10.97), and Gia Delgado was second in the 200 breaststroke (3:01.26) and third in the 100 breaststroke (1:25.10).

In the diving events, Camilla Aguilar won the women's 1-meter dive (260.80) and Kathe Hepfer won the women's 3-meter dive (260.40) while Brendan Twomey swept both the 1-meter (323.65) and the 3-meter (225.15) events on the men's side.

Men's Top-Three Finishes:
200 medley relay – second place – UTPB "A" team (Zane Garner, Nathan Powell, Szymon Gilzynski, Colin Doyle) – 1:37.96
200 medley relay – third place – UTPB "B" team (Daniel Bednarski, Chase Alderman, Tommy Betancour, Leo Eleftherakis) – 1:39.49
1000 freestyle – first place – Evan Siegrist – 10:17.74
1000 freestyle – second place – David Charles – 11:05.23
200 freestyle – first place – Ivan Torres Lopez – 1:48.59
200 freestyle – second place – Legend Jankowski – 1:49.64
100 breaststroke – second place – Chase Alderman – 1:02.60
100 backstroke – first place – Zane Garner – 54.22
100 backstroke – second place – Daniel Bednarski – 54.82
100 backstroke – third place – Colin Doyle – 55.28
200 butterfly – first place – Owen Putnam – 2:00.99
200 butterfly – second place – Evan Siegrist – 2:01.84
200 butterfly – third place – Massimo Alarcon – 2:11.61
50 freestyle – third place – Nathan Powell – 22.69
1-meter diving – first place – Brendan Twomey – 323.65
1-meter diving – second place – Taven Wilson-Kadrmas – 176.10
100 freestyle – first place – Daniel Bednarski – 49.37
200 backstroke – second place – Zane Garner – 1:59.64
200 backstroke – third place – Legend Jankowski – 2:00.00
200 breaststroke – first place – Nathan Powell – 2:17.34
500 freestyle – first place – Evan Siegrist – 4:57.81
500 freestyle – second place – Ivan Torres Lopez – 4:59.22
100 butterfly – first place – Szymon Gilzynski – 53.45
100 butterfly – second place – Colin Doyle – 55.18
100 butterfly – third place – Tommy Betancour – 55.90
3-meter diving – first place – Brendan Twomey – 225.15
3-meter diving – second place – Taven Wilson-Kadrmas – 179.85
200 IM – tied for first place – Daniel Bednarski – 2:01.68
200 IM – third place – Chase Alderman – 2:03.70
200 freestyle relay – first place – UTPB "A" team (Brannan Espericueta, Szymon Gilzynski, Nathan Powell, Colin Doyle) – 1:28.62
 
Women's Top-Three Finishes:
1000 freestyle – third place – Olivia Blackman – 12:16.84
100 breaststroke – first place – Rowan McWhorter – 1:15.72
100 breaststroke – third place – Gia Delgado – 1:25.10
100 backstroke – second place – Olivia Blackman – 1:10.34
200 butterfly – second place – Emma Gerhart – 2:26.40
50 freestyle – second place – Ana Cardenas – 28.31
50 freestyle – third place – Erika Hajduk – 29.41
1-meter diving – first place – Camilla Aguilar – 260.80
1-meter diving – second place – Kathe Hepfer – 252.00
1-meter diving – third place – Jessica Iracheta – 165.75
100 freestyle – second place – Rowan McWhorter – 58.05
100 freestyle – third place – Emma Gerhart – 59.53
200 breaststroke – second place – Gia Delgado – 3:01.26
500 freestyle – first place – Emma Gerhart – 5:51.41
100 butterfly – third place – Ana Cardenas – 1:10.97
3-meter diving – first place – Kathe Hepfer – 260.40
3-meter diving – second place – Camilla Aguilar – 256.80
3-meter diving – third place – Jessica Iracheta – 149.25
200 IM – second place – Rowan McWhorter – 2:24.09
200 freestyle relay – second place – UTPB "A" team (Olivia Blackman, Ana Cardenas, Emma Gerhart, Rowan McWhorter) – 1:51.07
 
Next up: Next up for the Falcons are the RMAC Championships starting February 11 from Grand Junction, Colorado.

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