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BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 13 Texas A&M men’s swimming & diving team picked up a pair of wins, defeating No. 6 Texas and No. 23 Georgia Tech Friday evening. A&M upset Texas 143-119 and topped Georgia Tech 189-111.
The Maroon & White started the meet off hot winning the 400 medley relay using the squad of Baylor Nelson, Logan Brown, Connor Foote and Collin Fuchs with a time of 3:08.45.
Nelson continued to chip off time, placing first the 200 free (1:33.97), 200 back (1:42.34) and 400 IM (3:46.13). Foote registered season bests in both the 50 free with the time of 19.92 and the 100 fly 46.01 for two first-place finishes.
Texas A&M dominated in the breaststroke as Alex Sanchez touched the wall first in both the 100 breast (52.86) and the 200 breast (1:54.76) while Logan Brown was right behind him, placing third in in both events.
A&M capped the meet with a third-place finish in the 200 free relay where Fuchs, Foote, Trey Dickey and Carter Nelson put together a time of 1:19.68.
Today’s win over Texas marks back-to-back top 10 wins and the first time the Aggies have beat the Longhorns since Nov. 3rd, 2017, where they won 158-142 against fifth-ranked Texas.
In the pair of wins, 10 Aggies notched 16 NCAA B cuts in nine events.
The diving team competed against Georgia Tech and grabbed first-place finishes on both springboards. Allen Bottego won the 1-meter scoring a 364.73 and Victor Povzner took first on the 3-meter board scoring a 431.18.
The Aggies will continue to take on Georgia Tech in a long course meet that will be unscored. The action begins on Saturday, Nov. 4th at 10 a.m. in the Rec Center Natatorium.
UP NEXT:
The Texas A&M men’s swimming & diving team hosts the Art Adamson Invitational at the Rec Center Natatorium Nov. 14th-17th
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2023-11-04 00:42:16
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