The University of Kentucky swimming and diving teams wrapped up their performance in the Texas A & M Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 18, swimming to 14 NCAA consideration times, 15 lifetime best times, and one broken school record. Overall, the men finished fourth, while the women finished third.
On the men’s side, Roger Watkins continued his strong meet with a lifetime best in the 200 breaststroke, an NCAA consideration time, and a second place finish. The 400 freestyle relay finished second with a time of 2:59.09, an NCAA consideration time. Finally, divers Clayton Moss and Aaron Kirkpatrick placed second and fourth in the platform to round out the meet.
For the women, Melissa Olson won her third event of the meet as she took the 200 backstroke in a time of 2:01.78. Jaime Siegele also notched another win as she commanded victory in the 100 freestyle, swimming to a time of 50.75, a lifetime best as well as an NCAA consideration time. The women’s 400 freestyle relay won the event with a time of 3:28.71. Kelli Stein, Debra Hinsley, and Amanda Bourgeois all finished second in their events, the 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, and 1650 freestyle, respectively. Diver Carrie Knoeber finished the meet with a fourth place finish on the platform with a score of 328.85.
Women 1650 Yard Freestyle1 STEEL, SHANNON JR A&M 17:08.672 BOURGEOIS, AMANDA FR KENTUCKY 17:10.243 DURSO, KIMARIE JR A&M 17:14.866 JOHNSTON, EMILY SO KENTUCKY 17:45.30Men 1650 Yard Freestyle1 MARTIN, MATT SR PURDUE 15:13.962 DIDEUM, PATRICK SO A&M 15:35.093 HODGINS, STEVE SR PENN STATE 15:35.274 TWEEDIE, DAVE SR KENTUCKY 15:40.318 WHITE, MACON SR KENTUCKY 15:54.14 KUENDIG, DAVE JR KENTUCKY 16:14.63Women 200 Yard BackstrokeOLSON, MELISSA SR KENTUCKY 2:01.782 SECHRIST, SHAWNA FR KENTUCKY 2:04.263 FITZGERALD, SHEA SO SMU 2:04.284 PUMPHREY, JENACA FR KENTUCKY 2:04.607 CARTER, SARAH JR KENTUCKY 2:05.41Men 200 Yard Backstroke1 KENNEDY, PATRICK JR A&M 1:47.402 HAMPLEMAN, KIRK AUBURN 1:48.043 WEAVER, JOSH JR PENN STATE 1:48.7311 NATH, CODY SO KENTUCKY 1:54.1014 BERQUIST, DARRON FR KENTUCKY 1:57.0615 THROCKMORTON, RUSS FR KENTUCKY 1:58.42Women 100 Yard Freestyle1 SIEGELE, JAIME SR KENTUCKY 50.752 LIZZOLI, JESSICA AUBURN 51.893 MARSHALL, DALLAS FR SMU 51.936 RADER, CAROLYN JR KENTUCKY 52.4111 HOPPE, SARAH JR KENTUCKY 53.0618 SULLIVAN, TRACY JR KENTUCKY 54.2319 INZETTA, MICHELLE SO KENTUCKY 55.39Men 100 Yard Freestyle1 JANES, RILEY JR A&M 44.642 ROSE, MATT FR A&M 44.773 MORROW, DAVID SR A&M 44.795 WORKMAN, AARON SR KENTUCKY 45.2320 WIMER, DANIEL FR KENTUCKY 47.7421 BARRAS, FERNANDO FR KENTUCKY 48.02Women 200 Yard Breaststroke1 CHANDLER, SARAH SO SMU 2:14.492 STEIN, KELLI FR KENTUCKY 2:18.593 POMEROY, JULIA SO SMU 2:21.576 TRAHAN, KENDRA FR KENTUCKY 2:23.2013 SKINNER, AMANDA FR KENTUCKY 2:46.53Men 200 Yard Breaststroke1 BESSENYEI, TAMAS FR PURDUE 2:00.272 WATKINS, ROGER SO KENTUCKY 2:01.253 GANGLOFF, MARK AUBURN 2:03.426 CUKER, AARON SO KENTUCKY 2:07.1516 VOGT, TOM FR KENTUCKY 2:13.2623 WOLLING, EDDIE FR KENTUCKY 2:16.Women 200 Yard Butterfly1 HO, CLARA JR A&M 2:03.102 HINSLEY, DEBRA JR KENTUCKY 2:03.933 DORR, MCCALL SO SMU 2:04.035 JOHNSTON, EMILY SO KENTUCKY 2:07.498 BOURGEOIS, AMANDA FR KENTUCKY 2:09.39Men 200 Yard Butterfly1 HOWARD, DEVIN SR A&M 1:48.172 MINNIER, TODD FR PENN STATE 1:48.383 GREENE, MICHAEL SR A&M 1:48.894 CLEMENT, EDDIE SO KENTUCKY 1:50.535 NILSON, MATT SO KENTUCKY 1:51.1421 PERKINS, DEREK JR KENTUCKY 2:02.41Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay1 KENTUCKY 'A' 3:28.71 (RADER, HOPPE, BOURGEOIS, SIEGELE)2 SMU 'A' 3:28.87 (WANBERG, MARSHALL, MAISTRELLIS, WIMER3 TEXAS A&M 'A' 3:31.40 ( BLAU, BIRD, STEEL, HO,)4 KENTUCKY 'B' 3:35.48 ( HINSLEY, OLSON, SULLIVAN, SECHRIST)Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay1 TEXAS A&M 'A' 2:55.32 ( ROSE, MORROW, JANES, KEHLENBACH2 KENTUCKY 'A' 2:59.09 (ZITANI, WHITE, TWEEDIE, WORKMAN3 STANFORD 'A' 3:01.88 (O'BRYAN, ROBINSON, MESSNER, SCHNELL)11 KENTUCKY 'B' 3:07.50 (WATKINS, BARROS, WIMER, CLEMENT)Men's Platform Diving1. Garcia, Caesar Auburn 487.702. Moss, Clayton Kentucky 442.503. Even, Jesse Texas A&M 419.954. Kirkpatrick, Aaron Kentucky 403.05Women's Platform Diving1. Zack, Meghan Texas A&M 390.702. Petroff, Callie Texas A&M 383.703. Obremsky, Halina Auburn 341.304. Knoeber, Carrie Kentucky 328.85
