CROSS COUNTRY
A&M's Sauvageau to run in national meet: TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- Texas A&M's Joe Sauvageau will compete in the NCAA Cross Country Championships at 11 a.m. Monday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course.
Sauvageau is A&M's lone qualifier in the event. He can earn All-America status by finishing in the top 40.
The meet will air live on VERSUS (Ch. 59) and online at NCAA.com.
SWIMMING & DIVING
Aggies sweep races at Cougar Classic: HOUSTON -- The Texas A&M women's swimming and diving team swept the swimming events en route to a team victory at the Cougar Classic Fall Invitational over the weekend at the University of Houston's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center Natatorium.
The eighth-ranked Aggies posted at least one NCAA qualifier in every event except the platform dive, in which the Aggies didn't enter anyone. A&M scored 1,523 points to far outdistance runner-up SMU (666 points), LSU (621) and host Houston (465).
In Sunday's finals, the Aggies tallied 10 individual NCAA qualifiers and had a pair of relays post "B" cuts in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The Aggies finished 1-2 in the 400 free relay. Seniors Julia Wilkinson, Kristen Heiss, Sarah Woods and Melissa Hain grabbed gold in 3 minutes, 16.21 seconds, and the quartet of senior Alia Atkinson, senior Ella Doerge, junior Maria Sommer and freshman Allyson Sweeney finished in 3:21.93.
Atkinson logged the Aggies' lone NCAA "A" cut with a victory in the 200 breaststroke in 2:10.04. Atkinson also posted an automatic qualifier in the 100 breast Saturday.
The Aggies' distance freestylers were dominant with a 1-2-3-4 finish in the 1,650, including three NCAA consideration times. Leading the way were freshmen Maureen McLaine and Liz Nelson, who finished in 16:19.74 and 16:32.97, respectively. Placing third was sophomore Alyssa Conner in 16:39.23, and junior Casey Hurrell-Zitelman was fourth in 17:02.55.
Heiss and Emily Neal took the top two spots in the 200 backstroke and logged "B" cut times. Heiss placed first in 1:53.50, and Neal was second in 1:57.17.
The Aggies went 1-2-3 in the 100 freestyle with Wilkinson taking first in 48.24 and Woods placing second in 49.84, both NCAA "B" cuts. Hain grabbed third in 50.46.
Sophomore Rita Medrano and freshman Kendra Chernoff finished 1-2 with a pair of "B" cuts in the 200 butterfly. Medrano touched first in 1:56.31, and Chernoff was second in 1:58.77.
-- Eagle staff reports
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