No. 1 Women's Swimming Defeats Missouri

Saturday, January 6

College Station

12 p.m.

Texas A&M

169

118

Missouri

Photo by: Russell James/Texas A&M Athletics

Jan 06, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Meet Results (PDF)Highlights

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The top-ranked Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team took down Missouri, 169-118, in dual meet action on Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium.

It was Senior Day for the Aggie women's team and nine seniors were honored before the dual meet -- Lisa Bratton (Richland, Wash.), Jorie Caneta (Bakersfield, Calif.), Bethany Galat (Mishawaka, Ind.), Béryl Gastaldello (Miramas, France), Esther Gonzalez (Torreon, Mexico), Kristin Malone (Milwaukee, Wisc.), Caitlynn Moon (DeKalb, Ill.), Laura Norman (Keller, Texas) and Jessica Sloan (Magnolia, Texas).

Head coach Steve Bultman said: "It was a nice win against a very good Missouri team. I'm very pleased about the way we competed. We had five double winners – I don't know if we've ever had that before. It was really nice to see that." (On the Senior Class of 2018) "As usual, Senior Day is great, but sad. It's great to see them go out with a win, but it's sad because it's the last home dual meet for them. It's hard to believe; it seems like just a year or two ago that we were recruiting them. This group of seniors have won SECs twice, were fourth, fourth and third at nationals, so this group has already accomplished a great deal and that's pretty special."

NOTABLES…
·With the victory, the Aggies improved to 5-1 in dual meet action, while Missouri falls to 2-4.
·The Aggies swept all 14 races and earned runner-up finishes in both diving events. The Aggies swept at least the top two spots in eight races and took the top four spots in two races.
·The Aggies' double winners were senior Lisa Bratton in the 100-yard backstroke (54.11) and the 200 back (1:58.09); senior Jorie Caneta in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.94) and the 200 breast (2:12.11); senior Kristin Malone in the 50 freestyle (23.02) and 100 free (50.15); junior Sydney Pickrem in the 200 free (1:48.12) and 500 free (4:50.33); and freshman Jing Quah in the 100 butterfly (54.05) and the 200 fly (1:57.98).
·Tallying solo individual wins were freshman Haley Yelle in the 1,000 free (10:06.60) and junior Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo in the 400 IM (4:16.69).
·The Aggies opened and closed the meet with relay wins. The foursome of Bratton, Caneta, Quah and Malone won the 200 medley relay in 1:40.27, while the group of Malone, senior Bethany Galat, sophomore Golf Sapianchai and sophomore Raena Eldridge were victorious in the 200 free relay in 1:32.49.

Next Up…
·The Aggies return to action on Jan. 9 with a 5 p.m. road matchup with SMU at the Barr-McMillion Natatorium on the SMU campus.