Courtesy: Texas A&M Athletics
Women’s Preview
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Texas A&M women’s swimming & diving team returns to the road on Jan. 20 for a dual meet against SEC rival LSU. The meet will begin at 12 p.m. at the LSU Natatorium.
The Aggies are coming off back-to-back wins on the road at Houston and TCU and are seeking their ninth win of the season.
Miranda Grana recorded a handful of wins in multiple events, including two top finishes in the 100 back with times of 53.65 and 53.22 through the two meets.
Chloe Stepanek dominated in freestyle competition, with wins in the 50 (23.47) and 200 (1:49.41) against Houston, as well as in the 100 (50.32) and 200 (1:48.21) at TCU.
Olivia Theall notched a pair of top times in Houston, clocking a 1:58.54 in the 200 fly and a 50.69 in the 100 free.
Joslyn Oakley swept the springboards at both meets last week, earning SEC Women’s Diver of the Week. Against Houston, Oakley scored 306.90 on the 1-meter and a 357.98 on the 3-meter. Oakley recorded career best scores on both springboards in the win against TCU with a 337.15 on the 1-meter and a 395.80 on the 1-meter.
LSU is searching for its first dual meet victory of the season and placed third out of seven teams in the Art Adamson Invitational in November.
Live results will be available on Meet Mobile and streaming can be found here.
Men’s Preview
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Texas A&M men’s swimming & diving team remains on the road this week, traveling to LSU Saturday, Jan. 20 for a 12 p.m. dual meet at the LSU Natatorium.
The Aggies boast a 7-0 record on the season and are coming off a 175-125 win over TCU on the road last weekend. A&M got out to a slow start against the Horned Frogs, but early top finishes from Baylor Nelson in the 1000 free (9:04.41) and Thomas Shomper in the 100 back (47.59), along with the divers posting the top three scores on the 1-meter helped A&M hang around and position itself for victory.
Diving has continued to be a highlight for the Aggies throughout the season, most recently securing the top three spots on both springboards in the win over the Horned Frogs. Victor Povzner led the way and earned his second SEC Male Diver of the Week accolade of the year after sweeping the springboards for the first time this season with a score of 390.85 on the 1-meter and 427.10 on the 3-meter.
The meet with LSU will be the first SEC opponent A&M has faced since taking down then-No. 7 Tennessee, 171.5-111.5, at home at the end of October. This will also be the second meeting between the Aggies and Tigers this season after facing off at the Art Adamson Invitational. A&M won its annual invitational with 1,469 points, while LSU placed second with 991.5 points. Saturday’s meet will be the first of 2024 for the Tigers, who are searching for their first dual meet win of the season.
Live results will be available on Meet Mobile and streaming can be found here.