COLLEGE STATION, Texas — BYU men’s swim and dive concluded competition against No. 12 Texas A&M and TCU on Saturday with another matchup win over the Horned Frogs.
The Cougars outscored TCU 92-75 but fell 96-71 to Texas A&M.
Darwin Anderson, Tanner Nelson and Alan Gonzalez started the day off strong for BYU with three of the top four spots in the 1,000 free. Anderson won at 9:17.86, good for No. 3 all-time at BYU. Nelson took second with a 1.46 second advantage over third-place Trey Dickey of TCU. Gonzalez followed in fourth at 9:29.30.
Jordan Tiffany notched BYU’s second win of the day with a 48.16 in the 100 back. Tiffany left Aggie swimmers trailing in second through fourth position, including reigning SEC 200 and 400 IM champion Baylor Nelson.
Tanner Nelson, Jackson Dubreuil, Jacob Ballard and Joseph Pyon took four of the top six spots in the 200 fly race with Nelson winning at 1:48.79.
Max Kleinman clocked 50.07 to finish runner-up in the 100 individual medley. Kleinman debuted on a BYU top-10 board at the Intermountain Shootout Oct. 4-5 with a 50.65 for No. 3 all-time at BYU in the 100 IM. With 50.07 on Saturday, Kleinman climbed to No. 2 while Tyler Edlefsen posted the program’s 10th-fastest 100 IM at 52.74.
Marti Llop recorded BYU men’s diving’s top score of the day with a 324.40 to finish fourth on 1-meter.
After a week off, the Cougars return home for a dual meet with UNLV at the Richards Building Pool on Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. MDT.