COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M swimming and diving teams will host Southeastern Conference foe Missouri in a 12 noon dual meet on Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium. The SEC showdown will also serve as Senior Day for nine members of the women's team, who will be honored prior to the competition. Admission is free.
Men's head coach Jay Holmes said: "Whichever team wants it the most is going to come out on top. Both teams are capable and both teams have real strengths, so it's going to be a great college dual meet. Missouri has a bunch of kids from the state of Texas, so I think they'll be fired up to swim in their home state. They traditionally have a very good group of divers, but I would put ours up against anybody's. I expect a highly competitive dual meet and the key, as always, will be finding a way to get our hands to the wall first."
Women's head coach Steve Bultman said: "This is definitely a special group of seniors. It's hard to believe they've been here four years already. The expression 'time flies' is really true. They've done a lot of great things here and several of them have their names on our record board. It's definitely nice to be back in competition after the break. Missouri is a very strong team and they will be good competition for us."
The Senior Class of 2018
Records and Rankings
Aggie men: 4-1 / No. 9 in CSCAA Top 25
Aggie women: 4-1 / No. 1 in CSCAA Top 25
Tiger men: 4-1 / No. 15 in CSCAA Top 25
Tiger women: 2-3 / Not ranked in CSCAA Top 25
Following the Action
Men's head coach Jay Holmes said: "Whichever team wants it the most is going to come out on top. Both teams are capable and both teams have real strengths, so it's going to be a great college dual meet. Missouri has a bunch of kids from the state of Texas, so I think they'll be fired up to swim in their home state. They traditionally have a very good group of divers, but I would put ours up against anybody's. I expect a highly competitive dual meet and the key, as always, will be finding a way to get our hands to the wall first."
Women's head coach Steve Bultman said: "This is definitely a special group of seniors. It's hard to believe they've been here four years already. The expression 'time flies' is really true. They've done a lot of great things here and several of them have their names on our record board. It's definitely nice to be back in competition after the break. Missouri is a very strong team and they will be good competition for us."
The Senior Class of 2018
- Being recognized prior to the meet will be Lisa Bratton, Jorie Caneta, Bethany Galat, Bryl Gastaldello, Esther Gonzalez, Kristin Malone, Caitlynn Moon, Laura Norman and Jessica Sloan.
Records and Rankings
Aggie men: 4-1 / No. 9 in CSCAA Top 25
Aggie women: 4-1 / No. 1 in CSCAA Top 25
Tiger men: 4-1 / No. 15 in CSCAA Top 25
Tiger women: 2-3 / Not ranked in CSCAA Top 25
Following the Action
- Live swimming results for the Texas A&M-Missouri dual meet will be available at 12thMan.com and on Meet Mobile.
- The Texas A&M-Missouri dual meet will be broadcast on SEC Network +, which is available on SECNetwork.com and on iOS, Android, Apple TV and Roku devices through participating providers via WatchESPN. Visit getsecnetwork.com for more information.