The top-ranked Texas A&M women\u2019s swimming and diving team took down Missouri, 169-118, in dual meet action on Saturday.<\/p>\n
It was senior day for the Aggie women\u2019s team and nine seniors were honored before the dual meet \u2014 Lisa Bratton<\/strong> (Richland, Wash.), Jorie Caneta<\/strong> (Bakersfield, Calif.), Bethany Galat<\/strong> (Mishawaka, Ind.), B\u00e9ryl Gastaldello<\/strong> (Miramas, France), Esther Gonzalez<\/strong> (Torreon, Mexico), Kristin Malone<\/strong> (Milwaukee, Wis.), Caitlynn Moon<\/strong> (DeKalb, Ill.), Laura Norman<\/strong> (Keller, Texas) and Jessica Sloan<\/strong> (Magnolia, Texas).<\/p>\n The Aggies\u2019 double winners were Bratton in the 100-yard backstroke (54.11) and the 200 back (1:58.09); Caneta in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.94) and the 200 breast (2:12.11); Malone in the 50 freestyle (23.02) and 100 free (50.15); junior Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> in the 200 free (1:48.12) and 500 free (4:50.33); and freshman Jing Quah<\/strong> in the 100 butterfly (54.05) and the 200 fly (1:57.98).<\/p>\n Tallying solo individual wins were freshman Haley Yelle<\/strong> in the 1,000 free (10:06.60) and junior Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo<\/strong> in the 400 IM (4:16.69).<\/p>\n Missouri’s Kendra Kieser<\/strong> won 1-meter diving (283.51).<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in the men’s meet, No. 9 Texas A&M beat No. 15 Missouri, 169-131.<\/p>\n Winning multiple races for the Aggies were senior Mauro Castillo<\/strong> and sophomore Anthony Kim<\/strong>. Castillo won the 100-yard breaststroke in 54.45 and the 200 breast in 1:59.29, while Kim was victorious in the 100 backstroke in 48.03 and the 200 back in 1:44.78.<\/p>\n Junior Sam Thornton<\/strong> led the way in diving with a victory in the three-meter springboard with a 384.68 point total and a runner-up finish on the one-meter board with a score of 352.58.<\/p>\n Other Aggies winning individual races were sophomore Adam Koster<\/strong> in the 50 free (20.08) and sophomore Ben Walker<\/strong> in the 400 IM (3:54.30).<\/p>\n Missouri’s Jacob Wielinski<\/strong> won the 1000 free (9:17.20). Giovanny Lima<\/strong> won the 200 free in a NCAA “B” cut of 1:37.01. Micah Slaton<\/strong> won the 200 butterfly (1:47.44), a “B” cut and the 100 fly (48.32). Kyle Goodwin<\/strong> won 1-meter diving (366.53). Mikel Schreuders<\/strong> won the 100 free (44.40).<\/p>\n Florida tops Florida Atlantic<\/h3>\n A day after sweeping Florida State, the Gators swept Florida Atlantic.<\/p>\n The No. 6 Gator men topped the Owls 179-103 with 11 event victories, while the no. 19 women defeated FAU 180-101 with 11 victories of their own.<\/p>\n The men began the day winning seven events in a row to clinch the victory over the Owls. The men’s 200 medley relay of Michael Taylor, Stanley Wu, Jan Switkowsk<\/strong>i and Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> got the Gators off to a strong start.<\/p>\n Individual wins by Drew Clark<\/strong> (1000 free), Grady Heath<\/strong> (200 free), Dakota Mahaffey<\/strong> (100 back), Switkowski (100 Breast), Dressel (200 fly), Bayley Main<\/strong> (50 free) rounded out Florida’s seven straight event victories.<\/p>\n On the women’s side, the Gators recorded five straight wins to start the meet, with the 200 medley relay team of Sherridon Dressel, Paige Scheriger, Georgia Marris<\/strong> and Kelsey Dambacher<\/strong> kicking it off.<\/p>\n The relay was followed by individual wins from Kelly Fertel<\/strong> (1000 free), Marris (200 free), Sydney Sell (<\/strong>200 back) and Dani Keymont<\/strong> (100 breast).<\/p>\n Heath (100 free), Ethan Beach<\/strong> (200 back), Mark Szaranek<\/strong> (200 breast) and Khader Baqlah<\/strong> (500 free) made up the rest of the Gator wins for the men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The top-ranked Texas A&M women\u2019s swimming and diving team took down Missouri, 169-118, in dual meet action on Saturday. 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