Alabama vs Texas A&M
- January 23, 2026
- College Station, TX
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Full Meet Results
- Team Scores
- Women: #11 Alabama 169 — Texas A&M 131
- Men: #19 Alabama 158.5 — #23 Texas A&M 141.5
On Friday, Texas A&M hosted Alabama in College Station in a rescheduled meet due to the winter storm. The Alabama Crimson Tide came out on top of Texas A&M in both the men’s and women’s meets as Dutch newcomers Tessa Giele and Sean Niewold continue to shine.
Women’s Meet Recap
The Alabama women won both relays and a number of individual events in their victory over Texas A&M, and Tessa Giele continued her strong start with the program by capturing two individual event wins.
They started the meet with the top time in the 200 medley relay with their team of Emily Jones (23.64), Jada Scott (26.99), Gaby Van Brunt (23.05), and Charlotte Rosendale (21.51) swimming 1:35.19. Giele had the fastest butterfly split in the field on the Bama ‘B’ relay, touching in 22.68 to help the team finish 3rd.
They also won the 400 freestyle relay, the final event of the meet, with the team of Cadence Vincent (48.38), Jones (48.91), Giele (48.37), and Van Brunt (48.75) swimming 3:14.41 for a two second victory over A&M’s 3:16.88.
Giele was one of a few dual-event winners for the Crimson Tide. She swam 21.91 to win the 50 free, dropping from the 22.21 she swam two weeks ago against Georgia Tech. Giele came in about three tenths ahead of Alabama teammate Cadence Vincent, who was 22.17 for 2nd.
She also won the 100 fly in 51.16, a full second faster than the 52.19 she swam in her 1st meet. She jumps up to 13th in the country this season in the event. Texas A&M’s Ava Whitaker was 2nd in 52.58.
Vincent won the 100 and 200 free events. In the 100, she swam 48.23 to win by about half-a-second over Bama teammate Gaby Van Brunt‘s 48.69. In the 200, she swam a new personal best time of 1:45.74, touching a little less than a second ahead of A&M’s Ella McQuinn, who touched in 1:46.53.
The other two freestyle events also went to Alabama with Mackenzie Brandt taking the top times in the 500 free (4:45.79) and 1000 free (9:48.46). She won the 500 free by more than five seconds and the 1000 by almost eight.
Bama’s other event winners were Emily Jones (200 back — 1:53.26) and Jada Scott (100 breast — 1:00.44).
Texas A&M won four individual events with four different swimmers. Kaitlyn Owens picked up their first win of the meet with her 51.06 in the 100 back coming in more than two tenths ahead of Bama’s Jones. This was a new personal best time for her and will tie for 14th in the nation this season.
Hannah O’Leary won the 200 breaststroke in 2:10.73, a new season best time, and four tenths faster than Lillie Sczech‘s 2:11.05 for the Aggies in 2nd.
Ava Whitaker swam the top time in the 200 fly of 1:55.28, more than two seconds ahead of 2nd place Victoria Raymond‘s 1:58.01 for Alabama, and Giulia Goerigk set a new season best in the 200 IM of 1:59.18 for the top time and the only swim under 2:00.
Both diving events also went to Texas A&M with Joslyn Oakley winning the 1 meter in 283.95 and Bridget Foster winning the 3 meter in 297.98.
Men’s Recap
The Alabamba men won a close meet against Texas A&M with the teams splitting individual and relay wins throughout the day. The Alabama men were supported by their midseason Dutch addition Sean Niewold.
Alabama opened the meet strong with the win in the 200 medley relay. Tommy Hagar (21.68), Noah Saylor (24.31), Sean Niewold (19.80), and Tim Korstanje (19.11) swam 1:24.90 to touch almost a second ahead of A&M.
The Texas A&M men won the final event, the 400 freestyle relay, with Ben Sytsma (43.19), Ben Scholl (42.38), Alejandro Michelena (43.05), and Daniil Pancerevas (43.73) stopping the clock in 2:52.35, just two tenths ahead of Alabama who were bolstered by Niewold’s 42.00 split in the 2nd position.
