EAST MEADOW, N.Y. --- The Texas A&M men's and women's swimming teams won the combined team championship at the 2017 U.S. Open Championships at the Nassau County Aquatics Center.
The two teams scored 484 total points to win combined crown for the first time in school history. The women's team won its respective team race for a second straight year with 322 points, while the men's team scored 152 points to place third, which was its highest finish ever.
"It's always fun to win a team title and this was a really nice win for us," said Aggie women's head coach Steve Bultman of the women's win. "It's an accomplishment to win all the relays and we were really close to a couple of individual wins too. I'm really happy to win the combined team championship and see the men's team finish third. The U.S. Open is a national level meet and I'm proud of the swimmers and what they accomplished."
Added men's head coach Jay Holmes, "It was special to come up here and swim this well. We had a fun time racing and competing against a really strong field. It seemed like we had some great swims every day. There was constantly excitement in the air on deck and I couldn't be prouder of our swimmers."
In Sunday's action:
The two teams scored 484 total points to win combined crown for the first time in school history. The women's team won its respective team race for a second straight year with 322 points, while the men's team scored 152 points to place third, which was its highest finish ever.
"It's always fun to win a team title and this was a really nice win for us," said Aggie women's head coach Steve Bultman of the women's win. "It's an accomplishment to win all the relays and we were really close to a couple of individual wins too. I'm really happy to win the combined team championship and see the men's team finish third. The U.S. Open is a national level meet and I'm proud of the swimmers and what they accomplished."
Added men's head coach Jay Holmes, "It was special to come up here and swim this well. We had a fun time racing and competing against a really strong field. It seemed like we had some great swims every day. There was constantly excitement in the air on deck and I couldn't be prouder of our swimmers."
In Sunday's action:
- Incoming freshman Joy Field of Magnolia, Texas placed fourth in the women's 1,500 freestyle in 16:34.28. Junior Caitlyn Moon placed 17th in 16:59.42 and incoming freshman Haley Yelle of Mansfield, Texas finished 21st in 17.10.80.
- Junior Lisa Bratton placed fifth in the women's 200 IM in 2:15.57. In the men's 200 IM, junior Brock Bonetti placed fourth in 2:02.35 and junior Jonathan Tybur was 13th in 2:04.12.
- In the women's 50 free, junior Kristin Malone placed eighth in 25.82, and freshman Adam Koster placed 10th in the men's 50 free in 23.07.