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No. 5 Men's Swimming and Diving wins seven events at No. 11 Texas A&M
11.03.2017 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Aggies claim dual meet Friday evening in College Station.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – No. 5 Texas posted seven wins over No. 11 Texas A&M Friday evening in its dual meet at A&M's Student Rec Center Natatorium.
Texas A&M opened the meet by taking the top three spots atop the one-meter diving event and winning the 200-yard medley relay. Texas responded with a one-two-three showing in the 1,000 freestyle, where All-America senior Jonathan Roberts was victorious in 9:15.81. Freshman JohnThomas Larson took second at 9:19.63 and freshman Chris Yeager held on for third at 9:21.37.
Texas took the top-three slots in the 200 freestyle. Junior Townley Haas, the silver medalist in the 200m freestyle at the 2017 FINA World Championships, claimed the win at 1:38.35. His classmate Jeff Newkirk placed second at 1:39.96, and sophomore Jacob Huerta took third at 1:39.43.
A&M's Brock Bonetti took the win in the 100 backstroke at 47.25, though Texas collected seven points with its second- and third-place finishes. Junior John Shebat, the 2017 NCAA runner-up in the event, took second at 48.11. Freshman Austin Katz placed third at 48.57. Senior Brett Ringgold snagged a close win in the 50 freestyle at 19.92.
A&M took an 83-67 lead into the next swimming event, the 100 freestyle, and Ringgold finished off the sprint sweep in 43.85. Later on, Shebat gutted out a tight win in the 100 butterfly at 48.29. Freshman Sam Pomajevich added a couple of points with his fourth-place mark of 49.47.
Freshman Jordan Windle earned a split for the Longhorns among the diving events, as he captured the three-meter event with 420.68 points. Texas wrapped the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay, as Ringgold, Tate Jackson, Huerta and Haas finished in 2:55.85. Texas A&M won the meet by a 158-142 count.
Texas resumes dual-meet competition next Friday at No. 6 N.C. State.
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