Friday, November 4
Bryan-College Station
3:00 PM
Texas A&M
174
vs
109
TCU
No. 14 Aggies Defeat TCU
Nov 04, 2022 | Men's Swimming and Diving
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BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 14 Texas A&M men's swimming & diving team took down TCU, 174-109, Friday afternoon inside the Rec Center Natatorium.
"We were really looking forward to having two days of racing, back-to-back," said head coach Jay Holmes. "We think it really helps us as we get closer to invite and our conference meet, where there are several days in a row that you have to compete. This situation was right for us and we got to be at our home pool, were SEC [Championships] will be this year.
"We were pretty familiar with TCU going in, I've watched some of them swim growing up. We were looking forward to some key races and the guys all did what we asked them to do. Coming in after last night, we needed to be aggressive. We are a little disappointed in our 200 medley relay, we know we are faster than that, but we just have to get the right personnel on there."
Returning to the pool following Thursday's win over Kentucky, the Aggies placed first in the 200 medley relay as Ethan Gogulski, Andres Puente, Connor Foote and Kaloyan Bratanov clocked in at 1:28.37.
"We had several places where we had guys that needed to be in an event they haven't had a chance to do yet this year. Kaloyan Bratanov hadn't raced a 200 IM all year and he's a pretty good IMer, he made NCAAs in it last year. We are pretty deep in the 200 backstroke, but Anze [Fers Erzen] hasn't swam a 200 back yet this year and we needed him to do that. He's one of those guys that we can put in a lot of different places and he's going to find a way to be pretty good at it. We put him in the 1,000 tonight and that's not one of his main events, but he swam it really, really well. His maturity and his swimming IQ are really impressive. The divers are starting to come around. Takuto [Endo] looked good and Victor [Povzner] winning was really good, he needed that."
Anze Fers Erzen kicked off the individual events with a top finish in the 1,000 free, recording a time of 9:28.45. Bratanov added two wins for the team as he swam a 1:39.47 in the 200 free and a 1:50.81 in the 200 IM.
The Aggies continued to take care of business with top times from Tyler Hulet in the 100 back (48.66), Collin Fuchs in the 50 free (20.54), Gogulski in the 100 back (45.20), Fers Erzen in the 200 back (1:47.49) and Jace Brown in the 100 fly (48.35).
Andres Puente touched the wall first in the 100 breast with a time of 54.27. Following behind him were teammates Alex Sanchez (55.92) and Vincent Ribeiro (56.72).
Baylor Nelson posted a pair of top times this meet including the 200 fly (1:49.53) and 500 free (4:28.83).
A top-time in the 400 free relay from Fuchs, Gogulski, Foote and Nelson capped off the meet as they swam a 3:01.09.
Victor Povzner earned a pair of first-place dives on the 1-meter, scoring a 427.88 and on the 3-meter, putting up a score of 436.65.
"We are two weeks away from [the Art Adamson Invitational]. We still have a long way to go before we get there and we have several things we need to be better at, but we are looking forward to it. That is going to be quite an event, there are several very good teams coming in so it should be pretty exciting."
Up Next
The Aggies return to action Nov. 16-18 to host the Art Adamson Invitational at the Rec Center Natatorium.
Visit 12thman.com for more information on Texas A&M men's swimming & diving. Fans can keep up to date with the Aggies Facebook, Instagram, and on Twitter by following @AggieSwimDive.
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 14 Texas A&M men's swimming & diving team took down TCU, 174-109, Friday afternoon inside the Rec Center Natatorium.
"We were really looking forward to having two days of racing, back-to-back," said head coach Jay Holmes. "We think it really helps us as we get closer to invite and our conference meet, where there are several days in a row that you have to compete. This situation was right for us and we got to be at our home pool, were SEC [Championships] will be this year.
"We were pretty familiar with TCU going in, I've watched some of them swim growing up. We were looking forward to some key races and the guys all did what we asked them to do. Coming in after last night, we needed to be aggressive. We are a little disappointed in our 200 medley relay, we know we are faster than that, but we just have to get the right personnel on there."
Returning to the pool following Thursday's win over Kentucky, the Aggies placed first in the 200 medley relay as Ethan Gogulski, Andres Puente, Connor Foote and Kaloyan Bratanov clocked in at 1:28.37.
"We had several places where we had guys that needed to be in an event they haven't had a chance to do yet this year. Kaloyan Bratanov hadn't raced a 200 IM all year and he's a pretty good IMer, he made NCAAs in it last year. We are pretty deep in the 200 backstroke, but Anze [Fers Erzen] hasn't swam a 200 back yet this year and we needed him to do that. He's one of those guys that we can put in a lot of different places and he's going to find a way to be pretty good at it. We put him in the 1,000 tonight and that's not one of his main events, but he swam it really, really well. His maturity and his swimming IQ are really impressive. The divers are starting to come around. Takuto [Endo] looked good and Victor [Povzner] winning was really good, he needed that."
Anze Fers Erzen kicked off the individual events with a top finish in the 1,000 free, recording a time of 9:28.45. Bratanov added two wins for the team as he swam a 1:39.47 in the 200 free and a 1:50.81 in the 200 IM.
The Aggies continued to take care of business with top times from Tyler Hulet in the 100 back (48.66), Collin Fuchs in the 50 free (20.54), Gogulski in the 100 back (45.20), Fers Erzen in the 200 back (1:47.49) and Jace Brown in the 100 fly (48.35).
Andres Puente touched the wall first in the 100 breast with a time of 54.27. Following behind him were teammates Alex Sanchez (55.92) and Vincent Ribeiro (56.72).
Baylor Nelson posted a pair of top times this meet including the 200 fly (1:49.53) and 500 free (4:28.83).
A top-time in the 400 free relay from Fuchs, Gogulski, Foote and Nelson capped off the meet as they swam a 3:01.09.
Victor Povzner earned a pair of first-place dives on the 1-meter, scoring a 427.88 and on the 3-meter, putting up a score of 436.65.
"We are two weeks away from [the Art Adamson Invitational]. We still have a long way to go before we get there and we have several things we need to be better at, but we are looking forward to it. That is going to be quite an event, there are several very good teams coming in so it should be pretty exciting."
Up Next
The Aggies return to action Nov. 16-18 to host the Art Adamson Invitational at the Rec Center Natatorium.
Visit 12thman.com for more information on Texas A&M men's swimming & diving. Fans can keep up to date with the Aggies Facebook, Instagram, and on Twitter by following @AggieSwimDive.
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