The University of Kentucky swimming and diving teams competed in the first day of the Texas A & M Invitational Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. The swim teams swam the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, and 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays, while the divers competed on the one-meter.
On the men’ side, Shaun Zitani won the 50 freestyle in a time of 20.15 which provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Championship meet. Macon White finished third in the 500 freestyle, earning him a provisional qualification for NCAAs as he swam to a time of 4:27.51. The 200 freestyle relay team of Zitani, Daniel Wimer, Roger Watkins, and Aaron Workman placed second. Clayton Moss took the one-meter with a score of 341.90, while Aaron Kirkpatrick placed third, diving to a score of 309.00.
Carolyn Rader started off the women on the right foot by winning the 500 freestyle in a time of 4:51.94, earning her an NCAA provisional qualification. The women went on to sweep the individual events, with Melissa Olson taking the 200 individual medley in a time of 2:03.09, while Jaime Siegele won the 50 freestyle by swimming to a time of 23.12. Both women earned provisional qualifications to the NCAA Championship meet.
Debra Hinsley finished third in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:58.88. Kelli Frost dove to victory in the one-meter. The women won the 400 medley relay, which was comprised of Shawna Sechrist, Kelli Stein, Debra Hinsley, and Jaime Siegele. The women’s 200 freestyle relay, made up of Sarah Hoppe, Kelly Neal, Shawna Sechrist, and Jaime Siegele, finished second.
AGATEWomen 200 Yard Freestyle Relay1 SMU 'A' 1:35.56 (WIMER, MAISTRELLIS, ELLIOTT, WANBERG02 KENTUCKY 'A' 1:36.32 (HOPPE, SECHRIST, NEAL, SIEGELE)3 TEXAS A&M 'A' 1:36.92 (NICHOLS, BLAU, HO, BIRD)5 KENTUCKY 'B' 1:41.03 (PUMPHREY, TRAHAN, CARTER, STEIN)
Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay1 TEXAS A&M ‘A’ 1:19.05 (ROSE, JANES, KEHLENBACH, MORROW)2 KENTUCKY ‘A’ 1:21.01 (ZITANI, WATKINS, WIMER, WORKMAN)3 TEXAS A&M ‘B’ 1:21.66 (GREENE, COLLIGAN, MANSOUR, TATE)12 KENTUCKY ‘B’ 1:26.81 (CLEMENT, BARROS, PERKINS, CUKER)
Women 500 Yard Freestyle1 RADER, CAROLYN JR KENTUCKY 4:51.942 DORR, MCCALL SO SMU 4:56.693 HINSLEY, DEBRA JR KENTUCKY 4:58.99
4 BOURGEOIS, AMANDA FR KENTUCKY 4:59.7712 SULLIVAN, TRACY JR KENTUCKY 5:08.0513 JOHNSTON, EMILY SO KENTUCKY 5:08.7018 INZETTA, MICHELLE SO KENTUCKY 5:25.91
Men 500 Yard Freestyle1 MESSNER, ADAM SR STANFORD 4:25.512 MARTIN, MATT SR PURDUE 4:27.023 WHITE, MACON SR KENTUCKY 4:27.51
6 TWEEDIE, DAVE SR KENTUCKY 4:30.5422 KUENDIG, DAVE JR KENTUCKY 4:37.6823 NATH, CODY SO KENTUCKY 4:46.71
Women 200 Yard IM1 OLSON, MELISSA SR KENTUCKY 2:03.092 WANBERG, LISA SO SMU 2:06.403 MARSHALL, DALLAS FR SMU 2:06.56
10 TRAHAN, KENDRA FR KENTUCKY 2:08.7713 PUMPHREY, JENACA FR KENTUCKY 2:10.3015 STEIN, KELLI FR KENTUCKY 2:11.2816 CARTER, SARAH JR KENTUCKY 2:11.58
Men 200 Yard IM1 ROGAN, MARKUS FR STANFORD 1:49.592 BROWN, STEVEN SR STANFORD 1:49.793 SAYCE, TAD SO PURDUE 1:50.98
14 CLEMENT, EDDIE SO KENTUCKY 1:53.2717 CUKER, AARON SO KENTUCKY 1:54.8521 NILSON, MATT SO KENTUCKY 1:55.84
Women 50 Yard Freestyle1 SIEGELE, JAIME SR KENTUCKY 23.122 MAISTRELLIS, KATINA SR SMU 23.653 BLAU, SHARISSE SO A&M 23.68
6 RADER, CAROLYN JR KENTUCKY 24.0910 HOPPE, SARAH JR KENTUCKY 24.3612 NEAL, KELLY SO KENTUCKY 24.8417 SECHRIST, SHAWNA FR KENTUCKY 25.4722 SULLIVAN, TRACY JR KENTUCKY 25.85
Men 50 Yard Freestyle1 ZITANI, SHAUN SR KENTUCKY 20.152 JANES, RILEY JR A&M 20.253 KEHLENBACH, KEVEN SR A&M 20.27
9 WORKMAN, AARON SR KENTUCKY 20.4215 WATKINS, ROGER SO KENTUCKY 21.2016 WIMER, DANIEL FR KENTUCKY 21.35
Women 1 mtr Diving1 FROST, KELLI SO KENTUCKY 282.252 RUBENSTEIN, ASHLEY AUBURN 269.453 ZACK, MEGHAN JR A&M 263.50
4 KNOEBER, CARRIE SR KENTUCKY 254.00
Men 1 mtr Diving1 MOSS, CLAYTON SO KENTUCKY 341.902 EVEN, JESSE JR A&M 338.153 KIRKPATRICK, AARON JR KENTUCKY 309.00
Women 400 Yard Medley Relay1 KENTUCKY ‘A’ 3:49.14 (SECHRIST, STEIN, HINSLEY, SIEGELE)2 SMU ‘A’ 3:52.62 (FITZGERALD, CHANDLER, DORR, MAISTRELLIS)3 KENTUCKY ‘B’ 3:54.27 (PUMPHREY, TRAHAN, OLSON, RADER)
Men 400 Yard Medley Relay1 TEXAS A&M ‘A’ 3:14.17 (JANES, RUOFF, GREENE, KEHLENBACH)2 STANFORD ‘A’ 3:17.87 (BAL, BRUCE, WESTCOTT, MESSNER)3 STANFORD ‘B’ 3:18.17 (ROGAN, ROBINSON, O’BRYAN, WATERS)10 KENTUCKY ‘A’ 3:25.61 (WIMER, WATKINS, ZITANI, WORKMAN)13 KENTUCKY ‘B’ 3:28.15 (NATH, CUKER, CLEMENT, WHITE)
