\t\t\t\t\tLSU vs Texas A&M<\/p>\n
October 23, 2026 Women: #20 LSU 215 \u2014 83 Texas A&M LSU took down Texas A&M in a dual meet on Friday with the Tigers sweeping the Aggies in dominant fashion. Both Texas A&M teams will move to 0-2 and the LSU women will be 3-0 and the men will be 2-1.<\/p>\n LSU senior Jere Hribar<\/a> also picked up a nation-leading time in the men\u2019s 100 freestyle with his 41.21.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Recap<\/p>\n The #20 ranked LSU women won every swimming event at the meet, sweeping the Aggies to earn a dominant 215-83 victory.<\/p>\n The Tigers opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay, taking the top two spots. Their \u2018A\u2019 relay of Zoe Carlos-Broc<\/a> (24.14), Martina Bukvic<\/a> (26.96), Avery Littlefield<\/a> (22.67), and Nina Stanisavljevic<\/a> (21.82) swam 1:35.59 to finish three seconds ahead of their \u2018B\u2019 relay\u2019s 1:38.43.<\/p>\n There were a few events where the Tigers went on to sweep the top three or more places. In the women\u2019s 200 freestyle, British freshman Sophie Benn<\/a> swam the top time of 1:45.40, coming in about two seconds ahead of teammate Giovana Medeiros<\/a> who finished 2nd in 1:47.33. Benn\u2019s swim was a new lifetime best, taking four seconds off the 1:49.30 she swam earlier in the month. LSU also took 3rd and 4th with Ieva Visockaite<\/a> (1:48.88) and Anastasia Bako<\/a> (1:49.80).<\/p>\n Benn also won the 500 free in 4:47.44, another lifetime best, taking 10 seconds off the 4:57.99 she swam at the beginning of the season.<\/p>\n In the 100 back, Zoe Carlos-Broc<\/a> set the top time of 52.21, coming in about a second ahead of teammate Parker Del Balso<\/a>\u2018s 53.26 and two seconds ahead of LSU\u2019s Lucijana Luksic<\/a>\u2018s 54.74 in 3rd.<\/p>\n Carlos-Broc also won the 200 IM, another event where LSU swept the top three places. She touched in 1:58.92 to be the only athlete under 2:00 in the event. Ella Smoker<\/a> finished 2nd (2:00.96) and Lauren Bernardo<\/a> took 3rd (2:03.32) for the Tigers.<\/p>\n In the 100 free, Nina Stanisavljevic<\/a> swam 48.38 to set the top time by two seconds over teammate Anastasia Bako<\/a>\u2018s 50.29 in 2nd. This was a new lifetime best for Stanisavljevic, taking a tenth off the 48.48 she swam in February of 2025 at the ACC Championships when she swam for Georgia Tech. Fellow LSU swimmers Jessie Liao and Giovana Medeiros<\/a> tied for 3rd in 50.67.<\/p>\n Parker Del Balso<\/a> led an LSU trio in the women\u2019s 200 backstroke, swimming 1:55.42 to set a new personal best. She took four tenths off the 1:55.87 she swam at the 2026 ACC Championships when she was swimming at Pittsburgh. Lauren Bernardo<\/a> took 2nd for the Tigers (1:58.01) and Lucijana Luksic<\/a> finished 3rd (1:58.71).<\/p>\n Martina Bukvic<\/a>, Nicole Santuliana<\/a>, and Avery Littlefield<\/a> were the other individual event winners, each taking two titles. Bukvic won the 100 breast in a lifetime best 58.58 to become the 4th fastest performer in the country this season. In the 200 breast, she swam 2:08.01, another personal best time which is also the 4th fastest time in the country this season.<\/p>\n Santuliana won the 1000 free in 9:48.76 and the 200 fly in a personal best 1:59.69, her first time under 2:00 in the event.<\/p>\n Finally, Avery Littlefield<\/a> won the 50 free and 100 fly events. In the 50 free, she swam 22.03 to finish just ahead of Stanisavljevic\u2019s 22.45, and in the 100 fly, she swam 52.09.<\/p>\n LSU also swept the top two spots in the 400 freestyle relay with Bukvic (49.52), Littlefield (47.40), Benn (50.01), and Stanisavljevic (48.04) stopping the clock in 3:14.97 to finish six seconds ahead of their \u2018B\u2019 relay.<\/p>\n Texas A&M won both diving events with transfer Sydney Guidara<\/a> scoring 279.00 to lead an A&M sweep of the 1-Meter event and Bridge Foster scoring 311.40 to lead another Aggie sweep of the 3-meter event.<\/p>\n Fernanda Elizondo Cabrera<\/a> picked up a few of A&M\u2019s only 2nd place finishes, swimming 4:49.59 to take the runner-up spot to LSU\u2019s Benn in the women\u2019s 500 freestyle and 9:52.67 to finish just behind Santuliana in the 1000.<\/p>\n \u00a0Men\u2019s Recap<\/p>\n Jere Hribar<\/a> shined for LSU in the men\u2019s meet, winning the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly and setting the top time in the country this season in the 100 free, stopping the clock in 41.21. This was a second off his best of 40.33 from the 2026 NCAA Championships.<\/p>\n He also won the 50 free, stopping the clock in 18.68 to set the 2nd fastest time in the country this season, only behind Ilya Kharun<\/a>\u2018s relay leadoff 18.60 from the SMU Classic.<\/p>\n In the 100 fly, Hribar swam a personal best time of 45.36 to touch almost three seconds ahead of A&M\u2019s Daniil Pancerevas<\/a>, who swam 48.05 for 2nd. This swim moves him up to 3rd in the country this season and took almost a second off the 46.26 mark he set at the beginning of October.<\/p>\n Hribar also swam on one of LSU\u2019s winning relays. He started the meet anchoring the medley relay of Zachariah Dale (21.94), Volodymyr Lisovets<\/a>, and Caleb Ellis<\/a> to a final time of 1:24.40. There was a touchpad malfunction, and the splits are not available.<\/p>\n The LSU men won most of the events, only dropping two swimming events to the Aggies. Freshman Zachariah Dale was a big point earner for the Tigers, setting personal bests in both distances of backstroke to earn the wins. In the 100 back, he swam 46.68 and in the 200 back he swam 1:43.50.<\/p>\n Volodymyr Lisovets<\/a>, a junior, also picked up two event wins. In the 100 breast, he swam 52.25 and in the 200 breast, he swam 1:55.61.<\/p>\n Jovan Lekic<\/a> and Nikola Simic<\/a> split the distance freestyle events for the Tigers with Lekic winning the 500 in 4:18.39 and Simic winning the 1000 in 8:47.41.<\/p>\n The LSU men also won the 400 freestyle relay in 2:52.50 courtesy of Andreas Da Silva (42.97), Matias Santiso<\/a> (43.23), Diggory Dillingham<\/a> (43.32), and Simon Meubry<\/a> (42.98).<\/p>\n A&M picked up two event wins in the 200 fly and 200 IM. In the 200 fly, Robinson swam 1:45.56 to come in about a tenth ahead of teammate Daniel Eichel<\/a>\u2018s 1:45.64 in 2nd. Both swims were season best times.<\/p>\n
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\nFull Meet Results<\/a>
\nTeam Scores<\/p>\n
\nMen: #13 LSU 181.5 \u2014 116.5 Texas A&M<\/p>\n