AUBURN, Ala. – Texas A&M junior Cory Bolleter tallied the men's swimming and diving team's top finish on day two of the Southeastern Conference Championships on Wednesday at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center on the Auburn University campus.
The Aggies stand in eighth place after two days of action with 222 points. Georgia leads the way with 421 points, followed by Florida (391.5), Auburn (379), Tennessee (329.5), Alabama (311), Missouri (251), South Carolina (249), Texas A&M, LSU (189) and Kentucky (169).
Bolleter, a team captain from San Antonio, Texas, took fifth place in the Championship final of the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.55 after posting a season-best of 19.48 in the morning prelims. Also contributing points for the Aggies in the 50 free was sophomore Jacob Gonzales, who placed third in the consolation final (11th overall) with a time of 19.85, which was just off his lifetime best of 19.82 set during a time trial on Tuesday.
The Aggie duo of senior Hayden Duplechain and junior Antoine Marc combined to chip in 10 points in the 200 IM. Duplechain placed third in the C final (19th overall) with a time of 1:47.08 and Marc was right behind in fifth place (21st overall) in 1:47.53. Both Aggies posted lifetime bests in the morning prelims with Duplechain touching in 1:46.68 and Marc in 1:47.16.
The Aggies closed out the day with an eight place finish in the 200 free relay with the foursome of Bolleter, Gonzales, senior Luke Shaw and sophomore Turker Ayar touching the wall in 1:18.86. All four Aggies posted a sub-20 second split with Gonzales' 19.46 split leading the way.