Starts tomorrow 15th February 2022 in Knoxville Tennessee.

Pre-scratch psych sheet
psych-sheet-on-2-7-22-1.pdf (swimswam.com)

Championship Central
Championships - Swimming and Diving (secsports.com)


The Aggie women has a young team and are rebuilding again after their SEC dominance winning four straight SEC 2016-2019.
A top 5 finish will be commendable. Swimswam projects the Aggies to finish 9th

The men are projected to finish 7th.
It's hard to replace Shane Casas but I think we can get better than 7th.
We must do well in the relays.
I know our divers will score lots of points.

Supposedly on SECN+ at 8:30am
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/387dd3f7-7a9c-4da5-a8e3-2220b0decacf#bucketId=1

Updated Psych sheet.

2022 Psych Sheet.pdf (espncdn.com)

Women's 1M diving Prelims

Top 8 to the finals

Aimee Wilson 4th
Alyssa Clairmont 9th
Chloe Ceyanes 13th
Payton Props 22nd

Men's 3M Prelim

Top 8 to the final

Kurtis Mathews 2nd
Victor Povzner 4th
Kyle Sanchez 18th
Rhett Hensley 23rd

Women's 1M final

Aimee Wilson 4th

The Aggies score 63 points in the Women's 1M diving event

Please pardon my ignorance, but what does the GU stand for in "Texas A&M-GU" on the psych sheet? I'm guessing it doesn't have anything to do with galveston campus.

Men's 3m Dive
2. Kurtis Mathews
7. Victor Povzner

i think it has to do with swimming regions.
TAMU is part of Gulf Region hence GU
TU is part of South Texas region hence ST

These are the list of regions
Adirondack Swimming
Alaska Swimming
Allegheny Mountain Swimming
Arizona Swimming
Arkansas Swimming
Border Swimming
Central California Swimming
Colorado Swimming
Connecticut Swimming
Florida Gold Coast Swimming
Florida Swimming
Georgia Swimming
Gulf Swimming
Hawaiian Swimming
Illinois Swimming
Indiana Swimming
Inland Empire Swimming
Iowa Swimming
Kentucky Swimming
Lake Erie Swimming
Louisiana Swimming
Maine Swimming
Maryland Swimming
Metropolitan Swimming
Michigan Swimming
Middle Atlantic Swimming
Midwestern Swimming
Minnesota Swimming
Mississippi Swimming
Missouri Valley Swimming
Montana Swimming
New England Swimming
New Jersey Swimming
New Mexico Swimming
Niagara Swimming
North Carolina Swimming
North Dakota Swimming
North Texas Swimming Ohio Swimming
Oklahoma Swimming
Oregon Swimming
Ozark Swimming
Pacific Northwest Swimming
Pacific Swimming
Potomac Valley Swimming
San Diego-Imperial Swimming
Sierra Nevada Swimming
Snake River Swimming
South Carolina Swimming
South Dakota Swimming
South Texas Swimming
Southeastern Swimming
Southern California Swimming
Utah Swimming
Virginia Swimming
West Texas Swimming
West Virginia Swimming
Wisconsin Swimming
Wyoming Swimming

Gracias. Now what happened during heat two of the relay? I had to answer the dang phone.

200m relay results

Women
8th place - 1.37.60 - season best but outside the B cut time of 1.37.05.
Two second improvement from their previous season's best time. I think we needed to be a second faster on the breaststroke leg to qualify to NCAA. Still a very young team with a freshman, two sophomores and 1 junior that swam on the team. I think with a couple of last chance meet they might be able to push to at least get a B qualifying time

Men
5th place in 1:24.00 which is under the Automatic qualifying time to NCAA of 1:24.22.
All legs on this relay should be back next year which is good for the team

Women 800m free

6th place finish in a B cut time of 7:04.12.
Chloe Stepanek led off the Aggies in a 1.42.40 which is a school record bettering her 1.42.89 from last year. The other swimmers on the relay didn't split very well (1.47s)

We lead the standings after day 1 because of the 63 points from diving (10 plus points less than the seedings)

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 5

1. Texas A&M University 155 2. Louisiana State University 150
3. Kentucky, University of 148 4. University of Tennessee 145
5. South Carolina, University of, 139 5. Georgia, University of 139
7. University of Florida 130 8. University of Alabama 114
9. Auburn University 107 10. Missouri 97
11. University of Arkansas 78 12. Vanderbilt University 60

Men's 800 free relay

7th place with an NCAA B qualifying time of 6:19.13.

