Sarah Gibson Leads Texas A&M Against Rice

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The No. 7 Texas A&M women wrapped up the first half of their season against the Rice Owls on Saturday. The Aggies won the meet 160-100.

The day started with the 200-yard medley relay. The Aggies won with a time of 1:42.89. Their team consisted of Beryl Gastaldello, Jorie Caneta, Sarah Gibson and Lexie Lupton.

In the 1000-yard freestyle, the Aggies’ Colleen Konetzke brought home the win with a time of 10:07.47, nearly three seconds ahead of Rice’s Hanna Huston.

Gibson picked up another victory in the 200-yard freestyle. The junior posted a time of 1:50.63.

Gastaldello also won a second event: the 100-yard backstroke. Gastaldello touched in at 56.31.

The Texas A&M roll continued in the the 100-yard breaststroke. Caneta followed her teammates Gibson and Gastaldello in earning a second victory on the day. The freshman posted a time of 1:03.89.

Tiffany Futscher picked up the win for the Aggies in the 200-yard butterfly. The 17-year-old freshman touched the wall in 2:05.35.

After helping the Aggies’ 200-yard medley relay to a first place finish, Lupton won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.46.

Gastaldello won her third event of the day in the 100-yard freestyle. The sophomore won in 51.28.

Lisa Bratton picked up another win for the Aggies. She won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:00.42. Texas A&M’s Esther Gonzalez Medina won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:17.38.

Gibson earned her third victory of the meet in the 500-yard freestyle. She won by almost seven seconds with a time of 4:58.33.

The Rice Owls picked up their first win of the day in the 100-yard butterfly. Kiley Beall won the event in 56.77. An Owl swimmer also finished first in the 400-yard individual medley. Kaitlyn Swinney won in 4:19.86.

The day finished up with the 200-yard freestyle relay. Rice won the event in 1:35.96.

No. 7 Texas A&M returns to action on Jan. 8 against No. 3 Georgia.

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