HOUSTON – The East Carolina men's and SMU women's swimming and diving teams defended their titles as the two teams captured the 2016 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at the Campus & Wellness Recreation Center Natatorium on the campus of the University of Houston.
The women's six-team standings were close heading into the final day of competition with SMU coming out on top after 42 events with a score of 681. Tulane followed in second place (637.5), while Houston (554), Cincinnati (536), East Carolina (515.5) and UConn (457) rounded out the standings. Mustangs' Steve Collins repeated as The American Swimming Coach of the Year, while John Bransfield of UConn and Bob Gunter of Houston were named Co-Diving Coaches of the Year.