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Texas A&M senior Brock Bonetti dominated the Orange Bowl Classic this week, taking home four event titles while swimming six events in the single-session meet in Key Largo, Florida.
Training trip meet results are notoriously painful, with most college coaches using the winter semester break as a chance to up the training regimen to its highest point. So it’s not surprising that the Aggies had Bonetti swim so many events at the annual short course meters meet.
Bonetti started the day leading off the 200 medley relay in 25.25, an event where A&M went 1-2-3 with its best swimmers split among several relays. Later, Bonetti would win the 50 fly in 25.35, the 50 back in 25.76 and the 200 IM in 2:04.30. He was part of the third-place 200 free relay to close the meet, going 25.44, and even branched out into breaststroke with a 30.93 in the 50 breast.
A&M dominated the meet – a glorified dual with South Dakota – and now looks forward to a winter slate that includes Missouri, LSU and SMU before hosting the SEC Championships in February.
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Looks like Brock qualified for Ponderosa. Congrats dude!
What is this? What does it mean?
It’s a summer league meet that only the “fast” summer league swimmers go to. It’s a meet only for the Houston Texas area I believe.
Not really scary times. He must have been sore.
This was SCM
Even worse
Yes. 25,4 in the 50 free SCM with a WR of 20,2.
Yes times are very slow but unlike what Jmanswimfan said, it’s less worse knowing that it was SCM.
A 50 free in SCM is longer than a 50 free in SCY. 😆
Must be a misprint considering he went 25.25 backstroke.
Lol 25.4 in 50 free scm is like 22 or 23 in yards