Courtesy: Texas A&M Athletics
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M men’s swimming & diving team prepares to host LSU on Saturday at 10 a.m. inside the Rec Center Natatorium. Prior to the final regular season home meet of the season, the Aggies will honor seniors Kaloyan Bratanov, Jace Brown, William Coakley, Anze Fers Erzen, Ethan Gogulski, Andres Puente and Kyle Sanchez.
The Maroon & White return to the pool after back-to-back top-25 matchups, picking up wins over both Georgia Tech and SCAD in a double dual after falling at Auburn.
Baylor Nelson tallied five top finishes on the week for the Aggies including the 200 back and 200 IM in both meets while also picking up a win against Auburn in the 200 free (1:36.91).
Rookie Batuhan Filiz made his Aggie debut with three wins through both meets, including the 1,000 (9:10.00) and 500 (4:24.62) against Auburn while also bettering his 1,000 time in the double dual, clocking in at 9:09.62.
Puente led the way in the breaststroke events at both meets as he finished on top in the 200 (1:58.77) against Auburn and second in the 100 (54.79). He continued to notch top times at the double-dual as he swam a 54.57 in the 100 and clocked a 1:59.24 in the 200.
Brown finished first against Auburn in the 200 fly, recording a time of 1:48.17, and his momentum continued as he swam a first-place time of 48.32 in the 100 fly at the double-dual. Fers Erzen led the way in the 200 fly against Georgia Tech and SCAD as he swam to a 1:48.09.
While at Auburn, Allen Bottego grabbed the top spot in the 1-meter with a final score of 373.28. Victor Povzner tacked on a pair of second-place scores of 369.15 on the 1-meter and 362.63 on the 3-meter.
Live results can be found here and the meet will be streamed on SEC Network+.
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