Texas A&M Men’s Swimming Downs SMU

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COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M men’s swimming and diving team won 10 of 13 events to take down in-state rival SMU for the third-straight time on Friday night, topping the Mustangs 132-104 in College Station.

Texas A&M Press Release

The Texas A&M men’s swimming and diving team overpowered longtime rival SMU in a 132-104 dual meet victory on Friday at the Student Recreation Natatorium.

The Aggies, who improved to 5-3 in dual meet action, dominated from start to finish in the 70th all-time meeting between the two former Southwest Conference member schools. It was also A&M’s third-straight victory over the Mustangs which is the Aggies’ second-longest winning streak over SMU since the 1950s.

Texas A&M won 10 of 13 events, including both relays. The Aggies opened the meet with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay with the foursome of freshman Brock Bonetti, freshman Mauro Castillo, senior Luke Shaw and junior Cory Bolleter hitting the wall in 3:13.31. A&M closed the night with a win in the 400 free relay with the quartet of Shaw, Bolleter, sophomore Jacob Gonzales and freshman Justin Morey touching in 2:57.45.

“My main message to the team prior to the meet was getting off to a fast start in the medley relay,” Aggie head coach Jay Holmes said. “We wanted to make a statement by really hammering that relay and that’s exactly what we did. After that everything fell into place for us. I was really happy with the way the team competed today, but we still have a long way to go to be ready for SECs and the NCAA Championships.”

Showing their depth, the Aggies had 1-2-3 finishes in four races – the 50 free, 200 IM, 100 free and the 200 back. In the 50 free, Bolleter led the way with a time of 21.13 followed by Gonzales (20.31) and Morey in 20.59). In the 200 IM, junior Antoine Marc won in 1:49.11 followed by senior Hayden Duplechain (1:49.40) and Bonetti (1:51.84). In the 100 free, Gonzales won in 44.94 trailed by Morey (45.35) and Marc (45.36). In the 200 back, Bonetti was victorious in 1:45.21 followed by junior Alexandros Theocharidis (1:47.86) and Cameron Kerr (1:49.63).

The Aggies also 1-2 finishes in two events. Aggie divers Tyler Henschel and Zachary Stockton went 1-2 in the one-meter dive with Henschel winning with 364.43 and Stockton right behind with 333.53, while Castillo won the 200 breaststroke in 1:58.18 followed by freshman Jonathan Tybur (2:04.58).

Other Aggies grabbing victories were junior captain Mitch Glander in the 1,000 free (9:17.44), sophomore Turker Ayar in the 200 butterfly (1:49.02).

SMU Press Release

Freshman Christian Scherübl won two events and Devin Burnett added a win in diving, but the SMU men’s swimming and diving team (0-3) fell to Texas A&M (5-3), 132-104, on Friday night at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium in College Station.

“Christian [Scherübl] swam well. He had a great meet,” said head coach Eddie Sinnott. “Our distance guys swam really well, but our sprinters struggled and that’s just because it’s that time of year.”

For the second consecutive meet, Scherübl won both the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.20) and 500-yard freestyle (4:25.81). Scherübl’s 200 free time is an NCAA ‘B’ Standard time and both times are the fastest in the American Athletic Conference so far this season.

Burnett added a first-place finish for the Mustangs, winning the three-meter dive (376.50). Burnett also finished third in the one-meter (325.20).

In addition to Scherübl and Burnett, freshman Stefan Popov and the 400-yard freestyle relay team also captured wins for the Mustangs. Popov won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:08.73) and Scherübl, Sam Straughan, Tyler Rauth and Tucker Wells ended the night with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:03.40).

Hayden Hodges and Daniel Pitts also scored points for the Mustangs in diving. Hodges placed third in both the one-meter (263.55) and three-meter (283.43), while Pitts finished fourth in the three-meter (260.18).

“The divers struggled in the one-meter, but bounced back in the three-meter,” said Sinnott. “That’s a very good sign of things to come.”

SMU’s 400-yard medley relay of Straughan, Popov, Wells and Bartosz Krzyzaniak began the night with a second-place finish (3:20.79).

The Mustangs then had two top-three finishes in the 1,000-yard freestyle, as Eastman Holloway placed second (9:25.83) and Gabriel Andonie followed in third (9:35.54).

Tyler Rauth had a solid night for the Mustangs, placing second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.01) and adding a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard IM (1:54.52). Wells also swam well in the 200 fly, finishing third (1:50.37).

Hayden Corley also turned in a second-place finish, trailing only teammate Popov in the 200 breast (2:11.12).

Freshman Brooks Logan was the Mustangs’ top sprint freestyler of the meet, placing fifth in both the 50-yard (21.56) and 100-yard freestyle (47.88).

“Performance-wise, the meet went how we expected,” said Sinnott. “Now, it’s time to turn the corner and start preparing for the championship season.”

SMU will have a two-week break before returning to the pool for a double dual meet versus Arizona and Texas in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 30-31.

Results: SMU vs. Texas A&M

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