We lead the standings after day 1

Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 6

1. Texas A&M University 156 2. University of Tennessee 155
3. Kentucky, University of 153 4. Louisiana State University 139
5. University of Alabama 137 6. University of Florida 133
7. Missouri 122 8. Georgia, University of 114
9. South Carolina, University of, 105 10. Auburn University 90

Heat Sheet for day 2 Prelim

heat sheet wednesday prelims.pdf (espncdn.com)

500m free prelims

Women
B final
15th Chloe Stepanek
16th Abby Grottle

Men
C Final
20th Luke Stauart

Women in 6th after day 2

Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 13

1. University of Tennessee 467.5 2. Georgia, University of 373
3. Universityof Alabama 367 4. Kentucky, University of 299
5. University of Florida 287 6. Texas A&M University 236
7. Auburn University 208 8. Missouri 206.5
9. Louisiana State University 202 10. South Carolina, University of, 188
11. University of Arkansas 163 12. Vanderbilt University 90


Men in 2nd

Team Scores After Day 2 Men

University of Florida 497 points
Texas A&M 360 points
University of Alabama 358 points
University of Tennessee 338.50 points
University of Georgia 308 points
Auburn University 307 points
University of Kentucky / Louisiana State University 277 points
Missouri 269 points
University of South Carolina 202.50 points

A few more A finalists today, with Stepanek top seed in the 200 free for women going to finals. Still need results from the 200 free swimoff to see if Bratanov makes the top 8 for the men.

Day 3 Prelim Results

400 IM prelims

Women
20th Joelle Reddin 4:17.49 C Final

Men
6th Anze Erzen 3:45.21 - A final
9th Munzy Kabarra 3:46.45 - B Final
12th Bustaman Puente 3:47.35 - B Final
16th Vincent Ribeiro 3:48.23 - B final

200 fly

Women
6th Olivia Theall - 52.22 - A Final
17th Sarah Holt - 52.99 - C final

Men
13th Jace Brown - 46.67 - B Final

200 free

Women
1st Chloe Stepanek - 1:43.87 - A Final
14th Jordan Buechler - 1:46.56 - B final

Men
Tied 8th - Kaloyan Bratanov - 1:34.02 - Swim off required for A or B final

Kaloyan Bratanov loses the swim off so he will swim the B Finals tonight

Men are in 5th. Women are in 6th after Day 3

Men's Team Scores After Day 3

University of Florida 744 points
University of Georgia 496 points
University of Tennessee 483.50 points
University of Alabama 481 points
Texas A&M University 457.50 points
Auburn University 414.50 points
Missouri 344 points
University of Kentucky 322 points
Louisiana State University 305 points
University of South Carolina 221.50 points

Women's Team Scores After Day 3

Texas A&M 758.50 points
University of Georgia 537 points
University of Florida 520 points
University of Kentucky 496 points
University of Alabama 485 points
Texas A&M University 363 points
Louisiana State University 314 points
University of South Carolina 272 points
Missouri 271.50 points
Auburn University 258 points
University of Arkansas 170 points
Vanderbilt University 90 points

Day 4 Prelim Results

200 fly

Women
11 Sarah Holt, 1:57.65 B finals
12 Olivia Theall, 1:57.73 B finals

Men
10 Luke Stuart 1:44.22 B finals
17 Trey Dickey 1:45.42 C finals
24 Jace Brown 1:46.58 C finals

100 back

Women
13 Jordan Buechler 53.11 B finals
18 Aviv Barzelay 53.43 C finals

Men
3 Ethan Gogulski 45.75 A finals
16 Tyler Hulet, 47.19 B finals
18 Thomas Shomper, 47.32 C finals

100 Breast

Women
4 Bobbi Kennett 59.23 A Finals
12 Charlotte Longbottom 1:00.07 B finals
22 Des Mangaoang, 1:01.44 C finals
24 Andre Perttula 1:01.54 C finals


Men
6 Bustaman Puente 52.31 A finals
19 Alex Sanchez 53.28 C Finals
22 Jake Schababerle 53.95 C finals

Platform Diving

Men
11 Allen Bottego III
15 Rhett Hensley
22 Kyle Sanchez
24 Kurtis Mathews

The women remain in 6th and men in 5th after day 4

Team Scores After Day 4Women

University of Tennessee 972.5 points
University of Georgia 754 points
University of Kentucky 712 points
University of Alabama 685 points
University of Florida 616 points
Texas A&M University 510 points
Auburn University 402 points
Louisiana State University 375 points
Missouri 372.5 points
University of South Carolina 357 points
University of Arkansas 292 points
Vanderbilt University 93 points


Team Scores After Day 4Men

University of Florida 976 points
University of Tennessee 739 points
University of Alabama 711 points
University of Georgia 708 points
Texas A&M University 636.5 points
Auburn University 624.5 points
Missouri 589.5 points
University of Kentucky 462 points
Louisiana State University 422 points
University of South Carolina 336.5 points

Our women's program fell off... We aren't getting elite swimmers, anyone know why?

