Hayden Gibson Stars as Arkansas Sweeps Texas A&M, Illinois

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Hayden Gibson Stars as Arkansas Sweeps Texas A&M, Illinois

Hayden Gibson won three races, and Arkansas set a pair of pool records in wins over Texas A&M and Illinois on Saturday in Fayetteville.

The Making Waves Women’s Empowerment Meet at Arkansas Natatorium yielded wins of 203-96 over Illinois and 181-115 over A&M in an SEC match. The Aggies got their first win of the season with a 182.5-112.5 decision over Illinois.

Gibson produced a remarkable treble. She led an Arkansas 1-2 in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:59.91. She pushed a similar 1-2 result in the 200 backstroke by touching in 1:57.54. In the 200 individual medley, Gibson went 2:00.75, rallying to claim a tremendous race by 2:00.75, .06 up on A&M’s Hannah O’Leary and .17 ahead of Illinois’ Chloe Diner.

Arkansas started with a pool record in the 200 medley relay, the team of Isabelle Leigh, Ellery Chandler, Harriet Rogers and Viola Petrini going 1:36.91. Leigh then won the 100 back in 52.05 seconds to reset the pool mark.

Leigh added a win in the 100 fly in 52.78. She helped the Razorbacks cap the meet by going 3:17.81 in the 400 freestyle relay with the same relay quartet, Leigh’s 48.32 on the third leg leading the way.

Petrini won the 200 free in 1:48.36, edging A&M’s Hannah Krueger by three tenths. Rogers swept the sprint events, going 22.05 to dominate the 50 free and 49.62 to edge Petrini’s 49.99 in the 100 free.

Maria-Jose Sanchez scored 318.10 to win 1-meter diving, then 352.25 to top a crowd of Texas A&M divers on 3-meter.

A&M was second in both relays. Ella McWhorter claimed the breaststroke double, going 1:00.54 in the 100 and 2:11.73 in the 200. Fernanda Elizondo Cabrera won the 1,000 free in 10:01.7 and the 500 free in 4:56.01. Halina Panczyszyn finished second in the 100 back and third in the 200 back for the Aggies.

Kaitlyn Gresik of Illinois was second in the 1,000 and third in the 500, the latter a spot behind teammate Kate Farrell. Isabella Wilhelm finished second in the 50 free, and Diner was also third in the 100 breast.

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