Coming off of a win against LSU, The Texas A&M men continued to excell with a 143-98 win over Southern Methodist University.
The Aggies started off the day with a first and second place finish in the 400-yard medley relay. SMU’s top team finished nearly six seconds behind the top Texas A&M team. The winning Aggie team of backstroker Brock Bonetti, breaststroker Mauro Castillo Luna, butterflier Turker Ayar and freestyle Jacob Gonzales touched in 3:11.70.
SMU’s Lucas Schenke took the first event of the day: the 1000-yard freestyle. Schenke touched in 9:15.33, over a second ahead of Texas A&M’s Mitch Glander. The Mustangs continued to roll in the 200-yard freestyle. Christian Scherubl took first with a time of 1:37.20.
Ziga Cerkonvik won the 50-yard freestyle for SMU. The 21-year old touched in 20.25. The Aggies picked up second, third, fourth and fifth place finishes in the event.
The Aggies took the top four spots in the 200-yard individual medley. Austin Van Overdam led the way, posting a time of 1:47.72.
SMU’s Bryce Klein took the win in 3-meter diving, posting a score of 407.25. Texas A&M’s Sam Thornton took the one-meter event with a score of 399.08.
Jose Martinez touched first for Texas A&M in the 200-yard butterfly, posting a time of 1:46.19. Ayar followed with a win in the 100-yard freestyle, just beating teammate Justin Morey with a time of 44.29.
Bonetti picked up an individual win for Texas A&M, touching first in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:42.93. He won the race by nearly five seconds.
Schenke picked up a second individual win, posting a time of 4:31.59 to take first in the 500-yard freestyle.
Castillo Luna won the last individual event of the day: the 200-yard breaststroke. He posted a time of 1:54.97.
The 400-yard freestyle relay ended the meet. SMU technically won the race, but Texas A&M posted the fastest time. The Aggies swam all four of their relays as exhibition. The top Aggie team posted a time of 2:57.50, which would have won the event by four seconds.
Texas A&M does not swim again until Southeastern Conference Championships.