Texas A&M shatters pair of school records on NCAA Championships day two
Mar 15, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Texas A&M set a pair of school records and earned big points in the 200-yard IM to highlight the team's second day at the 2018 NCAA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships at Ohio State's McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on Thursday.
Top 10 Teams in the Standings:
Head Coach Steve Bultman said:
"We had some definite good spots and a couple of places where we could have done a little better. I'm pretty excited with Béryl (Gastaldello) breaking her own school record in the 50 free. Sydney (Pickrem) broke her school record in the 200 IM, so we broke two school records today. Bethany (Galat) had a great swim in the 200 IM with a huge best time. The 400 medley relay did really well this morning and not quite as well tonight."
Big points in the 200 IM:
The Aggies scored 33 points in the 200 IM with three swimmers earning evening swims. Junior Sydney Pickrem and senior Bethany Galat placed third and fourth, respectively, with Pickrem lowering her own school record to 1:52.35 and Galat joining Pickrem as the only Aggies under 1:54 with a lifetime best of 1:53.17. Senior Lisa Bratton chipped in two points with a 15th place effort in 1:56.09.
School record for Gastadello:
Senior sprint freestyler Béryl Gastaldello earned a fifth-place finish in the 50 freestyle in a time of 21.74. In the morning prelims, Gastaldello continued her assault on the record book as she lowered her own school record of 21.63. The French Olympian owns the 11 fastest times in the 50 free in school history and has been under 22 seconds 18 times during her illustrious career.
Medley relay takes seventh:
The Aggies placed seventh in the 400 medley relay with the foursome of Bratton, senior Jorie Caneta, freshman Jing Quah and Gastaldello touching in a time of 3:30.80. In morning session, the Aggies qualified sixth with a season-best time of 3:28.92, which made them the third-fastest relay in school history.
Early start on Friday:
Friday's morning session will start at 9 a.m. locally (8 a.m. CT) and the evening finals, which will be televised live on ESPNU, will begin at 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT.
Friday's events are:
Top 10 Teams in the Standings:
| 1 | Stanford | 211 |
| 2 | California | 147 |
| 3 | Texas | 109 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 108.5 |
| 5 | Michigan | 101 |
| 6 | Louisville | 99 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 89 |
| 8 | Virginia | 86 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 70 |
| 10 | Indiana | 46 |
Head Coach Steve Bultman said:
"We had some definite good spots and a couple of places where we could have done a little better. I'm pretty excited with Béryl (Gastaldello) breaking her own school record in the 50 free. Sydney (Pickrem) broke her school record in the 200 IM, so we broke two school records today. Bethany (Galat) had a great swim in the 200 IM with a huge best time. The 400 medley relay did really well this morning and not quite as well tonight."
Big points in the 200 IM:
The Aggies scored 33 points in the 200 IM with three swimmers earning evening swims. Junior Sydney Pickrem and senior Bethany Galat placed third and fourth, respectively, with Pickrem lowering her own school record to 1:52.35 and Galat joining Pickrem as the only Aggies under 1:54 with a lifetime best of 1:53.17. Senior Lisa Bratton chipped in two points with a 15th place effort in 1:56.09.
School record for Gastadello:
Senior sprint freestyler Béryl Gastaldello earned a fifth-place finish in the 50 freestyle in a time of 21.74. In the morning prelims, Gastaldello continued her assault on the record book as she lowered her own school record of 21.63. The French Olympian owns the 11 fastest times in the 50 free in school history and has been under 22 seconds 18 times during her illustrious career.
Medley relay takes seventh:
The Aggies placed seventh in the 400 medley relay with the foursome of Bratton, senior Jorie Caneta, freshman Jing Quah and Gastaldello touching in a time of 3:30.80. In morning session, the Aggies qualified sixth with a season-best time of 3:28.92, which made them the third-fastest relay in school history.
Early start on Friday:
Friday's morning session will start at 9 a.m. locally (8 a.m. CT) and the evening finals, which will be televised live on ESPNU, will begin at 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT.
Friday's events are:
- 400 IM
- 100 butterfly
- 200 freestyle
- 100 breaststroke
- 100 backstroke
- 3m dive
- 200 medley relay
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