ABILENE – McMurry Swimming and Diving heads to Centenary for its first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference dual on Friday and Saturday in Shreveport, La.
 
Both McMurry teams are 0-2 in duals this season after opening against NCAA Division II squads Adams State and UT-Permian Basin.
 
McMurry Storylines
 
Winners: McMurry had some bright spots in their opening weekend. Caitlyn Sauer-Newell won the 100 backstroke in 1:07.10 on Saturday after taking the 50-yard backstroke on Friday in 31.33 seconds. Lorin Mow was second in the 50-yard butterfly in 30.45. McMurry women's 400-yard freestyle relay team of Mow Sauer-Newell, Maddy Rohrer and Leilani Washington was second at 3:56.73. Maddy Rohrer won the women's 50 freestyle in 25.89 seconds on Friday. Wes Scalf won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:00.55 on Saturday. He had placed second in the 50-yard breaststroke on Friday at 27.85.
 
Backstroke: Sauer-Newell leads the War Hawks in the women's 100 and 50 backstroke events with times of 1:07.10 and 31.33 seconds. Montgomery Cortez leads the McMurry men with a 27.00 in the 50 and Victor Zambrano has a 58.72 in the 100.
 
Breaststroke: Scalf tops the McM men with a 1:00.55 in the 100 breaststroke and 27.85 in the 50. Leilani Washington has the top women's time in the 50 at 40.00 and Rohrer leads in the 100 at 1:16.07.
 
Butterfly: Mow leads the War Hawk women in the 50 butterfly at 30.45 and at 1:08.30 in the 100. Daniil Kochkonbaev leads the McM men in the 50 at 26.51 while Caden Motheral has the best time in the 100 at 59.35.
 
Freestyle: Harrison Brown tops the McMurry men in the 50 free at 22.81 and the 100 at 52.14. Zambrano has a 1:55.872 in the 200 and a 5:16.17 in the men's 500 free to lead the squad. Sterling Wright has the best time in the men's 1000 free at 11:31.75. Rohrer leads the women in the 50 free at 25.89. Milana Johnson has a team-leading 1:06.42 in the 100 free. Natalie Liles leads the women in the 200 free at 2:20.69. Mia Mendez has the team's best time in the women's 500 at 7:03.43 and the 1000 at 14:37.65.
 
Relays: Mow, Sauer-Newell, Rohrer and Washington have the top time in the women's 400 free relay at 3:56.73, the 200 free relay at 2:02.74 and the 200 medley at 2:02.74. Brown, Motheral, Wright and Scalf have the best time in the men's 400 free at 3:25.12. Cortez, Brown, Zambrano and Scalf have the best men's time in the 200 free relay at 1:44.25 and the 200 medley at 1:44.25.
 
Diving: Elijah Trevino leads the War Hawks in the one-meter at 145.10.
 
About Centenary: This will be the opening action for Centenary this season. They placed sixth on the women's side and seventh on the men's in the SCAC Championships last season and were 0-2 against the McMurry men and women.