Texas A&M Press Release
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 7-ranked Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team swept SMU on Friday and will face SEC rival LSU on Senior Day at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium.
The Aggies improved to 6-1 in dual meet action with a 173-109 win over the Mustangs while sweeping all 16 events. The Aggies return to the pool on Saturday for Senior Day against LSU when they honor eight seniors:
Texas A&M Senior Class of 2017
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Zoe Alaniz |
Corpus Christi, Texas |
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Julia Cook |
Boerne, Texas |
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Sarah Gibson |
San Antonio, Texas |
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Courtney Hattie |
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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Madison Hudkins |
Murrieta, Calif. |
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Franko Jonker |
Pretoria, South Africa |
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Ashley McGregor |
Pointe-Claire, Québec, Canada |
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Sycerika McMahon |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
The Aggies opened and closed the meet with relay wins. The foursome of junior Béryl Gastaldello, junior Jorie Caneta, senior Sarah Gibson and sophomore Claire Rasmus opened the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley with a time of 3:39.53, and the group of redshirt freshman Raena Eldridge, freshman Sara Metszch, senior Sycerika McMahon and sophomore Lexie Lupton touched first in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:33.97 to end the day.
Texas A&M received a pair of individual wins from five Aggies – McMahon in the 500 free (4:50.14) and 1,000 free (9:51.27), Gibson in the 100 butterfly (54.72) and 200 butterfly (1:59.98), Gastaldello in the 50 free (22.35) and 100 free (50.30), sophomore Sydney Pickrem in the 200 backstroke (1:58.41) and 400 IM (4:12.51) and senior Zoe Alaniz in the one-meter dive (281.70) and the three-meter dive (311.25).
Other Aggies tallying wins were freshman Katie Portz in the 200 free (1:48.99), junior Lisa Bratton in the 100 back (54.66), Caneta in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.73) and senior Ashley McGregor in the 200 breast (2:13.20).
SMU Press Release
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (SMU) – The SMU women's swimming and diving team fell to No. 8 Texas A&M at the Student Recreation Center Natatorium on Friday afternoon in College Station. With the loss, the Mustangs fall to 3-1 in dual action this season, while the Aggies improve to 6-1.
Senior Vicky Cunningham and freshman Erin Trahan led the Mustang swimmers each posting runner-up performances in their respective events. Cunningham touched second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.89, while Trahan registered a time of 55.31 for second in the 100-yard butterfly.
Other top three performances were turned in by senior Anna Cheesbrough, who was third in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.15, and junior Matea Samardzic, who finished the 200-yard backstroke in 2:00.63 for third.
The Mustangs earned their highest relay placement in the 200-yard freestyle, closing out the day with a time of 1:35.79. The time from Hannah Rogers, Cunningham, Trahan and Adrienn Santa was good for fourth place.
Sophomore Brooke Pospichal led SMU divers with a second-place finish on 1 meter (251.64), and a third-place finish on 3 meter (257.48). Senior Lauren Lamb also represented the Mustangs finishing fourth on both boards.
Overall, SMU registered 109 total points to the Aggies' 173.
