Press Release Courtesy of Florida Athletics: Gators Head Out For Road Meets At Arkansas, Texas A&M
GATORS HEAD OUT FOR ROAD MEETS AT ARKANSAS, TEXAS A&M
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida continues its SEC schedule this week with two meets in the span of three days.
On Thursday, the No. 18 Gator women face Arkansas (1-0) in Fayetteville and are scheduled for a 7 p.m. ET start. Next, they’ll travel eight hours southwest to meet with the No. 8 men’s team for a matchup with Texas A&M (M 2-0, No. 14 W 2-0) in College Station, which will start at 3 p.m. ET Saturday. That meet is set to be broadcast on SEC Network +.
Florida last faced Arkansas in its 2014-15 season opener, defeating the Razorbacks in Gainesville 189.5-110.5. Alyssa Yambor-Maul is the lone returning event winner, having won the 200 butterfly in 2:03.95.
Arkansas has only competed in one meet so far this season, a 128-77 home win over top-ranked Division II program Drury.
As for Texas A&M, the Gators last met with the Aggies in 2012 when they first joined the SEC. The Florida men won 197-98, while the women fell 104-196.
Texas A&M’s women, who finished fourth in last season’s NCAA Championships, have matched up against Incarnate Word and South Carolina so far, winning 182-105 and 157-132 respectively. They will also compete with No. 7 Texas in Austin two days before the Florida meet.
The Aggie men, 25th-place finishers at the 2016 NCAA Championships, have also faced just Incarnate Word and South Carolina, posting wins of 182-105 and 176-118.
Live results will be available for the Texas A&M meet on 12thman.com, and results will also be updated throughout the day on Twitter at @GatorsSwimDv and posted in full at the conclusion of the competition on FloridaGators.com.
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