SWIMMING & DIVING

A&M men stand in second at Southwest Plunge: MANSFIELD -- The Texas A&M men's swimming and diving team is in second place after the first day of the Southwest Collegiate Plunge at the Mansfield ISD Natatorium.

The Aggies scored 380 points on Friday and trail first-day leader Texas, who posted 459 points. Missouri is third with 362 points, while host SMU scored 327 points.

The Aggies posted runner-up finishes in five of the eight events. The 400-yard medley relay of Nikita Denisyako, Amini Fonua, Boris Loncaric and Balazs Makany hit the wall in 3 minutes, 21.28 seconds to finish second.

Omar Enriquez finished just 1.39 seconds behind Texas' Jackson Wilcox in the 500 freestyle. Loncaric placed second in the 100 butterfly, Denisyako took second in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:48.48, and Snowden added a runner-up finish in the 100 breaststroke (57.03).

The competition resumes 11 a.m. Saturday.

-- Special to The Eagle