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Straughan Captured Two Individual Events and Helped Mustangs Win 400 Medley Relay

HOUSTON – SMU senior Sam Straughan captured two individual wins and helped the Mustangs capture the gold in the 400 medley relay on Day 3 of the 2016 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships at the Campus & Wellness Recreation Center Natatorium on the campus of the University of Houston.

Straughan began the evening with a victory in the 100 butterfly for the second straight year, posting a time of 47.11. He was accompanied on the podium by Pirates juniors Adam Dear and Will Hicks with times of 48.09 and 48.19. In the 100 back, Straughan (47.