SMU swimmer’s, Therese Svendsen and Sashcha Van den Branden, along with SMU diver, Audra Egenolf traveled to the University of Purdue to participate in the NCAA Championships this past weekend.

Egenolf qualified for the championship during the Zone Diving Championships held at College Station two weeks ago. She placed seventh. This was her third opportunity to compete at the NCAA Championship and she finished in 11th. This was the best SMU was able to do this weekend. Teammate Britney Yancey missed the qualification by a mere three points.

After the first two days of the championship, SMU was ranked No.26 place overall, according to smumustangs.com.

Saturday, Van den Branden joined the Mustangs in the pool. She competed in the 100-yard freestyle and did not qualify for the next stage of the tournament.

Svendsen also finished for the season after she didn’t qualify with her time in the 200-yard backstroke.

SMU finished with 22 team points.

The University of Florida Gators won the championship after 28 years of failing to do so.

The Mustangs will participate in their final event of the season April 1 to 3 at the Columbus Grand Prix.