No. 5 Texas A&M women win 11-of-16 events on way to victory over No. 15 Auburn

Saturday, October 21

Auburn, Ala.

1 p.m.

Texas A&M

171

122

Auburn

Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics

Oct 21, 2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results: TAMU at AUB

By: Brad Marquardt

AUBURN, Ala. -- The Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team tallied a 171-122 win over No. 15 Auburn on Saturday at the Martin Aquatics Center on the Auburn University campus.

The Aggies improved to 3-0 in dual meet action in 2017-18 while winning 11 of 16 possible events against the Tigers, including taking at least the top two spots in five races.

"We started well with a really solid medley relay time for this time of year, and then we got on a roll," Aggie women's head coach Steve Bultman said. "We had three double winners and took the two spots in a bunch of races, so I was very happy with the way we competed. We came here wanting to see improvement and we definitely did a bunch of areas. Ultimately, we wanted to race against some really good competition and get a victory, which we were able to do."

Leading the way with multiple individual victories were freshman Haley Yelle, senior Jorie Caneta and senior Beryl Gastaldello.

Yelle, competing in just her third collegiate dual meet, swept the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle. The freshman from Mansfield, Texas led a 1-2-3-4 Aggie finish in the 500 free with a winning time of 4:50.89 and won the 1,000 free in 9:59.37.

Caneta won the 100 and 200 breaststroke, while also helping the Aggies' 200 medley relay to victory. Caneta, from Bakersfield, Calif., led 1-2 Aggies finishes in both races with times of 1:00.93 in the 100 breast and 2:11.95 in the breast.

Gastaldello, the defending SEC Swimmer of the Week, was dominant again with wins in the 50 and 100 free and with the 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay. The senior from Miramas, France won the 50 free in 22.51 and rallied to the 100 free victory in 49.15.

Other Aggies posting victories were junior Claire Rasmus in the 200 free (1:47.96), freshman Jing Quah in the 200 fly (1:58.88) and senior Lisa Bratton in the 200 backstroke (1:55.90).

The Aggies opened and closed the meet with relay victories. The Aggie foursome of Bratton, Caneta, Quah and Gastaldello won the 200 medley relay in 1:38.88, while the group of Gastaldello, Rasmus, sophomore Golf Sapianchai and sophomore Katie Portz touched first in the 400 free relay in 3:19.25.