Women's Swimming Closes out Fall Semester with Sweep of Rice

Saturday, December 2

Houston, Texas

12 p.m.

Texas A&M

161

Rice

Dec 02, 2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Meet Results (PDF)Highlights

By: Brad Marquardt

HOUSTON, Texas – The No. 3 Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team closed out the 2017 portion of the 2017-18 season with a 161-92 win over Rice on Saturday at the Rice Aquatics Center. Texas A&M swept all 14 races while improving 4-1 in dual meet action.

Aggie head coach Steve Bultman said:
"It was a little different competition for us and we had a lot of fun doing it, but we also had some really nice swims which was our biggest goal. Both teams had already had their fall invitationals so we were able to mix it up a little bit. It worked out really well. The team swam well, we had fun and it was an absolutely gorgeous day. "

Texas A&M swept the relays with the foursome of senior Laura Norman, freshman Anna Belousova, freshman Jing Quah and sophomore Raena Eldridge winning the 100 medley relay in 47.36 and the group of sophomore Golf Sapianchai, junior McKenna DeBever, sophomore Sara Metzsch and junior Sydney Pickrem taking the 500 free crescendo relay in 4:30.44.
Winning multiple individual races were freshman Taylor Pike and senior Bryl Gastaldello. Pike swept the 100-yard butterfly (55.75) and the 200 fly (2:00.16, while Gastaldello won the 100 backstroke (54.54) and the 100 IM (56.31).
Other Aggies logging individual wins were: freshman Joy Field in the 1,000 free (10:10.51), junior Claire Rasmus in the 200 free (1:49.47), Belousova in the 100 breast (1:03.01), Eldridge in the 50 free (23.36), Sapianchai in the 100 free (51.91), senior Lisa Bratton in the 200 back (2:00.42), senior Esther Gonzalez in the 200 breast (2:14.64) and freshman Haley Yelle in the 500 free (4:54.32).
After the winter break, the Aggies will be back in action when Missouri heads to College Station for the A&M's sixth dual meet on Jan. 6, 2018.