Saturday, October 7
Columbia, S.C.
9:00 AM
Texas A&M
193
at
102
South Carolina
Texas A&M Tops South Carolina, Virginia Tech on the Road
Oct 07, 2023 | Men's Swimming and Diving
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Texas A&M men's swimming & diving team picked up a pair of road wins, topping South Carolina and Virginia Tech Saturday morning at the Carolina Natatorium. A&M earned a 193-102 win over the Gamecocks and knocked off the Hokies, 157.5-139.5.
The Aggies got the day started with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, as the team of Thomas Shomper, Logan Brown, Connor Foote and Baylor Nelson clocked in at 1:28.14.
Nelson helped lead the way with three individual first-place finishes, touching the wall first in the 200 free (1:35.88), 200 back (1:45.06) and 200 IM (1:45.50).
Trey Dickey and Batuhan Filiz dominated the distance events, finishing 1-2 in the 1000 free and 500 free. Dickey clocked in at 9:12.99 in the 1000, while Filiz went 9:15.17, and Dickey posted a time of 4:27.79 in the 500, with Filiz going 4:27.87.
A&M put its depth on full display throughout the day, securing three of the top four spots in the 100 breast, four of the top five spots in the 200 fly, three of the top four in the 200 back and closed out the individual events filling four of the top five spots in the 200 IM.
Allen Bottego continued his early season success sweeping the springboards. He secured the top spot on the 1-meter with a score of 355.58, while Victor Povzner took second place with a score of 322.73. Bottego led the way with a score of 368.10 on the 3-meter, followed by Takuto Endo in third (355.43), Rhett Hensley in fourth (347.70) and Povzner in fifth (316.28).
UP NEXT
The Aggies returns home for their second SEC meet of the season, hosting Tennessee on Friday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m.
POST MEET QUOTES
Men's Swimming & Diving Head Coach Jay Holmes on the team's performance against South Carolina ...
We appreciate the meet and competition we had with South Carolina. We were able to get a lot out of that meet. We had several guys stepping up in key places that we needed to see, like Thomas Shomper and Carter Nelson having the start of a season that you hope to see out of your seniors. Logan Brown, as a freshman coming on the 200IM like he did. Tyler Hulet is also starting out so well in our backstroke group. Team effort being able to go to South Carolina and win like we did.
On the competition with Virginia Tech ...
What a great college dual meet versus Virginia Tech. Every race had a significant moment in how this thing played out. It's not often when a team loses both relays and still wins the meet, but that's what happened here. We hoped going in that diving and our distance group would keep us in this thing and that is what happened. It was a great effort by [Allen] Bottego winning both boards. Trey Dickey and Batuhan [Filiz] going 1-2 in those distance events was basically a relief. After that it was a back-and-forth fight. We won the backstrokes and the freestyles 200 and above. They won the breaststrokes and the flys. In all of those events everything was really tight and could have gone either way. The meet basically came down to Baylor [Nelson] winning the 200 IM. What a great race between him and [Carles Coll Marti], both of those guys were NCAA Championship finalist in the 200 IM last season. After the whole meet going back-and-forth, it came down to that race. Once we got to that point in the meet our staff knew whatever team won that race would win the meet. It continues on with Baylor, if you put him in pressure situation and that guy wins.
I was really proud of our staff, Jason Calanog and Michael Walker, today. They did a super job getting our team prepared and staying on task. It's still just a step in our journey, but I'm really proud of how our staff and team took that step today.
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/X by following @AggieSwimDive
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Texas A&M men's swimming & diving team picked up a pair of road wins, topping South Carolina and Virginia Tech Saturday morning at the Carolina Natatorium. A&M earned a 193-102 win over the Gamecocks and knocked off the Hokies, 157.5-139.5.
The Aggies got the day started with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, as the team of Thomas Shomper, Logan Brown, Connor Foote and Baylor Nelson clocked in at 1:28.14.
Nelson helped lead the way with three individual first-place finishes, touching the wall first in the 200 free (1:35.88), 200 back (1:45.06) and 200 IM (1:45.50).
Trey Dickey and Batuhan Filiz dominated the distance events, finishing 1-2 in the 1000 free and 500 free. Dickey clocked in at 9:12.99 in the 1000, while Filiz went 9:15.17, and Dickey posted a time of 4:27.79 in the 500, with Filiz going 4:27.87.
A&M put its depth on full display throughout the day, securing three of the top four spots in the 100 breast, four of the top five spots in the 200 fly, three of the top four in the 200 back and closed out the individual events filling four of the top five spots in the 200 IM.
Allen Bottego continued his early season success sweeping the springboards. He secured the top spot on the 1-meter with a score of 355.58, while Victor Povzner took second place with a score of 322.73. Bottego led the way with a score of 368.10 on the 3-meter, followed by Takuto Endo in third (355.43), Rhett Hensley in fourth (347.70) and Povzner in fifth (316.28).
UP NEXT
The Aggies returns home for their second SEC meet of the season, hosting Tennessee on Friday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m.
POST MEET QUOTES
Men's Swimming & Diving Head Coach Jay Holmes on the team's performance against South Carolina ...
We appreciate the meet and competition we had with South Carolina. We were able to get a lot out of that meet. We had several guys stepping up in key places that we needed to see, like Thomas Shomper and Carter Nelson having the start of a season that you hope to see out of your seniors. Logan Brown, as a freshman coming on the 200IM like he did. Tyler Hulet is also starting out so well in our backstroke group. Team effort being able to go to South Carolina and win like we did.
On the competition with Virginia Tech ...
What a great college dual meet versus Virginia Tech. Every race had a significant moment in how this thing played out. It's not often when a team loses both relays and still wins the meet, but that's what happened here. We hoped going in that diving and our distance group would keep us in this thing and that is what happened. It was a great effort by [Allen] Bottego winning both boards. Trey Dickey and Batuhan [Filiz] going 1-2 in those distance events was basically a relief. After that it was a back-and-forth fight. We won the backstrokes and the freestyles 200 and above. They won the breaststrokes and the flys. In all of those events everything was really tight and could have gone either way. The meet basically came down to Baylor [Nelson] winning the 200 IM. What a great race between him and [Carles Coll Marti], both of those guys were NCAA Championship finalist in the 200 IM last season. After the whole meet going back-and-forth, it came down to that race. Once we got to that point in the meet our staff knew whatever team won that race would win the meet. It continues on with Baylor, if you put him in pressure situation and that guy wins.
I was really proud of our staff, Jason Calanog and Michael Walker, today. They did a super job getting our team prepared and staying on task. It's still just a step in our journey, but I'm really proud of how our staff and team took that step today.
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/X by following @AggieSwimDive
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