By Dan D’Addona.
Halfway through a two day, double dual meet with Wisconsin and Tennessee, there have been some fast races by all three teams.
The Auburn women are winning both meets while the men are ahead of Wisconsin but trail Tennessee.
The Tennessee men won six events and lead Auburn 98-88 and Wisconsin 135-55. The Tennessee women, winners of two events, lead Wisconsin 103-83 but trail Auburn 106-80.
In total, Auburn won nine events on Friday, five by the women and four by the men.
Hugo Gonzalez, a freshman from Spain, picked up a pair of wins, taking down the field in both the 200 IM (1:47.15) and the 200 back (1:45.53). Teammate Petter Fredriksson, a sophomore, was second in the 200 back (1:47.93).
Gonzalez also led off Auburn’s winning 400 medley relay with a 47.45 split, the fastest leadoff split by over two seconds. He was followed by Tommy Brewer in the breaststroke (55.50), Luis Martinez in the fly (46.93) and Peter Holoda in the free (43.63) as Auburn went 3:13.51 to out-touch Tennessee’s top squad and the runner-up by over two seconds.
Sophomore Julie Meynen, who went undefeated in the 100 free during dual meets as a freshman, kept her streak alive on Friday, winning the event in 49.46.
Senior Sam McHugh helped lead the way on the men’s side, winning the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.18) and coming in second place in the 200 individual medley, good for his first NCAA B-cut time of the season (1:47.88).
Senior David Heron led off individual races with a victory in the 1,000 freestyle (9:10.37).
Junior Kyle DeCoursey won the 50 freestyle and teamed up at the end of the session with Braga Verhage, Ryan Coetzee and Alec Connolly to win the 200 freestyle relay (1:20.46).
Aggies ahead of MSU, Notre Dame
The Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team nearly posted a clean sweep of the day’s events against host Notre Dame and Michigan State on Friday at the Rolfs Aquatic Center on the Notre Dame campus.
The Aggies won eight of nine events, as they tallied a head-to-head win over Michigan State (98-62) and grabbed a commanding 121-46 day one lead over Notre Dame. For the men, the Aggies defeated the Spartans, 98-64, and grabbed a 101.5-64.5 day one advantage over the host Irish. The Aggies and Irish will conclude their two-day, 18-event dual meet on Saturday with the first race at 10 a.m.
Leading the way with a pair of individual wins was senior Bethany Galat, who was victorious in the 200 IM in 1:59.00 and the 200 butterfly in a facility record 1:57.67.
Senior All-American Mauro Castillo tallied a pair of victories and swam a leg on the Aggies’ winning 400 medley relay. Castillo posted the Aggies’ first race win of the night in the 200 IM in a time of 1:48.99 and then took the 100 breaststroke two races later in a time of 54.96.
Senior Brock Bonetti, junior Angel Martinez and sophomore Adam Koster each grabbed individual wins and contributed to the 400 medley relay win. Bonetti won the 200 backstroke in 1:44.74, Martinez won the 200 butterfly in 1:47.90 and Koster took the 100 free in 44.22.
Vanderbilt beats North Florida
Vanderbilt sped past the North Florida Ospreys Thursday afternoon, winning all 11 events in their dual meet en route to a decisive 151-53 win.
Sophomore Paige Hamilton, junior Johanna Goldblatt and senior Breanna Sapienza lead Vanderbilt with three wins a piece. Goldblatt sprinted her way to a win in the 50-yard freestyle, Sapienza won the 100-yard butterfly, and Hamilton took first in the 100-yard freestyle. All three women also finished first as part of the 400-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay.