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Men's Swimming and Diving

Aggies Down Incarnate Word

The Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team opened 2012 with a win over University of the Incarnate Word Thursday at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium.

The Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team opened 2012 with a win over University of the Incarnate Word Thursday at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium.

The Aggies took seven first place finishes on the day, six individual wins and one relay top spot.

The Aggies kicked off the evening with a first place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Junior Nick Han, redshirt freshman Diego Suarez, sophomore Kyle Troskot and junior John Dalton combined to touch first with a time of 1:31.44. 

Sophomore Henrik Lindau led the Aggies with a pair of individual wins on the day. Lindau struck first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.26, then took his talents to the 50-yard freestyle, where he threw down a time of 20.67. Lindau's finish in the 50 freestyle led an Aggie 1-2-3 finish, as freshman Alberty Riley (21.23) and Tareq Kaaki (21.32) finished in second and third, respectively.

The Aggies also saw 1-2-3 finishes in the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard butterfly.

In the 200 freestyle, sophomore Kyle Troskot led the way with a time of 1:41.33, followed by junior Austin Wilson (1:42.73) and senior John Ariens (1:43.42).

Senior Amini Fonua (55.90) took first in the 100 breaststroke, as junior John Wagner (57.41) barely out-touched fellow junior Cheyne Hermes (57.42) for second place.

The final A&M sweep was in the 200 butterfly, where freshman Luke Shaw paced the Aggie front with a time of 1:53.08. Junior John Dalton and sophomore Donnie Walker followed with times of 1:53.56 and 1:56.12, respectively.

The Aggie divers took to the boards as well Thursday, and they followed suit with a pair of 1-2-3 finishes, in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events.

Senior Grant Nel took the top spot for A&M in the 1-meter springboard, as he paced the field with a score of 395.95. A pair of sophomore transfers, Hayden Jones (359.20) and Antonio Page-Kahn. placed second and third, respectively.

Jones beat out teammate Nel for the top spot in the 3-meter with a season best score of 429.95. Nel finished with a score of 425.85 and sophomore Adam Ruiz placed third with a NCAA Zone qualifying score of 333.15.

"It was a really good meet for the team- with Adam making his zone score," Nel said. "With Hayden and everyone diving so well, we're all really excited to see what's in store for us in the future."