Rosters are up for both men and women

2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com

The men lose some of the SEC scorers from last year. Hope the incoming class can step up this year.
The men add freshman Logan Brown the top recruit in Texas and 15th ranked nationally.
PB
100 Y Breast - 52.59 ( Time good enough for the B final at SEC 2023)
200 Y Breast - 154.02 ( Time good enough for the A final at SEC 2023)
200 Y IM - 144.60

The Aggies also add a top 40 recruit and 4th ranked in Texas Roberto Bonilla
PB
100 Y Breast - 54.62
200 Y Breast - 156.86


2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com

I hope the women can really get back to top 5 in the SEC this year.
One transfer from Florida. Haydn Miller a potential scorer for us in the distance freestyle races at SEC and NCAA.
PB
1650 Y free- 15.59.21 (5th at SEC in 2023)
500 Y free - 4.39.88 (8th at SEC in 2023)
200 Y free - 146.35

Incoming class include Mexican record holder and backstroker Miranda Grana who has international experience and should contribute this year.
PB
100 L Back - 1.01.41
200 L Back - 2.15.52

Butterflier Katie Walker a top 50 recruit should also help the Aggies this year
PB
100 Y Fly - 53.51
200 Y Fly - 156.24 (This time is just outside the top 8 at SEC 2023)

Schedule for both men and women teams

2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Schedule - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com

2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Schedule - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com

The women and men are set to face two top 10 teams in Texas and Tennessee at home this season.
On the women side most of our NCAA qualifiers are back.
On the men side we lost some key NCAA qualifiers and relay legs so this year we need to develop strong replacement for those who graduated.

Let's hope this season the teams do much better than the last couple of years especially on the women side.
We need to work on getting our relay teams strong with lots of depth.

Season start in two weeks at home so come out and support the teams this year

Swimming and Diving Update

The Men and Women's team hosted Tennessee two week ago.

The No 25 Aggie women defeated the 6th ranked Tennessee with a final score of 169-131. The Tennessee women were missing 4 of their top swimmers who competed at the Pan American games. Still a solid win over a top 10 opponent.

The No. 13 Texas A&M men's swimming & diving team upset No. 6 Tennessee, 171.5-111.5. Again Tennessee men were missing a top swimmer and diver. Baylor Nelson dominating with 3 individual wins.

Last Friday the Men and Women's Team Hosted Texas and Georgia Tech

The women lost to Texas with a score 148-114 but defeated Georgia Tech 192-103
Freshman Miranda Grana shined once again for the Maroon & White, claiming her best times of the season in the 100 (52.01) and 200 back (1:53.30). Chloe Stepanek earned a win of her own in the 200 free, clocking in her best time of the year at 1:44.15.

Hayden Miller made her mark in Texas A&M history by breaking the school record in the 1000 free, touching the wall at 9:33.45. The previous record was 9:33.76 set by Sarah Henry in 2013.

The men defeated Texas for the 2nd time in 61 years with a score of 143-119 and also defeated Georgia Tech by 189-111
Baylor Nelson placing first in the 200 free (1:33.97), 200 back (1:42.34) and 400 IM (3:46.13). Foote registered season bests in both the 50 free with the time of 19.92 and the 100 fly 46.01 for two first-place finishes.
Texas A&M dominated in the breaststroke as Alex Sanchez touched the wall first in both the 100 breast (52.86) and the 200 breast (1:54.76) while Logan Brown was right behind him, placing third in in both events.

Overall both teams looked good and I expected some great times at the Art Adamson Meet Invite in two weeks time. The Aggie women are looking much better than the past couple of years and have already qualified a couple of athletes and relay to NCAA before they host their Invite and SEC championship. I really think the women is a top 15 team rather than a 25 ranked team.

The women team have so far gotten 1 A cut (4x100 medley relay) and 16 B cuts.
The men already has 19 B cuts.

My 8-year-old son is a swimmer, and we'd like to take him to watch an Aggie swim meet at the rec center. Do we need tickets for this? Any tips?

