Freshmen Lead the Aggies on Day Three of NCAA Championships

MINNEAPOLIS – Freshmen Connor Foote and Baylor Nelson led the No. 12 Texas A&M men's swimming & diving team in its continued success at NCAA Championships at Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center on Friday.
 
Nelson received his second individual career All-America distinction in back-to-back days as he finished second in the 400 IM Consolation Final, putting up a career-best 3:38.11. Nelson is the first swimmer in program history to earn two individual top-10 finishes his freshman year.
 
Foote swam a career-best 45.21 in the 100 fly prelims. He went on to pick up his first individual All-America honors, placing seventh in the B-final and 15th overall, registering a time of a 45.41.
 
Victor Povzner advanced to the 3-meter B-final, collecting his second All-America recognition of the week as he placed 13th overall for Honorable Mention honors, scoring 398.05. This marked Povzner's third NCAA top-16 finish of his career. Also in action on the 3-meter were Rhett Hensley and Takuto Endo, scoring 350.40 and 349.50, respectively.
 
The 400 medley relay team of Ethan Gogulski, Andres Puente, Foote, and Kaloyan Bratanov earned 13th with a time of 1:16.70. All four swimmers earned Honorable Mention All-America honors to close out day three. Foote's 100 fly split bettered his personal-best he set earlier today, lowering it to 45.25.
 
Also competing in the 400 IM prelims was Anze Fers Erzen, clocking a 3:43.29. Gogulski swam the 100 back in prelims, touching the wall at 45.98. Bratanov competed in the 200 free, recording a time of 1:34.00
 
In the 100 breast, Puente finished 22nd with a time of 52.09, along with Alex Sanchez clocking a 52.54.
 
The Maroon & White return to action tomorrow at 10 a.m. for the final day of NCAAs. for prelims. Competing in the 200 back will be Gogulski and Nelson. Sanchez and Puente get back to work in the 200 breast. Fers Erzen will then take on the 200 fly. Following the swim prelims, Hensley and Allen Bottego will compete on the platform. Finals are scheduled for 6 p.m. for Aggies that advance and the 400 free relay.
 
Live results can be found here or on the Meet Mobile app, and results for the diving portion of the meet can be found here. The meet will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
Remaining Schedule:
Saturday, March 25 – Swim Results | Dive Results | Watch Live
Prelims – 10 a.m.
Finals – 6 p.m. – 1650 Free, 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, Platform, 400 Free Relay
 
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