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The Aggies got their first win of the season with a 182.5-112.5 decision over Illinois.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/12thman-com-prod\/2026\/11\/07\/F7WUVOg8pnGiuKiLehcGgaLhBabpzsUrTAGjqdwW.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/sec-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEC Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/big-ten-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Ten Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Hannah O\u2019Leary<\/strong> and .17 ahead of Illinois\u2019 <strong>Chloe Diner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arkansas started with a pool record in the 200 medley relay, the team of <strong>Isabelle Leigh, Ellery Chandler, Harriet Rogers<\/strong> and <strong>Viola Petrini<\/strong> going 1:36.91. Leigh then won the 100 back in 52.05 seconds to reset the pool mark.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 48.32 on the third leg leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>Petrini won the 200 free in 1:48.36, edging A&amp;M\u2019s <strong>Hannah Krueger<\/strong> by three tenths. Rogers swept the sprint events, going 22.05 to dominate the 50 free and 49.62 to edge Petrini\u2019s 49.99 in the 100 free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maria-Jose Sanchez<\/strong> scored 318.10 to win 1-meter diving, then 352.25 to top a crowd of Texas A&amp;M divers on 3-meter.<\/p>\n<p>A&amp;M was second in both relays. <strong>Ella McWhorter<\/strong> claimed the breaststroke double, going 1:00.54 in the 100 and 2:11.73 in the 200. <strong>Fernanda Elizondo Cabrera<\/strong> won the 1,000 free in 10:01.7 and the 500 free in 4:56.01. <strong>Halina Panczyszyn<\/strong> finished second in the 100 back and third in the 200 back for the Aggies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaitlyn Gresik<\/strong> of Illinois was second in the 1,000 and third in the 500, the latter a spot behind teammate <strong>Kate Farrell. 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