Nov. 11, 2010
The Texas A&M men's and women's swimming and diving teams are both ranked in the Top-20 in the first issue of the Collegeswimming.com/CSCAA Division I dual meet rankings.
The A&M men's team is ranked No. 17 on the first poll of the 2010-2011 season, while the women's team comes in ranked at a solid No. 8.
The men have competed in just one event of the 2010-2011 season, the Southwest Collegiate Plunge, at which the Aggies took second place behind defending National Champions Texas. The Aggies notched here victories in the meet --- two by junior diver Grant Nel and one by sophomore swimmer Omar Enriquez.
The women have competed in a pair of dual meets in the 2010-2011 season, translating into a 1-1 record on the season thus far. The Aggies' first meet, Oct. 26 against the Houston Cougars ended in a solid 183-101 victory for A&M in which swept all 16 events of the meet.
The Aggies then hosted rival Texas on Nov. 5 and dropped a 163-137 decision to the No. 3 ranked Longhorns.
The Aggies had five individual victories in the meet, three by swimmers and two in the diving well. Junior swimmer Rita Medrano posted victories in both the 100-yard and 200-yard butterflies and senior Lindsey King finished first in the 200-yard backstroke. Senor diver Jaele Patrick and junior diver Janie Potvin took first and second place for the Aggies in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events.
CollegeSwimming.com/CSCAA Division I Dual Meet Poll
Men's Team Rankings
1 Texas 510; 2 California 445; 3 Stanford 445; 4 Florida 418; 5 Arizona 375; 6 Michigan 352; 7 Auburn 348; 8 Ohio State 347; 9 North Carolina 312; 10 Indiana 302; 11 Virginia 285; 13 Georgia 275; 13 Minnesota 275; 14 Southern California 244; 15 Tennessee 212; 16 Alabama 164; 17 Texas A&M 163; 18 UNLV 117; 19 Louisville 114; 20 Florida State 109; 21 Purdue 98; 22 Louisiana State 93; 23 Virginia Tech 53; 24 South Carolina 42; 25 Princeton 41
Women's Team Rankings
1 Stanford 734; 2 Georgia 713; 3 Texas 703; 4 Florida 680; 5 California 660; 6 SouthernCal 546; 7 Arizona 531; 8 Texas A&M 510; 9 Virginia 472; 10 Auburn 445; 11 Tennessee 367; 12 North Carolina 334; 13 Michigan 301; 14 Minnesota 277; 15 Indiana 264; 16 Wisconsin 208; 17 Arkansas 144; 18 Southern Methodist 143; 19 Purdue 128; 20 Louisville 119; 21 Ohio State 98; 22 Louisiana State 96; 23 San Diego State 90; 24 UCLA 85; 25 Missouri 67