No. 6 Texas A&M downs No. 23 LSU in final swimming tune-up before SEC Championships

Saturday, January 23

Baton Rouge, La.

11:00 AM

Texas A&M

181

119

LSU

Sarah Gibson

Jan 23, 2016 | Women's Swimming and Diving

BATON ROUGE, La.—The No. 6 Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team defeated the No. 23 LSU Tigers 181-119 on Saturday in the Aggies' final swimming tune-up before the 2016 Southeastern Conference Championships.

The victory stretched the Aggies' winning streak over the Tigers to 15 straight, and Texas A&M closed out its 2015-16 dual meet schedule with a 7-2 overall record.

Texas A&M enjoyed two first place victories in freestyle events. Freshman Sydney Pickrem won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:05.61 to top the leaderboard. Junior Sycerika McMahon grabbed first place in the 500 free with a 4:50.88. Pickrem also touched first in the 200 IM in a time of 2:01.34.

Senior Claire Brandt won both backstroke events, swimming the 100 back in 55.20 and the 200 back in 1:58.87. The Aggies also won both breaststroke events. McMahon won the 100 breast in 1:01.58. Sophomores Bethany Galat (2:12.86), Esther Gonzalez (2:14.85) and Jorie Caneta (2:15.13) finished 1-2-3 in the 200 breast.

Junior Sarah Gibson swept the butterfly races with a 53.56 win the 100 fly and a 1:57.04 victory in the 200 fly.

Junior Madison Hudkins continued her impressive season with a sweep in the diving competition, winning the one-meter with a 303.30 and the three-meter with a 340.43.

The Aggies began and ended the day with second place finishes in relays. The team of sophomore Lisa Bratton, McMahon, Gibson, and freshman Lexie Lupton swam the 200 medley relay in 1:41.32 to begin the day while Brandt, freshman Natasha Gvakharia, McMahon, and Lupton wrapped up the meet with a 3:21.58 finish in the 400 free relay.

To learn more about the Texas A&M Women's Swimming and Diving team, log onto 12thman.com and follow @AggieSwimDive on Twitter.