Mustangs Finish Strong at 2006 U.S. Open!!

The Dallas Mustangs traveled with eleven swimmers to Purdue University for the last and biggest US Open Championships. Because United States Swimming has decided to move the Spring Championships meet to the traditional US Open weekend on the first weekend of December, the 2006 US Open was the last of it's kind. This year's meet brought together almost a thousand swimmers from all over the world, including twenty American Olympians and several gold medalists from other federations. The result was the fastest US Open in the meet's history, with 14 meet records falling.

The Mustangs were led by individual scorers Spin Beck, Matt Thompson, Martina Moravcova, and Flavia Rigamonti. With these individual efforts, along with points from women's relays, the Mustangs finished in Sixth Place among all swim clubs competing. The following are the Mustangs' results from the meet (the top sixteen finishers in individual and relay events score points):

Spin Beck - 200 IM (11th), 100 Breast (5th), 200 Breast (9th), 400 IM (33rd)

Matt Thompson - 200 IM (30th), 200 Back (4th), 100 back (6th)

Martina Moravcova - 50 Free (1st), 100 Fly (3rd)

Flavia Rigamonti - 800 Free (3rd)

Lauren Roth - 200 Fly (51st)

Meredith Monroe - 100 Back (47th)

Catia Weickgenant - 100 Fly (78th)

Max Murphy - 200 Back (51st), 100 Back (34th)

Clint Hallum - 400 Free (61st), 1500 Free (36th)

Nick Kalivas - 100 Fly (78th)

Women's 800 Free relay (16th) - Roth, Weickgenant, Beck, Monroe

Women's 400 Free relay (13th) - Roth, Weickgenant, Beck, Monroe

Men's 800 Free relay (24th) - Kalivas, Hallum, Murphy, Thompson

Men's 400 Medley relay (23rd) - Murphy, Hallum, Kalivas, Thompson

Men's 400 Free relay (21st) - Kalivas, Hallum, Murphy, Thompson

WE CONGRATULATE THESE SWIMMERS ON SOME FINE EFFORTS!!!