HOUSTON – The No. 25 Texas A&M women's swimming & diving team topped the Houston Cougars in a dual meet on Thursday afternoon at the CRWC Natatorium on the UH campus.
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The Aggies won with a final score of 166-133, taking victories in 11 of 16 possible events.
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Junior transfer Ava Whitaker led the way with a trio of individual victories. She swept the 100 and 200 butterfly in 52.55 and 1:55.01, respectively, as well as the 100 IM in 55.47. Senior Kaitlyn Owens also picked up a pair of victories in the 100 backstroke (53.29) and 50 freestyle (23.09).
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Chipping in solo swim victories were junior Katie Walker and sophomore Macy Lewis. Walker won the 200 free in 1:49.20 and Lewis touched first in the 200 back in 1:56.83. The Aggie divers swept the springboard dives with sophomore Bridget Foster winning the 3-meter with a score of 331.80 and sophomore Julie Moons taking the 1-meter with a score of 292.65.
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Contributing second place victories were Ella McQuinn, Lillie Sczech, and Hannah O'Leary. McQuinn took second in the 100 breast (1:00.72) and the 100 free (50.25), Sczech touched second in the 200 breast in 2:13.61, and O'Leary took second in the 500 free in 4:53.22.
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The Aggies opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 400 medley relay with the women's quartet of Owens, McQuinn, Whitaker, and Eloise Williamson touching in 3:36.70. The Maroon & White closed out the meet with the with a victory in the 200 free relay with the foursome of Owens, McQuinn, Williamson and Reagan Sherrard finishing in 1:31.74. Â
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The Aggies won with a final score of 166-133, taking victories in 11 of 16 possible events.
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Junior transfer Ava Whitaker led the way with a trio of individual victories. She swept the 100 and 200 butterfly in 52.55 and 1:55.01, respectively, as well as the 100 IM in 55.47. Senior Kaitlyn Owens also picked up a pair of victories in the 100 backstroke (53.29) and 50 freestyle (23.09).
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Chipping in solo swim victories were junior Katie Walker and sophomore Macy Lewis. Walker won the 200 free in 1:49.20 and Lewis touched first in the 200 back in 1:56.83. The Aggie divers swept the springboard dives with sophomore Bridget Foster winning the 3-meter with a score of 331.80 and sophomore Julie Moons taking the 1-meter with a score of 292.65.
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Contributing second place victories were Ella McQuinn, Lillie Sczech, and Hannah O'Leary. McQuinn took second in the 100 breast (1:00.72) and the 100 free (50.25), Sczech touched second in the 200 breast in 2:13.61, and O'Leary took second in the 500 free in 4:53.22.
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The Aggies opened the meet with a first-place finish in the 400 medley relay with the women's quartet of Owens, McQuinn, Whitaker, and Eloise Williamson touching in 3:36.70. The Maroon & White closed out the meet with the with a victory in the 200 free relay with the foursome of Owens, McQuinn, Williamson and Reagan Sherrard finishing in 1:31.74. Â