COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M men’s swimming and diving team’s freshmen class shined on the final day of the 2014 Art Adamson Invitational on Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium.
The Aggies finished the three-day meet in fourth place with 460 points, behind Stanford (1,523), LSU (573) and Grand Canyon (468). Rounding out the team standings were Arizona State (401), TCU (296) and SMU (279).
Highlighting the Aggies’ final day at the Adamson were the freshman trio of Tyler Henschel, Brock Bonetti and Mauro Castillo.
Henschel, from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, earned the Aggies’ first individual win of the meet with a victory in the platform dive. Henschel had finished as runner-up in the springboard dives the first two days, but emerged victorious in the platform with a score of 398.35. Henschel’s score ranks as the fourth-best in Texas A&M history. Teammate Zach Stockton took seventh with a score of 285.55.
Bonetti, from Bakersfield, Calif., sped to a NCAA “B” cut time of 1:44.85 in the 200-yard backstroke while earning a fourth place finish. Bonetti’s time makes him the No. 5 performer in the race in school history.
Castillo, from Zacatecas, Mexico, was seeing his first action at the Adamson after returning from the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, but he was impressive with a third-place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a NCAA “B” cut time of 1:58.35. It also ranks No. 5 on A&M’s all-time 200 breaststroke list.
Also logging a “B” cut was senior Hayden Duplechain, who swam a lifetime best of 1:47.98 in the 200-yard butterfly. His time was just out of the Aggies’ all-time top 10 list in the race.
Junior captain Mitch Glander earned a fourth-place finish in the 1,625 freestyle with a time of 15:45.30.
The Aggies closed out the meet with a fifth-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay with the foursome of senior Luke Shaw, junior Cory Bolleter, junior Antoine Marc and freshman Justin Morey touching the wall in 2:57.21.
Texas A&M Men’s Results
Top 16 finishers
Platform
Tyler Henschel, 1st, 398.35
Zach Stockton, 7th, 285.55
1,650 free
Mitch Glander, 4th, 15:45.30
200 Backstroke
Brock Bonetti, 4th, 1:44.85 B
Alexandros Theocharidis, 9th, 1:46.71
Mateo Muzek, 16th, 1:50.12
100 Freestyle
Luke Shaw, 11th, 44.85
200 Breaststroke
Mauro Castillo, 3rd, 1:58.35 B
200 Butterfly
Hayden Duplechain, 6th, 1:47.98 B
Turker Ayar, 9th, 1:49.14
400 Free Relay
5th, (Luke Shaw, Cory Bolleter, Antoine Marc and Justin Morey), 2:57.21
Story courtesy of Texas A&M Athletics