BATON ROUGE, La. – The ninth-ranked Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team was dominant on its way to a 189-107 victory over longtime rival LSU on Saturday at the LSU Natatorium.
With the win, the Aggies improved to 6-1 in dual meet action, while the Tigers fell to 2-4.
Aggie head coach Jay Holmes said:
"This was a typical January dual meet between two longtime rivals. We've been swimming LSU every year for as long as I can remember, and I know the bus trip home is a lot more fun when we win. It wasn't pretty in some places, but I'm happy to come home with a victory. I didn't expect to lose the 200 medley relay to start things off, that's for sure. We eventually got rolling and had a number of 1-2 finishes the rest of the way. We challenged our guys and I'm happy with the way they responded."
Notables
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With the win, the Aggies improved to 6-1 in dual meet action, while the Tigers fell to 2-4.
Aggie head coach Jay Holmes said:
"This was a typical January dual meet between two longtime rivals. We've been swimming LSU every year for as long as I can remember, and I know the bus trip home is a lot more fun when we win. It wasn't pretty in some places, but I'm happy to come home with a victory. I didn't expect to lose the 200 medley relay to start things off, that's for sure. We eventually got rolling and had a number of 1-2 finishes the rest of the way. We challenged our guys and I'm happy with the way they responded."
Notables
- With the win, the 2018 Senior Class, which will be honored next Friday prior to the SMU dual meet (7 p.m.), will finish their careers with a 4-0 record against the Tigers.
- The Aggies won 13-of-16 events against LSU, including taking at least the top two spots in nine events.
- Five Aggies won multiple individual races vs. LSU: freshman Felipe Rizzo won the 500 freestyle (4:30.95) and the 1,000 free (9:28.16); senior Mauro Castillo won the 100 breaststroke (54.55) and the 100 butterfly (48.42); senior Brock Bonetti won the 200 fly (1:46.88) and the 200 backstroke (1:45.38); sophomore Adam Koster won the 50 free (20.48) and 100 free (44.92); and sophomore Ben Walker won the 200 breast (1:58.85) and the 200 IM (1:48.66).
- Other Aggies contributing individual victories were sophomore Anthony Kim in the 100 back (48.37) and junior Sam Thornton in the one-meter dive (359.63 points).
- The Aggies closed out the meet with a victory in the 200 free relay with the foursome of Koster, sophomore Mike Thibert, senior Justin Morey and sophomore Raiz Tjon-a-joe touching in 1:21.29.
Next up…
- The Texas A&M men return to action on Friday, Jan. 26 with a 7 p.m. dual meet vs. another annual rival, the SMU Mustangs. The Senior Class of 2018 will be honored prior to the competition.