Texas A&M men break two school records on SEC Day 2

ATHENS, Ga. --- The Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team shattered a pair of school records and stand in third place after the second day of the 2019 Southeastern Conference Championship on Wednesday at the University of Georgia.

"We know we still have a whole lot more in us," Aggie head coach Jay Holmes said. "You always want more. We're in a good position, not as good as we wanted to be but that's part of the deal. There's a lot more meet to do. I mean there's still a whole lot more to happen, so that's what we're focusing on right now."

The Aggies closed out the night with record-setting effort in the 200-yard freestyle relay as the foursome of freshman Shaine Casas, junior Adam Koster, junior Mike Thibert and freshman Clayton Bobo lowered the 200 free relay school record to 1:16.71 while placing fifth.

Earlier in the day, sophomore transfer Mark Theall lopped nearly four seconds off the 500 freestyle school record with a lifetime best of 4:16.79 in the morning prelims. In the Championship final, Theall posted the second-fastest time in school history with a 4:17.34 clocking while placing fifth.

Missouri emerged as the day 2 team leader with 378 points, followed by Florida (353.5), Texas A&M (344), Alabama (331.5), Tennessee (312), Kentucky (270), Georgia (267), Auburn (252), South Carolina (234) and LSU (170).

Event Recaps:

500 freestyle
Sophomore transfer Mark Theall demolished the school record in the morning prelims with a time of 4:16.79 and then placed fifth in the evening finals in a time of 4:17.34, which is the second-fastest time in school history. Freshman Mark Schnippenkoetter chipped in a 23^rd place finish in 4:24.58.

200 IM
Freshman Shaine Casas just missed the award podium with a fourth-place finish in a time of 1:43.35, while senior Angel Martinez won the consolation final in a lifetime best 1:44.61. Freshman Coco Bratanov turned in a 12^th-place effort in a lifetime best 1:45.61.

50 freestyle
Junior Mike Thibert earned the highest SEC finish of his career with a fifth-place effort in a lifetime best of 19.31. With the time, Thibert, who wasn't on the Aggies' top 10 list in the 50 free prior to today, now ranks as the second-fastest 50 freestyler in school history. Junior Adam Koster, who had to win a swim off to earn a spot in the A final, placed eighth in 19.60. Freshman Clayton Bobo placed 24^th in 19.92.

200 freestyle relay
The Aggie foursome of freshman Shaine Casas, junior Adam Koster, junior Mike Thibert and freshman Clayton Bobo lowered the 200 free relay school record to 1:16.71 while placing fifth.

Schedule

Players Mentioned

Clayton Bobo

Shaine Casas

Adam Koster

Angel Martinez

Mark Schnippenkoetter

Mark Theall

Mike Thibert

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