Aceswimmer09 said:

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Our women's program fell off... We aren't getting elite swimmers, anyone know why?

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Bultman's getting up there in age and maybe a couple other things.

The women finish 6th and the men 5th

Final Women's Team Standings:

Tennessee: 1313.5
Kentucky: 1043
Alabama: 1038
Georgia: 986
Florida: 905
Texas A&M: 625
Auburn: 584
LSU: 541
Missouri: 485.5
South Carolina: 460
Arkansas: 397
Vanderbilt: 123


Final Men's Team Standings:

Florida: 1414
(TIE) Tennessee/Alabama: 938

Georgia: 919
Texas A&M 856.5
Auburn: 827,5
Missouri: 716.5
Kentucky: 600
LSU: 505
South Carolina: 417.5

Better than projected, I'll take it

Did not know Ethan Gogulski was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, and this weekend he won a silver medal in conference.... wow

https://swimswam.com/texas-ams-ethan-gogulski-comes-back-from-cancer-to-place-2nd-at-secs/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

While I know Steve is aging and would eventually be replaced. The fact remains he has done a lot with the athletes he currently has. At this time the team is not deep enough to win an SEC championship, but I know next year they will be more competitive.

I have looked at the progress of all the women swimmers who came here in the last two years, and I have compiled the summary below. You can see the improvements for most of them from the time they came to Aggieland until the SEC 2022 championship and the season is not done yet.

So far, we may have qualified about 6 or 7 athletes and 4 relays to NCAA. We did this without our two senior captains (not competing) and without any 5th year seniors. We also have another 5 or so on the bubble and others who didn't compete at SEC and would be looking to improve their times at this week LAST CHANCE MEET in College Station.

Bobbi Kennett (Sophomore) 2nd year
50 free
23.10 to 22.61
100 free
50.50 to 48.47
100 breaststroke
1.01.72 to 59.23
200 IM
2.04.09 to 1.57.94

Sarah Holt (Freshman) 1st Year
100 fly
54.28 to 52.92
200 fly
1.59.64 to 156.69
200 IM
2.04.41 to 2.01.28

Olivia Theall (Sophomore) 2nd Year
100 fly
53.94 to 52.22
200 fly
2.00.34 to 156.66
200 IM
2.05.45 to 2.00.45

Chloe Stepanek (Sophomore) 2nd Year
50 free
22.87 to 22.26
100 free
48.76 to 47.78
200 free
1.45.51 to 1.42.40
500 free
4.48.62 to 4.43.40

Jordan Buechler (Sophomore transfer) 1st year
100 free
50.33 to 49.41
200 free
1.48.15 to 1.46.56
100 back
54.97 to 53.11

Sarah Szklaruk Traipe (Sophomore) 2nd Year
100 back
55.60 to 53.85
200 back
1.59.35 to 155.95
200 free
1.50.22 to 1.48.23

Charlotte Longbottom (Sophomore) 2nd Year
100 breast
1.02.58 to 1.00.07
200 breast
2.23.22 to 2.16.51

Desirae Mangaoang (Sophomore) 2nd Year
100 breast
1.02.18 to 1.01.00
200 breast
2.13.95 to 2.11.52

Aviv Barzelay (Freshman International) 1st Year
Not much short course yds. swimming
100 back
53.06
200 back
1.53.77
200 free
1.49.99

Kaitlyn Owens (Freshman) 1st Year
50 free
23.01 to 22.78
100 free
50.14 to 49.74


Andrea Perttula (Junior Transfer) 1st Year
50 free
23.45 to 23.02
100 breaststroke
1.01.64 to 1.00.32

Abby Grottle (Sophomore transfer) 1st year
500 free
4.49.26 to 4.46.10
1650 free
16.28.67 to 16:22.37

Joelle Reddin (Freshman) 1st Year
200 breast
2.15.63 to 2.12.77


Alaya Smith (Sophomore) 2nd Year
100 breast
1.01.48 to 59.76
200 breast
2.17.77 to 2.16.67

Emme Nelson (Sophomore) 2nd Year
200 breast
2.13.45 to 2.11.52

Agree - he is a phenomenal coach that gets the most out of his swimmers...but why start with average talent and make them good / great. Why not recruit exceptional talent and make them generational. Seems like he and his staff dig themselves into a hole by the way they recruit...

Not a single swimmer mentioned in this article about the #7 recruiting class in the country from 2018, which comprises the senior class, was on the SEC team. That's a pretty massive hole to fill for any conference team to just have an entire top 10 recruiting class disappear.

2018 Womens Swimming Recruits