The Aggies, who will return to action on Jan. 8, 2015 with a double dual against Tennessee and SMU, delivered a 167-91 win over the Owls, which included wins in 13 of 14 possible races. In the individual races the Aggies swept the top two spots in 11 of 12 races and finished 1-2-3 in six races. Texas A&M closed out the fall with a perfect 5-0 record and extended its three-year unbeaten streak in dual meets to 18.
"We put in a solid week of hard work coming off the Thanksgiving break, so I was very pleased with our performance," Aggie head coach Steve Bultman said. "We stepped up and raced extremely well. We put people in some different races than they are used to and they responded very well. It was a good day for us as we head into finals and then winter training."
The Aggies won both relays and had four swimmers with a pair of individual wins on the day – seniors Lili Ibanez and Sarah Henry, junior Ashley McGregor and freshman Laura Norman.
Ibanez swept the 50- and 100-yard freestyles in 23.17 and 50.63, respectively; Henry won the 200 free (1:48.14) and the 400 IM (4:11.75); McGregor touched first in the 200 breast (2:15.16) and the 200 butterfly (2:03.72); and Norman won the 100 backstroke (56.75) and the 100 butterfly (56.07).
Nabbing solo victories were freshman Beryl Gastaldello in the 200 back (2:01.46), sophomore Sycerika McMahon in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.15) and sophomore Sarah Gibson in the 500 free (4:53.37).
The Aggies opened the meet with a victorious effort in the 200 medley relay with the foursome of Gastaldello, McMahon, Gibson and junior Meredith Oliver touching in 1:42.01, and then closed the meet with a win in the 200 free relay with the quartet of senior Emily Neubert, senior Kelli Benjamin, Norman and Ibanez getting to the wall first in a time of 1:34.21.