SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State swim and dive team returns to action this week when it travels to the Lone Star State to compete in the SMU Invitational, Nov. 17-19, in Dallas, Texas.
Along with the host Mustangs, the Aztecs will also square off against fellow Mountain West member Wyoming, Miami (FL), Hawai'i and Drury University at the three-day meet, slated to be held at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium. In addition, TCU will be represented solely in diving events.
A link to streaming video will be available on GoAztecs.com. Fans are also encouraged to follow live scoring on their mobile device by downloading the Meet Mobile app.
Swimming finals will feature four heats of each individual event, including two bonus, one consolation and one championship final. Additionally, eight divers will advance to each final.
Preliminaries are set to begin at 10 a.m. CT/8 a.m. PT on all three days, followed by diving events 1 p.m. CT/11 a.m. PT, while finals are scheduled to get underway at 6 p.m. CT/4 p.m. PT.
Thursday's action will feature the 200 freestyle relay (finals only), 100 butterfly, 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 1-meter diving and the 400 medley relay (finals only).
Friday's slate will include the 200 medley relay (finals only), 400 individual medley, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 3-meter diving and the 800 freestyle relay (finals only).
The meet will then conclude on Saturday with the 1,650 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, platform diving and the 400 freestyle relay (finals only).
San Diego State been idle since Nov. 5, when it defeated Utah Tech by a count of 135-118 in a dual meet at Aztec Aquaplex. In 14 swimming events, the Scarlet and Black finished with the fastest time in 11 races, winning nine, with the other two counting as exhibitions. With the triumph, the Aztecs extended their streak of consecutive dual-meet victories to 45 straight since January 2018.
SDSU boasts three student-athletes who have garnered conference weekly accolades this season. Meredith Smithbaker was named Mountain West Swimmer of the Week for her performance at the GCU Quad Meet in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 21-22, when she captured two individual event titles and contributed to three winning relay teams, helping the Aztecs post a 6-0 record that weekend vs. Grand Canyon, Loyola Marymount and Seattle U.
Earlier that month, Kristina Murphy collected MW Swimmer of the Week honors and Ximena Lechuga Gonzalez was tabbed the league's Co-Diver of the Week after the two teammates propelled the Scarlet and Black to a second-place finish at the Chick-fil-A Invitational, Oct. 7-8, in Fresno, California.
Since the beginning of the 2017-18 season, San Diego State has competed in 12 regular-season invitational meets and has not finished outside of the top three during that span, logging a trio of first-place efforts, seven second-place performances and a pair of third-place results.
Following this weekend's meet, Aztec divers will be back in action next month for the CBU Lancer Diving Invitational. SDSU will compete in the platform competition on Friday, Dec. 16, in Mission Viejo, California, before participating in the 1-meter and 3-meter events on Saturday, Dec. 17 in Riverside, California.
Aztecs Ready for SMU Invitational
