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Texas A&M Dives Into The Season With A Strong Lead Over Ohio State
Oct 18, 2019 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M Aggies swimming & diving started the weekend off strong with diving occupying the leaderboard after the first day of the event against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both the men's and women's diving squads held their own today with freshman Victor Povzner and junior Charlye Campbell in first place.
Povzner clinched first in the 3-meter dive at 428.33. Junior Kurtis Mathews placed third with a score of 377.93. Senior Mike Thibert notched his olympic trial cut time in the 50 free at 23.09. Sophomore Shaine Casas broke the pool record at the Rec Center Natatorium for the 100 LC Meter Backstroke, coming in at 54.43, beating the previous record of 54.89 held by Olympian Aaron Piersol back in 2007.
Campbell earned first in the 1-meter dive for the women, finishing with 301.88. Freshman Alyssa Clairmont entered her first meet as an Aggie finishing third on the 1-meter, scoring 281.18.
The Maroon & White take the pool again tomorrow at 10 a.m. with races in short course yards that will be scored.
For updates and results, follow along on Twitter @aggieswimdive.
Day-2 Meet Schedule
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle/800 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
Diving Break – Men's 1-Meter
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle/400 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
Diving Break – Women's 3-Meter
200 Individual Medley
400 Freestyle Relay
Quotes
Head Diving Coach Jay Lerew
On the Teams' performance today…
"Victor [Povzner], this is his first big meet to hit his first college dive right out of the gate for 80-something points. It kept him going, and it was really awesome."
On junior Charlye Campbell's performance…
"Charlye has been coming out of a neck injury lately, but she fought it out. She did really well today, and I was real proud of her today."
Freshman Diver Victor Povzner
On his college debut…
"I just really enjoyed it. It was a really enjoyable meet. The atmosphere was amazing, the other team was awesome, their sportsmanship was great. I just focused on my own dives and I am really happy about the outcome of what I did."
Men's Head Coach Jay Holmes
On the men's performance today…
"Any time that you open up your season with a competition you have lots of questions. Some of our guys looked good, like Shaine Casas, MikeThibert. It was good to see where we're at."
On his thoughts for tomorrow…
"It kind of sets the benchmark as to where we are right now, and as coaches we need to see where we are at. Our guys need to see, too. It'll be an exciting meet between us and Ohio State."
Women's Head Coach Steve Bultman
On the women's performance today…
"I thought we had some really good swims today. We had a couple of best times, we had a couple of really close Olympic Trial cut times and we're just getting into training."
On how he thinks the meet tomorrow will go…
"I think it's going to be a heck of a meet. We're looking forward to it."
Povzner clinched first in the 3-meter dive at 428.33. Junior Kurtis Mathews placed third with a score of 377.93. Senior Mike Thibert notched his olympic trial cut time in the 50 free at 23.09. Sophomore Shaine Casas broke the pool record at the Rec Center Natatorium for the 100 LC Meter Backstroke, coming in at 54.43, beating the previous record of 54.89 held by Olympian Aaron Piersol back in 2007.
Campbell earned first in the 1-meter dive for the women, finishing with 301.88. Freshman Alyssa Clairmont entered her first meet as an Aggie finishing third on the 1-meter, scoring 281.18.
The Maroon & White take the pool again tomorrow at 10 a.m. with races in short course yards that will be scored.
For updates and results, follow along on Twitter @aggieswimdive.
Day-2 Meet Schedule
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle/800 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
Diving Break – Men's 1-Meter
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle/400 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
Diving Break – Women's 3-Meter
200 Individual Medley
400 Freestyle Relay
Quotes
Head Diving Coach Jay Lerew
On the Teams' performance today…
"Victor [Povzner], this is his first big meet to hit his first college dive right out of the gate for 80-something points. It kept him going, and it was really awesome."
On junior Charlye Campbell's performance…
"Charlye has been coming out of a neck injury lately, but she fought it out. She did really well today, and I was real proud of her today."
Freshman Diver Victor Povzner
On his college debut…
"I just really enjoyed it. It was a really enjoyable meet. The atmosphere was amazing, the other team was awesome, their sportsmanship was great. I just focused on my own dives and I am really happy about the outcome of what I did."
Men's Head Coach Jay Holmes
On the men's performance today…
"Any time that you open up your season with a competition you have lots of questions. Some of our guys looked good, like Shaine Casas, MikeThibert. It was good to see where we're at."
On his thoughts for tomorrow…
"It kind of sets the benchmark as to where we are right now, and as coaches we need to see where we are at. Our guys need to see, too. It'll be an exciting meet between us and Ohio State."
Women's Head Coach Steve Bultman
On the women's performance today…
"I thought we had some really good swims today. We had a couple of best times, we had a couple of really close Olympic Trial cut times and we're just getting into training."
On how he thinks the meet tomorrow will go…
"I think it's going to be a heck of a meet. We're looking forward to it."
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