BOSTON ---The Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team will take a road swing through New England with meets against Tufts, Harvard, Fordham and Boston University this week.
The Aggies will get started with an combined team exhibition with Tufts at 6 p.m. on Thursday, continue with a double dual with Harvard and Fordham at 5 p.m. on Friday and finish with a 12:30 p.m. dual with Boston University on Saturday.
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"No matter the situation, no matter the event, when the guys step up on the block I want their minds ready to go," Aggies head swimming coach Jay Holmes said. "I want them to react and do the things that we have been training them to do. We still have a long way to go in training. We're not going to be crisp yet. We're still going to be tired from our training. But we're going to ask our guys to compete, no matter how they feel. When they step on the blocks, it's for real and they make it happen."
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In between the swimming and diving, the extended trip through New England will give the Aggies the opportunity to see the sites of Boston and grow closer as a team.
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"This trip will be good for us as a team because we'll go and do some different things together," Holmes said. "Most road trips are spent at the pool or at the hotel, but this week will be a little different. There will still be plenty of pool and hotel time, but we're also going to spend some time together learning the history of Boston. It's good to learn the history and tradition of a totally different place."
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The Aggies got off to a solid start with a runner-up team finish two weeks ago at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge at the Mansfield (Texas) ISD Natatorium. A&M finished just a few points behind Texas while beating Missouri and SMU.
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"It's probably one of the faster starts we've ever had," Holmes said. "We had some very good swims. You could tell they weren't crisp, we didn't come off the walls very well. They looked like they were tired which is right where we thought they would be with the way all collegiate teams are training right now. They still got up on the blocks and raced well, which is really all we asked them to do."
The Aggies will get started with an combined team exhibition with Tufts at 6 p.m. on Thursday, continue with a double dual with Harvard and Fordham at 5 p.m. on Friday and finish with a 12:30 p.m. dual with Boston University on Saturday.
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"No matter the situation, no matter the event, when the guys step up on the block I want their minds ready to go," Aggies head swimming coach Jay Holmes said. "I want them to react and do the things that we have been training them to do. We still have a long way to go in training. We're not going to be crisp yet. We're still going to be tired from our training. But we're going to ask our guys to compete, no matter how they feel. When they step on the blocks, it's for real and they make it happen."
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In between the swimming and diving, the extended trip through New England will give the Aggies the opportunity to see the sites of Boston and grow closer as a team.
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"This trip will be good for us as a team because we'll go and do some different things together," Holmes said. "Most road trips are spent at the pool or at the hotel, but this week will be a little different. There will still be plenty of pool and hotel time, but we're also going to spend some time together learning the history of Boston. It's good to learn the history and tradition of a totally different place."
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The Aggies got off to a solid start with a runner-up team finish two weeks ago at the Southwest Collegiate Plunge at the Mansfield (Texas) ISD Natatorium. A&M finished just a few points behind Texas while beating Missouri and SMU.
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"It's probably one of the faster starts we've ever had," Holmes said. "We had some very good swims. You could tell they weren't crisp, we didn't come off the walls very well. They looked like they were tired which is right where we thought they would be with the way all collegiate teams are training right now. They still got up on the blocks and raced well, which is really all we asked them to do."