News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 10 Texas A&M men’s swimming & diving team is set for NCAA Championships, March 27-30 at the Indiana University Natatorium. The Aggies qualified seven individual swimmers and four divers, while adding four relay swimmers to the championships roster for their four qualified relays.
Baylor Nelson returns to the championship meet having qualified in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 breast. He recently defended both of his IM titles at SEC Championships and brought home a silver medal in the 200 breast to secure his second Commissioner’s Trophy as a top scorer at the meet. Nelson holds the fourth-fastest time in the country in the 400 IM after going 3:38.05 at SECs, as well as the 10th-fastest time in the 200 IM (1:41.33). He also ranks 17th in the country with a time of 1:52.43 in the 200 breast. A three-time All-American, Nelson notched a pair of top-10 finishes in the IM events a year ago and was a member of the 800 free relay that placed 16th. His career top times in the IM events stand as the second-fastest in program history.
Connor Foote is coming off an impressive SEC Championships where he made his podium debut and took down a pair of school records. Foote became the first Aggie to swim a sub-19.0 50 free, going 18.97 to clock a top-20 time in the nation and win the B final at SECs. His school record of 44.76 in the 100 fly is the 12th-fastest time in the nation this season and secured him a bronze medal at the conference meet. He also added points for the Aggies with a ninth-place finish in the 100 free, going 42.13, which is the second-fastest time in school history. Foote is a four-time All-American after posting a 15th-place finish in the 100 fly a year ago and contributing on a trio of top-16 relays.
Alex Sanchez had a breakout performance at SECs, lowering the school records in each of the breaststroke events, going 51.19 in the 100 and 1:50.36 in the 200. He medaled in all three of his individual events, claiming an SEC title in the 200 breast and earning silver in both the 100 breast and 200 IM. He holds the fourth-fastest time in the nation this season in the 200 breast and the ninth-fastest in the 100 breast, while also sitting in 24th with his time of 1:42.55 in the 200 IM from SEC Championships.
All four divers that qualified for NCAAs a year ago will return to the championship meet this week. Victor Povzner scored on both springboards last season, including a career-best sixth-place finish on the 1-meter. The five-time All-American and two-time SEC 1-meter champion is qualified on both springboards, along with Allen Bottego, who joined Povzner on the podium last year with an eighth-place finish on the 1-meter and recently brought home a bronze medal from SECs on the 3-meter. Takuto Endo punched his ticket to NCAAs in all three diving events. He finaled on both springboards at SEC Championships, placing as high as fourth on the 1-meter. Rhett Hensley earned his spot at NCAAs on platform at Zones. He placed fourth on the platform at SEC Championships and earned a silver medal on the 1-meter.
Vincent Ribeiro (200 breast) and Munzy Kabbara (400 IM) return to NCAA Championships for the second time in their careers, while Trey Dickey (1650 free) and Logan Brown (200 breast) will make their debuts. Collin Fuchs, Tyler Hulet, Seth Reno and Ben Scholl have also joined the team in Indy as relay competitors.
All sessions of the championship meet will be streamed on ESPN+. Fans can follow the swimming live results here and the diving live results here.
Complete Schedule
Wednesday, March 27
Finals – 5 p.m.
200 medley relay, 800 free relay
Thursday, March 28
Prelims – 9 a.m.
Diving Prelims – 11 a.m.
Diving Consolation Final – 4:15 p.m.
Finals – 5 p.m.
500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 1-meter, 200 free relay
Friday, March 29
Prelims – 9 a.m.
Diving Prelims – 11 a.m.
Diving Consolation Final – 4:15 p.m.
Finals – 5 p.m.
400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, 3-Meter, 400 medley relay
Saturday, March 30
Prelims – 9 a.m.
Diving Prelims – 11 a.m.
1650 Free (early heats) – 2:45 p.m.
Diving Consolation Final – 4:15 p.m.
Finals – 5 p.m.
1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, platform, 400 free relay