Casas Defends SEC 200 IM Title

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Columbia, Mo. – The Texas A&M men's swimming team continued competition Wednesday night at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. The Aggies highlighted the evening with their third trip to the podium so far this week and another relay record-breaking performance. The Maroon & White currently sit in fifth with 382 points.

During the second race of the night, junior Shaine Casas defended his title in the 200 IM, clocking in at 1:39.26 to secure first. Junior Kaloyan Bratanov led the rest of the A&M finalists finishing seventh with a time of 1:44.29. Freshman Vincent Ribeiro and sophomore Jace Brown each recorded personal-best times, clocking in at 1:45.33 and 1:46.33, respectively.

Seniors Tanner Olson and Mark Theall were key point-earners for the Aggies. Olson led three Aggies in the 50 free with a top-15 finish (19.72). Theall got finals started with a sixth-place finish in the 500 free in a time of 4:15.57.

The 200 free relay team of Casas, Olson, Bratanov and Theall lowered the school record clocking in at 1:16.37, good for fourth to close out day two.

The Aggies will return to action Thursday with prelims beginning at 10 a.m. and finals to follow at 6 p.m.

For updates and results, follow along on Twitter @aggieswimdive.

Top Finishers
500 free – Mark Theall – 4:15.57
200 IM – Shaine Casas – 1:39.26*
50 free – Tanner Olson – 19.72
200 free relay – Shaine Casas, Tanner Olson, Kaloyan Bratanov, Mark Theall – 1:16.37
*denotes first-place finish

Meet Details
Thursday, February 25
10 a.m.              Prelims - Watch | Results
6 p.m.              Finals: 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 400 medley relay - Watch | Results

Friday, February 26
10 a.m.              Prelims - Watch | Results
6 p.m.              Finals: 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay - Watch | Results

Schedule

Players Mentioned

Kaloyan Bratanov

Jace Brown

Shaine Casas

Tanner Olson

Vincent Ribeiro

Mark Theall

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