LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The No. 12 Henderson State men's swimming and diving team picked up its fourth victory in a row in a meet with Division I's Saint Louis in Little Rock on Saturday. In the process, Patryk Dabrowski claimed the team's first B-cut of the 2024-25 season. On the women's side, Kiara Pozvai and Joanna Miller recorded two B-cut times each to earn consideration for nationals.
The Red Wave men outscored the Billikens 145-116 to claim the win. HSU's women dropped dual meets to Little Rock and Saint Louis by scores of 74-201 and 96-185, respectively.
Including Dabrowski's B-cut time of 44.97 seconds in the 100 Yard Freestyle, the Red Wave posted six of the meet's top 10 performances.
Oskar Cebula had the day's No. 2 performance with a second-place time of 55.94 seconds in the 100 Yard Breaststroke: a time that put him less than one second out of first in a tightly-contested race.Â
Colton Bennett's 4:38.96 triumph in the 500 Yard Freestyle gave him the fourth-best performance of the meet.
Hayden Jestes (9:43.08) bested teammate Zach Ponder (9:43.90) by just over eight tenths of a second to win the 1000 Yard Freestyle. The two men's efforts each earned them top 10 performance ratings.
Efe Ertuzun rounded out the Red Wave's top 10 performance appearances with a victorious time of 1:51.79 in the 200 Yard IM.
The team of Colin Candebat, Tate Sloan, Bennett, and Dabrowski took first in the 800 Yard Freestyle at 6:48.56. Jean Ducastel, Cebula, Candebat, and Dabrowski later topped the leaderboard in the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:31.11.
In the women's dual meet, Pozvai earned NCAA Division II B-cuts for her winning times of 22.70 seconds in the 50 Yard Freestyle and 49.51 seconds in the 100 Yard Freestyle. During the latter race, Pozvai beat Little Rock's Jaelle Carlson, whose time of 49.97 seconds earned her a CSCAA B-cut.
Joanna Miller claimed two B-cuts of her own with victories in the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:52.14) and 200 Yard Backstroke (2:02.33).
The Red Wave now has nearly two weeks to rest up for its next meet: a Battle of the Ravine matchup against Ouachita Baptist at Wells Natatorium. Races will begin at 5:00 p.m.