COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Both Texas A&M swimming and diving teams will say goodbye to the Senior Class of 2015 while battling Southeastern Conference rival LSU in a 11 a.m. Senior Day dual meet on Saturday at the TAMU Student Recreation Natatorium.
Being recognized on Senior Day are 10 Texas A&M swimmers and divers: Hayden Duplechain (College Station, Texas), Ford McLiney (Kansas City, Mo.) and Luke Shaw (San Antonio, Texas) from the No. 16-ranked men's team, and Kelli Benjamin (Gilbert, Ariz.), Sammie Bosma (Marietta, Ga.), Sarah Henry (Garner, N.C.), Liliana Ibanez (Celaya, Mexico), Emily Neubert (Waco, Texas), Ellen Quirke (Wellington, New Zealand) and Victoria Salinas (Brownsville, Texas) from the No. 4-ranked women's squad.
Records and Rankings …
Texas A&M:
Men's Team: 5-3 overall (No. 16 CSCAA)
Women's Team: 8-0 overall (No. 4 CSCAA)
LSU:
Men's Team: 2-4 (Not Ranked)
Women's Team: 4-3 (No. 20 CSCAA)
Following the action …
The LSU vs. Texas A&M dual meet will be available on SEC Network +. SEC Network + is only available through WatchESPN, accessible through the WatchESPN app and on SECNetwork.com. To access SEC Network + on WatchESPN, fans will need to sign in with credentials from a participating TV provider. For more information or to check your provider log on to secnetwork.com/channel.
Live results can be accessed from 12thMan.com's live results link or Meet Mobile:
http://www.12thman.com/fls/27300/livestats/swimming/LSU2015/index.htm
Last time out …
Men's Team -- The Aggie men improved to 5-3 last Saturday by dominating longtime rival SMU from start to finish in the 70th all-time meeting between the two former Southwest Conference member schools. The 132-104 win was also A&M's third-straight victory over the Mustangs which is the Aggies' second-longest winning streak over SMU since the 1950s. Texas A&M won 10 of 13 events, including both relays.
Women's Team – The fourth-ranked Aggies stepped away from the college ranks for a three-day, long course meters meet at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Austin. The Aggies were up to the challenge against some of the world's top swimmers as they compiled more than two dozen U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying cuts. Leading the way was senior All-American Sarah Henry, who posted Trials cuts in six events and posted fourth-place finishes in four races.
Last Year vs. LSU …
Men's Team – The Aggie men were edged out by LSU, 157.5-142.5, in the 2014 meeting between the two teams in Baton Rouge, La. Leading the way for the Aggies was senior Omar Enriquez, who posted wins in the 500 free and 1,000 free. Also grabbing individual wins were senior Kyle Troskot (50 free), senior Paul-Marc Schweitzer (200 free), sophomore Alexandros Theocharidis (100 back), senior Adam Ruiz (1m dive) and the 200 free relay.
Women's Team – It was a sweet homecoming for Texas A&M head coach Steve Bultman, a 1970 LSU graduate, as his No. 2-ranked Aggies cruised to a 168-127 victory over the LSU Tigers at the LSU Natatorium in 2014. The Aggies swept both relays and grabbed the top two spots in seven races. Posting double wins for the Aggies were junior Sammie Bosma (50 and 100 free) and sophomore Ashley McGregor (100 and 200 breaststroke). Taking individual wins were junior Sarah Henry (1,000 free), senior Paige Miller (100 back), sophomore Claire Brandt (200 back), senior Cammile Adams (500 free) and senior Erica Dittmer (200 IM).
#LSUvsTAMU Schedule of Events
1 Women 400 Medley Relay
2 Men 400 Medley Relay
3 Women 1000 Freestyle
4 Men 1000 Freestyle
5 Women 200 Freestyle
6 Men 200 Freestyle
7 Women 100 Backstroke
8 Men 100 Backstroke
9 Women 100 Breaststroke
10 Men 100 Breaststroke
11 Women 200 Butterfly
12 Men 200 Butterfly
13 Women 50 Freestyle
14 Men 50 Freestyle
15 Women 3 mtr Diving
16 Men 1 mtr Diving
17 Women 100 Freestyle
18 Men 100 Freestyle
19 Women 200 Backstroke
20 Men 200 Backstroke
21 Women 200 Breaststroke
22 Men 200 Breaststroke
23 Women 500 Freestyle
24 Men 500 Freestyle
25 Women 100 Butterfly
26 Men 100 Butterfly
27 Women 1 mtr Diving
28 Men 3 mtr Diving
29 Women 200 IM
30 Men 400 IM
31 Women 200 Freestyle Relay
32 Men 200 Freestyle Relay