February 01, 2008
The No. 20 Texas A&M men?â„¢s swimming and diving team fell to No. 21 Southern Methodist, 144-92, in dual meet action on Friday at Perkins Natatorium on the SMU campus.
The Aggies won a pair of events with sophomore Israel Duran grabbing gold in the 200-yard butterfly and senior Alejandro Jacobo taking first in the 200 breaststroke. Duran turned in a time of 1:49.59 in his fly victory, while Jacobo posted nearly a two-second victory with a time of 2:02.70.
A&M swept second and third in three events with senior Ozzie Gardner (20.76) and sophomore Casey Strange (20.78) in the 50-yard freestyle, sophomores Nikita Denisyako (1:50.79) and Jason Bergstrom (1:52.54) in the 200 backstroke, and sophomores Matt Platt (290.85) and Henry Stevens (243.67) in the three-meter springboard.
Also grabbing second place finishes were junior Tim Sablick in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:46.45) and senior Ryan Latone in the 500 freestyle (4:40.63). The Aggies took second in both relays ?- Denisyako, Jacobo, junior Shawn Clarke and junior Brad Raiford in the 400 medley relay and Latone, Raiford, junior Kyle Holland and Bergstrom in the 400 free relay.