The LSU men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving teams each recorded dual-meet victories over Texas A&M on Friday, Oct. 23, in the LSU Natatorium, marking the first win over the Aggies for the men since 2014 and the women since 2001.<\/p>\n
The No. 17 LSU women dominated Texas A&M by a score of 215-83. Sophomore Martina Bukvic broke a 15-year-old school record in the 100 breaststroke, and the women went on to win every swimming event for the second consecutive meet.<\/p>\n
The No. 14 LSU men defeated the Aggies by a score of 181.5-116.5. Senior Jere Hribar<\/strong> had a historic night, setting a school record and three pool records. Junior Nikola Simic<\/strong> smashed his own school record in the 1000 freestyle, and the Tiger men won all but two of the swimming events.<\/p>\n Friday night\u2019s meet kicked off with the 200 medley relay. The LSU women\u2019s squad of Zoe Carlos-Broc, Bukvic, Avery Littlefield<\/strong>\u00a0and Nina Stanisavljevic<\/strong> took the top time at 1:35.59. The men\u2019s group of Zach Dale, Volodymyr Lisovets, Caleb Ellis<\/strong>\u00a0and Hribar notched the top spot with a time of 1:24.40.<\/p>\n The first individual event was the 1000 freestyle, which saw Nicole Santuliana<\/strong> touch the wall first with a time of 9:48.76. Simic followed up with a record-breaking performance, logging a time of 8:47.41 to beat his own school record in the event by five seconds. Santuliana later placed first in the 200 fly (1:59.69).<\/p>\n In the 200 free, LSU freshman Sophie Benn<\/strong> took the top spot with a time of 1:45.50, while Jovan Lekic<\/strong> finished with a time of 1:35.24 to earn the win on the men\u2019s side. They each went on to win the 500 free as well, with Benn recording a time of 4:47.44 and Lekic a time of 4:18.39.<\/p>\n Carlos-Broc and freshman Zach Dale<\/strong> each won the 100 backstroke. Carlos-Broc did so with a time of 52.21, and Dale recorded a time of 46.68. Dale went on to win the 200 back, clocking a time of 1:43.50. Parker Del Balso won the event on the women\u2019s side (1:55.42).<\/p>\n Bukvic touched the wall first in the 100 breast with a time of 58.58 to break Jane Trepp\u2019s record, which had been held since 2011. Lisovets posted a time of 52.25 to take care of business on the men\u2019s side. Bukvic and Lisovets also went on to take first in the 200 breast with a time of 2:08.01 from Bukvic and 1:55.61 from Lisovets.<\/p>\n In the 50 freestyle, Littlefield and Hribar each sped to the top spot, Littlefield recording a time of 22.03, while Hribar put up a pool record time of 18.68. Hribar later went 41.21 in the 100 free for another LSU Natatorium record. Stanisavljevic clocked a time of 48.38 to win the women\u2019s 100 free.<\/p>\n Littlefield and Hribar weren\u2019t done there. Littlefield won the 100 fly with a time of 52.09, while Hribar set a pool and school record, clocking a monster time of 45.36.<\/p>\n The final swimming event of the evening was the 400 free relay, which saw the LSU women\u2019s squad of Bukvic, Littlefield, Benn, and Stanisavljevic put together a time of 3:14.97. The LSU men\u2019s group of Andreas Da Silva, Matias Santiso, Diggory Dillingham<\/strong>\u00a0and Simon Meubr<\/strong>y clocked a winning time of 2:52.50.<\/p>\n On the women\u2019s side, senior transfer Sydney Guidara<\/strong> placed first in the 1-meter with a score of 279.0, followed by Julie Moons<\/strong> (265.43) and Bridget Foster<\/strong> (259.35). In the 3-meter dive, Foster led the way with a score of 311.10, followed by Moons and Guidara.<\/p>\n Emilio Trevino Laureano<\/strong>, last season\u2019s NCAA Champion the platform dive, swept the 1- and 3-meter dives with scores of 327.85 and 374.18, respectively. Sophomore Vladyslav Klimko<\/strong> took second in the 1-meter with a score of 319.65.<\/p>\n Also logging first-place finishes for the Aggies were sophomore AJ Robinson<\/strong> in the 200 butterfly and junior transfer Carter Lancaster<\/strong> in the 200 IM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The LSU men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving teams each recorded dual-meet victories over Texas A&M on Friday, Oct. 23, in the LSU Natatorium, marking the first win over the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":576092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[4248,64153,46364,548,51375],"class_list":["post-655894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","tag-lsu","tag-lsu-tigers","tag-sec-swimming","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n