Niewold won the 50 free and 100 butterfly for the Crimson Tide, touching in 19.13 in the 50 free and 45.71 in the 100 fly. Two weeks ago, he swam the 50 and 100 free, touching in 19.52 and 43.77.
Alabama teammate Leonardo Alcantara also won multiple individual events. He swam 1:34.53 in the 200 free, touching more than a second ahead of A&M’s Daniil Pancerevas, who swam 1:36.04. In the 500 free he swam 4:17.33 to pick up the win by more than a four seconds over Bama teammate Joao Pierre Campos. He also won the 1000 free with his 8:58.70 coming in as the only time under 9:00, again beating teammate Pierre Campos.
Tommy Hagar won both backstroke events for Alabama, swimming 46.78 in the 100 back to beat teammate Cole Witmer‘s 47.01, and 1:41.16 in the 200 back to come in half-a-second ahead of A&M swimmer Munzy Kabbara‘s 1:41.69.
Noah Saylor was Bama’s other event winner, swimming 53.44 in the 100 breaststroke to come in just a tenth ahead of A&M’s Logan Brown.
The Aggies had one two-event winner in Munzy Kabbara. On top of his 2nd place finish in the 200 backstroke, he had the top times in the 200 fly, 1:43.27 and the 200 IM, 1:44.07. His 200 fly time was a new personal best, dropping from the 1:44.13 he swam in November.
A&M also won the 200 breaststroke with Logan Brown‘s 1:55.53 coming in almost a second ahead of teammate Roberto Bonilla Flores.
In the men’s 100 freestyle, A&M’s Ben Scholl swam 43.46 to touch just one hundredth ahead of Alabama swimmer Jonathan Hoole‘s 43.47. The difference came on the back 50 where Scholl split 22.54 to Hoole’s 22.70. Ben Sytsma finished 3rd in the event, just five hundredths back at 43.51.
Finally, the Aggies won both diving events with Emilio Trevino scoring 359.78 on the 1 meter and 405.00 on the 3 meter.
Up Next
A&M will host Texas on Friday, January 30th in their final dual meet of 2026.
Alabama will host Auburn for their final dual meet on Friday, January 30th.
So there should be another category in Colleague sports Rented Athlete, or Athlete Rental, is this a program developement?? , BAMA and some others are renting swimmers from NL for $$ , for one semester because they do not have program at all, also how about academic profile of these “Rented Swimmers”?? Are they students involved in University life??
23/24 year olds coming in for serious $$$ and 1 semester must do wonders for team chemistry. Alabama basketball doing the same thing. There appears to be little development of swimmers already there so i guess they have no choice if they want to be competitive. Fraudulence.
So both of these Dutch swimmers, Giele and Niewold, are only here for this 1 semester?
That just doesn’t seem right!
Seriously?
How about that Tim korstanje guy
Looks like a absolute dawg
Did I read correctly that Sean is 23?
Yes
It’s shameful and no tact. High schoolers can’t get recruited because schools like bama bring in 23 year olds for one semester.
Something has to change.
High schoolers can swim faster and then they will be recruited.
Look at every top 25 NCAA D1 team rosters – They are filled with international swimmers.
International athletes seem to be more mature, focused, academically strong, not interested in going to the frat parties and not as spoiled/pampered as their American counterparts.
Essentially it is time for Mommy and Daddy to get out of the way, encourage their children to work wisely and decisively for what they wish to earn.
If Johnny or Susie are not fast enough to go to a more competitive program, there are many great institutions where a dovetailed fit can and should happen. It can and should be a celebration.
Entitlement, rationalization… Read more »
A 23/24 year old is going to be faster than 90% of 17/18 year olds. They are physically more mature and yes probably more mature in general too. I’m not against international swimmers— I would be against an American 24 year old coming in for one semester to swim 1 dual meet, sec and ncaa too.
To say that a high school swimmer just needs to get faster in order to compete with 24 years olds doesn’t seem like the right move here. I do think we will see more high school graduates take a gap year to try to find the right fit.
I also think we will also see more swimmers transfer after their freshman year… Read more »
Just a typical freshman youngster
Time to get a job BUDDY
You doubt he’s getting paid?