COLLEGE STATION, Texas — BYU women’s swim and dive split its matchups with No. 16 Texas A&M and TCU on Friday at the Rec Center Natatorium.
The Cougars outdid Big 12 counterpart TCU 111-94 with three event wins but fell to host Texas A&M 137-68.
Junior Mackenzie Miller Lung posted BYU’s first win of the day with a 2:15.73 in the 200 breast. While still nearly four seconds off her collegiate best, Miller Lung beat the Aggies’ Desirae Mangaoang and Giulia Goerigk to the wall for her third win of the season in two meets.
Freshman Jasmine Anderson cut three seconds off her season-opening 200 breast time and took fifth, one spot ahead of TCU’s top finisher Nina Vadovicova.
The Cougars’ young talent came up big in the 200 free with freshman Haylee Tiffany winning in 1:51.57 followed by sophomore Tatum Cooley in second at 1:51.51. BYU swept the top three spots in the event with Victoria Schreiber taking third at 1:52.54.
Tiffany finished over a second ahead of Texas A&M’s fastest and nearly three seconds in front of TCU’s top finisher. The freshman from Pleasant Grove, Utah now has an event win in each of her first two collegiate meets.
Sarah Eliason became BYU’s second freshman winner of the day with a 55.22 victory in the 100 fly. Eliason came in 0.47 seconds ahead of the Aggies’ Chloe Stepanek and over half a second in front of TCU’s Maddy Burt.
Two weeks after winning Big 12 Women’s Diver of the Week, BYU junior Alexia Jackson Hansen posted third-place finishes on both platform (five dives) and 3-meter (six dives). Jackson Hansen recorded scores of 239.25 and 298.60, respectively.
“This was a great start to our platform season,” said BYU head diving coach Tyce Routson. “I’m proud of all our divers competing through two tough events today and improving as the day went on.”
The Cougars, Aggies and Horned Frogs resume competition on Saturday at 9 a.m. CDT.