Mustangs Score Big at 2008 Summer National Meets!

US Open and Junior Nationals

The Dallas Mustangs accomplished something this past summer that no other club in the United States could match – finishing in the top ten at both the US Open Championships (7th) and Junior National Championships (4th). Both meets took place at the University of Minnesota on consecutive weeks in the beginning of August.

US Open

Many of our swimmers who went to the US Open were coming off competing at the Olympic Trials and did a great job of refocusing their efforts in order to be competitive at the Open. The following were the members of the 2008 Dallas Mustangs US Open Team: Allison Arnold, Candace Blackman, Jennifer Blackman, Grace Kittle, Meredith Monroe, Elzanne Werth, Nate Clark, Clint Hallum, Mitchell Johnson, Max Murphy, Matt Thompson and Caleb Veazey.

Top Ten Combined Team Scores (US Open):

Longhorn	650
Athens Bulldog	483
Club Wolverine	480
Minnesota Aquatics	377
Great Britain	257
Tucson Ford	255
Dallas Mustangs	176
Aggie	144
Bluefish	112
Trojan	106

Junior Nationals

Our Juniors team put together a great team effort, with 9 out of the 10 swimmers contributing to our team scoring. The following were the members of the 2008 Dallas Mustang Long Course Junior National Team: Allison Arnold, Claire Brandt, Lauren Roth, Marylyn Toledo, Jack Dwyer, Matt Roney, Andrew Tran, Caleb Veazey, Lamar Weeks and Scott Weeks.

Top Ten Combined Team Scores (Juniors):

Palo Alto Stanford	336
Brophy East	258
Nova of Virginia	172
Dallas Mustangs	138
Cypress Fairbanks	112
De Anza Cupertino	96
SwimMAC Carolina	89
Delaware	83
North Bay	81
The Woodlands	80

Great Going Mustangs!!!