Women finished 3rd, Men 4th.

SEC individual champions:

Baylor Nelson 200 IM, 400 IM. First man to sweep the IM's at SEC's in consecutive years since 1994

Alex Sanchez 200 Breast (broke school records in 100 & 200 breast)

Victor Povzner 1m diving

Joslyn Oakley 1m diving

Also school records for Connor Foote (50 free, 100 fly) and Miranda Grana (100 back). I might have missed someone else.

Aceswimmer09 said:

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Need to steal NC State coach

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Virginia's Todd DeSorbo is at the top of my wish list.

Why can't A&M be among the elite in swimming?

A cost cutting move there but hopefully we can find a good director of swimming and diving.

NomadicAggie said:

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I have to be careful what I say, but my son is a heavily recruited D1 swimmer from a club that sends a ton of kids to D1 swim programs. Within the club, it is widely discussed that A&M swimming has had a drug issue, and now this. The club coach is not a fan of the Aggie program, and none of his top swimmers are heading to A&M. These are some of the most highly recruited kids in the country. As an Aggie myself, I find it upsetting as I would like to see my son at A&M, but I can't argue with current status of program (not great).

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I'm not sure that qualifies as careful.

Good hire with Bachman.

UVA Associate Head Coach Blaire Bachman To Be Director of Swimming and Diving At Texas A&M (swimswam.com)

Blaire Bachman Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site (virginiasports.com)

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Blaire Bachman joined the UVA coaching staff in August 2017 as an assistant coach, serving as the women's recruiting coordinator and primary coach for the upper middle distance training group. Since arriving in Charlottesville, Bachman has aided in the recruitment of the No. 1 & No. 2 women's recruiting classes and No. 3 & No. 9 men's recruiting classes in the NCAA.

Bachman helped guide Virginia's women's team to the program's first NCAA Championship in 2020-21. UVA won six national titles in individual and relay events at the NCAA Championships, the most ever by an ACC program. The Cavaliers had 12 athletes named to CSCAA All-America Teams (10 first team and two second team). Virginia also won its third women's ACC Championship in four years, and league-record 17th overall.

In her third year with the Cavaliers, Bachman helped the women's team secure the ACC Championship title with the highest point score in history and the men's team finishing as the runner-up in February 2020. Among those athletes representing Virginia, she helped coached Paige Madden to three ACC individual titles and ACC Female Athlete of the Year award. Additionally middle distance athletes, Ella Nelson and Abigail Richter set UVA school records in the 400 IM and 200 breaststroke.

In 2018-19, Bachman coached six athletes to the NCAA Championships with Zach Fong, Paige Madden, Emma Seiberlich and Abby Richter earning All-America honors. Madden represented the U.S. at the Pan American Games. Her athletes helped the Cavalier women finish sixth at the NCAA Championships, the third best finish in program history, and the men's team record its best finish since 2011, placing 10th overall.

In Bachman's first year with the program, she coached six student-athletes to the NCAA Championships, in addition to coaching the 2018 women's ACC 200-yard backstroke champion and a 2018 World University Games qualifier in the 200-yard freestyle. Her swimmers set two school records over the course of the season, helping to set new standards for UVA.

Bachman has had eight years of coaching experience at the club and college level. From 2016-17, she served as the assistant swimming coach and women's recruiting coordinator for Indiana University. During her time with the Hoosiers, the program captured a 2017 Big Ten Conference Championship before concluding the year with a top-8 finish on both sides.

Prior to Indiana, Bachman spent a year as the assistant swimming coach and women's recruiting coordinator for Dartmouth (2015-16) after following a five-year stint (2010-15) as the head swim coach and aquatics director for Brenau.

With Brenau, Bachman was named the 2014 NAIA Swimming and Diving Women's Coach of the Year, while earning the Appalachian Swimming Conference Women's Coach of the Year in 2012-13-14. Bachman is a four-time American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of Excellence honoree (2011-12-13-14). In 2010-11, her first season at Brenau, she became the youngest head coach in the nation.

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